Get ready to join Cultural Coalition, giant calaca puppets, curanderas, musicians, and ancestral dancers at the largest, free Día de los Muertos celebration in Phoenix.

The 12th Annual Mikitztli Día de los Muertos Festival goes from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Steele Indian School Park, 300 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. Pronounced (meeh-keesh-tleeh), Mikitztli means “transition” and is symbolized as the “calaca” or “the smiling skull.”

The community is invited to be part of the traditional practices of honoring ancestors, keeping traditions alive, and celebrating cultural heritage.

Festivalgoers will be able to make their own calaca or smiling skull masks, receive a limpia or cleansing by curanderas, and participate in a community altar honoring loved ones who have passed. There will be more than a dozen food trucks, over 60 artists and vendors, live painting, and a new additional smaller stage area with interactive activities.

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FESTIVAL LINEUP:

MAIN STAGE

2 p.m. -- Welcome and land acknowledgement

2:15 p.m. -- Coatlicue Danza Mexica

2:55 p.m. -- Harmony Project

3:20 p.m. -- Ollin Yolitzli Dance Academy

3:45 p.m. – Enparoxismo

4:10 p.m. -- Quetzallí Ballet Folklórico AZ

4:40 p.m. -- Mariachi Rubor

5:00 p.m. -- Indigenous Enterprise

5:20 p.m. -- La Huehueteada & Burning of the Penas

5:30 p.m. -- La Procesion from altar to stage

6 p.m. -- QVLN & Friends

PICNIC AREA STAGE

2 p.m. -- African Drums

3 p.m. -- Desert Dance Theatre Drumming

4 p.m. -- Calaca dancers, stilt walkers, and Los CuCuis puppets

Mikitztli folklorico dancers celebrate at last year’s festival in Phoenix.

(Photo provided by Cultural Coalition)