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Music 
25th September 2022 NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS ON 5 OCTOBER AT ’16 TONELADAS’
Nick Lowe and Americans Los Straitjackets began touring together following the live performance of Nick Lowe’s Christmas album “Quality Street. A Seasonal Selection For All Family” (2013), which took place in 2014 and for which he took Los Straitjackets as a backing band. That tour was later represented on the live album “The Quality Holiday […]
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Art 
23rd September 2022 ‘Fundación Bancaja’ presents the exhibition ‘El diseño y la modernidad…’
Fundación Bancaja presents the exhibition ‘El diseño y la modernidad. Pioneers of design in the Valencian furniture industry (1898-1986).’ The exhibition offers a chronological journey through some of the milestones that marked the origin and evolution of an industrial activity that, from València, became an international reference throughout the 20th century thanks to the best […]
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Music 
23rd September 2022 LEGENDARY ‘KIKO VENENO’ PLAYS VALENCIA ON SEPTEMBER 23rd…. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!
24/7 VALENCIA Can you tell us about your travels around Europe and USA in the late 1960s/early 1970s? Was it an influence on your music? KIKO VENENO: Yes, I hitchhiked around Europe with a guitar and was busking as a way of making enough bread to survive along the way! This would have been around […]
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Food 
20th September 2022 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR JOSÉ CUÑAT OF ‘LOCOS POR LA PAELLA’
24/7 Valencia: What is your aim? Jose Cuñat of LOCOS POR LA PAELLA: Our aim is to explain the true History of Valencian paella and its recipes from its early origins. After a long period of investigation over a number of years, the time has come to present our research in a public way, after […]
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Food 
19th September 2022 World Paella Day (September 20)
24/7 VALENCIA: What is World Paella Day? WORLD PAELLA DAY: “World Paella Day is a recognition of the most universal dish of Spanish gastronomy. A day in which Valencians share our great dish with the rest of the world to celebrate, beyond recipes and ingredients, the internationality of the paella. A meal of humble Valencian […]
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Sports 
19th September 2022 Regional rowing shows its strength in the National League of Sea Rowing held in Alicante
The fourth date of the II Iberdrola National League of Sea Rowing and the second regatta of the regional competition took place last weekend at the facilities of the Real Club Regatas Alicante. Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th were intense days of rowing, in which more than 140 athletes participated, offering a high level of […]
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food and drink 
19th September 2022 The “World Paella Day Cup” is celebrated with “Valencian Craft Beer”!
VALENCIA SHARES PAELLA WITH THE WORLD AND BIERWINKEL BRINGS VALENCIAN CRAFT BEERS TO THE EVENT…. As part of the V Edition of the “World Paella Day” on September 20th, the III Edition of the World Paella Day Cup will be held, in which 10 chefs from different parts of the world will compete live to […]
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Food 
19th September 2022 PAELLA GIVEN ‘PROTECTED STATUS’ AS A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT DISH
Nothing is more synonymous with the culture and identity of Valencia than the classic paella dish. Paella is to be granted the status of ‘an asset of cultural interest’ in order to preserve the recipe and cultural tradition of the iconic Spanish meal. A declaration by the Valencian government states that “Paella is not only […]
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Music 
18th September 2022 ‘Marquina-Selfa Trio’ at ‘Matisse Club’ on September 18th!
Carpesa is a pueblo of the Valencia community, surrounded by orchards and village houses that date back to times gone by and it is the inspiration for the album “Carpesa Estesa”, that will be presented by the ‘Marquina-Selfa Trio’ this Sunday 18 September at 7 p.m. at ‘Matisse Club’ (Calle Campoamor 60). The concert, which […]
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Music 
17th September 2022 TROMBONIST ‘TONI BELENGUER’ ….IN HIS OWN WORDS
TONI BELENGUER (1975 -2020) MUSICAL INFLUENCES Since I was eight years old, when I started rehearsing in my father’s orchestra, I started to learn other musical styles. I was in a brass band, which here in Valencia is very typical. I was also in a Heavy Metal band. Later, I formed a ‘Metal’ trio and […]
