This Week in Laureles · Issue 3
The biggest thing on the neighbourhood's calendar this year lands at the Atanasio on October 10. Before that: salsa on Sunday afternoons, a charity run, and the city's cultural season opening Friday.
September 19, 2026
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Claustro Comfama San Ignacio, Patio Teatro Free entry
Three Sundays — September 20, 27 and October 4 — the courtyard of the old San Ignacio cloister in the centre turns into an open-air salsa floor. Families, beginners and the regulars who dance at Son Havana all show up. From Laureles it is the metro to San Antonio and a short walk.
30 venues across the city
A month-long cultural season: 170 activities, 1,900 artists, 140 organisations. Already announced: a Débora Arango tribute at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mozart's Requiem inside the Cementerio Museo San Pedro, Cimarrón at the Teatro Metropolitano, a Noche de Librerías, and Manifiesto Fest in Comuna 13. The full programme is on the city calendar; pick two or three.
Parque de las Luces
The breast-cancer awareness run, 2K to 21K, out of Parque de las Luces on Sunday morning. Expect closures in the centre and along the river early; if you are driving out of Laureles that morning, go after eleven.
Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot
This is the one to plan around. The two-day electronic festival takes over the stadium sports complex, which is inside Laureles-Estadio, on the weekend of October 10 and 11. Two things follow: if you want a room in Laureles that weekend, book it now, because the neighbourhood fills; and La 70 will be at full volume both nights. If EDM is not your thing, it is a good weekend for a day trip.
North of the city
Medellín's rock, metal, punk and hip-hop festival runs the same weekend as EDC, in the north. Two festivals at once means the city is busy everywhere; the line-up and exact venue come closer to the date.
Calle 35 · Laureles
The empanada window on Calle 35 that was the very first business photographed for this guide. A neighbourhood institution for a fast, cheap, excellent lunch; the queue at midday is the review.
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