January |
| 1- Thursday |
NEW
YEARS DAY. (Workers are paid triple time). |
| 6 - Tuesday |
Epiphany - Reyes
Mago [Three
Kings] Tuesday. Many families celebrate and exchange gifts on
this day instead of December 25th. If you find the baby in
the cake, you have to make Tamales for everyone. |
| 8 - Thursday |
Club "Las Amigas" Fashion Show At the Ranch Pavillion. 1:00 p.m. Fashion Clothing by One of A Kind. Baja Chocolate Lovers will be there. $15.00 for the Fashion Show, which includes a salad lunch. Funds raised go to the Scholarship fund for University students.
For those wanting a little vacation, try the San Diego Boat Show (8-11 January) at the SD Convention center. Admission $10, Includes beautiful boats for sale and on exhibition, free sailboat rides, seminars, fishing simulators and the “Splash Dogs.” call 858-274-9924 for more info. |
| 10-Saturday |
Galeria "Unica" Open House Celebration, featuring Rosario and Mary Lou in their newly built Art Studio and Gallery, located at Km 183. Refreshments start about noon. More info: 044 686 171 5513. |
| 12- Monday |
"Monday Gospel Brunch" at the Pavillion - El Dorado Ranch. Show begins at 1:15pm. Organized by ZAAP. For details call Steve at 577-2708! |
| 14-Wednesday |
Drug Violence, Public Security, and the Rule of Law in Mexico-David Shirk, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: Institute of the Americas Building, University of California San Diego |
| 18- Sunday |
Parade of Homes by SFARP. Contact Frida or Bruce Barber Email. |
| 19 - Monday |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| 20 - Tuesday |
Taste of San Felipe brought to you by San Felipe's Rotary Club. Contact Santa Kay |
| 24- Saturday |
An unscheduled event will occur |
| 30 - Friday |
Your San Felipe Real Estate taxes are due by today. |
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| February |
| 1-7 Sunday-Saturday |
La Serie del Caribe Feb 1 - 7 in Mexicali. Baseball lovers we invite you to make San Felipe part of your special trip to our region. We have a selection of Great Vacation Rentals ready for your enjoyment; reserve before it is too late.
You can check the packages here >> |
| 2-8 Monday- Sunday |
For Golf Lovers: The Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines, San Diego. www.buickinvitational.com |
| 2- Monday |
Anniversary of the Constitution (1917) - A National Holiday in Mexico
Adopted in 1917 and still in effect today, Mexico's constitution was designed to further social and human rights reforms. It guarantees protection by government for all Mexicans without distinction of race, creed, social or political condition. Formulated under the presidency of Venustiano Carranza, one of the greatest achievements of the constitution is the redistribution of farmlands, forming the Ejido system or coop which has brought opportunity to the common man of Mexico. Workers earn triple time today.
The 84th Anniversary of the founding of San Felipe
Candlemas Day (Dia de la Candelaria)-- Celebrated with candlelit processions and dancing in many towns throughout the country, this holiday marks the end of the Christmas celebration. On this national holiday, families and friends gather together to enjoy tamales and atole (a hot, sweet drink thickened with corn flour). The musical events, parades and dances are especially memorable in the port city of Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, where a bull is rafted into town and released. |
| 10- Tuesday |
Armed Forces Day |
| 14 - Saturday |
Valentines Day |
| 14 - Saturday |
Galeria Unica will be hosting the San Felipe Arts association for their monthly Art show to be held February 14 starting 9am. |
| 16- Monday |
Presidents Day in the USA |
| 19- Thursday |
Army Day |
| 20-24 Friday-Tuesday |
Carnival Week, San Felipe's Mardi Gras - Celebrations begin five days before Ash Wednesday and are marked by parades, parties and dancing in the streets. Some of the most famous and festive celebrations are held in the port towns of Veracruz, Campeche (www.webcampeche.com ), Mazatlan (www.carnavalmazatlan.com.mx) and Ensenada, while carnaval in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas is one of the most important indigenous celebrations in Mexico, involving purification ceremonies and ethnic dances that depict Mayan legends.
Program of activities Carnaval San Felipe 2009:
Friday 3:oo sound system 5:oo War of the Bands 6:oo Rock bands from BC 7:oo Bad humor lectures 8:oo Inauguration / authorities 8:3o Queen of the Carnaval ceremony 9:oo Sinaloa music band
Saturday 11:oo "Odd games" 11:oo La hacienda racetrack: bike race o3:3o Parade o6:00 Pop Rock concert at the Malecon o7:oo Electro beach - electronic beats from Tijuana o8:oo Norteño band 1o:oo Sinaloa music Band
Sunday 1o:oo Sand drags o4:oo Sand drags o3:oo DJ music o8:oo live music
Monday San Lunes - no activities programed
Tuesday 3:oo Car parade 8:oo Baile with banda Sinaloense
*Unless otherwise noticed, all events are held in the Malecon. |
| 21-Saturday |
The Paella Festival will be held at the El Cortez Hotel |
| 24- Tuesday |
Dia de la Bandera (Flag Day) - also Mardi Gras |
| 25 - Wednesday |
Ash Wednesday - and the new moon |
| 27-Friday |
San Felipe Federal Zone Taxes are due |
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| March |
| 4- Wednesday |
80th Anniversary of the founding of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
| 7- Saturday |
Club "Las
Amigas" Poker Run. Starts at Rafael Navarro's
property north of the Ranch around Km 163. CANCELLED |
| 8- Sunday |
Daylight Savings Time begins in the USA |
| 9-12 Monday- Thursday |
Spring
Break Group 1 see the swat
site CANCELLED |
| 12 |
The Rotary
Club of San Felipe's 6th Annual Steak in the Park event
scheduled for Thursday March 12th - tickets available through the
Rotary Club |
| 13-15 Friday-Sunday |
The Tecate Score Baja 250 off-road race is being held in San Felipe - Make your reservations now! |
| 16-Monday |
Anniversary of the birth of Benito Juarez - National Holiday Born in 1806 in Oaxaca, Benito Juarez was a self-educated man through most of his pre-teen years. In this small town the only road to education for male or female child was to find work in private homes where their labor would be exchanged for tutoring. From this humble Indian background rose a man elected President of Mexico at the age of 54. Under his guidance the country began building schools and railroads and the people were granted free speech and free press. |
| 16-19 Monday- Thursday |
Spring
Break Group 2 CANCELLED |
| 17- Tuesday |
St. Patrick's Day in Ireland |
| 17- Tuesday |
ZAPP
presents "CORNED BEEF and CHA CHA!" a 50's Dance Party
with a live DJ, and St Patrick's Day Feast .Tuesday, March 17th,
1-5pm. Open Seating thru the Day at Ocotillo Lodge. Tickets $10,
available at YET Mail and Sun Runner Mail Service. |
| 18- Wednesday |
Anniversary of the 1938 expropriation of the Mexican Oil Industry |
| 20- Friday |
Hobie
Cat Midwinter's West Regatta will be held at the El
Cortez on March 20, 21, & 22 |
| 21- Saturday |
The
3rd Annual Caminata Contra el Cancer - Cancer
Walk - contact Bruce or Frieda Barber or check their
web site here. |
| 23-26 Monday- Thursday |
Spring
Break Group 3 CANCELLED |
| 28- Saturday |
The
3rd International Blues & Arts Fiesta - at the
San Felipe Baseball Stadium. 14 bands and over 60 artist from
Mexico and the US. Tickets only $20.00. This is a charitable
event, with all proceeds going to the Baja California
Lions Club which sponsor the Flying Samaritans and
Sonshine Hacienda, a home being built for abused children.
For more information, please check their sponsor site here. |
| 30- 2 April Monday-Thursday |
Spring
Break Group 4 CANCELLED |
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| April |
| 1- Wednesday |
April Fool's
Day |
| 4- Saturday |
Club "Las
Amigas" Luau at Playa Club - wonderful
pork! |
| 5- Sunday |
Daylight Savings Time starts in Mexico |
| 5-8 Sunday- Wednesday |
Spring
Break Group 5 CANCELLED |
| 6-12 Monday- Sunday |
Easter Week -Semana Santa
San Felipe is packed with 30,000 visitors this week so make your reservations in January. |
| 14-17 Tuesday-Friday |
Spring Break Group 6 (final group) |
| 17-18 |
Tequila
Festival CANCELLED "VI Annual Tequila Festival" has been cancelled. For more information contact Ruben de la Peña, Director of Cotuco at: 577 2300. |
| 22- Wednesday |
Earth Day and Secretary's Day |
| 30 - Thursday |
Dia de los
Ninos A celebration of childhood. With games,
song and books, bilingual literacy is promoted nation wide, along
with a love and respect for all children of all nations. |
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| May |
| 1- Friday |
Dia del Trabajo - National Holiday . (Labor Day in Mexico and most of the world) "The Unit
Lives on the Workers!" is the shout of the day. Labor Day recognizes
and celebrates the strength of unity in protecting and advancing
the rights of the working class. Banks, Schools and Government
buildings will all be closed this day. Workers are paid triple
time if they must work on this day. The Net will be closed. |
| 2- May |
7th
Annual Club de Pesca International Chili Cookoff from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the ramada patio at Club
de Pesca RV Park. Consider entering the cookoff compeition
with your own chili team - contact Joseph Malek from the US:
011-52-1-686-203-8230
or Elayne Caldwell at 577-2649 - email: caldes@prodigy.net.mx
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see their web site. |
| 5- Tuesday |
Cinco
de Mayo. (Batalla de Puebla) Commemorates
the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at the battle
of Pueblo in 1862 - East-Central Mexico. Today the country
celebrates its culture, food, music and customs. Oddly enough,
celebrations north of the border are far more elaborate than
local recognition which is mostly limited to school programs
and special family dinners. |
| 10- Sunday |
Dia
de las Madres - Mother's Day, Mexico's
number one celebration: Honors mothers, living or dead, as
being the giver of life. Mothers must be taken out for a wonderful
meal at an expensive restaurant. |
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Laguna Percebu Poker Run |
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Code Tecate race "Laguna Salada" |
| 25- Monday |
Memorial
Day U.S.A. (Monday) (observed) San Felipe will
be packed 23 - 25 May. |
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| June |
| 1- Monday |
Dia
de la Marina Nacional. |
| 5-7 Friday- Sunday |
Tecate Score Baja 500 in Ensenada |
| 14 |
Flag Day, U.S (Saturday) |
| 15- Monday |
Father's
Day . Fathers are traditionally
bought a new necktie for this celebration. |
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| July |
| 1- Monday |
AA 74th Anniversay (Tuesday)-
sponsored by the Mexican AA - also Canada Day |
| 4 - Saturday |
U.S.
Independence Day (U.S. Holiday) -
The Beachcomber and Rocodile Bars are again having their
4th of July weekend blow outs. Great music and dancing; no
standing in lines. Get your prepaid entrance pass for both
bars for the entire weekend. |
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| August |
| 2- Saturday |
Unscheduled activities |
| 18-Tuesday |
Birthday of President Felipe Calderon |
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| September |
| 1- Tuesday |
President Felipe Calderon - Informe. (State of the Nation address) |
| 7- Monday |
Labor Day U.S. Holiday. San Felipe will be packed for the weekend. Book early. Beachcomber and Rocodile will have their weekend blowout again this year. Check out their VIP passes and buy online to avoid the crowds. Click here. |
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| 16- Wednesday |
Indepencia
de Mexico- Mexico's Independence day. A national Holiday
70th Anniversary of founding of National Action Party (PAN) |
| 22 ? |
SHRIMP
season begins. Festivities and blessing of
the ships. Pangas get to go out earliest, while the larger
boats slowly leave port and gather out to sea. Lowering of
the booms is at midnight. |
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| October |
| 12- Monday |
Dia
de la Raza - In 1918, philosopher Antonio Caso took October 12th as an opportunity to praise the "Mexican mestizo race", La Raza, the rich mixture of Spanish and indigenous cultures which characterizes us. He was perhaps the first to coin the term La Raza, which has now been adopted by Latinos from all across the continent. Ten years later, the Día de la Raza was declared an official national holiday by Congress, after only minor debate. Columbus Day U.S. Observed - |
| 24-Sunday |
Daylight Savings Time ends in Mexico |
| 31- Saturday |
Halloween - Halloween Ceremonies vary throughout Mexico, the first is usually in remembrance of departed youngsters, the second for adults. Gravesites may be tidied and decorated, mariachis hired to play songs prized by the departed. Families picnic at the cemetery or home, again focusing on food favorites of those being honored. |
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| November |
| 1- Sunday |
Dia
de todos los Santos. All Saints Day
(Saturday) Daylight Savings time in USA ends |
| 2- Monday |
Dia
de Muertos. All Souls Day.
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| 3- Tuesday |
Election
Day in the U.S.A. |
| 5-8 Thursday- Sunday |
Provisional dates!! San
Felipe Shrimp Festival |
| 11- Wednesday |
Veteran's
Day U.S. |
| 16 - Monday |
Dia
de la Revolucion Mexicana -National Holiday Workers
are paid triple time..[Actual date is 11/20] |
| 26- Thursday |
Thanksgiving
Day U.S. |
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| December |
| 7- Monday |
Pearl Harbor
Day in the U.S. |
| 12- Saturday |
Virgen
de Guadalupe |
| 25- Friday |
Feliz
Navidad/Christmas Day a national Holiday in Mexico and also in the USA .
Workers are paid triple time |
| 31-Thursday |
New Year's
Eve
Dec 31 1951 HISTORICAL ITEM: Baja Norte, declared a territory in 1888, is on this date granted statehood. Viva Mexico! |
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