På gång i San Miguel de Allende, Mexico under året

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

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  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. Källa ↗

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  Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair)

  28 jan – 15 feb · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong

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  San Miguel Writers' Conference

  5–20 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Feria de la Candelaria (plant fair) (28 jan – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  14 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (14 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

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  Santa Cruz del Valle del Maiz

  20–31 maj · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Dia de los Locos, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  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.

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  Dia de los Locos

  14–20 jun · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Mest folk — Independence and Sanmiguelada, Alborada

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  Independence and Sanmiguelada

  15–18 sep · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Alborada

  26 sep – 1 okt · vanligtvisLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Mest folk — Alborada, Day of the Dead

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  Day of the Dead

  30 okt – 2 novStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Alborada (26 sep – 1 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Day of the Dead

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Day of the Dead (30 okt – 2 nov)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16–24 decJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗