General News

Climate experts at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) reckon the current heatwave, that has seen temperatures soar upward of 42 degrees Celsius in cities and towns in around a dozen states, could last until the first days of July in some parts of the nation.

The Fiesta de la Música Guadalajara 2023 scheduled Saturday, June 10 in the city center will feature four separate stages, with bands and performers playing continuously from around 4 p.m. to around 11 p.m. 

Picking up from the recent demise of low-cost Mexican airline Aeromar, Volaris has started a new daily flight from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta, as well as announcing three new domestic coastal destinations from next month.

The Off Broadway Collective from Guadalajara’s Jesuit ITESO University recently premiered “In The Heights,” a musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on the book by Quiara Alegria Hudes.

The mayors of Guadalajara and Zapopan have cut the ribbon on a linear park constructed along the median strip of Avenida Patria, running from Avenida  Acueducto to Avenida Americas (Plaza Patria).

Guadalajara’s May Cultural festival came to an dramtic conclusion with two performances by Quebec contemporary dance company Alan Lake Factorie of “Le cri des méduses” (The Raft of the Medusas), a work blending dance, theater, cinema and music based on a disturbing 1819 painting by Théodore Géricault of France. 

Guadalajara’s International Mariachi and Charrería Festival celebrates its 30th birthday this year.

Guadalajara’s May Cultural festival came to an dramtic conclusion with two performances by Quebec contemporary dance company Alan Lake Factorie of “Le cri des méduses” (The Raft of the Medusas), a work blending dance, theater, cinema and music based on a disturbing 1819 painting by Théodore Géricault of France.