September 2019 Events in Sonora

September 2019 Events in Sonora, Mexico

September is an active and exciting month in Sonora and the rest of Mexico. It is a month of patriotism, with lots of civic and religious events to celebrate.

The summer heat subsides, monsoon rains have ended and although the weather may still be a bit warm but the skies are blue and the evening temps are fabulous.

This is the mes patria, the month of the homeland in Mexico.

Independence Day is on September 16, and the night before Sonorans will gather at their palacio municipal for the “grito de independencia,” the shout of independence – Viva Mexico!

There are also several major feast days for Catholic saints in September that are observed in Sonoran pueblos. Santa Rosalia, the Virgin of Loreto, the Virgin de los Dolores and the feast day of saints San Gabriel, San Rafael and the Archangel San Miguel. And perhaps the biggest celebration begins during the last month of September in Magdalena de Kino, in advance of the Feast Day of Saint Francis on October 4.

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First Sunday of September – Aunt’s Day (Dia de la Tia)

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Arivechi – Fiestas in honor of the town’s patron saint, Santa Rosalía (3-4)

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Feast Day of Santa Rosalía

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Suagui Grande – Fiestas in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary (Virgen del Rosario)

Villa Pesqueira – Fiestas in honor of the Descent of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Bajada de la Virgen de Guadalupe)

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Feast Day of the Virgin of Loreto (La Virgen de Loreto)

Bacadéhuachi – Fiestas in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Virgin of Loreto (La Virgen de Loreto).

San Miguel de Horcasitas – Fiestas in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Virgin of Loreto (La Virgen de Loreto).

Banámichi – Fiestas in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Virgin of Loreto (La Virgen de Loreto). Baile de coronación de la reina y carreras de caballos

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Day of the Boy Heroes (Día de los Niños Héroes)

This annual event honors the cadets who died on September 13, 1847 defending the castle of Chapultepec in Mexico City from an advancing force of American soldiers.

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Feast Day of the Virgen de los Dolores

Sáric – Fiestas in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Virgin of Dolores (la Virgen de los Dolores)

Grito de Independencia – Grito de Dolores

On the eve of Mexican Independence Day, elected officials throughout Mexico will wave a Mexican Flag while they and crowds gathered below are shouting “Viva Mexico!.” This tradition, also known as the Grito de Dolores, is a tradition that harkens back to when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla first made the declaration at the start of the Mexican Revolution on September 16, 1810.

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Mexican Independence Day – Dia de la Independencia

A major holiday in Sonora and all of Mexico, with parades and other festivities.

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Empalme – Founding anniversary celebration – Festejo de aniversario de la fundación del municipio

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Day of the Photographer – Día del Fotógrafo

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Festivals of the Sierra Alta

Bacadéhuachi, Bacerac, Huachinera

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Fiestas de San Francisco Javier
Magdalena de Kino