Frida Fest Calendar | Calendario de Frida Fest

July 2025 | Julio 2025

Frida Fest Kick-Off

Sunday, July 6, 2025 | 12:00pm-5:00pm

Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 S Main St, Rockford IL 61101

Join us for Frida Kahlo’s birthday! We will celebrate with kids painting and craft activities, Frida Kahlo merch vendors, live music, delicious Mexican food, a Frida Kahlo look-a-like contest, birthday cake, y mucho mas!

Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 2025 | 6:00pm-7:30pm

Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 S Main St, Rockford IL 61101

Embroidery Classes - ADULT

There will be 3 adult embroidery workshops

  • Intro to Basic Embroidery

  • Cadenilla Embroidery

  • Otomi (Tenango) Embroidery

Space is limited. Click the link to register for 1, 2 or all 3!

Intro to Basic Embroidery

Cadenilla Embroidery

Embroidery Classes - YOUTH

YOUTH - Intro to Basic Embroidery

Movie Screening - “Frida” (2002)

Frida (2002) - Movie Screening

There will be 3 embroidery workshops for youth ages 10-17

  • Intro to Basic Embroidery

  • Cadenilla Embroidery

  • Otomi (Tenango) Embroidery

Space is limited. Click the link to register for 1, 2 or all 3!

YOUTH - Cadenilla Embroidery

Friday, July 25, 2025 | 6:00pm-9:00pm

“Pinto con Tinto” (Paint and Sip)

Pinto con Tinto/ Paint and Sip

Saturday, July 26, 2025 | 1:00pm-2:30pm

Womanspace, 3333 Maria Linden Rd, Rockford IL 61114 Anjali Pavilion

Topic: Frida inspired self-potraits workshop

For more information and to register, go to https://womanspace-rockford.org/Youth

Book Club

Friday, July 18, 2025 | 6:00pm-800pm

Juluxxe Beauty, 1001 E Jefferson St, Rockford IL 61107

Enjoy an evening with friends and a glass of wine while painting your very own Frida Kahlo masterpiece!

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 6:30pm-800pm

Maze Books, 406 E State St, Rockford IL 61104

Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26, 2025 | 12:00pm-1:30pm

Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 S Main St, Rockford IL 61101

Womanspace, 3333 Maria Linden Rd, Rockford IL 61114 Anjali Pavilion

Purchase Ticket Here!

This fundraiser social will enhance your Frida Fest experience with live music, heavy hors d'oeuvres, a live painting, a speaker, and much more!

Speaker: Dr. Linda Saborio, Northern Illinois University World Languages and Cultures Department Chair

Topic: Dr. Saborio will discuss about an emerging “chica moderna” from the perspective of histories of gender and the role of artistic expressions in the formation of new national and social identities. She will examine some of Frida’s works and her influence on our understandings of political ideologies and women’s roles in Mexico following the Mexican Revolution.

Book: “The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris”
Author: Marc Petitjean
ISBN: 9781635421903

YOUTH - Intro to Otomi Embroidery

Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 6:00pm-8:00pm

Rockford Art Museum, 711 N Main St, Rockford IL 61103

Enjoy Frida Kahlo’s modern biographical filled with tragedy, love, and art! Starring Salma Hayek.

Fee: $5.00. This fee is a donation to La Onda NFP.

Kids’ Art Club

Otomi (Tenango) Embroidery

“An Evening with Frida Kahlo”

Let’s divulge into the life of Frida Kahlo - in Paris! This significant journey across seas highlights more of Frida’s life of love, loss and art.