Category: Culture @en

Where in the month of February could you find a destination that combines culture, beaches, warm weather and good music? The only answer is Cuba… and if you really want to have fun, we recommend the Havana World Music Festival, returning this year on 6 and 7 February in Havana’s Metropolitan Park, with performances by some great Cuban and international bands. The guest performers will include the French DJ Philippe Cohen Solal, one of the members of Gotan Project, the multi-instrumentalist David Walters, from France, the Mexican Institute of Sound and the electrofolk project by Camilo Lara, one of the leading exponents of alternative music in Latin America

Bands from Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela will be performing at the first “Patria Grande” Festival of Latin American Rock, to be held in Havana, Cienfuegos and Villa Clara from 14 to 18 November, and including a tribute to the Argentine musician Luis Alberto Spinetta. Over four days, Havana and other cities on the Caribbean island will be welcoming groups from the continent, such as the Uruguayan band “No te va a gustar”, the main guest at the event, and “Puya” from Puerto Rico, renowned for their heavy metal and salsa repertoire. Other bands performing include Ra La culebra from Colombia, Curva Sur from Venezuela and La Milixia from Costa Rica.

The National Ballet of Cuba has been celebrating its 66^th anniversary since 28 October, and theatres such as the Karl Marx, the National Theatre of Cuba and the Mella are about to burst into life with the arrival of the 24^th International Ballet Festival of Havana, continuing until 7 November. This year’s festival is dedicated to the English playwright William Shakespeare, enabling audiences to enjoy performances of some of his works, translated into the language of dance. The event will include stars from the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, Ballet Hispánico from New York, the Linga company from Switzerland, and the Ballet Estable from the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to name a few.