Cervantino Festival to highlight Brazil and Oaxaca this year

Published September 25, 2024

The 52nd edition of the International Cervantino Festival (FIC) — set to take place from Oct. 11 to 27 — will once again transform the city of Guanajuato into a global hub of art and culture.

The largest festival of its kind in Latin America — drawing an estimated 400,000 attendees over two weeks last year, according to Viva Con Todo — has built this year’s themes around tradition, avant-garde and inclusion as it promises a rich program of performances and activities from around the world.

The FIC will feature 133 performances across 116 shows, involving 117 groups from 24 countries.

Named after Miguel de Cervantes, the Spanish writer who penned the novel “Don Quixote” in the early 1600s, the festival focuses on Spanish-language artistic creations.

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