Three Kings Day Parade and Celebrations in New York City

Three Kings Day, also known as Epiphany, is the last official day of the Christmas Season—or the 12th day of Christmas, as the song goes—commemorating the three Magi coming to visit baby Jesus. There are many multicultural celebrations in New York City that celebrate Three Kings Day with traditional hispanic festivities from a parade in East Harlem to making and decorating Three kings Bread in the Mexican tradition at The Children's Museum of Manhattan.

Check out all our Three Kings Day Parade and Celebrations finds in NYC:

Three Kings Day Parade
Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 11am
East Harlem
FREE

Kings, live camels, floats and lively music will The Three Kings Day parade will start at 106th St and Third Avenue and travel up to 116th St and then head west, down Lexington to 112th Street, then over to Park, ending at La Marqueta Plaza at 115th St.

Three Kings Day Celebration
Saturday , January 10, 2009, 3-5pm
El Museo del Barrio
FREE, but space limited. First come, first served.
 

A truly multicultural Holiday performance of live parrandas (Latin American Christmas Carols) and a play inspired by the Mexican tradition of pastorelas (a humorous Nativity play)

St. John the Divine
112th St & Amsterdam, Manhattan
Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10am-12pm
Ages 4 and up
$5 per child

At Camels and Kings: Celebrating the Epiphany workshop families listen to the story of the Three Wise Men and then kids make gift boxes, costumes and sparkling crowns.

Children's Museum of Manhattan
212 W 83rd St, Manhattan
Saturday, January 3, 2009, 3 and 4 pm
Ages 5 and up
Free with Museum Admission

Children learn the Mexican Tradition of decorating three kings bread (Rosca de Reyes) with master baker Paco Lopez, Jr and shape and decorate their own bread to take home and bake.

Macy's
Herald Square, Manhattan
Saturday, January 3, 2009, 1pm
All ages
FREE

The Society of Educational Arts will be in the Macy's Department store kids department with a bilingual celebration of Three Kings Day. Expect arts and crafts, free photos with the Three Kings, and a bilingual puppet show of Little Red Riding Hood.