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Día de los Muertos at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

When
Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM–7:00 PMSat Oct 31 and Sun Nov 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Mon Nov 2, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Where
Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkSan Diego Avenue and Twiggs Street, San Diego, CAOpen in Google Maps ↗
Ages
All ages
Cost
Free
Organizer
California State Parks with Old Town San Diego Chamber of Commerce and Boosters of Old Town

Upcoming dates: Sat, Oct 31 · Sun, Nov 1 · Mon, Nov 2

Free, family-friendly three-day Día de los Muertos celebration in Old Town San Diego SHP: ofrendas and community altars, folkloric dancers, parades, face painting, sugar skulls, hands-on art stations (papel picado, sugar skulls, paper marigolds), a monarch butterfly grove message wall, La Catrina art installations in the U.S. House Museum and student art at the Captain Fitch Museum. A candlelit procession on Monday Nov 2 starts at 6 p.m. from Twiggs Street to El Campo Santo Cemetery. Free parking at Caltrans headquarters, 2994 Sunset Street.

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Official sources checked2026-10-14

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State Parks news release dated Oct 1, 2026. Address printed as an intersection, no zip. Email printed for accommodation requests. Las Posadas not found on the pages read.

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