The five-month-long Rockombia Shock music festival will tour cities around Colombia — excluding Bogota — in a search for fresh, untapped sounds. The idea behind the festival, which will wind…
“Barranquilla breathes theater” is the idea behind this years International Theater Festival that will play out in Colombia from April 26 until May 6. In its fifth year, The International…
The XVII Festival of European Cinema in Colombia (EUROCINE 2011), a series of events over one month and four Colombian cities, will begin in Bogota on April 27. The festival…
At the opening of the Cartagena Film Festival on Thursday, President Juan Manuel Santos said he wants Colombia to be a “mecca” for cinema. The president announced a strategy to attract…
The sixth edition of Cartagena‘s Hay literature and arts festival drew 33,000 visitors, the organization told Spanish news agency EFE. The four-day festival starred internationally acclaimed artists like Philip Glass,…
Famed Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club will travel to Colombia on Tuesday to kick off their 2011 tour, reports French press agency AFP. The legendary salsa band will follow…
Colombia’s Caribbean city of Cienaga is prepared for four days of festivities as the locals celebrate the legend of the Cienagueran Cayman. Starting at 4:00 pm Wednesday, the Cienaguerans will…
The Feria de Cali has again managed to book some of the world’s top salsa performers for the internationally-famous festival held between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Among the hundreds…
Bogota’s Festival Centro 2011 has booked a fascinating range of musical acts including Mexican garage rock icons Los Locos del Ritmo, Argentine digital cumbia act El Remolon and Peruvian child…