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.
www.lakechapalaguide.com/events.html
www.theguadalajarareporter.net/index.php/featured/52876-holiday-events-calendar-2019