EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) will be hosting the 2024 Día de los Muertos Festival and Parade this weekend, according to the City of El Paso.
The festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 2, in the Downtown Arts District.
The City said the theme of this year’s festival, which is directed by the upcoming Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC), is Raices Ancestrales (Ancestral Roots).
The festival will include family-friendly programming centered at San Jacinto Plaza and Cleveland Square Park with activities hosted by the MACC and the El Paso Museum of Archaeology (EPMArch), according to the City.
Programming inside the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the El Paso Museum of History (EPMH) will also be featured.
The City said the parade begins at 4 p.m. and includes over 50 groups featuring alebrijes, animals, live music and decorated floats.
Featured activities include:
Parade, Community Altar at San Jacinto Plaza
Tianguis Tlatelolco (by MACC and EPMH) at Cleveland Square Park (artisan vendor market)
El Mercadito by The Market at San Jacinto Plaza
Entertainment stages at San Jacinto Plaza and Arts Festival Plaza
Xochicuicatl, A Mexica Myth presented by Teatro Sin Fronteras at Cleveland Square Park
Día Mandala, Corn Mandala installation by Jorge Rojas on display at EPMA
Free craft and culinary activities from the MACC at Cleveland Square Park and San Jacinto Plaza
Free and paid activities, workshops, and lectures at EPMH
Altars and Catrina Village at EPMA
EPMArch will be closed on Nov. 2, and all three museums, EPMArch, EPMA, EPMH, will be closed on Sunday, Nov. 3.
More information about the City of El Paso’s Día de los Muertos event is available on the EPMA website.
In addition, the Chamizal National Memorial will also host Día de los Muertos festivities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 2.
The event will include a community memorial, traditional dances, storytelling, arts activities, and more.
More information is available on the National Park Service website.
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