Virgen de los Desamparados & Other May Events in Valencia

May (2009) Events in Valencia

FESTIVALS

• Virgen de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken)
  When? May 10
  Where? Throughout the city
  What? Concerts, pilgrimages, processions fireworks, masses, traditional music and dance in celebration of Valencia's second patron saint.
  

• Dansa València 09 (Valencia Dance 09)
  When? April 24 - May 17
  Where? Venues throughout the city
  What? Dance festival.

EXHIBITIONS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

• Chaplin en imágenes (Chaplin in images)
  When? March 12 - May 17
  Where? Almudin (Plaza San Luis Bertrán, 1)
  What? Exhibition in homage of Charlie Chaplin featuring roughly 300 photographs, posters, magazines, documents and movie clips.
  

• 100 bosques ibéricos (100 Iberian forests)
  When? April 29 - May 23
  Where? Matisse (c/ Campoamor, 60)
  What? Photography exhibition featuring photographs taken throughout the Iberian Peninsula's 100 most representative forests.
  

• Antonio Mingote: La Vida Cabe en un Dibujo (Life Fits in a Drawing)
  When? January 27 - May 17
  Where? IVAM (c/ Guillem de Castro, 118)
  What? Exhibition of the works of comic strip artist Antonio Mingote featuring 18 paintings, nearly 100 drawings, numerous magazine covers and illustrations from the 1940's up through today.

• Darwin Now
  When? February 20 - June 30
  Where? Museo de Ciencias Príncipe Felipe (City of Arts & Sciences)
  What? An exhibition of the life, theories and impacts of naturalist Charles Darwin. The exhibition marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origins of Species .

• Marvel Superhéroes (Marvel Superheroes)
  When? July 1 (2008) - July 1 (2010)
  Where? Museo de Ciencias Príncipe Felipe (City of Arts & Sciences)
  What? Exhibition that explores the science and technology related to the world of comics and to the success of the Marvel empire.

• Joan Miró. Evocación de la imagen femenina / Evocation of the Feminine Image
  When? March 26 - June 21
  Where? Fundación Bancaja (Plaza Tetuán, 23)
  What? An exhibition of 154 paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc. that explore Joan Miró's view of women, a constant theme in his works.

• Cine español. Una crónica visual
  When? May 5 - 17
  Where? Centro Cultural Tívoli (c/ José Carsi, 59 - Burjassot)
  What? An exhibition of 133 photographs, 20 posters and an audiovisual montage of famous scenes from throughout the trajectory of Spanish film.

THEATRE & CINEMA

• El narciso en su opinión
  When? April 22 - June 7
  Where? Teatre Rialto (Plaça de l'Ajuntament, 17)
  What? Production of Guillem de Castro's comedy, written between 1612 and 1615 and considered one of the representative pieces of the "comedia de figurón", a Spanish genre that has an eccentric character as the chief figure.

• Götterdämmerung
  When? May 30 - June 2
  Where? Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (City of Arts & Sciences)
  What? Opera by Richard Wagner.

CONCERTS & MUSIC

• Lenny Kravitz
  When? May 2
  Where? Palau Velòdrom Lluis Puig (c/ Cocentaina, 4)
  What? www.lennykravitz.com

• Coti
  When? May 8
  Where? Mirror (c/ San Vicente, 200)
  What? www.cotisorokin.com

• Nacha Pop
  When? May 29
  Where? Mirror (c/ San Vicente, 200)
  What? www.nachapop.net

• Orquesta de Valencia
  When? Various dates throughout the month
  Where? Palau de la Música de Valencia (Paseo de la Alameda, 30)
  What? Concerts by Valencia's orchestra.

SPORTS

• Valencia vs Real Madrid
  When? May 10
  Where? Estadio Mestalla (Avda. de Suecia, s/n)
  What? Professional football game.

• Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao
  When? May 31
  Where? Estadio Mestalla (Avda. de Suecia, s/n)
  What? Professional football game.