Guelaguetza ★ 5.0
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 in July.
Neighborhoodcentro-historico
Location
Address: Cruz de Piedra and Centro Historico de Oaxaca, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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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 rows.
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 year.
Dia de Muertos ★ 5.0
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 table.
More food festivals in Oaxaca
Guelaguetza ★ 5.0
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 in July.
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 rows.
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 year.
Dia de Muertos ★ 5.0
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 table.
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), nicuatole and 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 valleys.