All month long: Playa Azul, Michoacán. Sea Tortle Exposition at The Civic Plaza. Purepecha Heratage Festival in where the community is involve in Handcraft Contest surrounded by tipical dances, music in this religious event fron the Purepecha Comunity.

All month long: International Artistic Festival, Coahuila. During October the State of Coahuila is the host of this magnificent cultural event that gathers the presence of more than two thousand artists in all disciplines, from Mexico and various points of world. The festival is organized by the Institute Coahuilense of Culture (ICOCULT), presents artistic demonstrations as dances, theater, movies, literature, painting, poetry, among others. Information in ICOCULT: (844) 410 20 33 and 414 27 47 http://contraloria.sfcoahuila.gob.mx/icocult/principal.asp www.coahuila.gob.mx www.saltillomexico.org / info@saltillomexico.org

All month long: 7th International Film Festival. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. Showing an extensive range of film productions of diverse countries, included Mexico. For the movie fans is an event that itself they should not be lost, for its delight conjugates at the enigmatic city of San Miguel of Allende. Info: 52 (410) 1032984 and 52 (415)1546444 www.guanajuato-travel.com

OCT 1 – 4. San Francisco de Asis Celebration. Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi. Popular fair with cultural and religous events. http://www.descubresanluispotosi.com/web//

OCT 05-07 Mexico Luxury Travel Expo–Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo. During the expo, North America travel agents will meet top-end travel suppliers and Riviera Maya Tourism Board representatives to learn more about the many unique attractions the Riviera Maya offers the discerning traveler. For more information, visit www.mexicoluxurytravelexpo.com.

OCT 4 -22: 34rd International Cervantine Festival (34° Festival Cervantino Internacional)–Guanajuato,Guanajauato. One of the most important cultural events in Mexico, this annual festival fills the streets of this colonial town with performers and visitors from all over the world. This year hosting United Kindom. www.festivalcervantino.gob.mx/

OCT 6-28: 29th National Mole Fair (29° Feria Nacional del Mole)–San Pedro Actopan, Mexico. Just south of Mexico City, thousands of varieties of mole will be prepared for sampling and competition. This spicy sauce is a Mexican staple and made of unsweetened chocolate, peppers and spices, often served with meat or poultry. Eat your fill and take some home; mole paste stays fresh for several months in the freezer. www.milpa-alta.df.gob.mx

Second week of October: Street Theater International Festival. Zacatecas, Zacatecas. This International Festival was implemented of its first edition at 2002. Since the beggining was destined to succeed and to be consolidated as one of the most important events in Mexico. Today is one of the most recognized festivals that has been established in only a few years in Zacatecas. This event takes place at open spaces and in direct contact with the people.

OCT 13 – 15: International Nacho Fest in Piedras Negras. A great celebration with great environment, music, contests and diverse gastronomy is a part of this festival that is been celebrated from the past 8 years. Artistic, cultural activities celebrated in this festival that includes “Miss Tourism” as well as the contest of the biggest nacho of the world registered in the Guiness Records. www.proturac.com / proturac@prodigy.net.mx

OCT 13 – 30. Revueltas Festival, Durango, Durango. Very complete cultural festival, considered as the most important spectacle of the year. Revueltas festival offers an extensive range of events for cultural lovers, dance presentations, music, expositions, literary events, poetry, story tellers, popular art, and an endless number of artistic expressions. Cultural Institute of Durango (01 618) 128-60-08 y 128-60-11 web page, http://www.iced.gob.mx email: diseño@iced.gob.mx, disenoiced@hotmail.com

Third Sunday of October. Tradicional Fair. Nochistlan, Zacatecas. One of its main events of October is its traditional fair. They´ll have bullfights, cultural and sports events, expositions, etc. Among the main places of interest that can be visited they are: the temple of San Francisco, the temple of San Sebastián, temple of San José, the Market, the Arches (aqueduct of the 18th century) and more.

OCT 17 – 26. Tradicional Palenque. All State of Jalisco. Traditional festivals, cockfighting and artist, commercial handcrafts exhibition where you can meet the great culture of Guadalajara http://www.jalisco.gob.mx/index.html

OCT 18-19: 2006 Baja California Meeting Point – Tijuana, Baja California. Known as “the most profitable Investment Summit in the Sea of Cortez and Baja California,” this summit will include hundreds of pre-arranged meetings, one-on-one consultations and a full two-day program of conferences and discussion panels. Discussion topics include: financing, real state appraisals and valuation systems, tax and legal framework, sustainable development. For more information, please contact: armandolea@imacor.net or visit the web page: www.bajacaliforniameetingpoint.com

From last saturday of October until the second Sunday of November. All Saints Fair. Colima, Colima. Must important fair of the state and of the bordering zones of Jalisco and Michoacán. It dates from the year of 1826 and in 1934 was instituted like Agricultural, Regional Fair, cattle Raiser, Commercial, Craft and Industrial. At present functions in own installations, you enclose to the Park of Niños Heroes better known as “The Detour” -, in the Kilometer 4 of the highway Colima-La Estancia, with open spaces for restaurants, rooms of varieties, theater al air free and stockade. Recreational and cultural events are organized daily.