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Toluca Alfeñique Festival 2026

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The 57th Feria y Festival Cultural Alfeñique ~~is currently underway~~ continues in Toluca, running ~~from October 4~~ through November 2, 2026. Inaugurated by Mayor Ricardo Moreno Bastida, the event features over 1,200 ~~cultural, artistic, and artisanal activities. It aims to preserve centennial traditions~~ activities and boost tourism, with officials expecting approximately 4 million visitors. To maintain a family-oriented atmosphere, the municipal government has prohibited alcohol sales during official festivities. The festival specifically highlights approximately 58 artisan families specializing in ~~alfeñique, a~~ traditional sugar ~~craft used during Day of the Dead celebrations.~~ craft. To manage the ~~large influx of~~ expected 4 million visitors, the ~~Toluca City Council~~ city has implemented ~~a comprehensive~~ mobility ~~and security strategy. This includes~~ strategies like the ‘Alfeñique Bus’ ~~service~~ and the ‘¡Súbale! Hay lugares’ system to connect various city points with the main venue at Mercado Juárez. Excursion buses from other states will be directed to park at Las Torres for safe transfers. Security efforts will utilize security measures including facial recognition ~~technology~~ and ~~drones, with officials aiming~~ drones. Amidst the festival, Mayor Moreno reported significant economic developments for ~~a ‘saldo blanco’ (zero incidents) similar to~~ the ~~previous year. Despite~~ city in 2026, noting over one billion dollars in combined foreign and national investment. Approximately 80 percent of these ~~preparations,~~ projects—primarily in the ~~festival has faced public scrutiny. Residents have used social media~~ automotive, pharmaceutical, chemical, and food sectors—have materialized, creating more than 10,000 new jobs. In response to ~~criticize~~ previous public criticism regarding infrastructure, the ~~administration’s decision to invest in decorations and tourism while many areas~~ municipal administration has highlighted urban maintenance efforts, such as the restoration of ~~Toluca suffer from significant potholes, poor road quality,~~ 20 traditional community laundry facilities in the La Teresona neighborhood that had been abandoned for six years, alongside various beautification projects in public parks and plazas. Local parking associations have also indicated a ~~lack of essential services, such as water~~ willingness to extend service hours during festival concerts, provided that security and ~~electricity, in outlying communities.~~ lighting standards are maintained.

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