The Chapala government is gearing up for six straight days of local partying with the 2024 Carnaval calendar of festivities scheduled for February 8 to 13.
The local version of Mardi Gras opens Thursday, February 8 with the traditional burial of bad humor parade along Avenida Madero and Paseo Ramón Corona feeding into the inauguration of Carnaval headquarters at Parque La Cristiania. Night and daytime music and dance events will continue daily through the Martes de Carnaval finale on February 13.
A special feature of this year’s program will be the February 8 premiere of a new video mapping spectacle projected on a 20-meter water screen on the surface of Lake Chapala.
Jalisco’s Tourism Department estimates that 40,000 local residents and visitors will attend Chapala’s Carnaval activities this year, producing around eight million pesos in economic benefits for the community. Hotel occupancy is expected to reach 80 percent capacity over the six days.
Meanwhile, Carnaval festivities in Ajijic get underway on January 28 with the first of the traditional fiestas taurinas events sponsored by the town’s Asociación de Charros. The Toro de Once and Sayaca morning parades and afternoon bull-riding events will continue on February 4, 10, 11, 12 and 13.