Wales Week in New York

Wales Week USA is an annual festival held mainly in New York City around St David's Day, the national holiday of Wales (1 March). The week-long event celebrates modern Wales, focusing in particular on the arts, food and drink, sport, academia and business. The festival also aims to promote the Welsh in America and the contribution they have made to the country. In 2008, Wales Week will run from February 22 to March 1.

History

Wales Week first started in 2003 and has grown in size gradually. Wales Week 2008 saw the expansion of the Festival beyond New York City, with events also held in Boston, LA and San Francisco.

External links

Wales Week USA website

Ethnic groups in New York City

Groups	Arabs African Americans Brazilians Central Asians East Asians Chinese Filipinos Japanese Koreans Europeans Irish Italians Jews Russians Ukrainians Hispanics Caribbeans Central Americans Cubans Mexicans Puerto Ricans South Americans Native Americans South Asians Asian Indians Bangladeshis Pakistanis Sri Lankans

Ethnic enclaves	8th Avenue/Lapskaus Blvd. 13th Avenue Astoria Arthur Avenue Bay Ridge Bed–Stuy Bensonhurst Borough Park Brighton Beach Chinatowns Brooklyn Queens Manhattan Crown Heights Curry Hill Dyker Heights Elmhurst Flatbush Harlem Hell's Kitchen Howard Beach Italian Harlem Jackson Heights Jamaica Koreatowns Manhattan Queens Le Petit Senegal Little Brazil Little Egypt Little Fuzhou Little Germany Little Italy Little Manila Little Poland Little Saigon Little Spain Little Syria Loisaida Morris Park Ozone Park Spanish Harlem Sunset Park Washington Heights Williamsburg Yorkville

Institutions	African Burial Ground National Monument Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society El Museo del Barrio Hispanic Society of America Indo-American Arts Council Irish Repertory Theatre New York Asian Film Festival New York Filipino Film Festival Wales Week in New York

Cultural events	Brazilian Day Dominican Day Parade Feast of San Gennaro German-American Steuben Parade Korean Day Parade NY Persian Parade Philippine Independence Day Parade Puerto Rican Day Parade Pulaski Day Parade

Historical events	New York Slave Revolt of 1712 New York Conspiracy of 1741 New York City teachers' strike of 1968 Crown Heights riots of 1991

Movements	Harlem Renaissance Nuyorican Movement

Media	Asahi Shimbun China Daily El Diario La Prensa Freie Arbeiter Stimme Il Progresso Italo-Americano India Abroad Irish Voice Little India Korea Times New Yorker Staats-Zeitung Nowy Dziennik Proletar Sing Tao Daily The Daily Star The Epoch Times The International New York Times The Irish Echo World Journal

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