From time to time, curators at the University of Guadalajara’s centerpiece museum, the Museo de Las Artes or MUSA, undertake exhibits highlighting its crown jewels:

Monday concerts

Free concerts by contemporary pop and rock artists of various genres –  local, national and, sometimes, international. August 6: Dirty Black Beans (rockabilly, blues, swing).

Monday concerts

Free concerts by contemporary  local, national and, sometimes, international pop and rock artists of various genres. August 6: Dirty Black Beans (rockabilly, blues, swing). August 13: Cian.

Formandi Festival

Organized under the umbrella of the Universidad de Guadalajara, the Formandi Festival, scheduled July 14-20, is an academic, artistic and social project that brings together young musicians from around the country and abroad to participate in private classes, masterclasses, concerts, chamber music, orchestra, solo competition, conferences, among other activities, with a faculty of wide international experience.

A giant mosaic fashioned from tiny chaquira beads will be this year’s Guinness record attempt at the 25th Guadalajara International Mariachi Festival, running from August 20 to September 2.

Slava’s Snow Show

Stunning show put on by legendary Russian clown Slava Polunin is a universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle which has unanimously enchanted and empowered the imagination of audiences and critics around the world since 1993.