El Panteón de Sacramento

This year El Panteón de Sacramento is a 2-day event celebrating the centuries-old tradition of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This annual LCAC event features live dance, music, and dozens of traditional memorials (ofrendas) created by families and friends to honor those who have passed. These colorful ofrendas are adorned with sugar skulls, food and drink once enjoyed by the departed, flowers, and personal mementos. Bathed in the light of the moon during evening hours and filled with drifting fragrances of copal and cempasuchil, the bright marigolds considered the flowers of the dead, El Panteón is not only a place of remembrance, but a joyous celebration of our loved ones. This calendar listing is brought to you by Sacramento365, the region’s one-stop, online calendar for arts and entertainment events, powered by Visit Sacramento and the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture (OAC).