Patriotic celebrations to return to Sinaloa with artistic, civic, cultural and sporting events

Sinaloa will bring back its patriotic celebrations this year after two years of cancellations linked to insecurity and violence. The programme will include artistic, civic, cultural and sporting events across the state’s 20 municipalities.

Public security officials met with emergency and rescue services to design the operating plan. A mobile C2 command unit will be installed at the government palace in Culiacán for the Independence Day ceremony on September 15, with municipal, state and federal security forces present alongside emergency teams.

The celebrations will begin with commemorations of the 179th anniversary of the heroic stand of the Niños Héroes of Chapultepec. They will conclude with civic-military parades in Culiacán and the other 19 municipalities, with state and federal forces deployed.

Interim Governor Graciela Domínguez Nava said an artistic and cultural event would also accompany the Grito de la Independencia. Its programme has not yet been finalized.

The state cancelled the traditional popular and artistic celebrations in September 2024 after violence erupted in Culiacán and Los Mochis. On September 12, 2025, then-governor Rubén Rocha Moya announced the cancellation of the Grito festivities and suspended classes for two days in Culiacán, Cosalá, Elota and San Ignacio because of violent incidents.