Festival Turistico Nacional 4 Mundos Manta 2026
2026-09-10 to 2026-09-13 · Manta
Multi-day tourism festival with workshop, fair, music/dance, and rural Manta expedition. Good candidate for multiple events.
Ecuador Informa working page
Event Sources
A shared checklist for finding calendar events. Open a source, check the public calendar, then import only the items worth adding.
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Current Manabi leads
6 leads
Concierto Mountain Studio Lab
2026-09-05 16:00 · Museo Manta
Likely missing if not already loaded from the latest Museo Manta schedule.
Taller de Mountain Studio Lab
2026-09-04 to 2026-09-05, 09:00-13:00 · Museo Manta
Workshop candidate. Check if registration/capacity details exist before importing.
Reapertura: Vida y poder de la cultura Mantena
2026-09-10 18:00 · Museo Manta
El Diario reports reopening of permanent exhibit. Confirm with Museo Manta/Cultura Manabi if possible.
Logistic & Cargo Manta 2026
2026-09-17 to 2026-09-18 · Hotel Wyndham Manta Sail Plaza
Business/logistics expo and summit.
Cumbre Empresarial del Pacifico
2026-09-17 to 2026-09-18 · Hotel Wyndham Manta Sail Plaza
Business/investment event. May overlap with Logistic & Cargo; verify whether it is separate or attached.
Current Sierra / smaller-city leads
10 leads
Fiestas de la Jora - Cotacachi
September 2026 · Cotacachi
Traditional Cotacachi festival with concerts, culture, chicha de jora, sports, and community events. Use individual verified items when possible.
Energy Half Marathon Cotacachi 21K
2026-09-27 · Parque La Matriz, Cotacachi
Race distances include 21K, 10K, and 5K, with staggered start times from 08:00.
Fiestas del Yamor - Otavalo
September 2026 · Otavalo
Major Imbabura festival. Good source for concerts, parades, food fairs, and cultural programming.
Sisa Cafe Arte concerts
September 2026 · Otavalo
Private venue listings that can add smaller music events beyond municipal festival pages.
Mindo parish festivities
Late August to September · Mindo
Official parish page notes festivities in honor of the Virgen del Cisne. Needs current programme confirmation before importing.
Vilcabamba annual festivals
September / October · Vilcabamba
Useful annual leads, including Senor de la Buena Esperanza and Virgen de Fatima. Verify exact 2026 programme before importing.
Source checklist
Manabi / Coast priority
Cultura Manabi - Museo Manta workshops
Museo Manta workshops, concerts, readings, film forums, and cultural activities.
Cultura Manabi - Museo Manta
Museum exhibits and recurring cultural programming in Manta.
Guia Turistica Manta events
Tourism and cultural event listings for Manta.
EventosEcuador - Manta
Business, conference, tourism, and larger public events in Manta.
El Diario - Manta
News leads for Manta events that may need confirmation from the original organizer.
Prefectura de Manabi
Province-wide festivals, tourism, food, and official community events.
Cuenca / expat event sources
GringoPost Events
Very useful for English-speaker and community events in Cuenca.
Cuenca cultural agenda
Official workshops, films, exhibitions, concerts, and cultural activities.
CuencaHighLife
Useful for event notices mixed into local news posts.
Loja / Sierra sources
Municipio de Loja - cultural events
Loja cultural agenda and municipal events.
Corporacion de Ferias de Loja
Feria de Loja, Noches de Feria, and related fair programming.
La Hora Loja
Loja event leads and fair coverage. Confirm details before importing.
Hoy en Imbabura - fiestas
Cotacachi, Otavalo, Ibarra, and Imbabura festival leads.
Energy Half Marathon Cotacachi
Confirmed race page with date, location, distances, and start times.
ViajandoX - Cotacachi fiestas
Useful broad festival calendar. Treat as a lead source and verify current details.
Otavalo - Fiestas del Yamor
Official Otavalo festival source.
Sisa Cafe Arte concerts
Otavalo music listings and smaller venue events.
Mindo GAD - festivities
Parish festivities and local cultural leads.
Alma Healing Center - Mindo retreats
Private retreat listings. Add selectively when appropriate for the calendar.
Vilcabamba - culture and traditions
Annual festival leads. Verify current programmes before importing.
Banos parish cultural attractions
Potential cultural-event leads for the Banos area.
Quito / Guayas broader sources
Visit Quito events
Quito events, concerts, fairs, and tourism listings.
Quito Informa
Official Quito announcements and event posts.
Vive Guayas events
Guayaquil and Guayas events.
Agenda Cultural Nacional
National Casa de la Cultura cultural leads. Often requires manual date checking.
News and community-benefit leads
El Diario — Manabí
Priority source for late Portoviejo, Manta and province-wide announcements, charity events and schedule changes.
La Hora — regional editions
Regional reporting from Quito, Loja, Imbabura, Tungurahua, Santo Domingo and other provinces.
El Universo
Concert, festival, fair and public-event announcements, especially for Guayaquil and the Coast.
Expreso
Entertainment listings plus cancellation, security and schedule-change reporting.
Primicias
National culture, entertainment, tourism and major public-event coverage.
Alcaldía de Guayaquil — Noticias
Official announcements for municipal concerts, fairs, workshops, park activities and family events.
Prefectura de Manabí — Noticias
Official province-wide community, tourism, food, cultural and charitable activities.
Local radio and community news
Check credible local radio pages for neighborhood events announced too late for municipal calendars.
Charity and late-announcement search
Run weekly, then again Thursday or Friday for weekend announcements.
Charity events — last 7 days
Manabí charity news
Benefit races and festivals
Donation drives
This weekend in Ecuador
El Diario — latest event leads
La Hora — latest event leads
El Universo — latest events
Changes and cancellations
- Review stories published during the previous seven days, with an extra check on Thursday or Friday.
- Look for charity concerts, benefit fairs, community races, donation drives and neighborhood activities.
- Check the live calendar before creating anything; update an existing entry when the article supplies better information.
- Confirm the date, time, venue, organizer and beneficiary from the organizer or another reliable source whenever possible.
- Watch for postponements, cancellations and venue or schedule changes—not only new events.
Quick searches
Useful when the source pages are thin.