Sorry, snowbirds. Mérida will not hold a second Noche Blanca in 2025. Mayor Cecilia Patrón Laviada announced that the traditional November cultural festival has been replaced with a Jazz Festival running from October 1 to 4. At her Monday morning press conference, Patrón Laviada confirmed the programming change. “We’re diversifying our cultural and acoustic offerings…
Mérida’s colonial streets and plazas will come alive in June (not May) with La Noche Blanca 2025. Here’s why it’s worth waiting for.
Cue Noche Blanca, and cue the rain. It rarely happens, but in the latest edition of Mérida’s citywide cultural extravaganza, that’s what happened indeed. But the evening went on to triumph, best symbolized by the specter of a giant mechanical man ambling down the Paseo Montejo. It was one of Noche Blanca’s more powerful symbols,…
Free tickets to Dzibilchaltún’s video mapping show during Noche Blanca on May 13 are up for grabs — the window of opportunity is tight.
The second Noche Blanca of 2022 will feature a panucho fair, tours and — despite added scrutiny of the tradition — horse-and-carriage rides. City Cultural Director Irving Berlin Villafaña confirmed Wednesday that the next edition of the Noche Blanca citywide celebration will be Saturday, Oct. 22. It also marks the return of La Víspera on…
The citywide celebration’s 2022 comeback was a tremendous relief after 2 years of lockdowns and restrictions
The citywide arts celebration La Noche Blanca has made a comeback, and as if to make up for lost time, an overwhelming schedule of events begins Saturday night and into early Sunday. Just about every park, gallery, cultural center, and museum in the Centro will be open late. The streets will be packed with visitors…
Mérida´s municipal government is launching a new mobile phone application to tell the story of the city’s iconic Centro corner plaques.
After 2 long years, a hugely popular “white night” will again overtake the Centro
Any hope of Merida’s cultural and civic programs returning along with restaurants and hotels has been dashed this year.
Skies are clear and temperatures are pleasant for tonight’s Noche Blanca. For its 10th edition, the sprawling citywide festival of art and music pretty much takes over Merida’s historic center at 8 p.m., and continuing past midnight. The nearly 200 events are too numerous to list, although the city has a searchable database here. Tomen…
The 10th edition of Noche Blanca, a sweeping citywide cultural festival, will be Saturday, Dec. 8, the city administration announced.
In what remains of the administration of Interim Mayor María Dolores Fritz Sierra, Noche Blanca won’t be on the agenda.
Free Noche Blanca events are planned in 147 venues all across Mérida on Saturday, Dec. 2.
Calle 61 became a catwalk showcasing local designs and haute couture that reflect the Yucatecan aesthetic.
A concert and a fashion show, two rained-out Noche Blanca events, are back on the schedule.
Rain didn’t stop Saturday’s Noche Blanca celebrations, although some of the biggest outdoor events had to be rescheduled.
Noche Blanca this Saturday has two particularly big acts, but they won’t overshadow all the 40-odd other free events scattered throughout the city.
The historic center’s sprawling celebration of art and culture returns Saturday, June 10.
The massive citywide festival, which attracted 60,000 participants during its previous edition in May, will return on Saturday, Dec. 10.
Under the light of the full moon, the heat did not dampen the spirits for the thousands who enjoyed Noche Blanca into the wee hours of the morning.
The sixth edition of Mérida’s Noche Blanca, a citywide cultural celebration, will pay special attention to our numerous art galleries.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now