Coachella Valley Days of Los Muertos

Join us and our community partners for Coachella Valley Days of Los Muertos in the Sunnylands gardens, October 29–November 2.

In celebration of Día de los Muertos, the gardens will be decorated, Wednesday–Sunday from 8:30 am to 4 pm, with colorful papel picado (decorative cut paper), nichos (shadow boxes), and ofrendas (altars).

Take-home arts and crafts can be found attached to display boards throughout the gardens.

Daily lineup of additional activities below:

Wednesday, October 29:

• 1 pm-4 pm: Elegaic Haiku session with local poetry group, the Wordkeepers (for more information, click here)

Friday, October 31

• 9 am-4 pm: Desert Oasis Health Care’s mobile health clinic will be on property.(more details here)

Sunday, November 2: *Center & Gardens will be open until 9 pm for special evening programming*

• 9 am-3 pm: Desert Oasis Health Care’s mobile health clinic will be on property. (more details here)
• 10 am-3 pm: Art Flying Aerial will be performing a 15-minute Day of the Dead-themed aerial performance every hour (for more information, click here)
• 1 pm-6 pm: Decorate your own piñata coffins.
• 5:30–9:00 pm: Ofrendas and nichos will be lighted.
• 6:30 pm: Pixar’s Coco (2017) will be screened in the West Gardens. Rated PG. Runtime 1 hour 45 minutes (for more information, click here)

This year’s altars were created by the following organizations:

• Raices Cultura
• Animal Samaritans
• Circulo Azteca Citlaltonac
• Coachella Valley Arts Project
• DAP Health
• GANAS
• The S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
• Safe Schools Desert Cities
• Shay’s Warriors Life After Cancer
• Shelter from the Storm

This season, Raices Cultura, the arts and culture non-profit based in Coachella, invites the public to participate in a community altar in honor of family who have passed. They will be collecting photos from participants to include in this altar from Wednesday, October 29, through Saturday, November 1, from 8:30 am to 4 pm at the Sunnylands Performance Circle. Please read submission guidelines here.

This year’s nichos were created by the following artists:

• Andrea Calderon
• Yehsiming Jue
• Kylie Knight
• Idris Legg 
• Monica Morones
• Clara Nieblas
• Nancy Ocegueda
• Robert Padilla
• Angela Aispuro Peña
• Nancy Ramirez
• Carlos Ramirez 
• Bunnie Reiss
• Tone Rubio
• Lazaro Sanchez
• Shrine
• Isaac Vargas

Free parking and admission. Reservations not required.

Sunnylands Center & Gardens
37977 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

Program changes may require the cancellation or rescheduling of some events. Outdoor programs may be canceled or modified due to weather conditions, including rain, lightning, or strong winds.

For information, please call 760-202-2255 or email education@sunnylands.org.