title: Quimera International Festival
text: # Quimera International Festival
  
  The Quimera International Festival of Art and Culture (Spanish: Festival Internacional Quimera or Festival Internacional de Arte y Cultura Quimera) is an international art and cultural event that takes place in several locations of Metepec, Toluca, Mexico named after the chimera, a mythological creature with parts from multiple animals. For example, Calvario o Santuario, la parroquia de San Juan Bautista y Santa María de Guadalupe, el antiguo Convento Franciscano, el Parque Juárez. It happens once a year, in October. It offers expositions of theater, literature, dance, music and art from international guests. It is a public event and most of the expositions are for free. It is Metepec's most important cultural festival.
  
  ## Facts
  
  * Art and cultural event
  * The first Quimera festival was held in 1990
  * Once a year
  * International guests
  * It has expositions of theater, literature, dance, music and art.
  * Different locations in Metepec (Calvario o Santuario, la parroquia de San Juan Bautista y Santa María de Guadalupe, el antiguo Convento Franciscano, el Parque Juárez)
  * Public event
  