This month in Valencia
August (2011) Events in Valencia
| FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS | EXHIBITIONS & CULTURAL EVENTS | CONCERTS & MUSIC | THEATRE, PERFORMANCE & DANCE | SPORTS |
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Arenal Sound Festival
4-7 August
Playa El Arenal, Burriana, Castellón
Scissor Sisters, « rinôçérôse », Vetusta Morla and many other will make you dance and sing for 4 straight days of non-stop music
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Rototom Festival 2011
18-27 August
Beniccasim, Valencia
18th European Reggae Festival
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La Tomatina 2011
31 August
Buñol, Valencia
Buñol celebrates the most international act of their traditional festivities: The Tomatina, where thousands of people throw tomatoes at each other in a fun battle.
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Fabular edificando, la obra de Cortina
Building through fable, the works of Cortina. Until September
Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia – Centre del Carmen, C/ Museo, 2
The Valencian architect José María Manuel Cortina may not be an idol, however his building the House of Dragons is a hundred year old urban icon. This exhibit shows some of his best works.
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Émile Savitry. Un fotografo de Montparnasse
Émile Savitry. A Montparnasse photographer Until 5 September
MUVIM
The exhibition includes photographs of many of the characters that Savitry captures. Humanistic images with strong contrasts between light and shadow.
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Premios Bancaja de pintura, escultura y arte digital
Bancaja Awards for painting, sculpture and digital art Until 28 August
IVAM, Guillem de Castro, 18
The exhibition includes the 6 winning works and the other 47 selected especially for this event.
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Viena en la arquitectura modernista de Valencia
Vienna in modernist architecture in Valencia Until September
Museo de Historia de Valencia, c/ Valencia 42
Influence of Vienna Jugendstil architecture in Valencian Modernism.
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Pero…¿esto no lo hace un ordenador?. Pepe Gimeno. Claves y procesos en diseño gráfico
But… doesn't a computer do this? Pepe Gimeno, keys and processes in graphic design. Until October
La Nau, Universidad de Valencia, C/ Universidad 2
Many people don’t know exactly what a graphic designer does, believing that a computer does much more than it really does. For those who wonder, this is your exhibition.
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Vratislav Hlavatý, Carteles de Cine
Vratislav Hlavatý, Film Posters Until September
Muvim, c/ Guillem de Castro 8 and c/ Quevedo 10
Vratislav Hlavatý is a painter, illustrator, graphic designer, etc. He’s specially known for his film posters, designed between 1964 and 1990, in a time when Polish and Czech posters were considered among the best in this art.
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XII Festival de Música Antigua
12th Ancient Music Festival Until November
Plaza del Mercado de Valencia
The Ancient Music Festival of Valencia brings together some of the best ancient music musicians of the world, like Capella Ministres, Ensemble Barbaresque, The Marian Consort, Speculum or Beatriz Lafont and Robert Cases
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Macbeth
11 August
Teatro Romano de Sagunt
The haunting Shakespearean play directed by Helena Pimenta.
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Los locos de Valencia
The crazies of Valencia 5-6 August
Teatro Romano de Sagunt
One of Lope de Vega's most bizarre plays: A love story told in a psychiatric
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Materia Prima
Raw Material 11 August
Teatro Romano de Sagunt
The world seen by children born after 2000
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XXIV Vela Latina, 6º Premio Presidente de la Diputación
24th Latin Sail, 6th President of the Deputation Prize Until 11 September
Calle de San Roque, 1, Silla - Valencia
Held since 1987 in Lake Albufera, the tour begins and ends at the Port of Silla.
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Preparación Eurobasket 2011
Eurobasket preparation 2011 26 August
Pabellón Fuente de San Luís
Spain-Australia. Basketball game of the men's basketball team for the preparation of EuroBasket 2011
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