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Concert with Sudanese music in Mostoles, Madrid, Spain

Wafir with Nilo Azul Mostoles (Madrid) - Lake stage at Finca Liana Park - Sunday, August 17th - 21:30h - Free entrance After the success of the Cherno More on August 3, Wafir comes back to the same stage, with his own project of Sudanese music, that winks some other traditions, like Castilian or Balcanic. Wafir’s career along [...]

Offer for short term vacation rental of apartments in Cantabria, Spain

Rent a self-catering holiday apartment with a capacity for 2-4 people in Boo de Pielagos between August 24 and 31, and take advantage of paying 4 nights while you stay 5 nights. Apartments are about 6 car mintes from Santander in North Spain, the so-called Green Spain.  See information under: http://www.spaindreams.com/eng/info/ru_dunas.htm The equipped apartments dispose of terrace or [...]

Last minute offer for accommodation close to Santander, Green Spain

The three stars rated Aparthotel Playa de Liencres in Boo de Pielagos, only few minutes from Santander in Northern Spain, has a last minute offer for accommodation from August 17 to 24. Stay for 5 nights in an apartment for vacation rental in front of the Nature Park Dunas de Liencres and the golf course Abra [...]

Homosexual and transexual Eurogames 2008 in Barcelona

As from tomorrow, July 24, and during 4 days, the 12th. Eurogames, basically for and organized by homosexual and transsexual people, are held this year for the first time in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Along sports events there will be cultural and leisure activities throughout the city. More than five thousand athletes from all over Europe will compete [...]

Tradeshow Bread and Butter for street and urban wear

Tomorrow starts the fashion show for selected brands Bread & Butter in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, at the Montjuic fair trade area, just on Plaza Espanya. The tradeshow will be on until Friday, July 4, and more than 100.000 visitors are expected. New structured areas include Sport and Street, Urban Superior, Fashion Now, Sportswear and Denim Base. Apart [...]

Summer festival of Saint Joan in Spain

The night of June 23 is an important festival and event in many towns and cities, especially along the Mediterranean coast from Barcelona to Alicante, being there the most important festival of the year. Sant Joan, the shortest night of the year, is celebrated with parties, fireworks and bonfires. Lots and lots of people gather in public places, streets, [...]

Madaen Al-Andalus at free open air concert in Griñón, Madrid

Exceptional concert full of the sensuality and passion of this still quite unknown kind of music that is a face of the kaleidoscope that our culture is: Andalusi music, a legacy that has an enormous influence in our nowadays musical activity. A line up of well experienced musicians with varied backgrounds: Vicent Molino, ex-Radio Tarifa, Jota [...]

Josep Carreras at the Liceu opera house in Barcelona

Tonight Josep Carreras, the world famous tenor, is back at the Gran Liceu opera house in Barcelona, to commemorate the 50th anniversary since he debuted there. Included are works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Giacomo Puccini and Nicola Valente among others. Carreras will be accompanied on the piano by Lorenzo Bajav. At the Liceo in Barcelona there [...]

International Expo Zaragoza 2008 - Water and Sustainable Development

The International Exhibition of Zaragoza 2008 with its slogan ?Experience the biggest water festival on earth?, has kicked off this weekend in the capital of Aragon, being Zaragoza the fifth largest metropolis, located almost half way between Madrid, the capital of Spain and Barcelona, the buzzling, modern Gaudi city on the east coast of the [...]

Soccer UEFA Euro Championship Spain won against Sweden

This afternoon in the Innsbruck soccer stadium in Austria, Spain achieved a very important win over Sweden in the second game within their group. Valencia forward David Villa, pretended by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona among others, scored the final 2:1 goal in the minute 92, when everybody thought of a draw being the final result between [...]

Motorcycling World Championship at the Circuit de Catalunya - Spain

This weekend you can enjoy the Gran Premio de Catalunya de MotoGP (Motorcycling World Championship) at the Montmelo circuit, north of Barcelona. You can follow the race of the Catalan Grand Prix on the 20 giant screens installed, viewable from any corner of the public areas. If you come with children, the ones under 5 years old have free [...]

Sonar - festival of progressive music and multimedia arts in Barcelona, Spain

Between June 19 and 21 you can attend in Barcelona any of the day (starting at 1 pm) or night (some of which start at 5 am) concerts of this year´s Sonar festival at the SonarVillage, SonarComplex and other Sonar areas, full of progressive live music from Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Canada, USA, including bands such as [...]

Chuchurumel in concert - Portuguese live music in Mostoles Madrid Spain

Chuchurumel delights us on Sunday June 8 at the Lake stage of Finca Liana Park in Mostoles (Madrid) with the ancient flavour of the traditional music and singing from the deep Portugal, covered with the most innovative technologies and stage conception. Hurdy-gurdies vs. video, Bagpipes vs. samples. Mandolins vs. programming. An eye-catching visual and musical show, [...]

Spring - Primavera Sound live music festival in Barcelona, Spain

Until May 31,  the music festival Primeravera Sound is on again in Barcelona. The main events take place at the open air area Parc del Forum, just besides the sea with music from hip hop to rock and bands such as Public Enemy, Young Marble Giants and Lightspeed Champion or Portishead. Some free performances take place [...]

China photography at the Palau de la Virreina in Barcelona, Spain

Until Sunday 25, you still have the possibility to discover the actual China photography at the Palau de la Virreina, just off the famous La Rambla boulevard in the centre of Barcelona. More than 100 works between 1994 and 2006 from 30 young Chinese artists are shown in this exhibition, including photos of areas such as [...]

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