Cultural festival calendar
Cultural festivals in New York
37 festivals in New York, soonest first. Dates are from each organizer where they have posted them, and marked when they only appear in local listings. Where next year's dates are not out yet, we show the month it usually happens.
- Oct4
Market Sundays at International Plaza: Latin American Festival
RochesterLatino
October 4, 2026
- Oct8-18
ImageOut LGBTQ+ Fall Film Festival
RochesterLGBTQ+Film festival
October 8-18, 2026Not Yet Confirmed by Organizer
- Oct10
Rochester Queer Arts Festival
RochesterLGBTQ+
October 10, 2026
- Oct15-25
NewFest38 New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
New YorkLGBTQ+Film festival
October 15-25, 2026
- Oct24-25
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
BrooklynWomenFilm festival
October 24-25, 2026
- Nov11-14
Deaf Rochester Film Festival
RochesterDisabilityFilm festival
November 11-14, 2026
- NovTBA
African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF NYC)
New YorkBlackFilm festival
November 2026, dates not announced
- FebTBA
Lunar New Year Fest
RochesterAAPILunar New Year
February 2027, dates not announced
- MarTBA
Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival
BuffaloJewishFilm festival
March 2027, dates not announced
- Apr1-4
Valkyrie International Film Festival
TonawandaWomenFilm festival
April 1-4, 2027
- Apr8-14
ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York
New YorkDisabilityFilm festival
April 8-14, 2027
- AprTBA
ImageOut First Cut LGBTQ+ Spring Film Festival
RochesterLGBTQ+Film festival
April 2027, dates not announced
- MayTBA
New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
New YorkJewishFilm festival
May 2027, dates not announced
- Jun17-20
New York Indian Film Festival
New YorkAAPIFilm festival
June 17-20, 2027
- Jun19-20
Buffalo Juneteenth Festival
BuffaloBlackJuneteenth
June 19-20, 2027
- JunTBA
Beacon Juneteenth Riverfront Festival
BeaconBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Criminal Queerness Festival
New YorkLGBTQ+
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Festival Sefarad NYC
New YorkJewish
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
JFest
RochesterJewish
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Poughkeepsie Juneteenth Parade and Celebration
PoughkeepsieBlackParade
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Rochester Juneteenth Festival
RochesterBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
St. Elias Middle Eastern Festival
SyracuseArab and MENA
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Syracuse Juneteenth Festival
SyracuseBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JulTBA
Asian American International Film Festival
New YorkAAPIFilm festival
July 2027, dates not announced
- JulTBA
Black Arts and Cultural Festival
AlbanyBlack
July 2027, dates not announced
- JulTBA
Puerto Rican Festival
RochesterLatino
July 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Albany LatinFest
AlbanyLatino
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Asian Food and Culture Festival
BuffaloAAPI
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
East Village Queer Film Festival (EVQ)
New YorkLGBTQ+Film festival
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Frederick Douglass Day
PoughkeepsieBlack
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Hudson Valley Caribbean Festival
PoughkeepsieBlackCarnival
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Pan Afrikan Festival
RochesterBlack
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Pine Grill Jazz Reunion
BuffaloBlack
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Syracuse Festival Latino
SyracuseLatino
August 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Empire State Plaza
AlbanyLatino
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
Imagine This Women's International Film Festival
New YorkWomenFilm festival
September 2027, dates not announced
- TBATBA
New York City Day of the Dead Festival
Staten IslandLatinoDía de los Muertos
No upcoming dates