Category: Culture & Traditions
We promote and honor our traditions, art, symbols, and Mexican beliefs from all over Mexico in the UK.
By Mexibrit, supported by Jarritos 📍 Market Place St Pauls, 150 Cheapside, London EC2V 6ET📅 11 June 2026⏰ Doors open: 17:00 | Kick-off: 20:00 London, get ready. Mexibrit is bringing the energy, colour and passion of Mexico to the heart of the City for the ultimate Mexico v South Africa Fan Zone experience. This isn’t just […]
What do Mexicans actually celebrate? Community voices By Mexican Londoner Claudia Palacios Distance is a strange lens. It has a way of blurring the ordinary details of our daily lives while it reminds us intensely of who we are at the core. There is a profound truth within immigrant circles: no Mexican is more aware of […]
Mexico Vivo Fest 2026: Mexican Festival in London Returns to Hackney Bridge 🇲🇽 Mexibrit, Movimientos and Hackney Bridge present Mexico Vivo Fest 2026, a vibrant Mexican festival in London celebrating music, food, art and community across a long Cinco de Mayo weekend proudly supported by Cazcabel bringing the bold and authentic spirit of Mexico to Mexico Vivo […]
MexiBrit Recommends: La Línea Festival 2026 — A Historic, 90% Female Line-Up Bringing Latin Music to London “London’s essential Latin Music Festival.” – Billboard From 20th April to 6th May 2026, La Linea Festival returns to venues across the capital with its biggest and boldest edition yet. Now in its 26th year, London’s longest-running Latin music festival continues […]
In recent weeks, a heated conversation has unfolded across Mexican social media and cultural circles following comments made by British baker Richard Hart, owner of the Mexico City bakery Green Rhino. In a podcast recorded last year and recently resurfaced, Hart claimed that “there is no bread culture in Mexico,” criticised Mexican flour as low […]
The Mexican Christmas Market Returns to Coal Drops Yard! 28–30 November 2025 | 11am–7pm | Free Entry We’re thrilled to announce the return of the much-loved Mexican Christmas Market at Coal Drops Yard, now celebrating its sixth edition! Brought to you by El Pastor, MexiBrit, and Coal Drops Yard, and curated by Paola Feregrino, this […]
Day of the Dead Family Festival at the Horniman Museum Join us at the Horniman Museum and Gardens for the very first Day of the Dead Family Festival, celebrating Mexico’s most iconic cultural tradition in one of London’s most beautiful museums and gardens. This one-day festival will fill the Horniman with vibrant music, dance, craft, food, […]
Beyond tacos & tequila — the real history and heart of Cinco de Mayo By Viridiana Marin Marin 1. It’s not Mexican Independence Day! One of the most common misconceptions is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. It’s not!Mexico’s Independence Day is September 16, celebrating the 1810 revolution against Spanish rule. Cinco de […]
La Batalla de Puebla ‘El Rey’ style this coronation weekend with an evening of fine Mexican and Latin party sounds headlined by the powerful Son Jarocho group, Chapulines, mixing traditional Mexican music with Caribbean and rumba grooves. The band was formed in Mexico at the shore of the beautiful lagoon of Bacalar after a musical encounter […]
by Viridiana Marin Marin Alondra Ruiz Hernández is a Mexican-Canadian artist based in London, she studied painting and drawing in Canada and the program in Social science and Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts in London. As the second generation of Mexican migrants in Canada, Alondra grew up with a special interest in Social […]