Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026
Festival del Sombrero Pintao in La Pintada
The 14th national hat festival, held as a solidarity edition and moved to December after the October earthquake.
The 14th Festival Nacional del Sombrero Pintao is on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2026 in La Pintada, Coclé. This edition is called Festival Solidario del Sombrero Pintao.
The festival had been set for 23, 24 and 25 October. It was suspended after the earthquake of 9 October. TVN Noticias reports that the Municipality of La Pintada announced the December dates on its Instagram account, after a council meeting with artisans at which the date was put to a vote. Panamá América reports the same dates and the same name.
The municipality invited artisans from across the country to take part at no charge. The reports do not publish a ticket price for visitors, a daily timetable, or a plaza or fairground for this edition.
The municipality’s culture page still describes the festival as three days around 19 October, the date set in law as National Sombrero Pintao Day. That page does not show the December dates.
The municipality calls La Pintada the home of the sombrero pintao. It records that the weaving techniques were inscribed in 2017 on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. The photograph is one such hat.
The town is north of Penonomé. A driving route on OpenStreetMap, from The Buenaventura Golf & Beach Resort to the town, is about 50 km and about an hour and ten minutes. Treat that time as approximate.
El Topón, on the night of 25 December, is a separate event in the same town.
← All events- When
- Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026
Daily hours not published - Where
- La Pintada, Coclé. About an hour and ten minutes by car from the resort, approximate.
- Cost
- A visitor ticket price is not published. Artisans from across the country are invited at no charge.