Coachella Valley Dia De Los Muertos
Wed, Nov 4 · time TBA · Sunnylands Center & Gardens · Rancho Mirage
Join Sunnylands and their community partners for Coachella Valley Days of Los Muertos in the Sunnylands gardens, November 4-8.
In celebration of Día de los Muertos, the gardens will be decorated Wednesday–Sunday from 8:30 am to 4 pm with colorful papel picado (decorative cut paper), nichos (shadow boxes), and ofrendas (altars). Take-home arts and crafts can be found attached to display boards throughout the gardens. Pop-up craft boards throughout the garden will feature skull masks for guests to wear as they explore. Guests can participate in a community display by completing the sentence “Before I die…” on colorful butterflies and flowers, expressing wishes for the future.
Friday, November 6: Center & Gardens will be open until 9 pm for special evening programming
8:45-9:45 am: Join an expert birder for a bird walk through the gardens in Spanish
9 am-2 pm: Drop-In Craft: Decorate your own candle piñatas at the West Gardens Performance Circle.
5:30–9:00 pm: Ofrendas and nichos will be lighted.
6:30 pm: Pixar’s Coco (2017) will be screened in the West Gardens. Rated PG. Runtime 1 hour 45 minutes
Saturday, November 7: 12-1:30 pm: Free Art Workshop: Seed Mosaics
Sunday, November 8: 10 am-3 pm: Art Flying Aerial will be performing a 15-minute Day of the Dead-themed aerial performance every hour.
