Hanal Pixán (Festival de las Ánimas) ★ 4.9
Hanal Pixán in Mérida is the Yucatán Day of the Dead, October 31 to November 2 with mucbipollo, the Paseo de las Ánimas candlelight walk and the giant Plaza.
Focus: Mucbipollo, pib de pollo, atole nuevo
Food festivals in Mérida worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Mérida Fest ★ 4.4
Mérida Fest in January marks the city's 1542 founding with two weeks of free Plaza Grande concerts, vaquería dances, panucho carts and Yucatecan food fairs.
Focus: Yucatecan plates and trova suppers
Carnaval Mérida ★ 4.3
Carnaval Mérida runs six days along Paseo de Montejo with parade floats, vaquería dances, panucho carts and the city's biggest pre-Lenten street-food fair.
Focus: Antojitos and panucho stalls along Paseo de Montejo
Mérida en Domingo ★ 4.5
Mérida en Domingo closes Plaza Grande to traffic every Sunday for marquesita and panucho carts, danza Yucateca and the city's longest-running weekly food.
Focus: Marquesitas, panuchos, antojitos
Vaquería de la Ciudad ★ 4.3
Vaquería de la Ciudad runs every Monday 21:00 on Plaza Grande Mérida, the city's weekly Yucatán dance with marquesita carts and panucho stalls.
Focus: Yucatán dance + marquesita carts
Noche Blanca ★ 4.1
Noche Blanca closes Centro Mérida for two May nights, Yucatecan restaurant pop-ups along Calle 60 and free midnight concerts on Plaza Grande and Santa Lucía.
Focus: Pop-up restaurant menus on Calle 60