Araucanía summer country fairs

In January and February, the municipalities of La Araucanía fill their weekends with country fairs (fiestas costumbristas): rural fairs with farm and Mapuche food, crafts, music and traditional games. This guide gathers the ones we could confirm with municipalities or the press in their latest edition, summer 2026. When we reviewed this guide we found no published dates for summer 2027: check with each municipality before you travel.

We do not cover the Andean area (Curacautín, Lonquimay, Melipeuco, Vilcún and Conguillío): its festivals are covered by araucaniaandina.com.

Calendar of the last season (summer 2026)

Araucanía Lake District

• Pucón, rural fairs: with municipal support, the "Ruta del Campo Vivo" family rural fairs toured Palguín Bajo (February 5-8 and 12-15), San Luis (6-7), Pichares (7-8), Huife (13), Coilaco (14), Quetroleufu (14-15) and Quelhue (19-20) in February 2026, closing in Candelaria (source: Pucón Municipality, February 6, 2026). Getting there: How to get to Pucón.
• Villarrica: the Wenteche Mapu Fair, at the Mapuche Cultural Center grounds, offered crafts, traditional food, medicinal herbs and Mapuche knowledge, and its last day was February 27, 2026 (source: BioBioChile, February 27, 2026). Guide: How to get to Villarrica and Licán Ray.
• Loncoche: the free Araucanía Sur International Folk Dance Festival brought together groups from Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Germany and other countries in front of the town hall (source: BioBioChile, February 20, 2026).
• Curarrehue: the Walüng Fair, in Pichi Curarrehue, runs in January and February with Mapuche food, music and workshops (source: BioBioChile, February 14, 2023). We found no date for 2026. Guide: Curarrehue: things to do and how to get there.

Temuco and surroundings

• Temuco: the first "Rutas de Botrolhue" country fair was held in the Juan Painenao community, in the rural part of the municipality, with curanto, craft beer and live music (source: BioBioChile, February 6, 2026). The city also celebrated its 145th anniversary with a free show on February 22, 2026 at the Germán Becker stadium (source: BioBioChile, February 20, 2026).
• All year round, Feria Pinto market is the place to buy farm and Mapuche products. More ideas in Things to do in Temuco.

Nahuelbuta

• Angol: the Brotes de Chile Festival, organized by Angol Municipality, held its 40th edition at the Municipal Stadium, with folk music, a song contest and guest artists (source: Encancha, January 8, 2026). Tickets were sold through PuntoTicket.
• Capitán Pastene (Lumaco): this town, founded by Italian settlers who arrived in 1904, holds the Sagra y Carretada, which in 2026 took place on March 7-8, just after summer; it is organized by the Giuseppe Verdi Cultural Corporation (source: sagracapitanpastene.cl).
• To combine: Nahuelbuta National Park and the Dillman Bullock Museum. Guide: Nahuelbuta: how to get there.

Coast

We found no municipal or press confirmation of the 2026 dates for the coastal festivals. A private calendar (fiestascostumbristas.cl) published programs attributed to the municipalities of Carahue (with its Potato Fair and the Nehuentúe country fair) and Toltén (with a country fair in Queule), but we could not verify them with official sources: Toltén Municipality's website was under maintenance when we reviewed this guide. Ask each municipality directly. Guides: Araucanía coast: Lake Budi and Puerto Saavedra and Toltén and Caleta Queule.

Before you go

• Confirm the date on each municipality's website or social media: the dates in this guide are from 2026 and may change in 2027.
• Plan your way back: many fairs are in rural areas; before going without a car, see Getting around Araucanía without a car and the summer season page.

Information reviewed on October 15, 2026. This guide is updated every year when municipalities publish their summer calendar. The dates in the table are from the latest edition, not summer 2027.