CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY
• Fiesta for a Señor del Monte – The patron Saint of Jocotepec
• Festival de Sangre Vive (Fair of indigenous culture) – Ajijic
FEBRUARY
• Open studios art Walk – Ajijic
• Señora de Lourdes fiesta – Chapala
• Día de la bandera, flag day
• Annual Chili cook-off and Art fair – Ajijic
MARCH
APRIL
• Capirotada (traditional bread pudding) competition – Ajijic
• Semana Santa (Easter week) featuring live passion plays
• Shriners Rib Fest – San Antonio
• Chapala water festival
• Expo ganadera Chapala (farm Expo)
MAY
• Fiesta Señor de Guaje – Jocotepec
• Mother’s Day
JUNE
• Fiesta San Antonio de Padua – San Antonio
• Father’s Day
• Fiesta San Juan Bautista – San Juan Cosalá
• Lake Chapala Society Summer Picnic
JULY
• Lake Chapala Society Summer Music Fest
AUGUST
• International Mariachi and Charrería Fest Guadalajara
SEPTEMBER
• Regata de Globos – Ajijic
• Día del Charro
• El grito de Dolores
• Mexican Independence Day and Patriotic Fiestas
• Fiesta de San Francisco – Chapala
OCTOBER
• Expo ganadera, Guadalajara
• Thrill the World, Ajijic
NOVEMBER
• Día de los Muertos
• Fiesta San Andrés apóstol – Ajijic
• Feria Maestros del Arte – Chapala
DECEMBER
• Las posadas (traditional Christmas festivities)
• Noche Buena
• Día de los Santos inocentes (Mexican April fool’s day)
• Año viejo (New Year’s Eve)
More Information
Here are links to more complete listings of many of the weekly, monthly, and annual events on the Lakeside area.
Full calender of events in Chapala area: