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Popular Festivals 
29th June 2018 FIB 2018 PREVIEW
As far as sheer star power is concerned, FIB, Festival Internacional de Benicassim, held from 19-22 July, just a hour´s ride up north from Valencia, will again deliver with theme-based nights. Headliners include Killers, Liam Gallagher, Travis Scott and Pet Shop Boys, with some of the regular favorites from the overwhelmingly English-speaking campers, Bastille, The […]
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Art 
18th April 2018 ART, MUSIC,THEATRE, DANCE, FILM & POETRY AT DISTRITO 008 URBAN FESTIVAL OF VALENCIA IN APRIL 2018
District 008 is an annual event with the format of an urban, neighborhood festival, which was born in 2013 with the intention of reflecting this dymamic part of Valencia and culturally and commercially promoting 008 of the ‘Extramurs’ neighborhood of Valencia, which includes the Botanico & Juan Llorens districts… District 008 was born as a […]
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Popular Festivals 
12th March 2018 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL FALLA
David Moratalla Pulido is the president of a small neighbourhood falla at Séneca-Poeta Mas i Ros in the city of Valencia. We asked him what the festival is like away from the giant fallas of the special section. 1. How and why did you become a fallero and eventually the president of the falla? I […]
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Popular Festivals 
3rd March 2018 THE EMBLEMATIC VALENCIA FALLA OF “NA JORDANA” IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT PERE BORREGO PITARCH According to the records the first Falla to be erected in the Plaza Na Jordana was way back in 1884 and since 1954 it has been part of the Special Section (the Premier league of Fallas), longer than any other Falla. By 1983 the Fallas constructions were getting […]
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Music 
25th July 2017 FIB 2017 FESTIVAL FEVER IN BENICÀSSIM
If someone asked you if you would like to spend a weekend living in abject squalor and inescapable heat whilst being surrounded on all sides by drunken strangers, there are few of us out there who would jump at the opportunity. However, this year around 150,000 people opted to gleefully immerse themselves in […]
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Music 
14th July 2017 Festival Season in July and August
Summer’s here. It’s hot inside and there’s nothing new on Netflix. So it’d be better to get outside, there’s plenty to do, especially given that it is festival season! If you’re already keen as mustard to get into it but you’re still going to be stuck in the city for a while, don’t worry! You […]
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Popular Festivals 
5th July 2017 Feria de Julio 2017
All the Fun of the Fair Valencia’s Fería de Julio will be 146 years old this year. When UB40, Salif Keita and Ara Malikian play concerts in the Viveros Gardens it will be light years away from how the Feria’s stuffed shirt originators would have envisioned things back in the late 19th century. To survive […]
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Popular Festivals 
16th June 2017 CINEMA JOVE 2017
VALENCIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Cinema Jove celebrates its 33rd edition in Valencia from June 23 to July 1 with cycles dedicated to Pablo Trapero and Urban Art • The Argentine director will receive the ‘Luna de Valencia’ award in recognition of his career. • The official section will give an overview of the burgeoning number […]
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9th November 2016 LA CABINA FILM FESTIVAL 2016
La Cabina Festival 2016 A different type of film The NINTH edition of Valencia’s very own film festival, ‘La Cabina Festival Internacional De Mediometrajes’ (medium-length films), will take place from the 3rd to the 13th November. The films in this year’s festival will be shown across four different venues the Filmoteca in the Plaza del […]
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Popular Festivals 
30th July 2016 Local Fallas
David Moratalla Pulido is the president of a small neighbourhood falla at Séneca-Poeta Mas i Ros in the city of Valencia. We asked him what the festival is like away from the giant fallas of the special section. How and why did you become a fallero and eventually the president of the falla? I joined […]
