Mar 31, 2023 | Cultura Mazatlan, Mazatlan International Carnival, Mazatlan News, Uncategorized
Within the framework of the 47th edition of the Tianguis Turistico of Mexico, on March 28, the award ceremony of “The Best of Mexico 2023” was held, where the magazine Mexico Desconocido in its category “Carnival Party with the greatest tradition and color” awarded recognition to the Mazatlan International Carnival.
Mexico Desconocido is a print and digital media that is dedicated to the dissemination of tourist sites and the natural and cultural wealth of Mexico and with the aim of honoring the benefits of the country and its attractive diversity, it created this award where, through an open digital platform, the nominees for each category are announced and they are voted on.
The award was received by the Secretary of Tourism of the State of Sinaloa, Estrella Palacios Dominguez, accompanied by the current Queen of the Mazatlan International Carnival, Alejandra I; by the Queen of the Floral Games, Uma I and the King of Joy, Victor II.
Mar 15, 2023 | Cultura Mazatlan, Hotel Playa Mazatlán, Institute of Culture, Spring Season 2023, Things to Do in Mazatlan, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan
The Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan is proud to present the Spring Season 2023 that will take place from March 17 to July 20, which will offer a range of cultural and artistic activities for all tastes and ages.
Check out its official billboard and enjoy with the family!

Sep 23, 2022 | Cultura Mazatlan, Institute of Culture, Mazatlan Cultural Festival, Mazatlan Cultural Festival 2022, Things to Do in Mazatlan
As part of the program of the Mazatlan Cultural Festival 2022, the Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan brings for you: Tosca Opera with the special participation of the soprano Maria Katzarava and under the direction of the maestro Enrique Patron de Rueda.
Maria Katzarava is a Mexican opera singer born and raised in Mexico City whose first place in the Operalia competition in Canada in the opera and zarzuela categories has earned her international fame. Since then Maria Katzarava has performed in Europe, where she currently lives, in Asia and in America.

Tosca Opera will be presented on October 4 and 5 at the Angela Peralta Theater at 8:00 pm.
Cost:
- Orchestra – $300
- First and second balcony – $250
- Third balcony – $150
Tickets are on sale at the theater box office.
Sep 15, 2022 | Cultura Mazatlan, Institute of Culture, Mazatlan Cultural Festival, Things to Do in Mazatlan
The Director of the Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan, Jose Angel Tostado Quevedo, announced the official billboard for the Mazatlan Cultural Festival 2022 that will take place from October 2 to December 18.
Made up of more than 40 quality shows, the Mazatlan Cultural Festival 2022 will have as stages: Casa Haas, Angela Peralta Theater, Historic Center, Plazuela Machado, Orphanage, San Jose Church and syndicates with affordable prices or even free.
We share the official program of the Mazatlan Cultural Festival 2022 and remember that tickets will be on sale at the theater box office.

Feb 18, 2022 | Cultura Mazatlan, Institute of Culture, Mazatlan Carnival 2022, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan
Designed and hand-embroidered by the prestigious designer of the port, Sodelva Rios Serrano, the dress that the new Queen of Mazatlan Carnival 2022 Carolina Perez will wear in her next coronation, is inspired by the “Queen of Time”, who is sought by Clocky to change the times.
This dress entails a completely handmade work where for months both Sodelva and her work team have been immersed in a delicate hand embroidery of all the details of this monumental outfit that she hopes will be liked by the entire people.
Sodelva Rios has been in charge for more than 20 years of making the royal costumes for the Mazatlan Carnival and each creation is made with love and professionalism, hoping that one day all her designs will be part of a museum where the new generations will know through her creations the passage of time of the Mazatlan Carnival.
Feb 16, 2022 | Cultura Mazatlan, Mazatlan News, Things to Do in Mazatlan
As is already a tradition on the eve of the maximum celebration of the port of Mazatlan, the carnival puppets were installed on the boardwalk and Plazuela Machado, figures made of papier-mâché, paint and glitter inspired by the Carnival motto which on this occasion is: “Lanao, the journey continues”.
The illustrator and designer of the Mazatlan Carnival 2022 puppets, the Cuban Henry Wilson, explained that these paper giants represent time travel and all those important events that marked a before and after in our society. Some of the puppets that you will be able to appreciate on this occasion are:
- Lamplighter of Time: based on the book “The Little Prince” represents loyalty and responsibility and reminds us of the passage of time since its function was to light the lantern when night came and turn it off when day came.
- The Fantastic Biolocomotor: based on the Industrial Revolution and on the book “The Endless Story” which in the words of its author, is a work that “expresses the desire to find the reality that surrounds us through traveling the opposite way, that is, the internal part of each one that resides in their imagination”.
- Aerostatic Fish: inspired by the “Nautilus”, a fictional submarine devised by the French writer Jules Verne, which appears in his novels: “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea” and “The Mysterious Island”.
- Astronaut: represents the moment when man first landed on the moon in 1969.

On your next visit to Mazatlan, take as a souvenir a photograph with these incredible figures that adorn our beautiful port.