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Nightlife
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Editorial 
5th April 2021 WHEN LIVING LEGEND ‘MACEO PARKER’ PLAYED VALENCIA (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
24/7 Valencia:Could you tell us about your upbringing and musical education? Maceo Parker: I was born into a musical family. Both my parents sang and played piano. There was a trombone player brother and drummer brother and I started playing piano from a very early age. My uncle had a band. 24/7 Valencia:What did […]
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Editorial 
24th March 2021 ##FUERZABAR…IN SUPPORT OF VALENCIA RESTAURANTS & BARS (INTERVIEW WITH HEINEKEN SPAIN)
##24/7 VALENCIA: COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT REGARDING SUPPORTING RESTAURANTS & BARS? HEINEKEN SPAIN: “One year after the coronavirus burst into our lives, radically changing the world we knew, Heineken, Cruzcampo, Amstel’s commitment to the on-trade is more alive than ever. Coinciding with its first anniversary, #FUERZABAR reinforces its value proposition with fuerzabar.es, a […]
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Nightlife 
18th January 2021 ’24/7 VALENCIA’ WITH THE LEGENDARY BEZ OF HAPPY MONDAYS, BLACK GRAPE & CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER!
‘24/7 Valencia’ interviewed Bez in Valencia in a hotel in the hip barrio of Ruzafa. This was a few hours before the legendary dancer & percussionist and his son played a 4am DJ set at PLAY CLUB, just around the corner. For someone who has been described as a cultural icon and one of the […]
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History 
9th January 2021 RUZAFA…A GARDEN OF DELIGHTS IN VALENCIA
##The elegantly scruffy neighbourhood of Ruzafa was first incorporated into the city of Valencia about 130 years ago. Even in that time it has often been seen as being a bit off the beaten track. Now, however, while more central areas become increasingly franchised, sanitised and expensive, it’s Ruzafa which is fast cementing its place […]
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Art 
24th October 2020 LA RAMBLETA 8th ANNIVERSARY…AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER LORENA PALAU
1. What are the the roots of La Rambleta? That La Rambleta exists, historically speaking, is quite an achievement. It vindicates the efforts by locals of the San Marcelino barrio who, for many years, fought to have a cultural centre here. 2020 marks the eighth anniversary of La Rambleta, with the satisfaction that it has […]
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Nightlife 
13th September 2020 THE LEGENDARY ‘CAFÉ NEGRITO’…AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
##It sometimes happens that a bar or a shop or a restaurant becomes so synonymous with its surrounding that it’s hard to separate it from them. The bar and the square become one and the same place. This is certainly the case with the Barrio del Carmen’s Café Negrito and the Plaza of the same […]
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Editorial 
11th August 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC… TONI COTOLI (MEDITERRANEAN GUITARIST)
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us something about your background and musical education … TONI COTOLI: I was born in Valencia in 1974. At nine years of age I started my musical studies at the ‘Unión de Pescadores del Cabanyal’ Musical Society, where I played the clarinet. At sixteen, I exchanged the clarinet for the guitar, beginning […]
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Art 
11th July 2020 HOT OFF THE PLANE AND NEW IN VALENCIA!
##New country, new life, healthy living, new resolutions! Get fit, eat vegetables and salad all the time and maybe drink a little bit of red wine. That’s the plan and it was going very well until we arrived. This place has just tooo many distractions. Valencia, famed for its nightlife just sucks you in and […]
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Editorial 
22nd June 2020 OPEN AGAIN! TAPAS AND VINYL RECORDS AT ‘SPLENDINI BAR i DISCOS’
##‘Splendini Bar i Discos’ is a stone’s throw from the main train station so very central and easy to find. Jordi Belenguer and Jose ‘Mardi’ have a “local” that literally mixes the concept of a BAR & RECORD SHOP. You can enjoy good beers, wines and liqueurs accompanied by the best music on offer with […]
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Music 
19th June 2020 ‘LA VITTI’ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
##24/7 Valencia: Can you tell us something about the philosophy of ‘La Vitti’? Manager Marcos of La Vitti: “La Vitti is a bar from back in the day, like those seen in the movies where you end up wanting to stay and where things happen. Our books, warm & wooden interior and retro furniture make […]
