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Popular Festivals 
19th April 2019 SAN VICENTE AND EASTER IN VALENCIA
With the city all partied out and out of puff after Fallas, Valencia has never been big on Holy Week. Easter is a quiet affair around these parts. Some opt for a tentative pre-Summer trip to the beach in the patchy April weather. Others decide to get away to the mountains for fresh air and […]
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Art 
19th March 2019 THE LEGENDARY ‘NA JORDANA’ FALLA
##EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PERE BORREGO, PRESIDENT OF NA JORDANA FALLA 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 […]
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Popular Festivals 
15th March 2019 FALLAS… BUSINESS AS USUAL
Fallas is back…Foc i fum, ducks and teapots The way things are at the moment, many might question the sanity of anyone who is willing to spend millions of Euros on erecting huge papier-mâché ‘‘monuments’’ only to gleefully burn them to cinders just a week later. You also might be forgiven for thinking (especially if […]
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Art 
13th November 2018 La Cabina – Valencia International Medium-Length Film Festival (NOVEMBER 14-24)
LA CABINA 2018 La Cabina – Valencia International Medium-Length Film Festival takes its name from the Antonio Mercero film ‘La Cabina’ (1973), winner of an Emmy Award, starring José Luis López Vázquez. This is a now legendary film whose duration is 34 minutes, which is just the right time to truly develop a terrifying story… […]
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Popular Festivals 
17th July 2018 SUMMER FESTIVALS IN THE VALENCIA REGION 2018
This year Valencia has not only taken the national lead in the sheer amount of talent and variety of its festival offerings. After many years of looking in awe and a touch of jealousy at Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid when we wanted to look for the big names on the international music scene…we now need […]
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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 […]
