In Pixar’s Coco, what is the name of the town’s plaza where musicians perform?

In Pixar’s Coco, musicians perform in Santa Cecilia plaza.

Santa Cecilia is the Mexican town where Miguel Rivera lives, and its central plaza is a lively public space filled with musicians, dancers, shops, and family activity. Miguel visits the plaza while secretly pursuing music, even though his family has forbidden him from playing or listening to it.

The plaza helps establish the film’s setting before Miguel enters the Land of the Dead. It shows that music is part of the wider community even when it is rejected inside the Rivera household. Miguel’s admiration for Ernesto de la Cruz grows through public performances and recordings connected with the town.

The plaza should not be confused with Ernesto de la Cruz’s mausoleum or the Rivera family workshop. Those locations serve different purposes in the story. Santa Cecilia itself is named after Saint Cecilia, a Christian patron saint of music, reinforcing the film’s musical atmosphere.