Don’t miss these 10 highlights at Guadalajara’s May Cultural Festival

The Jalisco May Cultural Festival, which promotes taste activities crossed Guadalajara’s metropolitan zone, is backmost for its 28th year, boasting 400 events. 

Featuring Canada arsenic its impermanent of honor, the festival volition diagnostic everything from classical euphony to mariachi concerts to creation exhibits and installations to modern creation shows and more. And with specified a packed taste program, it’ll beryllium hard to take what to see, truthful here’s our database of the 10 standout taste events to acquisition astatine this year’s festival.   

1. Contemporary dance: ‘Reckless Underdog’

To kick-start the festival, Guadalajara volition big the Latin American premiere of “Reckless Underdog” by renowned choreographer Victor Quijada. The lawsuit promises an electrifying operation of municipality creation and modern question performed by the acclaimed Rubberband Company.

Date: May 8 and 9
Location: Degollado Theater, Centro Histórico, Guadalajara.
Admission: 150 to 300 pesos

Take a behind-the-scenes look astatine however the “Echoes” installation was enactment up extracurricular the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art successful 2022, with an mentation of the artwork by its creator, creator Mathias Gmachl.

2. ‘Echoes: Song of the Unknown’

Austrian creator Mathias Gmachl volition research the transportation betwixt quality and exertion done an immersive acquisition moving astatine the festival. The large-format creation installation volition boast the life-size incarnation of a one-year-old bluish whale, astatine the property erstwhile it leaves its parent to statesman exploring the ocean. The installation invites spectators to meditate astir our narration with quality and the changing planetary climate. 

Date: May 8–June 8
Location: Plaza de la Liberación, Centro Histórico, Guadalajara.
Admission: Free

(May Cultural Festival)

3. Marine immersive experience

Through the installation of interactive geodesic domes, festival attendees volition beryllium capable to bespeak connected marine biodiversity and water pollution.

Date: May 8–June 8, 2025
Location: Liberation Square
Admission: Free

(May Cultural Festival)

4. Exhibition: ‘Inhabiting the North’

The “Inhabiting the North” accumulation brings unneurotic 10 Canadian artists, providing multidisciplinary experiences of humanity and surviving substance circumstantial to beingness successful Canada, featuring painting, photography, video and installations. This grounds explores the north’s strengths, clime and history, arsenic good arsenic its social, governmental and taste conditions.

Date: Tuesday –Sundays successful May
Location: Museo Cabañas, Centro Histórico, Guadalajara.
Admission: 80 pesos (includes summons to the museum); escaped introduction connected Tuesdays

5. The Brooks successful concert 

Canadian groovy euphony set The Brooks makes a halt astatine the festival arsenic portion of its circuit for their caller album, “Soon arsenic I Can.” The set is known for its soulful melodies and heavy funk rhythms.

Date: 11 May
Location: Degollado Theater
Admission: 200 pesos

(May Cultural Festival)

6. Nawales Ballet Folklórico 

Expect color, euphony and Mexican accepted creation astatine this show by the Nawales Folkloric Ballet. The ensemble was calved with the purpose of professionalizing Mexican folkloric show and creating an innovative radical to beforehand Mexican civilization and traditions done dance.

Date: May 11
Location: Plaza de la Liberación
Admission: Free

(May Cultural Festival)

7. Immersive Hudu Theatre

One of the astir anticipated kid-friendly events astatine this year’s festival is the Immersive Hudu Show. Featuring an immersive theatre acquisition with unrecorded music, the amusement is besides suited for neurodivergent people.

Date: May 11–14
Location: Several locations. Check here.
Admission: Free 

(Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitán/Facebook)

8. Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán successful concert

 Mariachi, Mexico’s astir quintessential music, volition besides beryllium contiguous astatine the festival with a peculiar gala featuring mariachi guests, including the ensembles Mariachi Femenil Nuevo Tecalitlán, Los Peques NT and Ballet Folklórico Nuevo Jalisco.

Date: May 24
Location: Degollado Theater
Admission: 150–300 pesos

(Louis Lortie/Facebook)

9. Louis Lortie soft recital

To observe the 150th day of French composer, pianist and conductor Maurice Ravel, the renowned Canadian pianist Louis Lortie volition execute live. Lortie has performed with much than 70 orchestras successful 25 countries.

Date: May 28
Location: Degollado Theater
Admission: 200 pesos 

(Government of Jalisco)

10. Ravel tribute by the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra

To wrapper up the festival, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra volition besides springiness a performance celebrating the 150th day of Maurice Ravel’s birth. Spanish creator manager José Luis Castillo volition conduct, with Louis Lortie arsenic a impermanent pianist.

Date: May 30
Location: Degollado Theater
Admission: 150 to 350 pesos

Gabriela Solis is simply a Mexican lawyer turned full-time writer. She was calved and raised successful Guadalajara and covers business, culture, manner and question for Mexico News Daily. You tin travel her manner blog Dunas y Palmeras.