Mexico City has set a date for its 2026 Mega Procession of the Catrinas, a Day of the Dead wave of costumed performers that will move through the capital on Sunday, October 25. The procession will start at 6:00 p.m. on Paseo de la Reforma and is expected to reach the Zócalo at 8:30 p.m.

That matters now because the route is already fixed, and people planning to watch can line the streets for free along one of the city’s biggest central corridors. The procession will run from the Angel of Independence to the Zócalo, passing through Reforma, Av. Juárez and 5 de Mayo, giving spectators a clear path for the evening.

The event is part of Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City, and the call for participants has already gone out. This year’s contingent is expected to include pre-Hispanic Catrinas, classic Catrinas, circus performers, cyclists, theater performers and Catrinas wearing luminous masks, all of them joining the same route through the center of the city.

The schedule is not without one open point. The Mega Procession of the Catrinas and the separate Day of the Dead Parade are not the same event, and no date has been confirmed for the parade. That leaves the Catrinas procession as the only fully announced anchor on the calendar for now, even as organizers continue to build out the rest of the season’s lineup.

For anyone deciding when to go, the answer is straightforward: Sunday, October 25, is the date to mark, and the best viewing will be free along the route before the procession reaches the Zócalo that night.