Mexico City

Mexico didn’t achieve freedom right after priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called for his townspeople and initiated the War of Independence on Sept. 16, 1810. But Grito de Dolores—the country’s Independence Day celebration—still induce much nationalistic fervor on the same day every year at the Zócalo and the Plaze ...

The city’s gay culture is hardly a restrained one, as mainly shown in the annual Mexico City Pride every June. Filled with at least 15,000 gay and lesbian revele...

Commemorating the Day of the Dead is a proud Mexican tradition, a major feature of the annual events calendar.  As early as October 31, families flock to the cemeteries to clean their loved ones’ graves. Nov. 1 is known as El Dio de los Ang...

Thousands flock to the country each year to make pilgrimages to the Virgin of Guadalupe, but Dec. 12 is the nationally designated day to venerate the patron saint who was instrumental in the acceptance of the Catholic faith in indigenous ...

Anchored on the Tonal Machioti or Mexica calendar, the Indigenous Mexica New Year is a colorful headdress-filled affair every March. The Zócalo or main city square pulses with much life and solemn offering of selves with festive street dancing.

May it be in the city squares, temples, and palaces, the Mexico Festival keeps public energy to the highest notch every April! An impressive range of live music, dance, theater, literary, and kids-...

Also known as the Jueves de Corpus and taking place on the Thursday after the Day of Trinity, the Día de las Mulas  in June is a huge traditional Mexican holiday dating from 1526. A lively procession kicks off at the Zócalo, and children are no less than a lo...

A colorful appeal to the god Xiuhteciutl (King of Flowers) to protect the flower and fruit harvest, the Feria de las Flores  every July...

The sweet-toothed are the favored ones every August with the Festival de la Torta or Cake Festival, which showcases the traditional to more international recipe...

Commemorating the spark of the civil war in 1910, the Revolution Day is celebrated every Nov. 20 and is highlighted by military parades in the Zó...

A hybrid of indigenous and Catholic rites, the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is celebrated every July and reenacts ancient ceremonies of dance a...

Feliz Navidad! Mexico is host to a long, engaging Christmas season highlighted by posadas or fiestas reenacting Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem. The first of these community-organized events is held on Dec 16. And ...