Arts & Entertainment

The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off its 2015 opera season with an acclaimed Verdi work that features a court jester in the title role but is far from funny. 

The 27th annual American School Art Fest — a nonprofit project conceived as a service to the general and artistic community — gets under way next weekend with an elegant auction at Guadalajara’s Club de Industriales Friday evening, where veteran martillero Paco de la Peña will serve as the art festival’s bid caller for his 27th year.

Contemporary Dance 

The 18th Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea Onésimo González kicks off with two shows: “Touching Time” by the Shin Eunju Dance Company from South Korea on October 23 and “Ballenas, historias de Gigantes,” by Larumbe Danza (Spain) on October 25. The festival includes more than 100 presentations across the city.  To see full program go to sc.jalisco.gob.mx.

Tlaquepaque is expecting up to 80,000 visitors for its fifth Festival de Muertos scheduled Thursday, October 29 through Monday, November 2. Around 100 separate events are planned around the municipality, with most happening in the suburb’s artistic downtown core. 

The Instituto Cultural Cabañas in Guadalajara has invited a team of professional restorers and conservationists to spend three months working on the 52 renowned fresco murals in its famous chapel.  Completed in 1939 by Jose Clemente Orozco, the works are considered the best examples of the art movement known as Mexican Muralism.

Contemporary music

Local bands offer free “jam sessions” in these new Monday evening presentations.