Tlaquepaque

Tlaquepaque has been a center of Mexican ceramics and folk art for centuries, its cobblestone streets lined with workshops turning out painted pottery, blown glass, and papier-mache sold across the country and exported worldwide. El Parian, a colonial-era market building turned into a ring of cantinas around a central plaza, is one of the places most associated with the birth of mariachi as a performance tradition, and live bands still play there most evenings. The town's pedestrian core, closed to most traffic, keeps its bougainvillea-covered facades and small museums easy to explore on foot, a contrast to the busier city of Guadalajara it has been absorbed by. Talent covering Tlaquepaque lists here on a subscription basis, and the platform handles the booking and the payment.