Celebrate Día de Los Muertos in Kensington

Join us for a parade de las Catrinas, community ofrendas, arts activities, music and dance performances, engagements with community groups, and more! The afternoon kicks off with the festive puppet parade. Families can enjoy hands-on art making, face painting, books, food, raffles and giveaways, and contribute a photo to the event’s centerpiece—our communal ofrenda.

1:00 - 1:30 pm:

Parade de las Catrinas, featuring papier-mâché sugar skulls, alebrijes, and other colorful creations made by local schools and families, accompanied by Mariachis Nuevo Sol and Mariachis Águila y Plata. Presented in partnership with The Singing Winds.

1:00 - 6:00 pm:

Activities in partnership with Brooklyn Museum on Wheels will include mask-making, pumpkin painting, printmaking with Mobile Print Power; and art and wellness with Casa Finca. Additional crafts will include marigold making, designing hojalata frames, sugar skull crafts, photo booth, leave a message tent and a cross-cultural henna table

Community engagements will include the House of Speakeasy Bookmobile with book giveaways, Prospect Park Alliance nature education crafts for kids, a small Brooklyn Porch Concert performance with youth musician recruitment, Windsor Terrace Food Coop table, composing information from Big Reuse, and more!

3:00 - 6:00pm

Performances featuring Calpulli Tletlpapalotzin, Ballet Mariposas, Ballet Folklório Quetzalcoatl NY, Tecuanes San Rafael, and Mariachis Bohemio