Guelaguetza ★ 4.9
Guelaguetza is Oaxaca's headline festival: indigenous dance from the eight regions, food fairs and the Feria del Mezcal across two Lunes del Cerro Mondays.
Focus: Indigenous Oaxacan dance and food
Food festivals in Oaxaca worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Feria Internacional del Mezcal ★ 4.7
Feria Internacional del Mezcal runs July 17-28, 2026 at the Centro de Convenciones, with 100-plus producers, 208 artisans, mezcal tastings and craft beer.
Focus: Mezcal
Noche de Rabanos ★ 4.7
Noche de Rabanos on December 23 fills the Zocalo with oversized radish carvings (saints, dancers, cathedrals), totomoxtle and flor inmortal categories every.
Focus: Radish carving plus pan de yema and chocolate
Dia de Muertos ★ 4.9
Dia de Muertos in Oaxaca runs October 28 to November 4, with the Xoxocotlan panteon vigil October 31, comparsas downtown and pan de muerto on every comedor.
Focus: Pan de muerto, mole negro, chocolate
Feria del Tejate ★ 4.5
The Feria del Tejate in San Andres Huayapam runs every Palm Sunday with 88-plus producers of tejate (declared Oaxacan cultural heritage 2023).
Focus: Tejate, nicuatole, pan
Feria Nacional del Mole ★ 4.4
Oaxaca's mole celebration runs through October into Dia de Muertos, with mole-negro fairs in Centro and the Mole-from-Atocpan tradition across the central.
Focus: Mole
Fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad ★ 4.2
Fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad culminates December 18 at the basilica, with the calenda procession on December 16, midnight mass and mananitas.
Focus: Pan de yema, chocolate, ponche
Convites Populares (Guelaguetza opener) ★ 4.3
The Convites Populares on July 10 and 11, 2026 are the small-scale neighborhood invitations that open Guelaguetza, leaving from Cruz de Piedra.
Focus: Indigenous food and dance