Día de los Muertos in Hayward and Richmond on Oct. 31: Chapel of the Chimes and Memorial Auditorium
Hayward hosts a free Día de los Muertos festival at Chapel of the Chimes on Oct. 31, and Richmond holds a ticketed celebration at Memorial Auditorium.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Hayward City Hall. Photo: Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Two East Bay cities hold Día de los Muertos celebrations on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Hayward: Chapel of the Chimes
Where: 32992 Mission Blvd.
When: noon to 6 p.m.
Cost: free
What to expect: mariachi, Aztec dancers, ballet folklórico, a community ofrenda and costume contests.
Richmond: Memorial Auditorium
Where: 403 Civic Center Plaza.
When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $15 if you register ahead, or $20 at the door, according to the city calendar.
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