San Cristobal is at an altitude of 2300 meters and is surrounded by peaks, pines and oak trees

This annual week long celebration of spring  involves quite a variety of events and runs concurrent with the Semana Santa holiday in Mexico. There seems to be something for everyone including art exhibits, sports,  concerts, parades, cultural events, rodeo’s,  bull fights, fireworks and more. Best of all,  most events are free of charge and in San Cristobal de las Casas the weather is spring like almost year around. For more information and a few photos of event activities, see the gallery below.

local people who have no store of their own set up shop behind the main plaza to sell hand made textiles and crafts

past and present festival beauty queens at the El Gato blues concert

El Gato Blues Band rockin’ La Ensenanza Casa de la Cuidad, they were smokin’

A sidewalk art contest in the main plaza

Folk dancing on stage in the main plaza

Flora, a local artist from Korea sells her unique style of artwork on Calle Hildago, one of the pedestrian only streets in Centro during the festival

At the anniversary celebration of El Jardin de Epifitas, there was a plant contest.

Another exotic plant in the epifitas garden plant contest

a flower decorated frame was set up at all four corners around the main plaza

a marimba orchestra performing on one of two stages set up in the main plaza

a fashion show on the main stage in centro

another model wearing one of the latest spring fashion designs in Chiapas

One of the 2 day events was a National motocross competition

The winner flies over the checkered flag

Almost every event in Mexico will have a Mariachi Band as did the spring festival

There were state soccer tournaments at this field, as well as, basketball and baseball tournaments at other locations in the cities large sports park

Here is a handicapped musician who learned to master the marimba with his feet, performing on the main stage in centro

Here’s a 4 piece jazz band performing at the Casa de la Cuidad with a cover of Dave Brubecks “Take Five”

A trational orchestra on the main stage closing out the festival on the 27th of April