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Events 2012
Summer In The City
A fantastic cultural accompaniment to a summer holiday in
Madrid, the Veranos de la Villa Festival (Summer in the City
Festival) offers daily shows encompassing theatre, puppetry, film,
dance and art, taking place at various indoor and outdoor venues
across the city with some...
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Madrid becomes a perfect roost for culture vultures in autumn
when more than 50 dance, theatre and musical groups from countries
throughout Europe, the Middle East and America participate in a
programme of opera, ballet, dance, music and theatre at about 40
venues throughout...
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Arco is Europe's largest contemporary art fair (drawing around
200,000 visitors) and turns Madrid into the centre of the
international art world during its five-day run each year. About
200 contemporary art galleries are represented in the exhibition,
along with a programme of lectures,...
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Madrid's traditional medieval carnival was revived in 1976 after
being squashed for 40 years under Franco's regime. Revellers now
exult in this plethora of partying and parades every year, with the
action centred in venues like the Casino and the Circulo de Bellas
Artes....
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A hot annual art exhibition/competition, Generaciones brings
together the contemporary works of young Spanish artists. A
competition with over 900 entries of paintings, photographs,
sculptures, video and other media, two panels of judges select only
24 artworks to appear in the exhibition, including three
first-place...
see full detailsInternational Gourmet Fair
A paradise for food and wine lovers, the annual Madrid Gourmet
Fair has improved every year since it was first held in 1987 to
showcase Spain’s fine food and beverages. Traditionally the
fair opens with the entertaining ‘Ham Carving
Competition’ (ham being a staple...
see full detailsFestimad
Spain's rock music event of the year, Festimad hosts well known
and up and coming rock bands for a two-day party that attracts
thousands of people from all over Spain. Held at the Butarque
Leganes Stadium just outside Madrid, the arena is transformed...
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Madrid goes wild each May in honour of the city's patron saint,
San Isidro, with a traditional round of partying, feasting and
dancing in the streets that goes on for about 10 days around the
designated saint's day, 15 May. The city's streets...
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