For four days, the beautiful town of Jardín, in the heart of the coffee-growing area of southwestern Antioquia, hosts the Jardín Film Festival (Festival de Cine de Jardín).
The festival is divided into three main parts: on the one hand there is the central exhibition in which, around specific themes that are relevant to current national events, screenings of Colombian and international films are held.
Since the 1970s, the Rose Festival (Fiesta de La Rosa) has been celebrated in the picturesque town of Jardín, about 130 kilometers south of Medellín.
This festivity, originally celebrated in January every two years alternating with the Riosucio Carnival, has been celebrated annually since 2021 in May, around the municipality's anniversary, on the 23rd of this month.
The festivities include an extensive cultural and recreational program.
In the southwest of Antioquia, about 100 kilometers from Medellín, is the town of Ciudad Bolívar, known as the “cradle of muleteers.”
Surrounded by mountains and coffee plantations and with a clear agricultural vocation, each year this municipality pays tribute to these traditions with the Arriero Festival (Fiestas del Arriero), celebrated in November.
At the beginning of November, the municipality of Betulia in the southwest of Antioquia, a coffee-growing land par excellence, celebrates the Harvest Festival (Fiestas de la Cosecha ), with which the Betulians pay tribute to the abundance of their soil.
The festivities include a peasant market and coffee festival, where you can purchase this typical product of the region, as well as taste it in different preparations and learn more about its production process, from the coffee plantation to the cup, including its collection, drying and roast.
Since the 1960s, the Katías Festivals (Fiestas Katías) have been celebrated in November in the municipality of Andes, a celebration with which the Andeans pay tribute to the history and culture of their people, taking their name from the indigenous Katíos, a warrior people led by the mythical chief. Nutibara who bravely resisted Spanish domination before his extermination.
The festival includes a varied cultural and recreational program.
At the beginning of November, the Colonies Meeting (Encuentro de Colonias) takes place in San Francisco, a municipality in eastern Antioquia about 95 kilometers from Medellín, an event full of a family atmosphere in which San Franciscans residing in other cities in the country return to their hometown to reconnect with their families and friends.
At the beginning of December, around the celebration of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, in Samaná, municipality of San Carlos, the Forest and Livestock Festivals (Fiestas del Bosque y La Ganadería) are celebrated with which the inhabitants of this district not only pay tribute to its natural riches , but they also celebrate the fact of having been able to return to their land, since many of the residents of Samaná had to leave the town during the 1990s due to the violence that the region experienced within the framework of the armed conflict.
About 80 kilometers from Medellín is the small town of Guatapé, known for its reservoir and the Peñol, an imposing monolith more than 200 meters high that is the main tourist attraction of the municipality.
Every November, however, the reservoir and the Peñol take a backseat when the town becomes the headquarters of the Oriente International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente - Fico.), held for the first time in 2007.
El Carmen de Viboral, a municipality located about 45 kilometers southeast of Medellín, is known as the “cradle of artisanal ceramics” due to its large number of factories producing high-quality ceramics.
To honor this distinctive tradition, the Fiestas de la Loza(Fiestas de la Loza) are held annually in early December.
The town of San Jerónimo, just 35 kilometers from Medellín, celebrates its Festival of the Sun and AgroTourism (Fiestas del Sol y El Agroturismo), where it pays tribute to the farmers of the municipality and the agricultural tradition of the region, as well as the tourism that has recently revitalized the economy of San Jerónimo, becoming a highly desired destination in Antioquia due to its warm climate, its good hotel infrastructure and its proximity to Medellín, from where it is very easy to get there after the inauguration of the Fernando Gómez Martínez Tunnel.