Event Calendar

Explore the Día de los Muertos Tradition Trail, a self-guided installation along the downtown River Walk. The trail features alebrijes, calaveras, and altars, providing a seasonal way to engage with Día de los Muertos imagery at your own pace during the installation period. No specific event time or admission information is listed in the verified details. Visit the official event website for current schedule and event information.

Join a community play-through of instrumental arrangements from the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds with members of the NESA Orchestra. Players of all experience levels are welcome to take part in this music-focused gathering at North East School of the Arts at LEE High School. Admission is free, and advance registration is required. Donations to NESA are welcome, with a suggested amount of $20. Check the official event page for registration details and the latest updates.

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

Muertos Fest at Hemisfair is a three-day Día de los Muertos festival featuring altars, live music, art, poetry, food, and processions. The event offers a chance to experience a range of cultural programming centered on the holiday across the festival’s three days. Admission is free and the organizer states that the festival is open to the public. Visit the official event website for current schedule and event information.

Muertos Fest at Hemisfair is a three-day Día de los Muertos festival featuring altars, live music, art, poetry, food, and processions. The event offers a chance to experience a range of cultural programming centered on the holiday across the festival’s three days. Admission is free and the organizer states that the festival is open to the public. Visit the official event website for current schedule and event information.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.