Quito
What's Happening in Quito This Weekend?
November 6 – November 8, 2026
Quito has several personalities this weekend, and they are all out at once: Latin American reggae and arena-scale pop, experimental theatre, neighbourhood legends, rockabilly, independent music and two very different Sunday markets. These are selected highlights from a much larger calendar, chosen to give you useful variety rather than a catalogue of everything happening. Some events publish every practical detail; others announce only the essentials. Where a fuller programme has not been released, we say so plainly and share what is known.
Concerts, Festivals & Entertainment
November 6 · 19:00
Cultura Profética & Gondwana with Quique Neira
📍 Quito · Plaza de Toros Quito
Cultura Profética shares the bill with Gondwana reunited with Quique Neira for their only Ecuador performance. It is an unusually concentrated night of Latin American reggae, open to audiences aged 12 and older.
View event details →November 6 · 20:00
Saramalacara Live in Quito
📍 Quito · SoundGarden
Saramalacara brings her live show to SoundGarden for a compact Friday-night concert. The calendar confirms the artist, date, time and venue; the supporting lineup and performance details have not been published.
View event details →November 6 · 20:00
Tropical Sound at Sereno Moreno
📍 Quito · Sereno Moreno
Dablackmama and Bala Bala Boom take over the music while Sereno Moreno supplies Ecuadorian food and a fine view across the Historic Centre. Admission is listed at USD 3, making this one of the weekend's most approachable dance plans.
View event details →November 6 · 20:30
Alejandro Fernández — De Rey a Rey
📍 Quito · Coliseo General Rumiñahui
Alejandro Fernández brings the De Rey a Rey tour to Quito for the weekend's largest arena concert. The evening is built around the Mexican singer's ranchera and popular repertoire in the scale of the Rumiñahui coliseum.
View event details →November 6 · 22:00
Reggae Concert After-party at Apu Wasi
📍 Quito · Apu Wasi Gastro-Cultura
The Cultura Profética and Gondwana crowd can keep going with DJ Mopa Dub and DJ Nico Jervis. Admission is listed at USD 5 with a concert ticket or USD 10 for the general public.
View event details →November 7 · 17:00
Guagüita Jodida Fest
📍 Quito · Zíngaro
An independent bill with Jonah Eh, Kiti Cute, Agari Trip, Menos 13, Kevin, Sartre and Bazuco para Niños. It is a useful window into Quito's younger alternative scene rather than a single-headliner concert.
View event details →November 7 · 18:00
Beto Zamarbide — 40th Anniversary Tour
📍 Quito · Palace P08L Ocho
Argentine heavy-metal singer Beto Zamarbide marks four decades onstage with Sueño Eterno, Black Thunder and El Auténtico Patán. This is the weekend's clearest choice for classic Latin American metal and local supporting bands.
View event details →November 7 · 19:00
Closing Cycles — Juan Fernando Velasco and Marqués
📍 Quito · Coliseo General Rumiñahui
Juan Fernando Velasco and Marqués share the Rumiñahui stage for a joint Saturday-night concert. The published calendar confirms the performers and practical details but does not provide a fuller running order.
View event details →November 7 · 19:00
Karma Seres — 30 Years
📍 Quito · Teatro Variedades
Karma Seres celebrates thirty years with an anniversary performance at Teatro Variedades. It is a more intimate alternative to Saturday's arena concerts, although the published listing does not give a detailed programme.
View event details →November 7 · 19:30
Rockin’ Crueles at Andes Brew Pub
📍 Quito · Andes Brew Pub — Plaza del Teatro
Twang guitar, saxophone and double bass drive a free set of rockabilly, neo-rockabilly, rock and roll and psychobilly. Rockin' Crueles brings a lively, sharply defined sound to the Plaza del Teatro on Saturday night.
View event details →Art, Theatre & Culture
November 6 · 18:00
THE GOBLIN OF LA FERROVIARIA
📍 Quito · Teatro Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Live music, dance and theatre meet in a work drawn from oral memory and an urban legend of La Ferroviaria. The production turns a neighbourhood story into a stage experience with two weekend performances.
View event details →November 6 · 19:00
An Act of Faith
📍 Cumbayá · Teatro Shakespeare — Paseo San Francisco
Three actresses try to rehearse Waiting for Godot, but reality refuses to stay outside the room. This tragicomedy uses a famously elusive play as the starting point for a story about persistence, interruption and the business of making theatre.
View event details →November 6 · 19:00
Between Festivities and Balconies
📍 Quito · Teatro México
A music-and-stage presentation takes over Teatro México on Friday evening. The calendar confirms the title, venue and time, but no fuller synopsis or cast has been released.
View event details →November 6 · 19:00
The Public
📍 Quito · Sala El Triciclo — Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
The 3ra Campanada company takes on Federico García Lorca's experimental drama in a roughly 70-minute production for audiences aged 16 and older. Its questions about desire, identity and the masks of conventional theatre still carry a deliberate edge.
View event details →November 7 · 16:30
National Choir 72nd Anniversary Concert
📍 Quito · Centro Cultural Benjamín Carrión — La Mariscal
The National Choir of the Casa de la Cultura celebrates 72 years of musical work with a free concert devoted to its history and legacy. It is an early-evening cultural option before Saturday's later shows begin.
View event details →Community & Traditions
November 8 · 09:00
La Mariscal Fair and Karaoke
📍 Quito · Avenida Amazonas y Jorge Washington
Small businesses, art, design and culture fill this free Sunday street fair, with an open karaoke programme running through most of the day. It is an easy plan for browsing, eating and lingering in La Mariscal.
View event details →November 8 · 10:00
Qhatu Cultura
📍 Quito · Centro de Arte Contemporáneo
This free cultural market mixes music, traditional food, Ecuadorian literature, alternative fashion, crafts, collecting and traditional games. Álvaro Bermeo and several invited projects are part of a broad Sunday programme at the CAC.
View event details →November 8 · 19:00
Caronte 2026 — Virtual Horror Shorts Screening
📍 Quito · Plataforma Kick — función virtual
Caronte closes the weekend online with a free screening of its official horror-short selection, followed by a film discussion. It is a good way to see compact genre filmmaking from home and hear the work discussed afterward.
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