May Festival ready to roll
The 15th Festival Cultural de Mayo kicks off Friday, May 11 and runs for the next 17 days.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The 15th Festival Cultural de Mayo kicks off Friday, May 11 and runs for the next 17 days.
Music fans of all ages lapped up concerts given by two legends of 1960s rock and pop: Sir Paul McCartney and the freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
To get an idea of the horror caused by the April 22, 1992 explosions in Guadalajara, head over to the Centro Cultural Patio Los Angeles (Cuautla and 28 de enero) in the Analco neighborhood of the city, near the old bus station (Central Viejo).
There will be more than 50 free open-air presentations by some of Quebec’s finest street circus artists and performers.
There’ll be plenty of drama happening during the Dia del Niño weekend – and we don’t just mean theatrics over gifts, candies and the like.
You won’t find any Titians, Rembrandts or Rubens, except for a copy of one Rubens oil painting, but a visit to the new Museo de Arte Sacro [Museum of Sacred Art] in Guadalajara’s city center, is nevertheless enjoyable and a pleasant respite from downtown hubbub.
Stand by for a veritable feast of circus arts when Quebec brings some of its finest performers to Guadalajara for this year’s May Cultural Festival.