Day of the Dead Events Lineup

Mexico comes alive with color, tradition, and emotion to celebrate Day of the Dead.

From north to south, towns and cities across the country offer a vibrant program of cultural, artistic, and culinary activities that invite visitors to discover our roots and honor those who are no longer with us. Altars, parades, workshops, concerts, and exhibitions come together to create a unique experience that celebrates life and remembrance in every corner of Mexico.

Discover the different events taking place throughout Mexico to celebrate this cherished tradition:

Aguascalientes
🏵️ Festival de Calaveras​

Baja California
🏵️ El Pan de la Catrina​
🏵️ 9no altar de muertos​
🏵️ Fashion Show Catrinas​
🏵️ Que nadie quede en el olvido​
🏵️ Día de muertos en Ensenada​
🏵️ Festival de los Muertos en el Trompo - Tijuana 2026
🏵️Festival de Día de muertos 26 aniversario​
🏵️ Noche de Catrinas
🏵️ Dia de muertos casa de la cultura progreso
🏵️ Urban Fest 2026
🏵️ Raíces eternas: Día de Muertos 2026

Baja California Sur

🏵️ Traditional Day of the Dead Festival
🏵️ Que Nadie Quede en el Olvido

Campeche
🏵️ Pomuch Day of the Dead Festival
🏵️ Catrina Contest
🏵️ State “Hanal Pixán” Altar Contest

Coahuila
🏵️ Spooky Town 2026
🏵️ Festival Camino de las Flores
🏵️ Flowers and Pumpkins Festival
🏵️ Desert Animals Festival
🏵️ Day of the Dead for Pets
🏵️ Catrina and Day of the Dead Altar Contest, plus the Traditional Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Luminarias de Almas
🏵️ Municipal Parade Float Contest
🏵️ Brujas Fest
🏵️ Grand Day of the Dead Altar
🏵️ Atardecer Mágico: Fiesta de Catrinas at Viñedo RG MX
🏵️ Day of the Dead Callejoneada
🏵️ Altar Exhibition at Camino de las Flores

Colima
🏵️ Feria de Todos los Santos
🏵️ Festival del Más Allá

Chiapas
🏵️ Festival Xibalbalam
🏵️ Festival Almas Vivas

Chihuahua
🏵️ 200 Festival Portal Entre Mundos
🏵️ Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ La Plaza Entre Huesos y Flores
🏵️ Las Almas Vuelan
🏵️ Bodas de Sangre
🏵️ Entre Vinos y Tradición
🏵️ Calaveritas Mexicanas
🏵️ La Calaca y Buenas
🏵️ Entre Tumbas
🏵️ La Muerte Baila Tango
🏵️ El Pan de Mis Amores
🏵️ Masses for the Faithful Departed
🏵️ Se Vive al Morir
🏵️ Los Catrines de Nucam
🏵️ Las Delicias de la Muerte
🏵️ Santana Hasta la Muerte

Mexico City
🏵️ Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Monumental Ofrenda at the Zócalo
🏵️ Mexskeletons Day of the Dead Ofrenda House
🏵️ Mega Procesión de Catrinas
🏵️ Ofrenda Contest at Chapultepec
🏵️ Night Race: Sendero de las Ánimas 2026
🏵️ La Llorona in Mexico City
🏵️ La Muerte en México Está Más Viva Que Nunca
🏵️ Marigold Flower Festival
🏵️ Six Flags México Festival del Terror
🏵️ Day of the Dead Race: Calacas on the Run
🏵️ UNAM Day of the Dead Mega Ofrenda
🏵️ Catrinas Fest
🏵️ 2025 Marigold Route in Xochimilco
🏵️ Night Race: Sendero de las Ánimas 2026
🏵️ Tlanchana: La Leyenda Viva de Nuestras Aguas
🏵️ Historias de Catrinas
🏵️ 18th Monumental Alebrije Parade
🏵️ “El Camino” – Lighting Display on Paseo de la Reforma
🏵️ Day of the Dead Bicycle Ride
🏵️ Community Ofrendas
🏵️ Zócalo Lighting Display
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival at Chapultepec: “La Puerta Entre Dos Mundos”
🏵️ Xochimilco Chinampa Tour
🏵️ Mixquic

Printed event program CORAZÓN DE OTOÑO (click here)

Durango
🏵️ Festival Muuki 2026
🏵️ Darktober Fest 2026

State of Mexico
🏵️ Alfeñique Fair and Cultural Festival
🏵️ 4th Catrina Festival, Huixquilucan
🏵️ International Mitote al Mictlán Festival, Ocoyoacac
🏵️ Underworld Night Race, Teotihuacán
🏵️ Leyendas del Camino Real Tour, Polotitlán
🏵️ International Folkloric Dance Festival “La Casa de la Serpiente,” Coacalco
🏵️ Traditional Day of the Dead Celebration, Tepotzotlán
🏵️ Festival Vela Nueva, Ixtapan de la Sal
🏵️ Festival de las Almas, Valle de Bravo
🏵️ Catrineando, Toluca
🏵️ El Camino a Xibalbá, Valle de Bravo
🏵️ La Calaca También es Naca, Acolman
🏵️ Guardianes del Mictlán: Una Fiesta Entre Flores
🏵️ Festival Sinergia, Atlacomulco
🏵️ Festival Muerte Viva, Atlacomulco

Guanajuato
🏵️ Vive Tus Tradiciones en Guanajuato
🏵️ 7th Day of the Dead Festival “¡Vívelo en Guanajuato!”
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival, Guanajuato City
🏵️ Festival de la Muerte, León
🏵️ 2nd Day of the Dead Festival, Purísima del Rincón
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival with San Miguel Spirit, San Miguel de Allende
🏵️ 3rd Festival de la Muerte, Dolores Hidalgo C.I.N.
🏵️ Camino de los Muertos, Doctor Mora
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival, Victoria
🏵️ La Danza de las Almas, Mineral de Pozos
🏵️ Xanharu: “El Camino de las Ánimas” 2026, Yuriria
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival: Camino al Mictlán, Valle de Santiago
🏵️ 5th Festival de las Ánimas “Vive Tus Tradiciones,” Tarimoro
🏵️ Noche Mística at Presa Solís, Tarandacuao
🏵️ 2nd Edition of the Vida y Muerte Xerecuaro Festival, Jerécuaro
🏵️ 2026 International Carpet Makers Gathering, Uriangato
🏵️ 500 Años de Sabor, Acámbaro

Guerrero
🏵️ First Catrina-Making Workshop
🏵️ Day of the Dead Celebration
🏵️ Yohuala Cultural Festival 2026, Iguala and Taxco
🏵️ Taxco de Mis Sabores, Taxco
🏵️ Ruta Noche de Plata, Taxco
🏵️ Estampida Mustang, Taxco
🏵️ Miranda, Acapulco
🏵️ Inauguration of the 2026 Monumental Catrina, Taxco
🏵️ Perinorte Fest, Iguala
🏵️ Una Noche en Mictlán Mega Ofrenda, Acapulco
🏵️ Day of the Dead Season, Taxco
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival 2026, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
🏵️ Spooktacular Halloween Party, Taxco
🏵️ Happy Halloween, Acapulco
🏵️ Day of the Dead, Ixcateopan
🏵️ Festival de Catrinas, Pie de la Cuesta
🏵️ Fiesta Retiro Día de Muertos 7.17, Acapulco
🏵️ Jumil Day Festival, Taxco
🏵️ Lila Downs at El Partenón de Zihuatanejo

​Hidalgo

🏵️ Pueblo Calavera II in Tepeapulco
🏵️ Almas y Cempasúchil in Huichapan
🏵️ Xantolo in Huejutla de Reyes

Jalisco
🏵️ Calaveralandia
🏵️ Heritage Tertulia Tour at Panteón de Belén
🏵️ 15th Festival de Muertos in Tlaquepaque
🏵️ 16th Festival de la Catrina “México, Lindo y Querido”
🏵️ Cemetery Tour
🏵️ Cartonería Skull Workshop at Casa Wilmot
🏵️ Guadalajara Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Tlaquepaque Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Opening of Vive la Eternidad
🏵️ Ritmos de la Noche: Camino al Mictlán
🏵️ Entre Almas y Tequila
🏵️ Calaveras y Calaveritas
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos
🏵️ VinArt Ajijic – Day of the Dead Edition
🏵️ Day of the Dead Gastronomic Festival
🏵️ Tequilero Hasta los Huesos
🏵️ Day of the Dead Route to Ameca
🏵️ La Ruta de los Ancestros
🏵️ Day of the Dead Altar
🏵️ Catrinas and Catrines Procession
🏵️ Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Brides and Catrinas Procession
🏵️ 3rd Edition of Charrería Hasta los Huesos
🏵️ Marigold Field
🏵️ Guadalajara Misteriosa Tour
🏵️ Selva Mágica
🏵️ Misterio en el Abismo
🏵️ Guadalajara Legends Tour
🏵️ En las Puertas del Mictlán
🏵️ Witchcraft Exhibition
🏵️ Altar Exhibition

Michoacán
🏵️ Night of the Dead Celebration Week
🏵️ Hand-Carved Wooden Mask Workshop
🏵️ Decorated Wooden Tray Workshop
🏵️ Ceramics Workshop
🏵️ Clay Workshop
🏵️ Corn Husk Craft Workshop
🏵️ Papel Picado and Cantoya Balloon Workshop
🏵️ Corn Husk Marigold Flower Workshop
🏵️ Traditional Petate and Chain Weaving Workshop
🏵️ Tierra de Colores: Marigold Flower Fields
🏵️ Candle Festival in Uruapan
🏵️ Chuspata Handicraft Workshop “JIUATSio”
🏵️ Traditional Sweets Workshop “El Secreto Entre Cazuelas”
🏵️ Wheat Straw Workshop (Panikua)
🏵️ Traditional Cooking Workshop
🏵️ Sugar Figure Workshop “Añuanda”
🏵️ Traditional Arches for the Souls Workshop “Entre Flores”
🏵️ Cross-Stitch Embroidery Workshop
🏵️ White-Slip Pottery Workshop

Morelos

🏵️ 2026 Altar Route
🏵️ Miquixtli: Morelos Day of the Dead Festival – Cuernavaca, Axochiapan and Tlaltizapán
🏵️ Day of the Dead: The Chinelobús Returns to Tlayacapan in 2026
🏵️ Open Homes with Coffee, Bread and Tamales; Ofrendas with Life-Size Representations – Ocotepec
🏵️ La Huehuenchada – Tetela del Volcán
🏵️ Giant Mojiganga Parade – Zacualpan de Amilpas
🏵️ Tlayacapan’s Traditional Band, with More Than 140 Years of History
🏵️ Hanging Ofrendas – Coatetelco
🏵️ Miquixtli Festival at Jardín Borda – Cuernavaca
🏵️ Floating Ofrendas and Nighttime Show – Tequesquitengo

Nayarit

🏵️ 16th "Long Live the Dead!" Festival

🏵️ "Las Nayaritas" Women's Charro Team (Escaramuza Charra)

🏵️ 2026 International Day of the Dead Festival (Bahía de Banderas)

Nuevo León

🏵️ Santa Lucía International Festival

🏵️ Catrina Festival 2026

🏵️ CEMPASÚCHIL DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL 2026

🏵️ Day of the Dead Altars and Catrinas Runway

🏵️ Regia Lucha Libre (Monterrey Wrestling)

🏵️ Halloween Day

🏵️ PARÁS 2026 GRAND CATRINAS CALLEJONEADA (Alley Walk)

🏵️ Monumental Day of the Dead Altar-Catrinas Contest-Literary Skulls (Calaveras Literarias) Contest

🏵️ Monumental Altar Exhibition in honor of singer Vicente Fernández.

🏵️ Altar Presentation

🏵️ Popular Fair / Street Festival (Verbena Popular).

🏵️ Catrinas Parade through the Historic Center, Callejoneada, and Catrinas contest

🏵️ Artisanal carpet exhibition "La Catrina", MUHILAN Museum

🏵️ Day of the Dead festival and altar exhibition, municipal cemetery

🏵️ Play "Chano, Chanito" Main Square

🏵️ Feast of the Souls (Fiesta de las Ánimas)

🏵️ School Altars Contest

🏵️ Altar in the Hidalgo Square Kiosk

🏵️ Catrinas and Catrines Contest and Procession of the Souls, Mass at the Cemetery

🏵️ 2026 Day of the Dead Altars Contest

🏵️ "Catrineando en Zaragoza" Cultural Artistic Festival

🏵️ "Celebrating Eternity"

Oaxaca

🏵️ Catrinas Contest

🏵️ "Xandú" Street Festival (Verbena)

🏵️ Floral Circuit "Flowers that Guide the Soul"

🏵️ Facades Contest

🏵️ Sand Carpet

🏵️ Valley Zapotec Concert

🏵️ Sacred Music Concert

🏵️️ Play and Poetry: Dxi’ Sahndu’ (Day of the Dead) and Gudidxi na’ Lula’ (Embrace Me Oaxaca)

🏵️ Presentation of the Anthology "Thoughts on the Day of the Dead Festivities from a Cosmovision of the Original Peoples of Oaxaca"

🏵️ Voices of the People of the Dead Show

🏵️ Zapotec Rock Band Concert

🏵️ STATE TAEKWONDO TOURNAMENT

🏵️ STATE SURF TOURNAMENT

🏵️ COMBAT SPORTS FESTIVAL

🏵️ CATRINAS IN THE SEA

🏵️ ATHLETIC RACE

🏵️ YOUR DEAD SKATEBOARDING FESTIVAL

🏵️ CHILDREN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT

🏵️ The Death Cart

🏵️ House Made in Oaxaca: Offering and Heritage Edition

🏵️ Allusive to Day of the Dead

🏵️ Floral Circuit "Flowers that Guide the Soul"

🏵️ Grand Day of the Dead Comparsa (Traditional Procession)

🏵️ Fretwork of Flavors (Grecas de sabor)

🏵️ Paths of Eternity

🏵️ Guardians of Mictlán

🏵️ Laní Gui

🏵️ Road to Mictlán

🏵️ Grand Muerteada of the Central Valleys

🏵️ Land of the Dead

Puebla
🏵️ Festival de la Luz y de la Vida – Chignahuapan
🏵️ Valle de Catrinas – Atlixco
🏵️ “Entre Vivos y Muertos” Festival – Puebla
🏵️ Catrinerías: A Day of the Dead Show at Ex-Hacienda de Chautla
🏵️ Camino de las Almas Festival – Huejotzingo
🏵️ Sendero al Mictlán, 5th Edition – San Andrés Cholula
🏵️ Feria de los Muertos – Zacatlán
🏵️ Entre Almas y Recuerdos Festival – Izúcar de Matamoros
🏵️ Camino de Ánimas Festival – Acatzingo
🏵️ 3rd Paseo de las Calaveras 2025 – Ajalpan
🏵️ Ofrenda Route – San Pedro Cholula
🏵️ Flores y Ofrendas: A Tribute to Life – Tlatlauquitepec
🏵️ Monumental Altars – Huaquechula
🏵️ Miquiztli Festival – Tetela de Ocampo
🏵️ Festival de las Almas – Teziutlán
🏵️ Entre Flores y Velas – San Miguel Xoxtla
🏵️ Elevación de las Almas with Cantoya Balloons – Zacatlán
🏵️ March of a Thousand Lights and Ofrenda of a Thousand Lights – Chignahuapan
🏵️ Opening of the Ofrenda Nueva – Tochimilco
🏵️ “El Vuelo del Quetzal” – 1st International Artistic Paper Balloon Festival – Cuetzalan
🏵️ 6th Day of the Dead Walk – San Miguel Xoxtla
🏵️ MICCAILHUITL – Fiesta de los Muertos

Querétaro
🏵️ Human Fest
🏵️ Ahí Vienen Nuestros Muertos 2025
🏵️ Opening of the Ofrendas at Plaza Antea
🏵️ Recordando Almas – Fashion Shows
🏵️ Gallo Monumental
🏵️ Muertada – Callejoneada
🏵️ All Saints Market
🏵️ UAQ High School Ofrendas
🏵️ Opening of the Monumental Ofrenda
🏵️ Entre la Vida y la Muerte – Lecture Series
🏵️ Monumental Ofrenda Exhibition
🏵️ Opening of the Ofrendas from Querétaro’s Neighborhoods
🏵️ Entre Tumbas – Concert by the Querétaro State Music Band
🏵️ Day of the Dead Parade

Quintana Roo
🏵️ Llegada de las Ánimas – Noche Bohemia
🏵️ University Day of the Dead Festival
🏵️ Luz y Vida Festival
🏵️ “Almas con Tradición” Day of the Dead Festival
🏵️ Hanal Pixán
🏵️ Festival of Life and Death Traditions
🏵️ Xibalbá – Noche de Juventudes
🏵️ Luz y Vida Festival “Entre Vivos y Muertos 2025” – Isla Mujeres
🏵️ Festival de Calaveritas – Noche de las Niñas y los Niños
🏵️ Hanal Pixán “Raíces y Tradición en Tulum” – Day of the Dead Photography Contest
🏵️ Hanal Pixán – Pueblo del Maíz
🏵️ Hanal Pixán – Altar Contest

San Luis Potosí
🏵️ Xantolo Celebration
🏵️ Day of the Dead at the Tamasopo Waterfalls
🏵️ Fiesta de Luz – Xantolo Edition

Tamaulipas
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival in Ciudad Victoria
🏵️ Creation of Monumental Catrinas

Tlaxcala
🏵️ Alfombra con Causa – Charity Carpet Display
🏵️ Legends Contest
🏵️ 2nd Mictlán and Cacao Festival

Yucatán
🏵️ Catrina Parade
🏵️ Encendido de las Ánimas
🏵️ Monumental Altar
🏵️ Altar Exhibitions
🏵️ De Visita a las Catrinas
🏵️ Traditional Pan de Muerto Festival
🏵️ Night of Legends

Zacatecas
🏵️ Day of the Dead Festival
🏵️ Arch Tour
🏵️ Tribute to Notable Figures
🏵️ Grand Day of the Dead Parade
🏵️ Catrina Fashion Show
🏵️ Yuri Live at Plaza de Armas