Mexico City / This weekend in CDMX The Mexico City edit
This weekend in CDMX A new show in Granada, a table in Roma, a dance floor in Hipódromo. Build around one good idea and leave space for the rest. The weekend runs from Friday evening through Sunday. Find dated events first, then places to visit, tables to book and rooms to explore after dark.
On the calendar On the house Event
A major Richard Prince exhibition opens Jumex’s autumn season. Make room for images that ask who gets to own a familiar picture.
Sat 26 Sept Free
Event
A Saturday session at Antropología connects the story of maize with a small crochet project. Beginners are welcome in the museum’s announcement.
Sat 26 Sept MX$50
Event
Il Furore revisits Bach’s Goldberg Variations with four historical instrumental voices at Festival CulturaUNAM.
Sat 26 Sept MX$100
Event
Thirteen film channels and Cate Blanchett’s changing roles turn artists’ manifestos into a room-sized encounter at MUAC.
Sat 26 Sept MX$60
Event
Water, listening and the memory of Guadeloupe shape an exhibition that asks for a quieter pace at MUAC.
Sat 26 Sept MX$60
Beyond the calendar
A little more of the city. Places selected from our city guide, alongside the dated events above. Check opening hours and reservations before setting out.
Build your itinerary Place
Marble outside, murals inside. Start your Centro Histórico day with a building that rewards a second look.
Place
The Casa Azul gives a Coyoacán day its centre of gravity. Book a time, then leave room for the streets around it.
Free entry Place
A shady detour in Hipódromo, with paths that turn a coffee stop into a longer afternoon outside.
Free entry Place
Trees, lakeside paths and room to breathe between museum visits. Choose one part of the forest and slow down.
Free entry Place
Shelves suspended across a vast reading room. Come for the architecture, then find a book and stay a little longer.
Place
A cultural stop behind the cathedral, where a contemporary programme meets the remains of the city beneath it.
Restaurant
A Roma table to plan ahead for. Leave the afternoon open and let the current menu decide what lands on it.
Mexican $$$
Restaurant
Seafood and a long lunch on Durango. Bring an appetite and enough time to let the meal become the plan.
Seafood $$$
Restaurant
A Centro breakfast or lunch in a tall, stone-columned room. Give the first meal of your museum day a proper table.
Mexican $$
Restaurant
Bread, coffee and a small beginning to a Roma day. This is the bakery on Colima, across from the restaurant.
Bakery $
Place
High energy, Italo disco and dance circles in a Roma warehouse. A Friday plan for people who came to move.
Place
House records and a room built around its sound system. Make Hipódromo the destination once dinner is over.
Place
A small bar upstairs from Rosetta, for a cocktail and a change of pace before the rest of the night.
Place
A former cinema gives live music a grand setting near the historic centre.
