What's Happening in Medellín, Week of May 25, 2026

A presidential vote on Sunday, a Liga final locked in, and ticket sales opening today for the biggest concert night of the year. The week of May 25, 2026 was loud, and the weekend will be louder.

Colombia votes for president on Sunday, May 31, and Medellín is on the heaviest security footing of the year. The Distrito's secretary of security said the city is mirroring the March legislative deployment with about 4,000 police officers on the streets, and the Army's Séptima División is sending some 14,000 soldiers across Antioquia, Córdoba and Chocó to protect polling stations and routes. The Metro will run free on Sunday from the start of service until 6 p.m. on lines A and B, the Ayacucho Tram, and metrocables K, J, H, M and P, to make it easier to reach your puesto de votación. The bus lines 1, 2 and O, feeders in basins 3 and 6, line L and the tourist Arví cable are excluded. Dry law applies citywide from Saturday to Monday morning, so plan the cooler accordingly. (El Tiempo) · (El Colombiano)

Atlético Nacional is in the Liga BetPlay final, and the Vuelta is at the Atanasio on Monday, June 8. Nacional closed out the semifinal 4-1 on aggregate after beating Deportes Tolima 3-1 at the Atanasio on Saturday, May 23, with goals from Jorman Campuzano, Andrés Román and a free kick from Edwin Cardona. Dimayor confirmed the final this week: Junior de Barranquilla hosts the first leg at the Romelio Martínez on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m., and Nacional hosts the decider at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Laureles on the Monday holiday, June 8, at 5:00 p.m. This is the fourth time these two have met for a title, and if you have ever wanted to feel the city at full volume, a championship night at the Atanasio is the way. (Dimayor) · (El Colombiano)

Tickets for the Súper Concierto Feria de las Flores 2026 go on sale today, Friday, May 29, at 10:00 a.m. The city's biggest concert of the year lands at the Atanasio on Saturday, August 8. The line-up is Carin León (música regional mexicana), Silvestre Dangond (vallenato), Grupo Niche (salsa), Luis Alfonso and Aria Vega. Sales run through TuBoleta with general entry starting around COP 90.000, then climbing into the hundreds of thousands for box and platinum sections. The Feria de las Flores itself runs from July 31 to August 9, with the Desfile de Silleteros on closing Sunday, August 9. (El Tiempo) · (Infobae)

The old Pablo Escobar Casa Museo will become a center for children. A Medellín court issued a final extinción de dominio ruling on May 20 confirming the property in the Las Palmas sector, valued at more than COP 6.000 millones, was bought with drug-trafficking money and passes definitively to the State. The Sociedad de Activos Especiales (SAE) will hand it to a foundation that protects children and teenagers, under the Bienes que Transforman program. The house itself was already demolished in 2023 during the proceedings; what remains is the lot and the long-running fight to close that chapter of city tourism. The SAE has not yet named the foundation or the timeline. (El Colombiano) · (BluRadio)

The mayor put out a sharp warning about "tusi". On Thursday, Federico Gutiérrez said the pink powder sold around town as tusi is increasingly cut with ketamine, xilacina (a veterinary sedative), caffeine and other chemicals, and that 22 adults aged 19 to 40 have been treated in Medellín hospitals since February for tusi-related emergencies, five of them in intensive care. If you are out in Provenza or Poblado nightlife this weekend and someone offers it, the city's own health system is telling you to skip it. (El Tiempo) · (Semana)

An explosive attack hit the Buriticá gold mine. Around 10:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, an explosive device went off inside the Higabra tunnel at the Zijin Continental Gold operation in Buriticá, in western Antioquia, killing a 29-year-old contractor and injuring a second worker who was airlifted to Medellín for specialist care. The company and the authorities are tying the attack to illegal-mining structures that have long surrounded the site. Buriticá is about three hours west of Medellín and not a place most foreigners will pass through, but the story matters because it is the latest sign of how organized crime in rural Antioquia keeps pressing on the formal economy. (El Colombiano) · (Minuto30)

A chemical scare at a Fátima ophthalmology clinic. On Thursday, May 28, the Medellín fire department evacuated about 80 people from an ophthalmology clinic in the Fátima neighborhood of Comuna 16 (Belén) after staff reported a possible chemical leak. The mayor said no injuries were recorded and the hazmat team was assessing the building. If you have an eye-clinic appointment in Belén this weekend, call to confirm before you go. (El Tiempo)

That is the week. Vote on Sunday if you can, watch the football starting Tuesday, and grab your concert tickets at 10. The rain will keep coming, so do bring an umbrella.

Medellín. Understood.