| Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián |
January 15-18 5:00pm or 6:00pm(Late Morning- Late Afternoon) |
Viejo San Juan |
A massive 4-day celebration to celebrate Puerto Rican pride |
SanSe(Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián) evolved from a small neighbor hood fundraiser to party celebrating Boricua Pride |
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| Fiesta de los Reyes Magos |
January 6 beguins around 10:00am |
Plaza Román Baldorioty de Castro |
Celebrates the arrival of the 3 Wise Men. It is one of the most celebrated holidays in Puerto Rico. Children leave grass for their camels often wake up to find gifts. |
Due to the spanish colonizing Puerto Rico, the Taino learned their culture. La Fiesta de Los Reyes Magos is one of the traditions they learned. While the holiday is mostly considered catholic, Puerto Rico made it into a symbol of its identity. |
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| Festival del Mojo Isleño |
Mid July(Around the 2nd or 3rd week) |
Salinas, "La Cuna del Mojo Isleño" |
A highlight where local chefs prepare a massive pot of the sauce to share with thousands of people. |
The sauce was created in 1930 by Eladia Ladi Correa. The Recipe was inspired by Spanish settlers but it changed a little bit with the islans's ingridients. |
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| Carnaval De Ponce |
Febuary 12-17 |
Ponce's Downtown |
There are masked characters called vejigantes who "scare" the onlookers and hit them playfully with dried cow bladders. During the end of the Party a dummy is burned in a coffin to symbolize the communities' sins burning away. |
The festival's history goes all the way back to 1858 when it began as a masquerade ball for the elite, but it quickly evolved into a popular street celebration for all classes.
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| Justas Fest |
April 30 - May 2 2026, 5:00pm |
Mayagüez, Concha Acústica Frankie Ruiz, Parque de los Próceres, and Calle Martínez Nadal |
Justas Fest is a massive party that surrounds the Justas de la LAI, it is Puerto Rico's most important intercollegiate athletic championship. |
Founded in 1929, "Las Justas" began as a three-event competition between three founding institutions |
