Julio
July

17-23 Feria del Mescal (Mescal Fair)+* Oaxaca, Oax. Mescal –increasingly gaining in popularity, has become an upscale beverage in both foreign and domestic markets. During this fair, the Zocalo (main plaza) is decorated with attractive wooden cabins for the purpose of displaying the best of Oaxacan mescal along with delicious regional culinary specialties
18-25 La Guelaquetza -LUNES DEL CERRO (Traditioan Folk Festival)+* --This may be the most famous and colorful festival of Oaxaca. Indigenous people from the seven regions of the State of Oaxaca express their culture with fascinating pre-Columbian dance, food and art on the last two Mondays of the month
   

     
Dates are annotated as follows:

** National Holiday (non-working days) are in Bold Type
* National Holiday commemoration
+ Religious Holiday (fixed date)
++ Moveable Feast (date varies year to year)
+* Local Festival or Holiday