Plantando Bandera: 68th Puerto Rican Day parade steps off in Manhattan Sunday
June 7, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
It doesn't get any bigger than New York City. The parade gets underway at 11 a.m.
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is back in Manhattan Sunday, filling the streets with floats, music and dancing.
Back for its 68th year, the largest Puerto Rican Day celebration in the country will step off at 11 a.m. on Fifth Avenue. This year’s theme, Plantando Bandera, “planting a flag,” honors the hundreds of thousands in the diaspora in New York City and millions worldwide.
Organizers say the theme captures “pride in our presence” which has been central to city history for the better part of a century.
The event will run until roughly 5 p.m. and it’s free to attend with barricades set up along the route.
Whether you are hoping to watch the parade or simply get around in the borough, be aware the festivities will shut down Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 79th Street and several cross streets before, during and after the parade
You can find more details on the route here.
This year, organizers plan to highlight Atlanta’s Puerto Rican community as well as the city of Aguas Buenas on the island. The parade will be broadcast live on WABC Channel 7 at noon.
Several celebrities will be honored including actor Luis Guzmán and six-time Grammy winner, Olga Tañón — the king and queen of the parade.
You can catch celebrations elsewhere in the city as well this weekend, including the Sunset Park parade and the Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade in Bushwick on Sunday. There will be live music performances at the 116th Street Festival in Harlem on Saturday.
Here’s what you need to know about the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday