Dia de los Muertos 5K & Festival

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum hosts the area’s only cemetery-based Dia de los Muertos festival!

Walk/Run

The day kicks off with a 5K run or a 2-mile walk through the cemetery. Free Dia de los Muertos festival t-shirt with all registrations. Register now

Festival

Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:

• Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ
• Local dance groups
• Vendors at the festival mercado
• Traditional decorations including cempazuchi, papel picado and hand-made catrinas
• Ofrendas (offerings to the dead) in the chapel, made by local schools and community groups
• Paseo de las Almas procession led by a local priest - anyone who would like to honor a loved one is welcome to join
• Activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls
• Non-profit community resources

*The 5K fee supports the walk/run experience, and the rest benefits Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the historic stuctures and arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.

Host or Publisher Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.