Medellin’s 2013 Flower Festival program
by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 24, 2013
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin released the program for its annual Flower Festival, one of the city’s most important cultural events of the year.
As usual, the 13-day festival is centered around the flower parade, during which flower growers carry elaborate flower arrangements known as “silletas” on their backs.
Other prominent elements of the festival, held between July 26 and August 11, are the horse parade and the vintage car parade.
Additionally, the city will host several orchid and parrot exhibitions and an abundance of concerts.
Medellin’s 2013 Flower Festival Program
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| Comedy Festival |
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University of Medellin Theater |
| Sancocho Festival |
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Santa Elena |
| Flower Parade for Children |
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Santa Elena |
| Opening Orchestra Festival |
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| Lymeric Festival |
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Gardel Plaza- Deseos Park |
| Home garden awards |
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Plaza Mayor / Pablo Tobón Uribe Theater |
| Cabaret Festival |
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Juan Pablo II Park |
| “Giants of Flowers” |
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Plaza Interamericana, MAMM, Plaza Botero, Parque de los Deseos, Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot |
| San Alejo Folkloric Market |
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Bolívar Park |
| Flower Parade for Children |
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Floresta Park |
| Car Tuning Festival |
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Carabobo North |
| Artistic Flower Displays |
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San Antonio de Prado – San Sebastian de Palmitas – San Cristóbal – Altavista |
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Pies Descalzos Park |
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Cancha Maracaná – San Javier – Aeroparque Cra 70 – Feria de Ganados – Manrique – Cancha Campo Amor – Parque de los Deseos – Sta. Elena |
| International Story Teller Festival |
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Porfirio Barbajacob Theater |
| Horse Parade |
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Regional – Highway |
| Traditional Music Festival |
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Carlos Vieco Theater |
| Orchid, Bird and Flower Exhibition |
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Botanical Garden |
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Main Roads of the City |
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El Río Avenue – Tierragro |
| Vintage cars parade |
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| Car Tuning Festival |
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Juan Pablo II Park |
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Puente Guayaquil – Avenida del Río – San Juan – Avenida Ferrocarril – Palacio de Exposiciones |
| Folkloric Buses Festival |
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Puente Guayaquil – Avenida del Río – San Juan – Avenida Ferrocarril – Palacio de Exposiciones |
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