Hva som skjer i Guanajuato, Mexico gjennom året

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Feria Estatal de Leon

• Festival

  Feria Estatal de Leon

  9. jan – 6. febStor festivalMye folk

  The state fair in Leon, about an hour away, runs from early January into February: livestock and craft halls, bullfights, fairground rides, fireworks and big-name concerts. Entry is cheap and free on a couple of days. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Feria Estatal de Leon

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Feria Estatal de Leon (9. jan – 6. feb)

Travelt — Viernes de Dolores and Holy Week, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Viernes de Dolores and Holy Week

  15. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  On the Friday before Palm Sunday the old mine works, plazas and shop doorways fill with flower altars and people hand out ice water and paletas in the street. Holy Week itself brings processions and a full city. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Viernes de Dolores and Holy Week

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Viernes de Dolores and Holy Week (15. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

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  Fiesta of Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato

  1.–31. maiReligiøs høytid

  May is the month of the city's patroness: neighbourhoods and trade guilds walk in pilgrimage to the Basilica on Plaza de la Paz day after day, ending on 31 May with dawn bells, serenades and mass for her coronation anniversary. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Fiestas de la Presa de la Olla, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Rainy season

  15. jun – 30. sepMonsun

  Rain arrives as short heavy afternoon storms rather than all-day weather, and the hills around the city turn green for the only months of the year. The tunnels under the centre flood briefly in the worst of it.

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Presa de la Olla

  24. jun – 10. jul · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  The city walks up to the reservoir for the opening of the dam gates on the first Monday of July, after a fortnight of neighbourhood dances and the flower parade. It is a local festival, not a visitor one. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Fiestas de la Presa de la Olla, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (15. jun – 30. sep), Fiestas de la Presa de la Olla (24. jun – 10. jul (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (15. jun – 30. sep)

Travelt — Independence days, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Independence days

  13.–17. sepNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  The independence war effectively started here at the Alhóndiga, so the middle of September carries more weight in Guanajuato than almost anywhere: the grito on the night of the 15th, then a full military and student parade. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (15. jun – 30. sep)

Toppsesong — Festival Internacional Cervantino, Día de Muertos

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  Festival Internacional Cervantino

  5.–28. okt · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The largest performing arts festival in Latin America takes over the city's theatres, plazas and church steps for most of October, with a guest country each year. Rooms go months out and prices roughly double. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Día de Muertos

  30. okt – 3. novReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Altars in the university and the plazas, marigolds on the graves at the Santa Paula cemetery, and the mummy museum next door doing brisk trade. It lands straight after the Cervantino, so the city stays full. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Día de Muertos

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Día de Muertos (30. okt – 3. nov)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Guadalupe feast and the posadas

  11.–24. desReligiøs høytid

  The feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe on 12 December brings masses, fireworks and dancing in church courtyards with food stalls, and the nightly posada processions follow from the 16th until Christmas Eve. Kilde ↗