The Festival of San Joaquin is a 1997 novel, the third from Belizean-American Zee Edgell.

In a change from her first two novels, Beka Lamb and In Times Like These, the story is set in the village of San Joaquín, Corozal District.

Upon her release from prison, protagonist Luz Marina must figure out how to approach her mother-in-law in order to gain back the custody of her children, Teresa, Edwardo and Feliciano.

Her father dies and Don Pablo leaves San Joaquín so Dona Catalina now becomes a dedicated business woman.

The cafe is shut down because they needed running water, proper garbage disposal and to get rid of the flies.