Overview

• Mexico City’s Festival de Ofrendas y Catrinas centers on 700 years of Tenochtitlán, with free registration open through October 25, installations set for October 24–27 and public exhibition from October 28 to November 3.
• The Bosque de Chapultepec ofrendas contest requires biodegradable or reusable materials with no plastics, features public voting November 1–2, announces the winner November 1 and keeps displays up through November 3.
• La Catrina Fest Mx opened at Aztlán Parque Urbano on October 7 and runs to November 6, offering parades, exhibitions and cultural and gastronomic programming within the park.
• Morelia announced more than 50 activities distributed across historic public spaces, with the Desfile de Catrinas y Catrines on November 1 assembling at 16:00, departing at 18:00 and offering five free makeup modules along the route.
• The Mexico City government projects roughly a 10% increase in Day of the Dead economic revenue compared with the more than 13,121 million pesos reported in 2024.