The Feria de Huamantla, a month of festivities for Our Lady of Charity held since the 1870s, with parades, races, bullfights and the night of sawdust carpets.
Next dates
July 31 – August 31, 2027
Main day: Sunday, August 15
The year after: July 31 – August 31, 2028
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
- Main day
Every fiesta in Tlaxcala, in your calendar: Google Calendar Apple or Outlook .ics file
Fiestas of Our Lady of Charity: what happens
- Ringing of the bells
- Callejoneada and serenade
- Donkey race
- Jalopy parade and race
- Flower parade
- Corrida de las Luces
- La Noche que Nadie Duerme
- Charro tournament
Plan your visit to Huamantla
Tours in Huamantla
Guided tours, tastings, and day trips in and around Huamantla.
Tours from Puebla City
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How to get to Huamantla
- From Puebla: about 48 min by car (53 km)
- Nearest airport: Puebla (PBC), 1 h 5 min by car to Huamantla
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About Huamantla
Huamantla is a small city on the high plain east of Tlaxcala, near the Malinche volcano, centered on the gardens and old kiosk of Parque Juárez. Its streets keep colonial and Porfirian houses with iron balconies, plus a 16th-century Franciscan monastery and the parish of San Luis Obispo. It is best known for its August festivities for Our Lady of Charity: on "the night no one sleeps" residents lay kilometers of sawdust and flower carpets, followed by the Huamantlada bull run.
More fiestas in Huamantla
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August
La Huamantlada
A running of the bulls in the style of Pamplona, the other headline event of August.
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August 14 – 15
La Noche que Nadie Duerme
On the night no one sleeps, residents cover more than seven kilometers of streets with carpets of colored sawdust and flowers for the Virgin's procession at dawn.
La Noche que Nadie Duerme: dates and what to see →
Other fiestas in July
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Fiesta de la Virgen de los Remedios Cholula, Puebla · August 31 – September 8
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Fiesta of the Virgen de la Asunción
Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla · August 15
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Fiesta of Santa María Magdalena
Xico, Veracruz · July 13 – 22
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Feast of the Assumption
Acaxochitlán, Hidalgo · August 13 – 15
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Fiesta of the Virgen del Refugio
Metztitlán, Hidalgo · July 4
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Fiesta of the Divino Salvador
Malinalco, Estado de México · August 1 – 7