The Kimbell Art Museum will host a free Día de los Muertos happy hour Friday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m. The public event is scheduled to include calavera face painting, an art-making activity and a scavenger hunt connecting the museum’s ancient American collection with modern-day Mexico, according to the museum’s event listing. The program also includes dance performances and art displays by Grupo Amarilis, a troupe from Tlaxcala, Mexico.
The event is co-hosted with Fort Worth Sister Cities International and is part of the Kimbell’s cultural happy-hour series, Fort Worth Report reported. The report says the Día de los Muertos gathering also reflects Fort Worth’s relationship with Toluca, Mexico. Fort Worth Sister Cities says Toluca joined the city’s Sister Cities family in 1998 as its sixth city, according to the organization’s history.
The Kimbell says admission to its collection is always free. That standing policy provides context for the happy hour’s free admission; it does not make the event a change to the museum’s usual collection-access policy, as explained on the museum’s visitor information page.
Separate celebrations around Fort Worth
The Kimbell gathering is one part of the local calendar, not the city’s only Día de los Muertos observance. Fort Worth Sister Cities lists a separate celebration for Saturday, Oct. 31, with a parade starting at North Main Street and Central Avenue and a festival at Marine Park; its listing describes the event as the 23rd annual Día de los Muertos en Fort Worth. Those activities are distinct from the Oct. 30 museum program.
Other organizations also schedule cultural events in the following weeks. The Fort Worth Botanic Garden lists a Fall Japanese Festival for Nov. 7–8, 2026, planned with the Fort Worth Japanese Society and featuring taiko drumming, tea ceremonies and music. These separate events show the range of cultural programming on the local calendar, but they are not part of the Kimbell-Sister Cities partnership.
