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The Queens Night Market is a large, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens, featuring over 100 independent vendors selling merchandise, art, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances, all celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of NYC and Queens. Queens Night Market begins at 4:00pm.

Performance by Fogo Azul @ 6:00pm. Don’t miss us!

Fogo Azul is excited to perform at Coronate, a day to celebrate the incredible diversity that defines Corona and Queens!

Come and be part of this extraordinary celebration of culture, community, and creativity. We can't wait to see you there!

Our set begins at 4:30pm!

Fogo Azul brings the heat and the beat to Vernon Blvd in Queens! 

Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City's most valuable public space – our streets.

Come out for some car-free fun, fitness, and live entertainment as the city’s streets transform into playgrounds for all to enjoy.

Fogo Azul performs at 2pm! (Vernon Blvd from 41st Dr to 30th Rd)

The Sleepy Hollow Mermaid Festival is a community celebration that encourages Hudson River access and education. There will be art-making, music, performances, bounce houses, food trucks, a costume contest, a mermade marketplace, and a parade on land and water. All are invited to this FREE family-friendly festival!

Parade performance by Fogo Azul @ 1:00pm. See you there!

Happy 4th of July! Fogo Azul will be marching in one of the oldest 4th of July parades in the United States!

Come celebrate Independence Day with Ridgefield Park’s small-town vibes and Fogo’s big-boom beats!

Parade starts at 11:30 from Preston St. and Hudson Ave.

This Sunday afternoon-evening, cheer for Pride in Chelsea at the Annual Boxers NYC Pride Block Party and Street Fair: Live performances! Dancing! Community love! Unstoppable NYC Pride energy!

Fogo Azul ramps it up at 6:30 pm!

Fogo Azul is proud to play an opening set outside of the church for the annual Pride Disco Mass at St. Marks Church In-The-Bowery.

Come join Fogo Azul for a joyful celebration of life and love… and Afro-Brazilian samba-reggae rhythms at 10:45 am!

This year the NYC Dyke March will step off from Bryant Park at 5pm on June 28 and continue down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park.

Thousands of Dykes take the streets each year in celebration of beautiful and diverse Dyke lives, to highlight the presence of Dykes within our community, and in protest of the discrimination, harassment, and violence faced in schools, on the job, and in our communities.

Fogo Azul will march the whole route ending in the park with a set of powerful rhythms.

Grab your picnic basket and a blanket and enjoy the celebration and performances!

Get up and dance to Fogo Azul’s spicy Brazilian samba-reggae grooves at 1:05 pm!

Celebrate Pride after the Mermaid Parade as Fogo Azul brings our badass Brazilian beat to the Brooklyn Pride Comic Book Fair 2025 in Crown Heights!

Noon-6:00pm: LGBTQIA+ comic book fair! Free and open to the public!

6:30pm: Fogo Azul leads the way along Union Street from the Brooklyn Community Pride Center to the after party at Whoopsie Daisy.

Calling all splendid sea creatures! Wiggle your way to Coney Island and fill your gills with sizzling samba reggae drumming by Fogo Azul in the 2025 Mermaid Parade! See the route map here!

Fogo Azul splashes off with the parade at 1:00pm!

Bring your friends and family to celebrate the summer solstice! Enjoy food by local vendors as the sun sets, workshops by Wearable Tracy, a guided tea meditation and ritual with Kimberly ChouTsun An, hot Brazilian samba reggae rhythms by Fogo Azul NYC, and food by Kinky Taco truck! RSVP free, here.

Fogo Azul dazzles the longest day of the year with two sets, at 6:30 and at 7:00!

A Drag King Takeover is brewing and we’re so here for it 👑🔥

Get ready for Triple D’s: DJs, Drag, and Dancing - the ultimate Sunday party going down on Sunday, June 15th at 3PM at Pet Shop @petshopjc!

Fogo Azul brings high-energy samba reggae rhythms to the party with a 4pm set.

See you there!

Come shimmy your shimmers in the luminous crepuscule as Fogo Azul brings our Big Bad Booming Brazilian Beats to the only twilight Pride parade in the Northeast!

See schedule for other events from June 9-15, including Pride Night at the Brooklyn Cyclones, a 5k Run/Walk, and a Street Fest with an Entertainment Stage and a Family Fun Zone.

Parade with Fogo Azul starts at 7:30pm!

Celebrate with the brilliant beats of Brazilian rhythms by Fogo Azul NYC at Triangle Community Center’s annual Pride in the Park, Fairfield County CT’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride festival!

Fogo Azul gets loud and proud around 2pm!

March and dance to the roaring samba reggae of Fogo Azul as we drum through the heart of Sunnyside, concluding with a celebration featuring more performers, yummy food and refreshments, and a Queer Makers Mart.

Fogo Azul leads the march from the Sunnyside Arch to Lowery Plaza right after remarks from elected officials and community leaders!

Opening Night of the 2025 season! With bold Brazilian beats by Fogo Azul, music by T Marie & Bayou Juju, and art by Samantha Dion Baker.

Fogo Azul sounds off at 6:00pm!

Time to step it up for MS with Fogo Azul NYC! Show the stairs who's boss at Citi Field, home of the NY Mets. Climb to the Top: NYC. Fogo Azul will have you dancing to irresistible samba reggae drumming while waving and cheering along with your fellow climbers to change the world for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis.

Fogo Azul lifts every step with multiple mini-sets throughout the event!

2025 is the 33rd anniversary of Queens Pride! Found in 1993, it is held annually on the first Sunday in June, in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights. The parade is followed by a multicultural festival!

Fogo Azul marches at high noon in the Queens Pride Parade!

Presented by El Grito de Lower East Side

Hosted by Dean Huertas

From the official website: Join us as we lift our voices and flags high, coming together to celebrate this powerful chapter in our collective journey.

More than a parade—it’s a movement!

Experience the energy of our powerful drumline in action as Fogo Azul parades up Columbia Street and Avenue D in celebration of LES PR Day!!!

Parade begins at 4pm on Columbia Street & Rivington Street.
Festival begins at 4:30pm on E11th Street & Avenue D.

#DUMBODROP is an Annual Tradition where thousands of toy elephants parachute down from the skies of Dumbo onto our cobblestoned Washington Street - Brooklyn’s most iconic block. Plus, there's an epic block party with kids activities, restaurant row and more!

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly to Dumbo’s Title 1 public schools, PS307 Elementary + The Dock Street Middle School.

Fogo Azul jumps off with a short set at 5pm and 7pm!

Welcome back to Bedford Library! A block party, with activities for children, teens and adults, celebrates the reopening of the oldest branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL).

Check out Fogo Azul’s periodically pounding poetics from 12:40-1:00pm !

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Astoria’s brand new Asphalt Art project!

Plus, from noon - 6pm, local artists display their work within Steinway Street businesses on the self-guided Art Walk on Steinway Street.

Fogo Azul reveals a rainbow of rhythm around 11:30AM!

Kick off summer with a FREE BLOCK PARTY! A fun-filled afternoon of hands-on discovery, exciting activities, and free offerings for the whole family! This year’s theme is DISCOVERY, bringing children and caregivers together to explore the world around them - through science, health and creativity. We’ll have live music and fitness.

Fogo Azul performs at 2pm!

Come join us at Gotham Park for a day full of fun, food, and festivities! This event is all about bringing the community together to celebrate the arrival of spring.

There will be live music, delicious food trucks, a skate jam, and much more. It's the perfect opportunity to meet your neighbors and make new friends.

Fogo Azul opens the event with a performance at 12pm!

This event is Free to all.

Go for the win with America's fastest growing race featuring over 25,000 runners in 2025! Official partner, Oatly, is drumming up a Halfway Halftime Show of unhinged entertainment fanfare to celebrate every runner’s race progress and Oatly’s lower climate impact message, as well as to cheer runners on through the race’s 2nd half.

Fogo Azul plays multiple sets from 7:30-10:30AM on stage at the Oatly Half-way Hub at Barclay Center!

Celebrate Earth Month at the Climate Arts Festival at Queens Botanical Garden, a vibrant event dedicated to exploring solutions for the global climate crisis. Immerse yourself in a day of creativity and sustainability with hands-on activities, guided tours, and live performances throughout the festival!

Fogo Azul performs from 2:15 - 3:00!

It’s the official start to NYC’s Open Streets and Public Space Programming season! Car-Free Earth Day is an annual car-free celebration with events across all five boroughs hosted by NYC DOT.

Fogo Azul gets the groove going from 10 - 10:45AM!