Events - Visit Ixtapa
Amazing Festivals All Year Long
No matter what time of year you visit Ixtapa, Cala de Mar Resort & Spa offers effortless access to the most popular festivals, seasonal events and holiday celebrations in Ixtapa. Please view our event calendar to find out what’s on during your visit.
February
The annual Zihuatanejo Sailfest – a six-day festival held the first week of every February combines fun, games and beach activities.
March
The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is an international world class event that brings first rate musicians and appreciative audiences from across the globe.
April
Surf invitational, music festival, and a chance to educate locals and visitors alike about La Saladita’s sustainable initiatives. Seven days of logging competition, yoga, sound baths, kids surf clinics, fresh delicious food, surf films, tropical live music and more.
May
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, considered one of the three best destinations worldwide for sport fishing by the Saltwater Sportsman magazine, receives more than 200 national and international competitors for its emblematic Swordfish International Fishing Tournament.
May
This course features a swim in the waters off the blue-flag-certified beach “El Palmar,” a bike leg from Ixtapa to Zihuatanejo across the hill and a flat-course race on the beautiful roads of Ixtapa.
September
For more information contact your Personal Assistant.
November
El Palmar beach in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo will receive the best freeride athletes in the world. Monster Energy Freeride Series is a competition that integrates 20 representatives from 10 countries as Japan, France, the United States, Australia and Mexico, who will face each other to conquer this challenge.
December
Watch world-class surfers compete on the waves off the beach of Playa Linda.
December 31st
Grab a blanket, some champagne and food and ring in the New Year with a dazzling fireworks show over the beaches of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo.