Things To Do in NYC in October 2024

Things To Do in NYC in October 2024 include the: Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade, and more. Indigenous Peoples Day (Columbus Day) is October’s national holiday. Hispanic Heritage Month ends October 15. The month ends with Halloween and Day of the Dead preparations.

The October holiday is Indigenous Peoples Day / Italian Heritage Day (formerly Columbus Day).

October is one of our favorite months in New York City. It is peak fall. The cultural season is in full swing. It isn’t hot or cold. It is just right. Average temperatures range from 51-65° F (10-18° C).  Fall foliage is forecast to peak around October 11.

OCTOBER 2024
1-6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-27 | 28-31

Sponsors

• Brooklyn Museum
• Carnegie Hall “Nuestros Sonidos”
• Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas 🇨🇺
• National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade (Oct 19) 🇺🇸

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MONTH

• Hispanic Heritage Month, Sep 15 – Oct 15
• Hunter’s Moon, Oct 17, 2024

NATIONAL DAYS

• Nigerian Independence Day, Oct 1 🇳🇬
• Cuban Independence Day, Oct 10 🇨🇺
• National Day of Spain, Día de la Hispanidad, Oct 12 🇪🇸
• Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct 14, 2024 🇺🇸
• Italian Heritage Day, Oct 14, 2024 🇮🇹
• Columbus Day, Oct 14, 2024 🇪🇸

FESTIVALS

• Rosh Hashanah, New Year, Oct 2-4, 2024 ✡️
• Orunmila, wisdom, Oct 4 🇨🇺
• Saint Francis of Assisi, Oct 4 🇮🇹
• Blessing of the Animals, Oct 6 🇮🇹
• Bolivian Women’s Day, Oct 11 🇧🇴
• Yom Kippur, Oct 11-12, 2024 ✡️
• Italian Heritage Day, Oct 14, 2024 🇮🇹
• Columbus Day, Oct 14, 2024
• Sukkot, Oct 15-23, 2024 ✡️
• Mother’s Day Argentina, Oct 20 🇦🇷
• Inle orisha, Oct 24 🇨🇺
• International Creole Day, Oct 27 🇫🇷 🇬🇫 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇱🇨 🇹🇹
• St Jude Thaddeus, lost causes, Oct 28
• Diwali, Oct 31, 2024 🇮🇳 *
• Halloween, Oct 31 🎃
• Day of the Dead, Mexico and Latin world, Oct 31 – Nov 2 🇲🇽

BIRTHDAYS

• Fela Kuti, Oct 15 🇳🇬
• Celia Cruz, Oct 21 🇨🇺
• Dizzy Gillespie, Oct 21 🇺🇸
• Pelé, Oct 23, 1940 🇧🇷
• Pablo Picasso, Oct 25 🇪🇸
• Maradona, Oct 30 🇦🇷

TRAVEL

• Billboard Latin Music Week is at the The Fillmore Miami Beach, from October 14-18, 2024. From $150 – $650. billboardlatinmusicweek.com

DANCE THEATRE

Ballet

World Ballet Day is on pause in 2024.

Ballet

The New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season features Balanchine’s Coppélia, resident choreographer Justin Peck’s 10th anniversary, a Lar Lubovitch company premiere, and a Caili Quan world premiere; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from September 17 – October 13, 2024. From $54.

Traditional Flamenco Dance

Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷

DANCE PARTIES

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

FILM

New York Film Festival

The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲

Mott Haven Film Festival

Mott Haven Film Festival 2024 Screenings are at Bronxlandia in Hunts Point, The Bronx; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 1-4pm. $18 per screening session.

The Awards Ceremony is at Bronx Brewery in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 2-5pm. $13.

MUSIC

Afro-Cuban Jazz

Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas sing Afro-Cuban jazz for the Ancestors; in residence at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺

Puerto Rican Jazz

John Benitez Quintet, led by the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican bassist, plays hard bop inspired by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, in a free concert at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 2pm. FREE. You can also stream it on the Museum’s Facebook and YouTube channels. 🇵🇷

Mexican Corridos Tumbados

Peso Pluma “Exodo Tour” brings regional Mexican corridos tumbados to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 3, 2024, at 8:30pm. From $46. 🇲🇽

Dominican Bachata

Elvis Martínez sings Dominican bachata; at Salsa Con Fuego restaurant and lounge, in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 9pm. $40. 🇩🇴

Puerto Rican Salsa & Bolero

Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” brings “El Caballero de la Salsa” to:

• St. George Theatre in Staten Island; on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $70. 🇵🇷
• Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair in Jericho, Long Island; on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 8pm. From $60. 🇵🇷

Romantic Latin Pop & Banda

93.1 Amor en Vivo El Concierto brings Alejandro Fernández, Laura Pausini, Sebastián Yatra, Camila, and Reik; to UBS Arena in Elmont, Long Island; on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇲🇽

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺

PARADES & STREET FAIRS

Nigerian Parade Welcome Party

The Nigerian Independence Day Parade NYC 2024 Welcome Party is at Lagos TSQ in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 6-11pm. 🇳🇬

Nigerian Parade

Heads Up: 2024 is a new location.

The Nigerian Independence Day Parade NYC 2024 marches down Madison Avenue from 38th St to 24th St; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 10am – 5pm. 🇳🇬

Nigerian Parade Cultural Festival

Heads Up: 2024 is a new location.

The Nigerian Independence Day Cultural Festival is on East 38th St, between Madison and Park Avenues, in Murray Hill, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 5, 2024. 🇳🇬

Nigerian Parade After Party

The Official Nigerian Independence Day Parade After Party 2024 is at Engine Room in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11pm to 4am. From $23. 🇳🇬

SPORTS

Major League Soccer

New York City Football Club vs FC Cincinnati is Major League Soccer at (stadium to be determined); on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾

Major League Soccer

LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME GAME
New York City Football Club vs Nashville SC is Major League Soccer at (stadium to be determined); on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾

National Women’s Soccer League

Gotham FC vs San Jose Bay FC is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸

THEATRE

Off-Broadway Theatre Festival

NYC Off-Broadway Week 2024 Fall 2-for-1 tickets for “Bad Kreyol,” “Eva Luna,” “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” “La Llamada,” “Medea Reversed,” and “Radojka;” go on sale on Tuesday, September 17, 2024; for shows at Repertorio Español, Sheen Center, and Signature Theatre; from September 30 – October 13, 2024. 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Spanish-Language Off-Broadway Theatre

Repertorio Español:

• “Eva Luna” adapted from Isabel Allende. 🇨🇱 🇻🇪
• “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao” adapted from Junot Díaz. 🇩🇴

NATIONAL DAYS

Nigerian Independence Day celebrates Nigeria’s independence from Britain on October 1, 1960. 🇳🇬

FESTIVALS

Orunmila, the Yoruba orisha of wisdom and divination, first priest and creator of Ifá, is celebrated in Cuba on October 4. 🇨🇺

Feast of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, the environment, and one of the patrons of Italy, is October 4. ✝️

Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year 5785, is from sundown on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 to sundown on Friday, October 4, 2024. “Shanah Tova.” ✡️

The Saint Francis of Assisi Mass at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; is on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 10:30am – 12:15pm. People and pets are welcome. The Saint Francis Day Fair and Blessing of the Animals is from 11:30am – 2pm. It will be livestreamed on the Cathedral’s website. FREE. ✝️

This weekend is Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend (Columbus Day Weekend). We don’t like Colón, but respect Italian Americans and ask for the same.

BOOKS

Book Fair

La Feria Internacional del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York (FILNYC) is a book fair of contemporary Spanish literature at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in Tribeca, Manhattan; from October 8-12, 2024. filnyc.org

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷

DANCE THEATRE

Ballet

The New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season features Balanchine’s Coppélia, resident choreographer Justin Peck’s 10th anniversary, a Lar Lubovitch company premiere, and a Caili Quan world premiere; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from September 17 – October 13, 2024. From $54.

Traditional Flamenco Dance

Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷

DANCE PARTIES

Salsa Dance Party

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

FILM

Film Festival

The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲

MUSIC

Venezuelan, Chinese, and Argentine Classical Music Gala

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala, with piano soloist Lang Lang playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2, and Venezuelan baritone Gustavo Castillo singing Argentine composer Ginastera’s ballet “Estancia.” It’s on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪 🇨🇳 🇦🇷

German and Mexican Classical Music

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Spanish narration of the associated poem by Spanish actress María Valverde, with New York’s Musica Sacra choir, soprano Jana McIntyre, and Omani Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny. There is also the New York Premiere of a Carnegie Hall co-commission of Gabriela Ortiz’ “Dznonot,” with MacArthur Fellow cello soloist Alisa Weilerstein. It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $42. carnegiehall.org 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇴🇲 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Latin Folk

Sofía Rei, the Grammy-nominated Argentine singer-songwriter is joined by Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno, Cuban rumba jazz singer Daymé Arocena, Mexican Dominican Puerto Rican mariachi Mireya Ramos (Flor Toloache), Argentine folk singers Charo Bogarín and Juana Luna for a concert of “Folk & Futurism;” in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 7pm. FREE with registration. 🇦🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Dominican Jazz

Ivanna Cuesta Quartet plays Dominican jazz in conversation with Rítmicas: Women in Jazz and Percussion curator Melvis Santa; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 7pm. FREE with rsvp. jmih.org 🇩🇴

Mexican Classical Pop Music

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic host 17-time Latin Grammy winner, Mexican alternative singer Natalia Lafourcade. The orchestra also plays Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ “Antrópolis,” Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra’s “Alegría,” and Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 9.” It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $91. carnegiehall.org 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

African American Rhythm and Blues

Stevie Wonder “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” sings his soul at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $136. 🇺🇸

Dominican DJ

DJ Adoniii, one of La República’s top DJs, spins Dominican urban music; at Salsa Con Fuego restaurant and lounge, in Fordham Manor, The Bronx; on Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend, Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9pm. $15. 🇩🇴

We saw Adoniii in Santiago de los Caballeros, República Dominicana, and many of the artists in the show play at Salsa Con Fuego. Que chimba!

New York Trinidadian Hip Hop

Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” brings the fiercely playful Trinidadian New York rapper to UBS Center in Belmont Park, Elmont, Long Island; on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9pm. From $72. 🇹🇹

Puerto Rican Reggaeton

Myke Towers “La Pantera Negra Tour” brings Puerto Rican reggaeton to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 12, 2024, at 8pm. From $81. 🇵🇷

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺

PARADES & STREET FAIRS

Panamanian Parade

The 29th Panamanian Parade NYC 2024 Gala is a semi-formal night of networking over cocktails, dinner, and dancing; at Antun’s Catering in Queens Village, Queens; on Thursday, October 10, 2024; from 7pm – 12 midnight. $180. 🇵🇦

The 29th Panamanian Parade NYC 2024 celebrates Panamanian Independence by marching down Franklin Avenue from Bergen St, to the Street Fair on President St and Classon Avenue, and up Classon Avenue to Eastern Avenue; in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 12 noon. It should be done by about 2:30pm. 🇵🇦

The 29th Panamanian Parade NYC 2024 Street Fair offers Panamanian food, artisanal crafts, and social services, next to Dr. Ronald E. McNair Park, on Classon Avenue, and on Union St. 🇵🇦

Indigenous Powwow

The 10th Indigenous Peoples Day NYC 2024 festival is on Randall’s Island, Manhattan; on Sunday-Monday, October 13-14, 2024. FREE. Overnight camping is available. 🇺🇸

The Festival opens on Sunday at 10am. There is a Grand Entry at 12noon. That is followed by tribal dancing, cultural performances, and talks. Monday, Indigenous Peoples Day, starts with a sunrise tobacco and water ceremony followed by talks and cultural performances.

Hispanic Parade

The 60th Hispanic Day Parade NYC 2024 Desfile de la Hispanidad New York marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 69th St, from Midtown/Midtown East to Central Park/Upper East Side; on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 12 noon. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

THEATRE

Off-Broadway Theatre Festival

NYC Off-Broadway Week 2024 Fall 2-for-1 tickets for “Bad Kreyol,” “Eva Luna,” “La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” “La Llamada,” “Medea Reversed,” and “Radojka;” go on sale on Tuesday, September 17, 2024; for shows at Repertorio Español, Sheen Center, and Signature Theatre; from September 30 – October 13, 2024. 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Haitian Theatre

Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹

Spanish-Language Theatre

Repertorio Español:

• “La Gringa” Puerto Rican comedy by Carmen Rivera. 🇵🇷
• “La Llamada” Spanish musical comedy by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. 🇪🇸
• “Radojka” Uruguayan comedy by Fernando Schmidt and Christian Ibarzabal. 🇺🇾

NATIONAL DAYS

Cuban Independence Day celebrates The Cry of Yara, which launched the first Cuban war of independence from Spain, on October 10, 1868. 🇨🇺

National Day of Spain, Día de la Hispanidad commemorates October 12, 1492 when Rodrigo de Triana, a lookout on one of the ships of Columbus first sighted land. Columbus lied about the “discovery” to claim a reward. He didn’t “discover” the Americas either. Indigenous Peoples did at least 12,000 years before el Colón. 🇪🇸

FESTIVALS

Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement. ✡️

This weekend is Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend (Columbus Day Weekend). We don’t like the evil Colón, but respect Italian Americans, and ask for the same.

ART

Costa Rican Performance Art Music

Dorian Wood, the Costa Rican American singer and performance artist, performs “Canto de Todes / Song for All,” a 12-hour performance and musical installation of Central and South American music inspired by beloved Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra. It’s at The Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, October 19, 2024; from 11am – 11pm. @dorianwoodmusic 🇨🇷 🇨🇱

BOOKS

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷

Comic Book Fair

New York Comic Con is a Javits Center in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; from October 17-20, 2024. newyorkcomiccon.com

DANCE THEATRE

Classical Ballet

American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸

Traditional Flamenco Dance

Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷

DANCE PARTIES

Salsa Dance Party

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

FILM

Film Festival

The 17th Bushwick Film Festival 2024 presents 125 films from emerging voices, and voices of color, under the theme “Producing the Dream.” Really, that’s what life is about.

• Opening Night is at Lot 45 in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 6:30pm. $106
• Screenings are at Williamsburg Cinemas in Williamsburg; from Thursday-Sunday, October 17-20, 2024. $18
• The Awards Ceremony and Closing Reception are at Gracemoon Arts Company in Bushwick; on Saturday, October 19, 2024. $100
• The “Best Feature Doc” winner screens on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 12noon. $21

Film Festival

The 62nd New York Film Festival 2024 brings international filmmakers, movie stars, and film lovers to red carpet premieres, screenings with Q&As, and talks at Lincoln Center and partner venues in each of NYC’s boroughs, from September 27 to October 14, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇯 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇸🇳 🇿🇲

FOOD

Food Festival

The New York City Wine and Food Festival 2024 NYCWFF features 80 food events over four days at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn; from Thursday-Sunday, October 17-20, 2024.
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MUSIC

Spanish Jazz

Marta Sanchez Trio has the Spanish pianist playing jazz; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. 🇪🇸

Black and Latin Classical, Ragtime, and New Music

Sphinx Virtuosi “American Form/s,” is a chamber concert of Black and Latin artists exploring American musical forms by playing Black and Latin composers of American classical, ragtime, and new music; on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸 🇻🇪

Jazz Festival

BRIC Jazzfest is at BRIC House in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from October 17-19, 2024. From $54. bricartsmedia.org

Bronx Hip Hop, House, & Haitian

Grandmaster Caz and MC Sha-Rock hip hop, Uptown Vinyl Supreme spins Black and Latin house, and Kongo plays Haitian Vodou drums, to open the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Friday, October 18, 2024; with a panel at 5:30pm, opening reception at 6:30pm, and performances at 8pm. $350 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 🇭🇹

Mexican American Rock Tribute

The Linda Ronstadt Experience starring Tristan McIntosh (American Idol); tributes one of the most popular Mexican American singers of all time, at The Iridium rock, blues, and jazz club in Manhattan’s Times Square Theater District; on October 18, 2024, at 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $45. 🇲🇽

Latin Women’s Jazz

Cocomama plays jazz and dances tap; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 4pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇬🇵 🇮🇱 🇲🇽

New Orleans Jazz & Bronx Jazz

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band featuring Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), Antoinette Montague (Duke Ellington Orchestra), Jennifer Jade Ledesna (Sugar Hill Nutcracker) and Ricky Gordon & The Individuals of Peace play modern and second line (old school parade) jazz; at the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Saturday, October 19, 2024; with a reception at 6pm and performances at 8pm. $350 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Dominican Colombian Caribbean Mashup

Afro Dominicano plays Dominican Haitian kompa merengue alternative, Maraca Bruja plays Colombian Caribbean cumbia with the Indigenous gaita flute, and they play together at the Flushing Town Hall; in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, with a dance lesson at 7pm and concert at 8pm. $25. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇭🇹

Puerto Rican Alternative

Kianí Medina takes her debut album down the Bori Corridor Tour of Puerto Rican communities in the States. She is very active on the island with Puerto Rican artists Residente, El Laberinto del Coco, Cultura Profética, and others. It’s in the Art Gallery at Hostos Center, in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8pm. $25 / Students $5 🇵🇷

Dominican Christian Music

Barak “Tour X Manifestacíon” brings Dominican Christian music to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 19, 2024, at 8pm. From $61. 🇩🇴

Colombian Salsa

Grupo Niche, plays their salsa classics and new Grammy-nominated album “Niche Sinfonico,” at Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴

Ghanian Kpanlogo & Honduran Garifuna

Yawuza Alhassan & the Wuza Wuza Ensemble play Ghanian kpanlogo urban dance drumming, and Grupo Maburuaña does Garifuna dance drumming; at the Bronx Music Hall in Melrose, The Bronx; on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 3pm. $25 🇬🇭 🇭🇳

Puerto Rican Salsa & Bolero

Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” brings “El Caballero de la Salsa” to:

• Bergen Performing Arts Center (Bergen PAC), in Englewood, New Jersey; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8pm. From $51. 🇵🇷
• State Theater, in New Brunswick, New Jersey; on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $49. 🇵🇷

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺

PARADES & STREET FAIRS

Italian Parade

The 80th Columbus Day Parade NYC 2024 celebrates Italian-American culture with over 100 marching groups on Fifth Avenue, from 44th St in Midtown/Midtown East, to 72nd St in Central Park/Upper East Side; on Columbus Day, Monday, October 14, 2024, from 11:30am – 3:30pm. You can also watch it on WABC-7 at 12noon. 🇮🇹

Indigenous Parade

The 3rd National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade 2024 lines up in Madison Square Park at 26th St in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, at 8am, with an opening ceremony at 9am. The Parade marches through traditional Lenape hunting grounds, down Broadway to 17th St at Union Square; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 12-3pm. FREE. 🇺🇸

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Halloween Dog Parade

The 34th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2024 is at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 1-3pm. FREE to watch. 🎃

Bolivian Parade

The Bolivian Parade NYC 2024, marches on 39th Avenue, from 69th St to 89th St; in Jackson Heights, Queens; on Sunday, October 20, 2024, from 12noon – 3pm. FREE. 🇧🇴

SPORTS

Major League Soccer

LAST REGULAR HOME GAME vs 2023 MLS Cup Winners ~ FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT T-shirt Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 6pm. From $35. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪

National Women’s Soccer League

LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME GAME
Gotham FC vs Orlando Pride is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 5pm. From $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸

THEATRE

Haitian Theatre

Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹

NATURE

The Hunter’s Moon, October full moon, rises over New York City, on October 17, 2024.

NATIONAL DAYS

Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, October 14, 2024, celebrates the real discoverers of the Americas between 12,000 and 25,000 years ago.

Italian Heritage Day celebrates one of the communities that defined New York City; on Monday, October 14, 2024. 🇮🇹

Columbus Day in the U.S. stopped American Southerners from lynching Italian Americans for association with African Americans, but the evil man unleashed The Apocalypse on the world. DNA studies indicate he was Spanish, not Italian, and his own writings suggest he was not Christian either. The more we learn about him, the worse it gets. The U.S. national holiday is Monday, October 14, 2024. 🇪🇸

FESTIVALS

Sukkot, the Jewish fruit harvest festival (Feast of the Tabernacles), is from October 15-23, 2024. ✡️

Manos a Manos Día de Muertos ofrenda is at the Hispanic Museum in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on October 19, 2024, from 3-6pm. manoamano.nyc 🇲🇽

BIRTHDAYS

Fela Kuti, the father of afrobeat which evolved into today’s afrobeats (afropop), was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on October 15, 1938. 🇳🇬

TRAVEL

Billboard Latin Music Week brings stars of Latin music to The Fillmore Miami Beach, from Monday-Friday, October 14-18, 2024. billboardlatinmusicweek.com

ART

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, an engaging retrospective about one of the defining Black woman (and Mexican) artists of the 20th century; is in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; from September 13, 2024 to January 19, 2025. brooklynmuseum.org 🇺🇸 🇲🇽

BOOKS

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Monthly Grand Slam is at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, October 25, 2024, from 9:30pm – 1am. $35. 🇵🇷

DANCE THEATRE

Classical Ballet

American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸

Argentine Guacho Malambo Dance

Malevo dances Argentine malambo, the exciting gaucho drumming and stomping dance; at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey; on Friday, October 25, 2024, at 7:30pm. $59. 🇦🇷

Día de Muertos Mexican Ballet Folklórico

“Día de Muertos,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, brings the Mexican family tradition to life; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 8pm, and Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3pm. From $25 🇲🇽

Traditional Flamenco Dance

Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷

DANCE PARTIES

Salsa Dance Party

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷

Argentine Tango Dance Party

El Destino milonga draws brings some of NYC’s best Argentine tango dancers to Solas Bar in Manhattan’s East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. From $20. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾

MUSIC

Afro Cuban Jazz

Brenda Navarrete plays Afro Cuban jazz in conversation with Rítmicas: Women in Jazz and Percussion curator Melvis Santa; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 7pm. FREE. 🇨🇺

Cuban, French, Italian Classical Music

Cuban American soprano Lisette Oropesa and Japanese American pianist, accompanist, and vocal coach Ken Noda, perform works by Cuban, French, and Italian composers; for the Nuestros Sonidos Latin culture festival in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. From $65. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺 🇯🇵 ~ 🇫🇷 🇮🇹

South African Jazz

JCFI Music Ensemble plays jazz infused with South African traditions; at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Manhattan; on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 2pm. FREE. You can also stream it on the Museum’s Facebook and YouTube channels. 🇿🇦

Regional Mexican

Christian Nodal “Pa’l Cora Tour” brings regional mexican “mariacheño” to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on October 26, 2024, at 8pm. From $61. 🇲🇽

Latin Jazz

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36 + per person minimum. 🇨🇺

THEATRE

Haitian Theatre

Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹

FESTIVALS

Mano a Mano Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos 2024 is a series of community ofrendas (altars) through which we remember family members who have passed away, at:

• Hispanic Society in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on October 19, 2024, from 3-6pm.
• St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in Manhattan’s East Village; on October 25-27, 2024, from 12-5pm.
• David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Manhattan; from October 31 – November 2, 2024, from 3-7pm.
• Flatiron North Plaza in Manhattan’s Flatiron District; on November 1, 2024, from 3-7pm.

BIRTHDAYS

Celiz Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” who did more than anyone to popularize Latin music around the world, was born in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1925. ¡Azúcar! 🇨🇺

Dizzy Gillespie, one of the fathers of bebop modern jazz, who also brought the Latin back into jazz when he brought Cuban conga player Chano Pozo (“Manteca,” “Tin Tin Deo”) into his band, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917. 🇺🇸

Pelé, the Brazilian who made soccer “The Beautiful Game” with his “Ginga” style, was born in Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on October 23, 1940. 🇧🇷

ART

Art Fair

The 36th edition of The Art Show 2024, by the ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America), the art fair of America’s top galleries, opens with a Benefit Preview for the Henry Street Settlement at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Tuesday, October 29, 2024; followed by the public show, Wednesday-Saturday, October 29 – November 2, 2024. Benefit from $200. General Admission $30.

Spanish Islamic Art

The Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain exhibition opens with a lecture by the curators Antonio Vallejo Triano and Eduardo Manzano Moreno; at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on October 30, 2024 at 5:30pm. Free with rsvp. 🇪🇸

BOOKS

Puerto Rican Literary Awards

The 2024 Letras Boricuas Fellows were announced by the Mellon Foundation in New York and the Flamboyan Foundation in San Juan, on October 29, 2024.

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; on Mondays. Sign-up at 6:30pm for the slam from 7-9pm. $20. 🇵🇷

DANCE THEATRE

Classical Ballet

American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸

Traditional Flamenco Dance

Nélida Tirado dances traditional flamenco at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇵🇷

DANCE PARTIES

Salsa Dance Party

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, on Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Argentine Tango Dance Party

Tango La Nacional, NYC’s most traditional milonga, is at La Nacional, the Spanish social club in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Dancing at 8pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Best dancers arrive late. Dancing ends around 2am. $25 🇦🇷

MUSIC

Cuban Jazz

Pedrito Martinez Group plays Cuban jazz, timba, and rumba; at the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 8pm and 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $32 + minimums. 🇨🇺

PARADES & STREET FAIRS

The 33nd Jackson Heights Halloween Parade 2024 marches down 37th Avenue from 89th St to 76th St, in Jackson Heights, Queens; on Halloween, Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 5pm. FREE. 🎃

The 51st Village Halloween Parade 2024 celebrates the theme “MEOW,” in a parade up Sixth Avenue, from Canal St to 16th St, through Hudson Square/SoHo, West Village/Greenwich Village, to Chelsea on Halloween Night, Thursday, October 31, 2024 from 7-9pm. FREE with purchase options. 🎃

SPORTS

The New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Dodgers play World Series 2024 games 3-5; at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇻🇪:

• Monday, October 28, 2024.
• Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 8:08pm. From $614.
• Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 8:08pm. From $1,050.

THEATRE

Haitian Theatre

Bad Kreyol, a Dominique Morisseau World Premiere co-produced by the Signature Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, tells the story of two cousins, one American Haitian and one Island Haitian, who struggle to connect because they live in different worlds; at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; Tuesday-Sunday, October 8 – December 1, 2024. 🇭🇹

FESTIVALS

International Creole Day celebrates the Caribbean’s African Indigenous French heritage, on October 28. (Criollo soy!) 🇩🇲 🇫🇷 🇬🇫 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇱🇨 🇹🇹

Mano a Mano Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos 2024 is a series of community ofrendas (altars) through which we remember family members who have passed away, at: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Manhattan; from October 31 – November 2, 2024, from 3-7pm.

One World Trade Center will be lit in Diwali colors; in Manhattan’s Financial District; on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. 🪔

BIRTHDAYS

Maradona, “El Pibe de Oro,” who played with the “Hand of God,” was born in Lanús, Argentina on October 30, 1960. 🇦🇷