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Puerto Vallarta International Gourmet Festival
The best restaurants in Jalisco and Nayarit create top-notch gastronomic delights at the Puerto Vallarta International Gourmet Festival. International chefs fly in and the town's restaurants…
Wines from Mexico, South America and further afield are sampled at Guadalajara Wine Fest every year. Sip and swill at tastings and food and wine matchings in restaurants across the city, watch…
Taxco is a silversmith's haven, with narrow, cobbled streets crammed with silver shops and workshops and surrounded by the mines which made it central to the Spanish colonialists' silver…
Rumbling stomachs in San José del Cabo are appeased at the annual gastronomic festival, Rhythms, Colours and Flavours. Tuck in at foodie events spread across the town and listen out for live…
Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Thousands of pilgrims pour into the enormous Basilica of Mexico City on 12 December to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Mexico's patron saint is behind the conversion of tens of…
Fusion Art & Design Christmas Bazaar
Stock up on shoes, clothes, jewellery, art, bags and other accessories by independent Mexican designers at the Fusion Art & Design Christmas Bazaar. It is held in Parque México in the Condesa…
Radishes are lovingly sculpted into everything from animals to saints and nativity scenes at Oaxaca's curious annual Radish Festival. The Zócalo fills with stalls, music, traditional dancing…
Tonala Markets and Nativity Scenes
Throughout the Christmas season Mexico's craft markets sell thousands of figures for the nacimientos - the elaborate nativity scenes created in homes, churches and even offices throughout the…
Festival of the Olive & Amaranth
Amaranth and olives are savoured and honoured every year in Tulyehualco, in the west of Xochimilco neighbourhood. Taste different olive oils, devour amaranth hotcakes and see traditional…
Wines from Mexico, South America and further afield are sampled at Vallarta Wine Fest every year. Sip and swill at tastings and food and wine matchings in restaurants across Puerto Vallarta…
The annual Cumbre Tajín at the Takilhsukut Theme Park in Veracruz encompasses high culture, ecotourism, steam baths, music and anything related to nurturing the mind, body and spirit. Enjoy…
The first of Mexico's famous buds and blooms jostle for space at the yearly Flowers and Plants Festival. Soak up colourful spring at the Paseo de la Reforma, between the Diana the Hunter…
The annual French Festival takes place throughout Acapulco city and offers a multitude of events that cement cultural links between Mexico and France.
Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Mazatlán runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday and the city is transformed with re-enactments of the Bible story, the burning of Judases and general merriment.
Cuernavaca, dubbed as the City of Eternal Spring, stages a sprawling annual springtime fair with a glorious flower show, a typical Mexican rodeo, street theatre, fairground rides and much more…
Everyone who's anyone in Mexico's fashion circle pops up at the biannual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Antara Polanco Fashion Hall. More than 20 national designers exhibit their clothes for…
A random combination it may be, but the town of Ensenada in Guadalupe Valley hosts a popular Horse, Arts and Wine Festival every year. Just make sure you enjoy the wine after the horse riding…
A traditional Mexican holiday dating back to 1526, Day of the Mules (Día de las Mulas) is also known as Jueves de Corpus. It involves a colourful procession around the city beginning in Mexico…
Milpa Alta Prickly Pear Festival
What comes to mind when you think of a cactus? If all you can conjure up is a mental picture of a shrivelled, God-forsaken thing in the front room at your aunt's then it must be time you…
The Actopan Barbecue Fair (or the Feria de la Barbacoa) is held to commemorate the town's foundation on 8 July back in the 16th century. It's also the best chance a carnivore will have of…
