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Giant 'Les Girafes' Street Opera Closes Guadalajara’s LATE 2025 With Crowds Topping 25,000

City officials cast the free spectacle as a public investment to enliven Guadalajara’s shared spaces.

Overview

  • Three free performances on November 22–23 served as the festival’s finale, drawing about 10,000 people Saturday and more than 15,000 on Sunday.
  • The route covered La Minerva to the Arcos and a separate showing on Paseo Alcalde within the Vía RecreActiva program.
  • Seven eight‑meter giraffe marionettes anchored a multidisciplinary staging that blended opera, circus, dance and street performance.
  • Roughly 100 artists took part, including about 70 international participants led by France’s Off Compagni alongside local collaborators such as Cabarete Capricho.
  • Local reporting put the municipal cost at 3.9 million pesos, and Mayor Verónica Delgadillo praised the turnout and cultural impact.