All Saints' Day (Día de Todos los Santos)
2025-11-01 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Lima)
This is a solemn and family-oriented holiday. Families gather to remember and honor their deceased loved ones. It is customary to attend mass and visit cemeteries to clean and decorate the graves with flowers, particularly orange marigolds (cempasúchil). A unique tradition is the preparation and consumption of “Lechón” (suckling pig) and “T’anta Wawa” – bread shaped like babies or children, which are given as gifts.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception
2025-12-08 00:00 - 23:59
Religious festival that includes masses and processions in honor of the Virgin Mary.

Santurantikuy Fair
2025-12-24 00:00 - 23:59
Peru’s largest folk art and traditional customs fair is held in Cusco’s Plaza de Armas. Artisans from the region exhibit and sell nativity scene figures, especially the famous “Niños Manuelitos,” as well as other handicrafts, ceramics, and paintings. It is the prelude to Christmas in Cusco.

Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i Pilgrimage
2026-05-31 08:00 - 2026-06-02 17:00 | Sinakara Valley (Ocongate District) / Ausangate Region, Cusco, Peru
An extraordinary mass pilgrimage deep in the Andes combining Incan glacier worship with Catholic elements (Vera Delgado & Vincent, 2013). Tens of thousands of indigenous dancers (Ukukus) climb to the sacred sanctuary below Mount Ausangate in a deeply spiritual display of faith.

Corpus Christi Cusco
2026-06-04 08:00 - 2026-06-05 17:00
One of Cusco’s most spectacular visual events. Fifteen saints and virgins from different neighborhood parishes are carried in massive, beautifully adorned structural litters to the Cusco Cathedral. The main square fills with music, traditional dances, and food stalls serving Chiriuchu (Cusco’s traditional festival dish).

Cusco Jubilee Month Launch (Desfiles Folclóricos)
2026-06-10 08:00 - 2026-06-23 17:00
June is Cusco’s Jubilee Month. Throughout these two weeks, daily massive folklore parades take over the historic center. School children, university students, and local institutions perform synchronized traditional dances in brilliant regional attire to honor the city.

Inti Raymi (The Festival of the Sun)
2026-06-24 08:00 - 18:00
The absolute highlight of Cusco’s calendar. Inti Raymi is the ancient Incan winter solstice ceremony honoring the Sun God. The theatrical re-enactment spans three historic stages: beginning at Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun), moving to the Plaza de Armas, and concluding with a massive main performance at the fortress of Saksaywaman.

Camino Inca: Cupos Disponibles (Octubre 2026)
2026-10-16 08:00 - 2026-10-31 17:00
