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19th October 2022 Valencia’s ‘La Cabina’ Film Festival 2022
Valencia’s Mid-Length Film Festival ‘La Cabina’ will take place between the 8th and 18th of November, and will play host to a star studded selection of films, including, the Oscar nominated “The Dress” by Estíbaliz Urresola, first prize winning “Cuando se hundieron las formas puras” by Alfredo Picazo at the Montreal Film festival and “Cuerdas” […]
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Film 
17th October 2022 LA MOSTRA FILM FESTIVAL (VALENCIA ) OCTOBER 20-30th
‘MOSTRA DE VALÈNCIA-CINEMA DEL MEDITERRANI’ is a meeting for film lovers, both experts and amateurs, where the public and creators meet to enjoy a specially selected programme with the aim of bringing them high-quality films that are not usually found on the commercial circuits. The programming of the Mostra is also specific to a geographic […]
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Popular Festivals 
27th August 2022 ‘LA TOMATINA’ ON AUGUST 31st …BLOODY GOOD FUN!
Here is a report by ‘Able’ of the ’24/7 Valencia team’ at a previous ‘La Tomatina’ festival… It was hard to believe there were going to be any tomatoes at all. The main street was rammed with muchachos and chicas, buzzing while they waited for the battle, chanting ‘‘¡Ag-ua!’’ to provoke the residents on the […]
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Food 
12th August 2022 ‘HOLA CEVICHE, CEVICHE LA OLA’…FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
With most of Europe in meltdown with some serious climate change wake-up call weather, here’s to a recipe that does not need to be cooked in the oven! It’s ‘Hola ceviche, Ceviche La Ola!’ Fresh fish doused in a wave of the zippiest & zappiest citric and spicy flavours. There are a variety of ceviche […]
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drinks 
2nd August 2022 IT’S PIMM’S O’CLOCK! By Helen Westwater of ‘La Ola Fresca’
Summer is a time to enjoy that drink that is the epitome of verano, a refreshing cup of Pimm’s. In case you can’t get your hands on it, as the liqueur itself is not so readily available here in Spain, we trace its origins back to the 1840s and an oyster bar in the city […]
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Music 
24th July 2022 LA TROCAMBA MATANUSCA
24/7 VALENCIA: COULD YOU YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE BAND, ‘LA TROCAMBA MATANUSCA’? LA TROCAMBA MATANUSCA: “La Trocamba Matanusca was formed at the end of 2009 in the area of Ontinyent (la Vall d’Albaida) of La Comunitat Valenciana. What happened is that a group of us, who came from other bands with a wide […]
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Art 
14th July 2022 ‘CENTRE CULTURAL LA BENEFICÈNCIA’ IN VALENCIA!
‘Centre Cultural La Beneficència’ encapsulates various museums within its spaces. It is home to the Museums of Prehistory and Ethnology and the Valencian Institute for Study and Research; it has specialist sections of Prehistory, Ethnology and Art! The ethnology museum, also now known as ‘L’ETNO’ has an exhibition that displays and describes the traditional […]
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Food 
18th June 2022 ‘FARTONS’ IN VALENCIA! BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
When I arrived in Valencia over 20 years ago, I was not really aware that the language valenciano existed. I remember chortling to myself in a supermarket as I spied a packet of iced buns labelled ‘Fartons’. Worse, later, I even pompously wrote to the organisers of a festival suggesting they change the festival name […]
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Nightlife 
12th June 2022 La Ruta: Valencia’s Hidden Underground, Coming to the Surface
Just a day after I arrived in Valencia, my attention was drawn to a cultural movement existing here in the 80s and 90s. Labelled ‘La Ruta del Bakalao’ (also known as the Destroy Route, or simply La Ruta), this was a scene that represented many things at once: unlimited expression, the acceptance of all, and […]
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Places 
3rd June 2022 La Casa de La Mar and The Black Turtle join forces in a tasteful union
On 1st June, the new union between La Casa de La Mar and the Black Turtle was formally presented at the hamburger restaurant on Paseo de la Alameda in Valencia. Led by CEOs Hermes Mas Carrascosa (La Casa de la Mar) and Antonio Perez (The Black Turtle), they detailed a union linking gastronomy with live […]
