Qué hay en San Miguel de Allende, México, a lo largo del año

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Ignacio Allende's birthday parade

  21 EneGran festival

  Independence hero Ignacio Allende was born here on 21 January 1769. The town marks the day with a civic ceremony at his birthplace on the Jardin and a parade of school bands, floats and costumed groups through the centre. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair)

  28 Ene – 15 Feb · normalmenteGran festival

  Around Candlemas on 2 February the town holds its two-week plant and flower fair, running for some seventy years: nursery stalls from across Mexico, a blessing of seeds for the planting season, dances and workshops. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido

• Festival

  San Miguel Writers' Conference

  5–20 Feb · normalmenteFestival de artesReserva pronto

  Five days of literary workshops, keynotes and readings that draw writers and readers from the US and Canada, landing in the middle of high season; the better hotels near the centre book out well ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair) (28 Ene – 15 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Semana Santa, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  14 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Two weeks of processions rather than one, starting with the Senor de la Columna walked in from Atotonilco before dawn on the Sunday before Palm Sunday. The town is full and the hotels know it. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (14 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Festival

  Santa Cruz del Valle del Maiz

  20–31 May · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  One of the town's oldest barrios, rooted in Otomi and Chichimeca families, honours the Holy Cross in late May with conchero dances, mock battles between 'Indians' and soldiers, a greased pole and fireworks, asking for good rains ahead of planting. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Dia de los Locos, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Rainy season

  1 Jun – 30 SepMonzón

  Storms in the late afternoon and evening, dry mornings, and the hills behind the town green for the only months of the year. The cobbles get slick and the jacaranda-lined streets flood at the corners.

• Festival

  Dia de los Locos

  14–20 Jun · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  On the Sunday after 13 June several thousand people in masks and costume dance through the centre throwing sweets at the crowd. It is a neighbourhood parade that outgrew itself, not a show for visitors. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rainy season (1 Jun – 30 Sep)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rainy season (1 Jun – 30 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Independence and Sanmiguelada, Alborada

• Festival

  Independence and Sanmiguelada

  15–18 Sep · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  The town is named for Ignacio Allende and takes the September holiday personally, with the shout in the Jardin on the night of the fifteenth and days of parades around it. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Alborada

  26 Sep – 1 Oct · normalmenteLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise. Nobody in the centre sleeps through it and nobody intends to. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Rainy season (1 Jun – 30 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Alborada, Day of the Dead

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  30 Oct – 2 NovGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Altars in the doorways, marigolds up the cobbled streets and the cemetery lit at night, plus a large arts festival that has attached itself to the same days. Book months out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Alborada (26 Sep – 1 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Day of the Dead

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Day of the Dead (30 Oct – 2 Nov)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16–24 DicNavidad y Año Nuevo

  Nine nights of candlelit processions between houses, ending with punch and a broken pinata. In a town this small they pass the same few streets, so you will meet one whether you look for it or not. Fuente ↗