What’s on in the Riviera Maya this March

Punk seniors, scout youngsters, household amusive runs and motorcycle rides for charity, everyone is getting retired and astir this period successful the Riviera Maya. There are besides candlelight symphonies and high-energy big-name acts similar Ricky Martin aboriginal successful the month. Let’s not hide our furry friends with a hug formation canine festival for the pups, too. 

ABU’s Punks Edition

Attitude is required for ABU’s Punk Edition successful Riviera Maya this month. (Facebook)

This would beryllium a hoot. Young astatine bosom people, drawback your studded belts, leather jackets, colored wigs and get acceptable to rebel. Let your interior punk alert high and link with amusive radical successful your ain punk style. Enjoy a repast and marque caller friends, reliving your youthful attitude. It’s thing I anticipation we ne'er lose. 

Date: March 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: Chicago Restaurant, Avenida de las Torres, Cancún

Cost: 590 pesos (ABU members); 690 pesos for wide admission. 

3rd Annual Scout for a Day

This looks similar large amusive for kids, teens and young adults (ages 6-22). Games, escapade and camaraderie await, and parents are invited to play, too. Nothing amended than that if you inquire maine … the pistillate who refuses to turn up. Scout Group 5 Reims welcomes you with unfastened arms, and champion of all, determination are snacks astatine the end. 

Date: March 7

Location: La Salle Primary School, Av. Tecnológico, Playa del Carmen

Cost: Free

Puerto Aventuras Race

Run-based amusive for the full household awaits astatine Puerto Aventuras. (Facebook)

I’m reasoning of rounding up immoderate friends and heading to this one. From the shorter 400-meter contention to the much taxing 10-kilometer race, there’s amusive for the full family. Run, walk, jog oregon ramble with the canine — oregon sponsor different runner if you don’t privation to tally astatine all. All proceeds spell to assistance renovate the Cultural Center. Everyone is invited astatine this event, and it sounds exciting. 

Date: March 8

Location:  Puerto Aventuras Sports Complex

Cost: 560 pesos for adults, 480 pesos for kids

2nd Annual Poker Run

Rev up your motorcycle, arsenic this should beryllium a amusive time riding with different bikers. Enjoying 5 amusive stops, prizes for champion and worst hands, supporting section kids and there’s unrecorded euphony astatine the end. It’s a bully spot to link with the section assemblage and riders alike. Best of all, you tin spell successful groups oregon solo for a bully time out, raising wealth for a worthy cause. 

Date: March 8, 10:30 – 11:30 registration astatine Habaneros

Location: Puerto Morelos

Cost: 250 pesos for your 5 cards

Opera successful Mérida

The Human Voice Opera volition beryllium truthful beauteous that I’m considering getting connected a autobus from Playa del Carmen and heading to Mérida. Singaporean soprano Victoria Songwei Li is starring successful what promises to beryllium an evening of culture, sophistication and elegance. It’s not thing I bash mundane but I bash emotion an evening out, truthful who knows. Maybe I’ll spot you there. 

Date: March 13, 15

Location: Palace of Music, Mérida

Cost: Tickets scope from 150 to 300 pesos

Dog Beach Fest 2026

The Riviera Maya’s eventual four-legged festival, with friends. (Dog Beach Fest)

I can’t hold for this one. I deliberation it’ll beryllium delightful to spot each those blessed wagging tails. A pet-friendly affair, this is the Riviera Maya’s eventual canine festival. With 50 section exhibitors from the favored industry, costume prizes, accomplishment contests and the main event, pups looking for everlastingly homes successful the adoption fair. It’s a large assemblage lawsuit to attend. Humans and furry friends each welcome, hopefully successful costume to triumph immoderate prizes.

Date: March 14, 9:30 am

Location: Plaza Municipal, Playa del Carmen

Cost: Free

Somnia Music Festival Isla Mujeres

Check retired the bully vibes and the bully euphony astatine Somnia 2026. (Areia)

Last year’s festival was truthful fashionable that it’s backmost this year. Not a chaotic random party, no, it’s an immersive experience. The spot wherever water waves, euphony and radical go portion of the aforesaid frequence arsenic the prima sets implicit Isla Mujeres. With constricted space, it’s a amusive festival, not overcrowded. 

Date: March 14

Location: Mayan Monkey, Isla Mujeres

Cost: 750 pesos

Spring Equinox viewing the feathered serpent astatine Chichén Itzá

The Temple of Kukulkán astatine Chichén Itzá successful Quintana Roo. (Daniel Schwen/Wikimedia Commons)

I’ve visited Chichen Itza a fewer times, truthful I urge getting determination aboriginal if you privation to spot the Mayan improvement of the feathered serpent descending the pyramid. It marks the commencement of planting season, balancing airy and dark, which ever attracts grounds crowds. And for bully reason. It lone happens a fewer times a year. So, battalion a large chapeau and h2o vessel and drawback your spot early, arsenic the champion clip to presumption is betwixt 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. If you’ve got time, enactment for the nighttime airy amusement afterwards, it’s spectacular!

Date: March 20 oregon 21

Location: Chichén Itzá

Cost: Cost is 648 pesos for adults, but kids 3-12 and locals wage lone 100 pesos.

Candelight Concerts

Yes, that’s right, concerts. There’s not 1 candlelight performance to enjoy; determination are 2 arsenic the solstice vigor flows! Kick it off, accidental hullo to the nighttime with an Adele tribute. Then enactment connected to bask the Coldplay vs. Ed Sheeran performance at 9 p.m., if you’re enjoying the vibe.

Date: March 21, 7 p.m. 

Location: Palacio de la Música, Mérida

Cost: From 223 pesos

Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival

With conscionable implicit 20,000 residents, Puerto Aventuras is the second-largest assemblage successful the municipality of Solidaridad, down Playa del Carmen. (Puerto Aventuras/Facebook)

Movie buffs, people your calendars. This cinephile can’t hold for this fabulous movie festival celebrating taste diversity, planetary storytelling and creator movie excellence. It’s named 1 of North America’s apical movie festivals and, successful my humble opinion, is the Riviera Maya’s apical movie festival. So chap cinephiles, drawback your popcorn and settee in. There are aboriginal vertebrate specials, truthful drawback your tickets arsenic rapidly arsenic you can. 

Date: March 25-29

Location: Puerto Aventuras Zona Turística

Cost: Day passes are disposable for US $49; VIP reddish carpet summons entree for the festival is US $150. 

Ricky Martin Live

Those connected the Riviera Maya who tin get tickets for this 1 volition beryllium “Livin’ la Vida Loca.” (Fun Ticket)

I’m definite I won’t beryllium the lone 1 swooning portion happily dancing and singing “Livin’ la Vida Loca” close alongside Ricky astatine this concert. I’m beauteous definite this volition beryllium an unforgettable night. Don’t archer anyone, but I’m already looking up places to enactment truthful I tin creation and sing on successful what is definite to beryllium a high-energy concert. 

Date: March 28

Location: Estudio Kukulkán, Mérida. 

Cost: Prices scope from 610 to 4,890 pesos

Mexico Correspondent for International Living, Bel is an experienced writer, author, lensman and videographer with 500+ articles published some successful people and crossed integer platforms. Living successful the Mexican Caribbean for implicit 7 years now, she’s successful emotion with Mexico and has nary plans to spell anyplace anytime soon.