Afropunk Black Music Festival ~ Erykah Badu, Larissa Luz 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇸🇩
LENA HORNE BANDSHELL, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
Assumption of Mary Commemorates the Virgin Mary’s Traditional Death
August 15 🇮🇹
Indian Independence Day in New York City
August 15, 1947 🇮🇳
India Day Parade and Food Festival Celebrates Indian Independence
MADISON AVENUE to MADISON SQUARE PARK, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, NoMad, Manhattan 🇮🇳
Ecuadorian Independence Day Celebrations in New York City Include the Ecuadorian Parade and Ecuadorian Festival
August 10, 1809 🇪🇨
Yewá, the Yoruba Orisha of the Cemetery, Dances with the Dead to Help Them Move On
AUGUST 11 🇧🇯 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
National Dominican Day Parade 2024 Celebrates Merengue
SIXTH AVENUE, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇴
Afribembé Festival, by the CCCADI, Joins Harlem Week’s A Great Day in Harlem
GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL, Morningside Heights, Manhattan 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Augustus Caesar Renamed the Month of August After Himself
AUGUST 🇮🇹
Harlem Week Celebrates Black Culture in the Home of the Harlem Renaissance Which Defined American Culture
HARLEM, CENTRAL PARK, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Black August is a Celebration of Freedom
AUGUST 🇺🇸
Pachamama is the Andean New Year Celebration of Mother Earth
AUGUST 1 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇧🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇪
Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit Puerto Rico
JULY 25 🇵🇷
The Feast of St James Celebrates the Patron Saint of Spain Guatemala and Loíza Aldea Puerto Rico
JULY 25 🇪🇸 🇬🇹 🇵🇷
St Christopher is the Traditional Patron Saint of Travelers
JULY 25 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸
Aggayú Solá is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature
JULY 25 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇵🇷
Bronx Dominican Parade es el Gran Parada Dominicana de el Bronx, Quisqueya
GRAND CONCOURSE, Concourse, Claremont, Mount Hope, The Bronx 🇩🇴
Peruvian Parade and Peruvian Festival in Paterson New Jersey is a Gran Desfile y Festival Peruano
PASSAIC, CLIFTON, and PATERSON New Jersey 🇵🇪
Buck Moon is the July Full Moon
MOTHER EARTH
Festival Independencia Orgullo Colombiano Celebrates Colombian Independence in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇨🇴
Bastille Day in New York City
FIAF Bastille Celebration, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
SummerStage 🇫🇷
PARIS, France 🇫🇷
Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair with Giglio Dancing
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
L’Alliance New York Bastille Day Celebration is a Street Fair of French Culture
MADISON AVENUE, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
Ecuadorian Parade of New York Desfile Ecuatoriano Celebrates Ecuadorian Culture
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇪🇨
Festival de las Flores is New York’s Version of Medellín’s Feria de las Flores
37th AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇨🇴
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Patron Saint of Colombia
CHIQUINQUIRÁ, Boyacá, Colombia 🇨🇴
Argentine Independence Day is Nueve de Julio!
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 🇦🇷
Fourth of July in New York City is U.S. Independence Day
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1776 🇺🇸
Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metals, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!
JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬
Stonewall Uprising at the Stonewall Inn Energized the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights
STONEWALL INN, West Village, Manhattan 🏳️🌈
NYC Pride Parade, NYC PrideFest, Bliss Days, and More Highlights of New York City’s Big LGBTQ+ Festival
FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH ST, CHRISTOPHER ST, SEVENTH AVENUE, NoMad, Flatiron, Union Square, Greenwich Village, West Village, Chelsea 🏳️🌈
Saint John’s Eve, La Noche de San Juan, or Festa Junina, is the Latin Midsummer / Midwinter Festival
JUNE 23 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
Feast of Saint John the Baptist Marks Midsummer or Midwinter
JUNE 24 🇮🇹 🇵🇷
Inti Raymi is Inca New Year
JUNE 24 🇵🇪
Queens Dominican Day Parade Marches Through Jackson Heights
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇩🇴
Coney Island Mermaid Parade is America’s Largest Art Parade
SURF AVE & THE BOARDWALK, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Summer Solstice is the Longest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere
JUNE 20, 2024
Eleguá ~ Papa Legba ~ Elegbara ~ Eshu is the Yoruba Orisha of the Crossroads of Destiny
Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Benin, Togo 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
Father’s Day in New York City
THIRD JUNE SUNDAY 🇺🇸
Juneteenth Parade and Street Fair in Harlem Celebrates All American Freedom Day
116TH STREET, Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Juneteenth Celebrates Freedom for All Americans
JUNE 19, 1865 🇺🇸
Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade ~ “Yo Soy Boricua…”
KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE, Bushwick, Brooklyn 🇵🇷
Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival ~ “Yo Soy Boricua…”
SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn 🇵🇷
Portugal Day is Portugal’s National Day
JUNE 10, 1580 🇵🇹
Portuguese Festival and Portugal Day Parade Celebrate Dia de Portugal Newark
NEWARK, New Jersey, Ironbound District 🇵🇹
On Yoruba New Year “E ku odun, eku iyedun”
JUNE 3 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
National Puerto Rican Day Parade is America’s Largest Cultural Celebration ~ “Yo soy Boricua…”
FIFTH AVENUE, Midtown, Midtown East, Central Park, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷
Italian Republic Day is Italy’s National Day
JUNE 2, 1946 🇮🇹
NYC Pride Month is June!
JUNE 🏳️🌈
South Bronx Cultural Festival Celebrates Casita Maria’s 90th Anniversary with Arturo O’Farrill, Eddie Palmieri, Bobby Sanabria, Grandwizzard Theodore, and Lots More
FATHER GIGANTE PLAZA, Longwood, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇷