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.
Noche de Rabanos is a food festival in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Plaza de la Constitucion (Zocalo), Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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.
Fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad culminates December 18 at the basilica, with the calenda procession on December 16, midnight mass and mananitas.
The Convites Populares on July 10 and 11, 2026 are the small-scale neighborhood invitations that open Guelaguetza, leaving from Cruz de Piedra.
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.
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.
The Feria del Tejate in San Andres Huayapam runs every Palm Sunday with 88-plus producers of tejate (declared Oaxacan cultural heritage 2023).
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.
Fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad culminates December 18 at the basilica, with the calenda procession on December 16, midnight mass and mananitas.
The Convites Populares on July 10 and 11, 2026 are the small-scale neighborhood invitations that open Guelaguetza, leaving from Cruz de Piedra.
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.