Calendar of Mexico's Festivals & National Holidays

Mexico’s Festivals & National Holidays

Calendar of Mexico’s Religious Days and Festivals

** Mandatory Paid Holiday Red = National Holiday GREEN = Religious

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

	Jan 1	Año Nuevo – New Year’s Day **

	Jan 1	Mes dedicado al Santismo Nombre de Jesús

Saturday, January 4, 2020

	Jan 4	Epiphany

Monday, January 6, 2020

	Jan 6	Three Kings Bread Fiesta – Malinalco, State of Mex.

	Jan 6	Los Santos Reyes

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

	Jan 8	Nuestra Señora del Pronto Socorro

Friday, January 10, 2020

	Jan 10	Fiesta Cívica en Temax, Yuc.

Saturday, January 11, 2020

	Jan 11	El Bautismo del Señor

	Jan 11	Fiesta Cívica en Papatzindán, Mich.

Friday, January 17, 2020

	Jan 17	San Antonio Abad – Blessing of the Animals

Saturday, January 18, 2020

	Jan 18	Santa Prisca – Patron Saint of Taxco, Gro.

Monday, January 20, 2020

	Jan 20	San Sebastian

Sunday, February 2, 2020

	Feb 2	Día de la Candelaria – Candlemass

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

	Feb 4	Fiesta de la Espiga – Wheat Festival

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

	Feb 5	Dia de la Constitución **

	Feb 5	Bull Fights – Fiesta Taurina en Colima

Saturday, February 8, 2020

	Feb 8	Nuestra Señora de Ocotlan

Sunday, February 9, 2020

	Feb 9	Fiesta Civica

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

	Feb 11	Fiesta del Tequila

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

	Feb 12	National Chili Cook-off – Ajijic, Jal.

Friday, February 14, 2020

	Feb 14	Fiesta Civica

	Feb 14	Día de la Amistad / San Valentín

Sunday, February 16, 2020

	Feb 16	Amaranth Festival – Xochimilco, D.F.

Friday, February 21, 2020

	Feb 21	Carnival – Mardi Gras

Saturday, February 22, 2020

	Feb 22	Feria Anual en Matías Romero, Oax.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

	Feb 23	Coffee and Guava Fair in Canelas, Durango

Monday, February 24, 2020

	Feb 24	Martes de Carnival – Shrove Tueday

	Feb 24	Día de la Bandera – Flag Day

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

	Feb 25	Miércoles de Ceniza – Ash Wednesday

Sunday, March 1, 2020

	Mar 1	Mes dedicado al culto de Señor San José

Monday, March 2, 2020

	Mar 2	Fiesta Cívica

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

	Mar 3	Jubileo

Sunday, March 8, 2020

	Mar 8	San Juan de Dios

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

	Mar 11	Maya Food Fiesta – Dzula, Q.R.

	Mar 11	Fiesta del Pueblo

Thursday, March 12, 2020

	Mar 12	Witches Conference – Veracruz

Friday, March 13, 2020

	Mar 13	Fiesta del Pueblo – Copanatoyac, Gro.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

	Mar 17	Unavailable

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

	Mar 18	Expropiación Petrolera

Thursday, March 19, 2020

	Mar 19	Día de San José

Saturday, March 21, 2020

	Mar 21	Dia de Benito Juárez **

	Mar 21	Equinox – Chichén Itzá

Monday, March 23, 2020

	Mar 23	Fiesta del Pueblo

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

	Mar 25	Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

Friday, April 3, 2020

	Apr 3	Cuernavaca Flower Fair

Friday, April 10, 2020

	Apr 10	Aniversario de la Muerte de Emiliano Zapata

Sunday, April 12, 2020

	Apr 12	Repoblación – Repopulating Tampico

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

	Apr 15	Honey Fair – Feria de la Miel

	Apr 15	Wine Festival – Aguascalientes, Ags.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

	Apr 18	Fiesta del Ejido

Saturday, April 25, 2020

	Apr 25	San Marcos National Fair

	Apr 25	San Marcos

Monday, April 27, 2020

	Apr 27	Annual Fair – Feria Anual

	Apr 27	Fiesta de la Primavera – Spring Fiesta

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

	Apr 28	Fair – Feria en Piedras Negras, Coah.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

	Apr 29	Nopal Festival – Tlaxcalancingo, Pue.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

	Apr 30	Dia de los Niños – Children’s Day

Friday, May 1, 2020

	May 1	Día del Trabajo – Labor Day **

	May 1	Vegetable and Salsa Fair – Rosario, Sin.

	May 1	Mes de las flores consagrado a la Santisima Virgen María

Saturday, May 2, 2020

	May 2	Cancún Jazz Festival

Sunday, May 3, 2020

	May 3	Change of city officials – Cambio de Mayordomías

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

	May 5	Sugar Cane Fair – Feria de la Caña

	May 5	Batalla de Puebla – Battle of Puebla

Sunday, May 10, 2020

	May 10	Día de las Madres – Mothers’ Day

	May 10	Spring Fiesta – Fiesta Primavera

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

	May 13	Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Nuestra Señora del Socorro

Friday, May 15, 2020

	May 15	Teachers’ Day – Día del Maestro

	May 15	Rice Fair – Feria del Arroz in Escárcega, Cam.

	May 15	San Isisdro Labrador

Monday, May 18, 2020

	May 18	Town Fiesta – Fiesta del Pueblo en Pozos, Gto.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

	May 20	National Wine and Cheese Fair – Festival del Vivo y Queso en Tequisquiapan

Friday, May 22, 2020

	May 22	Pineapple Fair – Feria de Piña en Loma Bonita, Oax.

Monday, June 1, 2020

	Jun 1	Navy Day – Día de la Marina

Saturday, June 6, 2020

	Jun 6	Domingo de Corpus – Corpus Christi

Saturday, June 13, 2020

	Jun 13	San Antonio de Padua

Thursday, June 18, 2020

	Jun 18	Festival de Vanilla

Saturday, June 20, 2020

	Jun 20	Día del Padre

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

	Jun 23	Fiesta of the Pots – Fiesta de la Olla en Guajuanato, Gto.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

	Jun 24	San Juan Bautista

Saturday, June 27, 2020

	Jun 27	Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro

Monday, June 29, 2020

	Jun 29	San Pedro y San Pablo

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

	Jun 30	Fiesta Tradicional Ixhautlán del Sureste, Ver.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

	Jul 1	Charro Parade – Desfile de Charros Tecate, B.C.N

Saturday, July 4, 2020

	Jul 4	Fair – Hecelchahán, Cam.

	Jul 4	Nuestra Señora del Refugio

Saturday, July 11, 2020

	Jul 11	Miners’ Day – Día del Minero en Cadereyta, Qro.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

	Jul 15	Fiesta traditional en General Terán, N.L.

	Jul 15	Ceramics Fair – Tonalá, Jal.

Thursday, July 16, 2020

	Jul 16	Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Nuestra Señora del Carmen

Friday, July 17, 2020

	Jul 17	Mescal Fair, Oaxaca

	Jul 17	Feria – Fair in Urireo, Gto.

Saturday, July 25, 2020
	Jul 24	Día de tequila (Tequila Day)
	Jul 25	Santiago Apóstol

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

	Jul 29	Feria – Fair in Hecelchahán, Cam.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

	Jul 30	Guelaguetza en Oaxaca

Saturday, August 8, 2020

	Aug 8	“Pagan” fiesta en Paracho, Mich.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

	Aug 13	Fall of Tenochititlán – Mexico City

Saturday, August 15, 2020

	Aug 15	La Asunción de la Virgen María – The Assumption

	Aug 15	Feria de la Uva – Grape Fair in Parras de la Fuente, Coah.

	Aug 15	Fiesta de Elote – Corn Festival Jala, Nay.

Sunday, August 23, 2020

	Aug 23	Fiesta del Oasis en Melchor Muzquiz, Coah.

Friday, August 28, 2020

	Aug 28	San Agustín – Patron Saint of Puebla, Puebla

Saturday, August 29, 2020

	Aug 29	Feria de la Pera – Pear Fair

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

	Sep 1	Día del Informe Presidencial

	Sep 1	Mes de las Fiestas Patrias – Month of Independence Celebrations

Friday, September 4, 2020

	Sep 4	Nuestra Señora de la Consolación

Monday, September 7, 2020

	Sep 7	Cotton Fair / Feria de Algodón in San Pedro de los Colonias, Coah.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

	Sep 8	Birth of Mary – Natividad de la Virgen

	Sep 8	Virgen de Loreto

Thursday, September 10, 2020

	Sep 10	Fiesta del Mar en Puerto Vallarta

Sunday, September 13, 2020

	Sep 13	Día de los Niños Héroes

Monday, September 14, 2020

	Sep 14	Feria del Durazno – Peach Fair in Sirutato, Sinaloa

	Sep 14	Día del Charro – Horseman’s Day

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

	Sep 15	Conmemoración del Grito – Cry of Independence

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

	Sep 16	Independence Day – Día de La Independencia **

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

	Sep 22	Buen Temporal – Good Growing Season in Cuitzeo, Mich.

Thursday, September 24, 2020

	Sep 24	Nuestra Señora del Rosario – Our Lady of the Rosary

	Sep 24	Nuestra Señora de la Merced – Our Lady of Mercy

Friday, September 25, 2020

	Sep 25	Cosmé y Damion

Saturday, September 26, 2020

	Sep 26	Atlixcáyotl

Sunday, September 27, 2020

	Sep 27	Día del Ejido

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

	Sep 29	San Miguel Archangel – Patron Saint of San Miguel de Allende

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

	Sep 30	Natalicio de José María Morelos

Thursday, October 1, 2020

	Oct 1	Festival de Mole San Pedro Actópan, Edo. de Méx.

	Oct 1	Coffee Fair – Feria del Café en Cuetzalan, Puebla

Sunday, October 4, 2020

	Oct 4	San Francisco de Asís – Patron Saint of Chapala, Jalisco

Monday, October 5, 2020

	Oct 5	Nuestra Señora de Zapopan

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

	Oct 7	Nuestra Señora de Talpa

	Oct 7	Our Lady of the Rosary – Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Monday, October 12, 2020

	Oct 12	Romería de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan en Guadalajara, Jalisco

	Oct 12	Día de la Raza

Friday, October 30, 2020

	Oct 30	Saint Andrew / San Andrés Apóstol

Sunday, November 1, 2020

	Nov 1	Día de los Angelitos

	Nov 1	Todos los Santos – All Saints Day

Monday, November 2, 2020

	Nov 2	Day of the Dead – Día de los Muertos

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

	Nov 10	Regional folk dances – Puerto Escondido, Oax.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

	Nov 11	San Martín Obispo

	Nov 11	Regional folk dances – Puerto Escondido, Oax.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

	Nov 12	Día del Cartero / Postman’s Day

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

	Nov 17	Fishing Tournament in Puerto Escondido, Oax.

Friday, November 20, 2020

	Nov 20	Anniversary of the Revolution / Dia de la Revolución

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

	Nov 24	Surfing Tournament – Puerto Escondido, Oax.

Saturday, November 28, 2020

	Nov 28	Corn Fair in Gomez Farías, Tam.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

	Nov 29	Silver Fair / Feria de Plata en Taxco, Gro.

Monday, November 30, 2020

	Nov 30	Saint Andrew – San Andrés, Patron Saint of Ajijic, Jalisco

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

	Dec 1	Mes de la Natividad del Señor y La Virgen de Guadalupe

Thursday, December 3, 2020

	Dec 3	Danza de Paxtles – San Andrés Itzlán, Jal.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

	Dec 6	San Nicholás

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

	Dec 8	La Inmaculada Concepción

	Dec 8	Nuestra Señora de la Salud – Patron Saint of Patzcuaro, Michoacán

Thursday, December 10, 2020

	Dec 10	Guava Fair

Saturday, December 12, 2020

	Dec 12	Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

	Dec 15	Nuestra Señora de Dolores – Our Lady of Sorrows

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

	Dec 16	Posadas Navideñas (16th – 24th)

Sunday, December 20, 2020

	Dec 20	Aguinaldo – Christmas Bonus

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

	Dec 23	Noche de Rábanos- Radish Night in Oaxaca

Thursday, December 24, 2020

	Dec 24	Noche Buena

Friday, December 25, 2020

	Dec 25	Navidad – Christmas Day **

Thursday, December 31, 2020

	Dec 31	Festejos de fin de año – New Year’s Eve