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31st Annual Día de Muertos Festival — California Center for the Arts, Escondido

When
Sun, Nov 1 · 4:00 PM–9:00 PM
Where
California Center for the Arts, Escondido340 North Escondido Boulevard, Escondido, CA 92025Open in Google Maps ↗
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Cost
Free
Organizer
California Center for the Arts, Escondido

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido holds its 31st annual Día de Muertos Festival across its campus. Community altars honoring loved ones are set up first come, first served, and a Catrina Contest (7–7:30 p.m.) celebrates Catrina and Catrín attire. For families there are Día de Muertos crafts with CoLab Crafts (4–8 p.m.) and face painting. Performances include DJ Zuni (4–7 p.m.), a Ballet Folklórico Dance Festival with Jose Jaimes and Tierra Caliente (4:30–7:30 p.m.), roving mariachis (5–8 p.m.) and Mariachis Las Catrinas (7:30–9 p.m.). More than 15 food trucks and pop-ups and local artisan vendors sell food and goods. Museum admission is free from 4–9 p.m., including the Blood Memory exhibition. Admission to the festival is free.

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