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Valencia’s New Casino: Opening 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:November 10, 2009
  • Post category:News/Nightlife
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Nou Mestalla? Meh. Agora-Shmagora. The most highly anticipated upcoming construction (at least in our household) has suddenly become Valencia's new casino, to be situated on Cortes Valencianas, close to the…

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Sala El Loco – Rock Concerts, Theater and Comedy

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 18, 2009
  • Post category:Bar/Music/Nightlife
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Sala El Loco is one of the top concert venues in the city. In addition to music, they feature theater and comedy acts. This Friday night, you can check out…

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Franz Ferdinand Coming to Town

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:December 10, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Music/Nightlife
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are going to headline the 2009 MTV Winter festival, which will be held at the Ciudad de las Artes & Ciencias on February 24th! Sweet!! They'll…

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Jeff Tweedy in Valencia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:September 3, 2008
  • Post category:Bar/Music/Nightlife
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http://vimeo.com/1659569?pg=embed&sec=1659569 Last night, we went to see Wilco's frontman Jeff Tweedy put on a solo show at Heineken Greenspace, one of Valencia's top concert venues. It's the first rock concert…

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T-Shirt Festival Lineup Announced

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 24, 2008
  • Post category:Festivals/Music/Nightlife
  • Post comments:3 Comments

We wrote about the T-Shirt Festival a couple weeks ago, and the line-up has just recently been announced. Looks pretty exciting... Primal Scream, <<rinôçérôse>> and Groove Armada are all appearing.…

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Flamenco in Valencia – Radio City

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 26, 2008
  • Post category:Bar/Culture/Entertainment/Music/Nightlife/Things to Do
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Every Tuesday night, there is a Flamenco session at Radio City. We went this week, and had an excellent time. I'm not an expert in Flamenco (and in fact, before…

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North Dakota Western Bar

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 6, 2008
  • Post category:Bar/Gay/Nightlife
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My very first night in Valencia -- just hours after I had arrived and signed the contract for our new apartment -- I was invited out for dinner, by a…

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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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