Altars of Sorrow

Head to San Antonio Tlayacapan on Friday, March 27, 6 p.m. to join a guided tour of the residents’ candle-lit Altares de Nuestra Madre Dolorosa, where you’ll be offered different flavors of aguas frescas at each home, which represent the tears shed by the Virgen Maria. This is a tradition revered and continued by San Antonio residents.

Equinox

Saturday, March 21, 8 a.m., U Qux Café is sponsoring a Spring Equinox gathering at La Crucita Ecological Park at Nicolas Bravo in Ajijic. Bring an offering for the altar (flowers, copal, sage, cocoa, fruit, corn seeds) and food and drink to share.

Country-western fiesta 

The Rainbow Alliance hosts Hoedown for Hope, a country-western fiesta for a cause, benefitting Under The Tree Girls’ Home for Teenagers in El Chante, Sunday, March 15, 6-9 p.m. at the Lake Chapala Society. 

Purification ceremony

Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m., EcoCasa Medicina will present a temascal (sweat lodge) at Calle Vista Hermosa 15, in Fraccionamiento Buenavista in Ixtlahucan de los Membrillos. Reservations: 331-346-8495. 

Shriners Ribfest

The annual will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3 and 4 at Villa Encantada, located at Hidalgo 312 in Chapala, near Parque La Milagrosa. This yearly event allows the Shriners to fund and facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with physical disabilities.

Wine Fest 

Chapala Wine Fest — VidForum 2026 runs this weekend, February 21 and 22, at the Chapala Yacht Club, Ramon Corona 1.