International light festival will shine on Yucatán
Mexico’s international light festival, or FILUX, has set its sights on Yucatán once again.
Festival de las Animas: Everything you need to know
With Dia de Los Muertos — or Hanal Pixán, as it is known in Yucatán — just a couple of weeks away. Mérida’s City Hall has announced a slate of events featuring processions, cultural events, movie screenings, food fairs, pet adoption drives, and lots more. Check out the full event calendar below and start to plan…
Colorful hot-air balloon festival in Tahmek this weekend
The town of Tahmek is preparing to host its second-ever Festival del Globo Maya.
Mérida ice cream festival to cool things off this weekend
Mérida is preparing to host an ice cream festival, just in time for summer.
It’s Mérida’s turn to celebrate its roots with the Pueblos del Maíz 2022 festival
Mérida celebrates its culinary roots through the Pueblos del Maíz 2022 festival on Friday and Saturday. The festival will host more than 30 exhibitors. Among the activities is a screening of the film “Journey into Yucatán” by Symphonic Planet. Also, “La Siembra” and the “Trovadoras del Mayab” will perform, and photo exhibit called “Milpa Times”…
Fried crickets on the menu at Oaxaca’s famous Gueleguetza in Mérida
Mérida’s Parque de la Paz, across from the Centenario Zoo, is hosting a traditional Oaxacan Gueleguetza festival complete with entertainment and plenty of food.
Mérida gears up for its annual tamales festival
During the event, several vendors will be selling tamales of several different types, including the Yucatecan Xpelón, as well as versions traditional to states like Puebla, Oaxaca, and Mexico City.
Mérida Fest to go forward despite COVID-19 surge
The Ayuntamiento has confirmed that in-person events scheduled for Mérida Fest 2022 will continue as planned.
China unveils ice replica of Chichén Itzá’s famous Kukuklcán Pyramid
Artists in China have created a replica of the Pyramid of Kukulcán made entirely out of ice.
The history and significance of the noble Mexican piñata
The first recorded instance of piñatas in colonial Mexico dates to 1586 during a Christmas celebration hosted by Agustin monks in what is today Nezahualcóyotl, in Mexico State.
Despite challenges, Mexico’s devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe is unwavering
Mérida is an extremely social city, even now with the pandemic in full swing. And “Guadalupe – Reyes” is the most intensely social period of the year.
Festivities celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe to be scaled back once again
For the second year in a row, Yucatan’s Catholic archdiocese is urging its faithful to not assist to large events commemorating the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Dec. 12.
Mérida to hold a week-long tango festival, starting tonight
Mérida’s international tango festival is set to return for a full calendar week starting Nov. 25.
Feel brave enough to eat an eyeball taco? Mérida’s taco festival has you covered
Taco connoisseurs are prepreparing to host Mérida’s Festival del Taco next weekend.
Mérida prepares to host its 2nd-ever free jazz festival
Mérida is set to host the second edition of its Resonancias Yucatán Jazz festival. The event will take place Nov. 26-29 at several Centro venues including el Palacio de la Música and the Teatro José Peón Contreras. Access to all performances will be free to the public thanks to Mexico’s department of culture. Headlining the…
Jazz festival to make its comeback in Playa del Carmen this November
The festival will be of a hybrid nature, with some of the events being held online to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, city authorities announced.
Will Yucatán’s love for cheese beat out its fear of COVID-19?
Event organizers have been quick to point out that they will be following all sanitary protocols, to protect vendors and patrons from COVID-19.
Mérida’s international circus festival to be held online
The festival will feature performances, conferences, and workshops by 44 artists from Canada, Spain, Australia, and Mexico.
Panucho festival in Ermita de Santa Isabel is Merida’s latest food event
Yucatan is getting crowded with its single-focus food festivals. There’s one for ice cream, one for salbutes, one for huevos motulenos, and of course the wildly popular one for chicharra in Xcalachén. Now the capital city, through the Santa Isabel church guild, is honoring one of Yucatan’s favorite dishes, the panucho. Merida’s first-ever Panucho Fair…
Salbut festival in Seye celebrates food of Yucatan
Seye, Yucatan — Delicious salbutes with breaded shrimp, queso relleno, pulpo and carne asada can be found at today’s Salbut Festival, starting 5 p.m., in this smallish city southeast of the capital. This unique culinary event is reached from Merida via the Merida-Cancun highway at kilometer 29, about a half-hour drive. More than 30 exhibitors…
Artists angry that fall cultural festival is called off
Much to the chagrin of several artists, the state Ministry of Culture and the Arts decided not to host a 2018 edition of the Fall Cultural Arts Festival, as it is known in English.
Birthplace of famous ‘Huevos Motuleños’ gets ready for fair
The 2018 Gastronomic Festival of the Huevo Motuleño will take place July 14-15 in the city’s civic plaza.
Craving chicharra? Get to the Xcalachén festival early
The third Chicharra Festival 2018 is expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors and sell two tons of crispy fried pork bits.
Hanal Pixán events for 2017: Here’s the lineup
Hanal Pixán, the local variant on Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, will be celebrated with a series of events beginning Monday, Oct. 23 with Vaquería dance performance at the Municipal Palace.
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