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Mexico City, today The city is already in motion. Today’s scheduled events appear first, followed by places, food stops and evening ideas. Check each venue’s hours before heading out.
On the calendar Event
Thirteen film channels and Cate Blanchett’s changing roles turn artists’ manifestos into a room-sized encounter at MUAC.
Today · 10:00 MX$60
Event
Water, listening and the memory of Guadeloupe shape an exhibition that asks for a quieter pace at MUAC.
Today · 10:00 MX$60
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Myth and live music frame a writer's experience of neurodivergence.
Today · 20:00 MX$150
On the house Event
Latin American typography goes on display at EDINBA.
Today · 13:30 Free
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A man's testimony exposes a lifetime shaped by exclusion.
Today · 20:00 MX$80
On the house Event
Free theatre by Mariana Giménez and the ENAT student company.
Today · 18:00 Free
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Expanded circus questions ability through two people's lived experiences.
Today · 20:00 MX$150
On the house Event
Francisco Ageo joins the chamber orchestra for two free pavilion concerts.
Today · 20:00 Free
On the house Event
Goethe's Faust returns through a small-scale ENAT production.
Today · 18:00 Free
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Bach moves from keyboard to four instruments in the first half of the Goldberg cycle.
Today · 20:00 MX$100
On the house Event
An artist conference joins EIA's sculpture symposium.
Today · 17:00 Free
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Frontón and family memory become a reflection on masculinity.
Today · 20:00 MX$150
On the house Event
Dance, shadow theatre and live multimedia create a contemporary fable.
Today · 19:00 Free
On the house Event
Jorge Martínez gives a free talk during the typography biennial.
Today · 12:35 Free
On the house Event
Mónica Munguía speaks at the Latin American typography biennial.
Today · 11:45 Free
On the house Event
A free practical typography session joins the Tipos Latinos programme.
Today · 13:30 Free
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
Choose a few galleries, then pause in the courtyard. This is a museum to build a morning around, not squeeze between appointments.
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.
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
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.
Place
Choose a stage production and arrive early to appreciate the theatre's exterior artwork.
