Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park this November 1 and 2! Enjoy altars that represent a variety of Latin American cultural traditions, live music and dance performances, an art display, food and drink vendors, a procession through the park, a Catrina dress-up contest, and more. Family zones will offer face-painting for kids, arts and crafts, bilingual storytelling, and other activities.
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Enjoy the following activities all day each day:
10am–4pm | Make-and-take crafts, including monarch butterflies and calaveras and alebrijes masks
10:30am | Cuentos en el Museo bilingual Spanish-English storytelliing
12–4pm | Face-painting (free for kids 18 and younger, $12 for adults)
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Special Events on Saturday
12–4pm | Celebrate loved ones with souvenir printmaking
1:00–3:30pm | Live music by Tropifunk, with a brief intermission
2pm & 4pm | Dance performances by Encore STL and the Dance Society of St. Louis.
5pm | Catrina Contest
5:20pm | Brief performance by Sol Azteca, followed by a quarter-mile procession through Forest Park at approximately 5:30pm
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Special Events on Sunday
11am–5pm | DJ Eric Sensation
12–4pm | Celebrate loved ones with souvenir printmaking
2pm & 4pm | Dance performances by Alma de Mexico St. Louis
Presented in collaboration with Hispanic Festival Inc., Mexicanos en St. Louis, and Latinx Arts Network.
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