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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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Editorial 
1st July 2017 A Rainy Parisian in Sunny Valencia
¡Hola Paris! Valencia Speaking! Sorry I didn’t write to you earlier, but life is so intense around here! I have so many things to tell you: Paris and Valencia really are so different! I left a romantic but stressful city for a place that is much more relaxed, yet filled with action – being the […]
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Food 
18th June 2017 VALENCIA WINES FROM THE ALICANTE REGION
DO Alicante shows its new wines in Dénia Each year the ‘Denominaciones de Origen’, (DO’s) show their wines during the Summer and June is the chosen month. Alicante have their ‘Winecanting’ Festival on 5 June (public admitted) to be held in MARQ; DO Valencia hold theirs under the Opera House on 12 June (entry by […]
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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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Sports 
14th June 2017 MARCELINO TO LEAD VALENCIA NEXT SEASON
VALENCIA FOOTBALL On May 11th it was officially announced that Marcelino Garcia Toral would become the new manager of Valencia CF. He now becomes the 19th different name to head the club since the turn of the century. During this time household names like Rafa Benitez, Claudio Ranieri, Gary Neville and Cesare Prandelli have come […]
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Food 
26th May 2017 THE VURGER (VEGAN FOOD)
VEGAN RESTAURANT IN VALENCIA Linda McCartney would be proud! It’s not often we review a fast food restaurant, but we have good reason to this month. Not a very long time ago when it was almost impossible to find a vegetarian restaurant in Valencia…finding a vegan restaurant really was impossible!!! I remember the first time […]
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Sports 
24th May 2017 VALENCIA FOOTBALL
TWO LA LIGA TEAMS IN VALENCIA NEXT SEASON…CONGRATULATIONS TO LEVANTE UD!!! At the first time of asking, Levante UD have regained their La Liga status and will join Valencia CF in the top flight of Spanish football next season. ‘Los Granotas’ have totally dominated their league from the beginning of this year’s campaign. They confirmed […]
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Music 
19th May 2017 WILL McCARTHY
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER Emmy-Award nominated Hollywood Film Sound Mixer & Sound Editor Robert Gravenor describes Will McCarthy’s instrumental music as “virtuoso and versatile…there is real poetry in his playing.” Robert Gravenor coordinated Will McCarthy’s first solo album entitled “This is Music for Films”. Robert Gravenor’s praise of Will McCarthy’s music is qualified as being a sound […]
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Art 
19th May 2017 ART IN VALENCIA
‘SWARM: ROBOTIC HYBRIDS’ Charlie Sutcliffe, a London and Valencia based artist, presents his fantastical and innovative new exhibition in the creative barrio of Ruzafa. Creating work which aims to incite the viewer, to examine the near future and the relationship we will have with ‘Artificial Intelligence’. The show presents a vision of mutated hybrid beings, […]
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12th May 2017 INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN GARLAND
VALENCIA COMEDY: 1.Tell us something about yourself, your background and experiences. I studied Music and Media MGMT back in the day and have been involved in music and, subsequently, the comedy industry since. People from my hometown in Ireland started the most legendary and seminal of comedy clubs in Ireland. ‘The International’ is a little […]
