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Here are some of the remaining free events scheduled for the final weekend of the city’s International Mariachi Festival.

Independent Jalisco congressman Pedro Kumamoto and political organization Wikipolitica Jalisco are behind “La Ocupacion,” a four-day conference/incubator (Wednesday, August 30 to Saturday, September 2)

Saturday, August 26, devout Catholics in Guadalajara gave air to their outrage at what they see as the sacrilegious nature of a piece of public art erected last month on Calzada Federalismo, combining as it does Catholic iconography with that of a “pagan” religion. 

The economic woes brought on by construction of the number three Tren Ligero (subway) line along Avenida Alcalde in the Guadalajara city center may be the Klieg light that throws into glaring relief the neglect that has plagued el centro historico for decades, leading, perhaps, to a long overdue revival.

Although only a few Tapatios in the city center seemed especially interested in last Monday’s solar eclipse, the event hosted by the University of Guadalajara Astronomy and Meteorology Institute was well attended, drawing 400 people, including many children.

A robbery aboard a Guadalajara city bus took a turn that few of those involved could have seen coming.

The 23rd annual Tattoo Expo comes to Calle 2, a sprawling event center in Zapopan, Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3.

See mariachi-jalisco.com.mx for full details

- Free mariachi shows are offered in the Cultural Pavilion set up in the Plaza Liberation facing the Teatro Degollado.