Hva som skjer i San Miguel de Allende, Mexico gjennom året

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

• Festival

  Ignacio Allende's birthday parade

  21. janStor 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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair)

  28. jan – 15. feb · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong

• Festival

  San Miguel Writers' Conference

  5.–20. feb · vanligvisKunstfestivalBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair) (28. jan – 15. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Semana Santa, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  14. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Semana Santa

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (14. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Santa Cruz del Valle del Maiz

  20.–31. mai · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Dia de los Locos, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Rainy season

  1. jun – 30. sepMonsun

  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 · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (1. jun – 30. sep)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (1. jun – 30. sep)

Toppsesong — Independence and Sanmiguelada, Alborada

• Festival

  Independence and Sanmiguelada

  15.–18. sep · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Alborada

  26. sep – 1. okt · vanligvisLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season (1. jun – 30. sep)

Toppsesong — Alborada, Day of the Dead

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  30. okt – 2. novStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Alborada (26. sep – 1. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Day of the Dead

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Day of the Dead (30. okt – 2. nov)

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

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16.–24. desJul og nyttår

  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. Kilde ↗