What to do in Mexico City in abril

Día de Reyes on January 6 — the giant rosca is sliced up in the Zócalo, and whoever finds the hidden figurine is on the hook for tamales come February 2.

Zona Maco early in the month — Latin America's biggest art fair takes over the Centro Citibanamex and drags weeks of gallery openings across Roma and San Miguel Chapultepec with it.

Jacarandas at their peak — the whole city turns violet over Reforma, the Alameda and Santa María la Ribera, the cherry-blossom stand-in that gardener Tatsugoro Matsumoto planted a century ago.

Feria de las Culturas Amigas in the Zócalo — nearly three weeks of pavilions from over eighty countries, food, crafts and free concerts in the heart of the city.

Pride March on the last Saturday of June — it rolls down Paseo de la Reforma from the Ángel de la Independencia to the Zócalo, one of Latin America's largest.

Feria de las Flores in San Ángel late in the month — the cobblestoned southern neighborhood fills with nurseries, orchids and bonsai at one of the city's oldest flower fairs.

Chiles en nogada at their peak — the seasonal Puebla dish, green, white and pomegranate-red, is at its best in the cantinas of the Centro and Roma ahead of the patriotic holidays.

El Grito de Independencia on the night of September 15 — hundreds of thousands fill the Zócalo for the cry from the National Palace balcony, and on the 16th the army parades down Reforma.

Formula 1, Mexico City Grand Prix in late October — the roar of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and the old Foro Sol grandstand, one of the loudest stops on the calendar.

Gran Desfile de Día de Muertos on November 1 and 2 — troupes, giant skulls and catrinas wind from Chapultepec to the Zócalo, where the monumental ofrenda rules the plaza.

Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe on December 12 — millions of pilgrims reach the Basilica at Tepeyac, many on foot or on their knees, singing las mañanitas on the night of the 11th.