A Dia de los Muertos celebration will take place in Islamorada on Sunday, Nov. 3, from 2 to 6 p.m., featuring a sugar skull-making workshop for kids and live music.
The free event is presented by Community Arts and Culture, with activities beginning at Limelight Studios and Gallery and continuing in the adjacent beer garden at Florida Keys Brewing Co., 81611 Old Highway, in the Morada Way Arts and Cultural District.
Unlike Halloween events that embrace mischief and spooky elements, celebrations for Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, are happy occasions that unite the living and the dead. Events are often an explosion of color and life-affirming joy, where the living invite their dearly departed to join them in a celebration of their life and heritage. Families traditionally attend Dia de los Muertos events in calavera style—wearing face paint and attire that reflects a skeleton or the dead—to celebrate and honor departed loved ones.
Activities will begin at 2 p.m. at Limelight with a calavera sugar skull-making workshop and face painting, priced at $15 for kids and young adults, and $25 for adults aged 21 and over. Registration is available on Eventbrite.
World music by the Fabi World Trio begins at 3 p.m. in the beer garden, followed at 4 p.m. by the Mariachi Veracruzano Miami band.
Attendees are invited to wear bright colors, with or without calavera-style face paint and costumes.
Community Arts and Culture is a nonprofit organization that presents the arts as a tool for education and nurtures local and international musical artists that exemplify the diversity of the South Florida community.
More information is available at communityartsandculture.org/day-of-the-dead
