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Chamber music
The Higinio Ruvalcaba Chamber Orchestra, featuring Universidad de Guadalajara music school ex-alumni and current students, presents a program featuring works by Mozart (“Così fan tutte”), Beethoven and Schubert.
Conjunto de las Artes. Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. 100-230 pesos.
A major photography exhibition showcasing the work of two legendary German photojournalists, Erich Salomon and Barbara Klemm, is now on display at the Ex Convento del Carmen in Guadalajara.
Famed tenor Plácido Domingo will perform in Guadalajara on Thursday, June 25 at the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas as part of the World Cup cultural activities.
Canadian dance
The Ballets Jazz Montréal presents Dance Me, a creation inspired by the work of the poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
Conjunto de las Artes. Saturday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, May 31, 6 p.m. 280-700 pesos.
The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) will relocate its entire summer season from its traditional home at the historic Teatro Degollado to the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas on the northern Guadalajara beltway, as the massive World Cup 2026 Fan Fest occupies the city center.
A somewhat truncated second 2026 season runs from June 14 to July 12 and features six concerts across five programs, blending symphonic music, film scores, dance and Ibero-American repertoire. OFJ artistic director José Luis Castillo will lead the season
Banamex has loaned its impressive collection of 20th-century Mexican art to the Instituto Cultural Cabañas, itself a stunning work of art designated by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1997.
A key mission of the annual Festival de Mayo is to transform community spaces across Guadalajara into vibrant cultural hubs. The unique gallery in the Tren Ligero’s Line Two Juárez Station achieves this perfectly, and has been a mainstay venue of the festival for more than two decades.