Dance Parade/DanceFest

DanceFest Lineup in Tompkins Square Park featuring Amazing Performances, Teaching Area and Social Dancing! Tompkins Square Park, the destination of the parade at Avenue A and Saint Marks Place, comes alive with choreographed performances, workshops and social dance–all free to the public. For 2012, there will be 3 stages: A Performance Stage, Family Friendly Stage and Teaching Stage. A social dance / party area will rock out in the Northeast Corner of the Park! Our Main Stage will include performances by: Elisa Monte Dance Boston Community Dance Project Latin Dance Connection Asha Dance Company Dance Manhattan The Pink Tutu Ballet Company Xianix Barrera & Sabor Flamenco Korean Traditional Music Dance Institute of New York Neville Dance Theatre Grand Marshal Bill Shannon Nimbus Dance Works Philippine Dance Company of Rochester The UnOfficial Dancers of the NY Giants Kathakas Fusha Dance Company Zouk Nation Broadway Dance Center Rise Dance Company OUTSalsa NYC Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company VueLA Anthony Rodriguez The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory NYU Steinhardt Kaleidescope Dancers Vaydra's Zumba Fusion Lori Belilove and The Isadora Duncan Dance Company Click here for the full lineup and schedule When: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Where:  21st Street and Broadway to Tompkins Square Park for DanceFest Website: http://www.danceparade.org Dance On Broadway For Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii Dance Sensation Kidz  Bop Dance Party For Nintendo Wii

Korean Parade and Festival

A good excuse to learn the ins and outs of Little Korea (the low 30s near Herald Square), come explore this celebration of Korean culture. Featuring a Korean food festival, street fair, music festival and kids' activities. Saturday is rumored to be a great day to get outside.

When: Saturday, October 2nd 9AM-6PM, 12-2 PM (Parade)
Where: 32nd st between Fifth and Broadway, Parade Route on Sixth Ave from 38th to 27th Street
Website: http://www.nykorean.org

PrideFest: Where We're All Fabulous

The annual Gay Pride week kicked off with a rally on June 19 at SummerStage in Central Park and continues with a host of events throughout the week, but the best is definitely saved for last with the annual Pride march and PrideFest, this year with extra oomph due to 2010 being the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots - the event that brought the gay community together and started the gay rights movement.

Both PrideFest and the March are completely open to the public. Come see an amazing pageant of people displaying their true and varied colors, with music.

Also, check out the Pride website at http://www.nycpride.org for a list of Pride events - dances, performances, and a couple festivals within this giant festival.


When: June 27, 2010 11AM-7PM
Where: Hudson Street between 10th and 14th Streets in the West Village (March goes down Fifth from 36th Street to Greenwich and Hudson Street, turning on 9th Street)
Website: http://www.nycpride.org

This Week, We're all Puerto Rican

Everyone in New York knows when the Puerto Rican Day Parade is happening: neighborhoods around the city are festooned with the Puerto Rican flag, cars fly the Puerto Rican colors proudly and there's a lot more red white and blue all over.  But did you know that there are fun and games leading up to Sunday's giant fiesta?

Some invite-only events are happening Wednesday and Thursday, but starting Friday, June 11 the public can get in on the fun by heading over to Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx for Juegos Boricuas (or Boricuan games), including but not limited to a dominoes tournament on Friday and Saturday. Music is promised at Roberto Clemente State Park for Saturday, along with more Juegos.  

And of course the parade is the grand finale, kicking off around 11AM and heading up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 86th Streets. 

When: June 11-13, 2010

Where: Roberto Clemente State Park (West Tremont Avenue and Matthewson Road), Parade only- Fifth Ave between 44th and 86th.

Website: http://www.nationalpuertoricandayparade.org