Loja & Southern Sierra
What's Happening in Loja This Weekend?
November 6 – November 8, 2026
Loja's weekend has a quieter, distinctly local rhythm: a civic relay through the neighbourhoods, a participatory writing workshop, three exhibitions sharing the City Gate Museum and a Sunday charity run with a clear community purpose. These are selected highlights from the wider regional calendar. The three museum exhibitions run across the weekend. The calendar publishes a 9:00 a.m. start; consult the linked event page for any updates to daily opening hours.
Community & Traditions
November 7 · 10:00
Loja Civic Relay — 66th Edition
📍 Loja · Barrio Máximo Agustín Rodríguez — inicio del recorrido
This long-running civic relay begins in Máximo Agustín Rodríguez and passes through eight Loja neighbourhoods. It is both a sporting route and a public expression of lojanidad; the complete route should be checked in the event listing before heading out.
View event details →November 7 · 16:00
Writing to Transform: Creating Realities
📍 Loja · Lumbrera
A Saturday-afternoon writing workshop at Lumbrera, with the focus firmly on writing as a way to imagine and create different realities. It is a participatory session rather than a performance, and one of the weekend's more intimate cultural choices.
View event details →Art, Theatre & Culture
November 6 · 11:00
Light and Colour in Dialogue with Watercolour
📍 Loja · Museo Puerta de la Ciudad
A watercolour exhibition built around light, colour and the particular transparency of the medium. It shares the City Gate Museum with two other exhibitions, making the venue a sensible stop for anyone who wants an art-focused hour in central Loja.
View event details →November 6 · 11:00
Retrospective: Clay and Memory
📍 Loja · Museo Puerta de la Ciudad
This individual sculpture exhibition brings clay and memory into the same conversation. Seen alongside the museum's watercolour and group exhibitions, it adds a more tactile, material perspective to the weekend's visual-arts programme.
View event details →November 6 · 11:00
Fragments
📍 Loja · Museo Puerta de la Ciudad
A group exhibition presented as part of the three-show programme at the City Gate Museum. The published listing gives the title and dates but not the participating artists, so the work itself is best discovered in the gallery.
View event details →Sports & Outdoors
November 8 · 08:00
Hearts in Motion 5K
📍 Loja · Redondel de la Universidad Nacional de Loja
A charity 5K supporting Andrea del Pilar Uchuari's breast-cancer treatment while promoting prevention and early detection. The programme also includes a talk by an oncologist; the route follows several of Loja's principal avenues before returning to the university roundabout.
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