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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5. San Miguel de Allende Events 08-09-2016San Miguel de Allende Date - 2016 Description January San Miguel Poetry Week Jan 2-7 The San Miguel Poetry Week is designed so that participants take classes, go to readings, work on new poems and enjoy time to explore San Miguel de Allende. February Carnaval Feb 3-9 Carnaval (a movable feast) - When walking through the Jardín on the weekend before Ash Wednesday, stay alert. Vendors will be surrounding the square selling big baskets of cascarones, dyed eggs filled with confetti, glitter and/or cornstarch. These are perfectly designed for breaking over the heads of friends and strangers alike. Kids especially get a giggle out of bashing them on the noggins of unwary gringos. If you don't go home covered in confetti, you haven't properly been to the Jardín on Carnaval weekend (Mardi Gras). This is also the day to buy the huge crepe paper flowers that make such colorful home decor. Women will be sitting on the walls all around the Jardín selling them for a few pesos each 12th Annual San Miguel Writers' Conference & Literary Festival Feb 15-19 As the largest and most prestigious co-cultural, bi-lingual literary gathering in the Americas, each February the San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival attracts distinguished authors, established and emerging writers, industry experts, teaching professionals, and avid readers from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. March Magic Town Music Festival March 12-13 The Magic Town Music Festival is thrilled to bring together musicians from both north and south of the border to the enchanting town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to benefit the invaluable charity: Casa de Los Ángeles Sabor San Miguel Viking March Held in March every year, the Sabor San Miguel Viking is a festival celebrating good food and wine. The festival was initiated to publicize Mexico’s rich food culture, and it completely fits the bill. Featuring popular musicians, dancers and, of course, samples and booths of gourmet food, drinks and kitchen equipments, this is truly a unique event of San Miguel. Cuba Fest March 9-20 Food, music, dance, literature, expo all about Cuba. San Miguel Tango Festival March 7-11 Self explanatory April May Holy Cross Festival at Valle de Maiz May 27-30 This neighborhood just below the Mirador on the road to Querétaro has strong Chichimeca and Otomí roots and boy, do they know how to put on a party. The festival honors the Holy Cross (Santa Cruz), goes on for about three days, and is hard to describe. It's the most fun of all May events in San Miguel de Allende. June Sabores San Miguel June 17-19 This festival brings together the local community cuisine, including restaurants and wine producers, bread, mezcal, chocolate, cheese and beer. Cooking classes, chef demonstrations, food tastings, live music, dj's, activities and kid's area. Sunday after June 13: Fiesta de los Locos with crazy costume parade June 19 This carnivalesque parade has people in outlandish costumes dancing and parading through the streets, throwing candy to onlookers. Parade floats and live music add to the festive atmosphere. The parade is held as part of the celebration of the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, but is said to have developed as a combination of this festival with the feast day of Saint Pascal de Bailon. July International Music Festival July 27 - Aug 27 The biggest international chamber music festival in Mexico that attracts fans each summer from USA, Europe and Latin America to enjoy the experience and see on stage the highest level of talent in the world. Guanajuarto International Film Festival July 22-31 Free entry to functions, workshops, conferences and concerts. El Tianguis de Casa de Aves July 3 A new concept in San Miguel de Allende in which Art, Food, Shopping and Live Music, merge under sunny skies and wide green fields. San Miguel de Allende Food Festival July 15-17 With more than 100 exhibitors: restaurants, wines, beer, mezcal, accessories, artw, gourmet products and more! August San Miguel Artisan Show Aug 13-14 In this show, you will get the opportunity to be introduced to different manifestations of arts and crafts, furniture, gifts and a wide range of high quality decorative products from selected exporter companies of our state in a single place. Guanajuato 250 Aug 12-13 Offroad race - 250 kilometers of adventure and adrenaline that you've been waiting for. Participate in the rally competition, regular route or as a spectator. Guanajuato Contemporaneo La Colección 2016 Aug 19-Sept 11 Social, artistic, cultureal project that promotes the talent of teen artists and contemporary art of Guanjuato. San Lucas Fiesta de la Vendimia Aug 20 Celebrate new wine and development of San Lucas. 10 minutes outside of San Miguel de Allende. Traditional wine, new installations, guided tastings, blues and jazz music and free drinks and open bar until 6pm. September Las Fiesta de San Miguel Arcangel Sept 30-Oct 2 A festival that happens in each neighborhood of San Miguel and culminates in a large festival in the Plaza Principal with the arrival of fireworks. Also includes a parade, dancing and another fireworks show. Happens all week long. October La Calaca Festival Oct 30-Nov 2 If you’re a fan of arts and music events and also happen to like Halloween, pack your bags for San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and celebrate a different kind of Halloween here. La Calaca Festival is a participatory arts festival that brings together interactive arts installations; local businesses, individuals and arts organizations; and visitors from Mexico and elsewhere to witness art and creativity inspired by Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). November The International Jazz & Blues Festival Nov 16-20 San Miguel de Allende flashes its cosmopolitan side in the annual International Jazz and Blues Festival held in November and December. Feria Nacional de la Lana y el Laton/National Brass and Wool Fair Nov 21-30 National and international artisans display and sell their products the last two weeks of November December New Years' Eve Dec 31 Fireworks, etc.