Carnival brings a parade of floats along with cockfights, charreadas and horse races.
Next dates
February 6 – 9, 2027
The year after: February 26 – 29, 2028
The dates follow Easter, so they change every year.
These are the traditional dates. Programs are announced a few weeks before, so check with the town before you book.
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- Fiesta days
Every fiesta in Estado de México, in your calendar: Google Calendar Apple or Outlook .ics file
Carnival: what happens
- Parade of floats
- Cockfights
- Charreadas
- Horse races
Plan your visit to El Oro
Tours in El Oro
Guided tours, tastings, and day trips in and around El Oro.
Parque de la Salud Park Find tours Tiro Norte Park Find toursHow to get to El Oro
- From Toluca: about 1 h 21 min by car (94 km)
- Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 1 h 27 min by car to El Oro
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About El Oro
El Oro de Hidalgo is an old gold-mining town in the pine-covered hills of the State of Mexico, near the Michoacán border. Foreign mining companies left it with unusual buildings for a town its size: the Art Nouveau Teatro Juárez of 1908 and a town hall with pointed towers. Visitors tour the mining museum and the wooden headframe of Tiro Norte, picnic or fish for trout at Brockman dam, and try chiva, a local herbal liqueur.
More fiestas in El Oro
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December 12
Fiesta of the Virgin of Guadalupe
The town honors the Virgin of Guadalupe, to whom the main church is dedicated.
Fiesta of the Virgin of Guadalupe: dates and what to see → -
September 29
Fiesta of San Miguel Arcángel
The big feast of Saint Michael the Archangel.
Other fiestas in February
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Feria de la Candelaria
Salvatierra, Guanajuato · January 28 – February 9
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Feria del Señor del Perdón
Ixtapan de la Sal, Estado de México · February 19
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Fiesta of Nuestra Señora de Tonatico
Tonatico, Estado de México · January 31 – February 2
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Carnaval de Tepoztlán Tepoztlán, Morelos · February 6 – 9
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Fiesta of Cuauhtémoc
Ixcateopan, Guerrero · February 23 – 28
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Carnival Tuesday
Pátzcuaro, Michoacán · February 9