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Where Have All the Fibers Gone?!

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 13, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals/Music
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The Festival Internacional de Bencassím gets going this week. Organizers are speculating that the number of party-goers is going to be greatly reduced this year... losing perhaps as many as…

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Concerts of the Feria de Julio

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 25, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals/Music
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It's always exciting to see who's going to be performing during the summer concert series in the Viveros Gardens, part of the Feria de Julio. So, let's see what we've…

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July’s Jazz Festival Shaping Up to Be Hot

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 16, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals/Music
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Jazz fans, listen up! Melody Gardot, Natalie Cole, Nikki Yanofsky, Dr. John, Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças (CéU), Joshua Redman and Avishai Cohen are some of the big names that…

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La Bulería – Flamenco & Dinner

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 8, 2010
  • Post category:Music/Restaurants
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There aren't a lot of Flamenco joints in Valencia, but those that do exist boast a high level of quality. We recently checked out La Bulería, near the Ciudad de…

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III Festival de Mediterrani

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 28, 2010
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It's all about the ladies at the third annual Festival de Mediterrani, at the Palau de las Arts Reina Sofia. With the slogan "ELLA", the operas featured during the month-long…

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Granada – Sacromonte and Our Flamenco Disaster(s)

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 18, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Music/Photography
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One of the coolest most interesting neighborhoods in Granada is Sacromonte, famous for its inhabited caves. We found it fascinating. Sure, the caves have been decorated, painted and furnished, and…

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Arctic Monkeys Headlining MTV’s Winter Fest

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:December 23, 2009
  • Post category:Events/Music
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MTV's annual Winter Fest is fast becoming one of the best events on the calendar. Great bands come all too infrequently to Valencia, but MTV not only gets them here...…

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Gran Nit de Juliol

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  • Post published:July 18, 2009
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Got any plans for today? You'd better not! Valencia’s Feria de Juliol is reaching it’s climax with more events than you could possibly attend to. Here's a quick rundown of…

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FIB – Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 16, 2009
  • Post category:Festivals/Music
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Oasis. Franz Ferdinand. The Killers. Kings of Leon. These are the headliners at the biggest music festival in Spain, which is taking place from the 16th to the 19th of…

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Feria de Julio – 2009

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 5, 2009
  • Post category:Events/Festivals/Music/Things to Do
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During the month of July, Valencia really pulls out all the stops in an effort to help its citizens forget about the suffocating heat. The events which make up the…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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