Food festivals in Mérida worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Mérida worth planning a trip around, by month.
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 Grande altar.
Focus: Mucbipollo, pib de pollo, atole nuevo
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 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 closes Plaza Grande to traffic every Sunday for marquesita and panucho carts, danza Yucateca and the city's longest-running weekly food fair.
Focus: Marquesitas, panuchos, antojitos
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 along the cathedral side.
Focus: Yucatán dance + marquesita carts
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