The beautiful Gardens of the Viveros is playing host to 15 concerts during the month of July, as part of the city’s Feria de Julio. All begin at 22:15.

Boney M: Ain’t No Stoppin the Fuuuuuuuunk!

The series kicks off tonight with crooner Salvatore Adamo. Other highlights include Gloria Gaynor (whether she’ll sing “I Will Survive”? Even odds!), Boney M, the slightly disturbing Loreena McKennitt and Pereza. A full list of concerts is here.

We’re most excited about Elbicho, who play fusion flamenco (better than it sounds!) Check it:

Tickets prices vary according to the concert, and are available at El Corte Inglés, Bancaja, Carrefour, Fnac, Ticktackticket, or the ticket offices of the Viveros 2 hours before the concerts begin.

Hey there, Hippie! Where are you headed to, on your wacky Hippiebike?

Of course, the Hippie festival! That makes sense.

This past weekend, scarves, dreadlocks, nose rings, body odor, and the people who love such things convened in the Turia riverbed for Valencia’s 21st Alternative Festival. We ventured down, and were happy to discover a really fun collection of stands, products and entertainment.

Organic chocolates, beers, breads… Valencian tomatoes… clothing, bags, jewelry… anything your inner alternative child could possibly want. We met a German bread-maker who had traveled to Valencia to sell her baked goods, and sampled some of the organic beer on hand.

It was a lot of fun — more for the people-watching than anything else. A note, though, to the dreadlocked white dude wearing a Jamaican stocking cap and practicing capoeira from Brazil — keep your cultures straight! Does simply embracing the stereotypical symbols of well-known countries make a person “alternative”? Would a Spanish woman dressed in a sari, doing a Polka dance be as cool & hip as the capoeira Jamaica dude?

And a note to the girl who yelled at us for taking a picture of her stand… Fine! No mention on HolaValencia.net for your stupid clothes. Who’s crying now?!

Link to the Festival’s Official Page

Location on our Valencia Map