Event · Community

32nd Annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration at OMCA

When

Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM–4:00 PM

Where

Oakland Museum of California1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607Open in Google Maps ↗

Ages

Family

Cost

$10 for all-inclusive festival and gallery access; members and children under 12 are free with advance reservationsASL interpretation on the Garden and Amphitheater stages

Organizer

Oakland Museum of California

The Oakland Museum of California's 32nd annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration takes place Sunday, October 25, 2026, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm across the OMCA campus. The day opens with a procession and ceremony in the Garden led by the Día de los Muertos Committee, with a central ofrenda dedication and Danza Xitlalli. Programming includes Garden Stage music and Ballet Folklórico de Carlos Moreno, a cumbia dance lesson and poetry in the Amphitheater, traditional limpias (12:30–3:30 pm), sugar skull decorating, calavera face painting, tin-image and paper-puppet art stations, a tortilla-making demonstration, a film screening (12:30–3 pm), a talk by traditional medicine practitioner Batul True Heart (1–1:45 pm), a mercado of Bay Area Latinx vendors and food vendors. ASL interpretation is provided for the Garden and Amphitheater stages. Tickets are $10 for all-inclusive festival and gallery access; members and children under 12 are free with advance reservations; limited tickets at the door. The related ofrenda 'Sanando Corazones, Healing Hearts' is on view October 7 – November 29, 2026.