Interesting Events
Interesting Stuff Going on in La Candelaria and Bogotá
Fewer Cars, More Clean Air
Bogotá’s Annual Car-Free Day – Feb. 2
– Jan. 20 – 28
– Jan 18 – 22 For days of music in central Bogotá.
– Weekends, mostly Sundays, from Jan. 14 thru late February. In La Plaza de Toros Santamaria.
– Jan 6, 7 and 8 – Three days of drinking, eating and street games in the Egipto neighborhood, above La Candelaria.
– Dec. 6 – 10 Annual short video festival.
– The evening of Dec. 8
– Evening of Dec. 7. Annual candle-lighting tradition across Colombia.
– Dec. 6, at 10 a.m., from spots across Colombia and Bogota.
Bogotá’s Religious Architecture – Oct. 28 to June 30, 2012 – Amigos de Bogotá Foundation; Calle 12 No. 6-67 Tel: 342-9285.
– Nov. 17, 18 & 19 – Conferences about the technology and business of photography.
– Oct. 31 to Nov. 7 – hundreds of events, in parks, bookstores and libraries. Find the schedule .
Theatre in the Parks – Sundays at noon. Oct. 30 Parque Nacional; Nov. 6 Parque de la Independencia; Nov. 13 Parque de los Novios; Nov. 20 Parque el Tunal; Nov. 27 Parque Timiza.
- Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 2011
– Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 2011
– Oct. 2011 – Libelula Dorada Theatre
– Oct. 26 to Oct. 30 2011
– Oct. 21 to Nov. 12. – Writers and readings. Admission is free.
– Oct. 21 – 24
– Oct. 21 – 24 in Corferias.
– Saturday Oct. 22, in the Media Torta Ampitheatre, located on the Circunvular near La Candelaria, above Los Andes University. Free admission. Acces from the path uphill from Policarpa’s statue. Noon to 6 p.m.
– Oct. 10 to 18.
– Sept. 14 to Oct. 2 (Medellin Oct. 6 – 23)
September is in Bogotá, with about local history, ecology, neighborhoods and culture.
: Sept. 9, 10, 11. Jazz music, mostly in the park.
Visiones de Mexico en Colombia: September and October show off Mexican culture in the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Cultural Center, on 11th Ave. in La Candelaria. (The cultural center was built by the Mexican government, because Marquez has lived many years in Mexico, but contains nothing about the Colombian novelist.)
– Aug. 6-15 Bogotá’s summer festival includes kite flying, music, bullfighting and even movies.
Amateur Bullfighting Season – The first two weekends of August aspiring bullfighters show their skills in the Santamaria Bullfighting Stadium. Tickets are free and available in the stadium’s box office.
– Aug. 2 to 6, on the Eje Ambiental, in La Candelaria
Colombia’s biggest-ever sporting event starts July 29 until Aug. 20.
Cycling and Transit w/ David Byrne – July 23, 5 p.m. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Cultural Ctr. – Talking Head Byrne, ex-Mayor (and current candidate) Enrique Peñalosa and others talk about bicycles and transit.
– Bogotá’s annual three-days of free music in Simón Bolívar Park. July 2, 3 and 4.
Seminar on Modern Brazilian Cinema – May 15 – June 19, -
– May 11 – 15 Annual film and photography festival and workshop.
Colombia United for Animals – May 10 12:30 p.m. March starting at the Planetarium for the reform of the animal protection law.
– May 4 to June 15 – This annual photography event includes exhibitions in various sites around Bogotá, as well as a workshop. The invitee of honor is Mexico.
– May 4 – 16. Held in Corferias, west of La Candelaria, the annual book fair receives a surprising amount of attention considering the lack of readers here. This year’s invitee of honor is Ecuador.
– May 2 – 12
Ver y Leer el Cine – Feb. 19 – Mar. 27 Conferences on filmwriting, directing, etc. Cinematica Distrital Carrera 7 No. 22-79. Tel: 315-791-2913 or 814-8987
– Feb. 3 to 6 in the Gimnasio Moderno – Talks and readings of Colombian poetry and prose.
– Feb. 3 is Bogotá’s annual car-free (but not taxi- or bus-free) day. A great day to ride a bicycle!
- Jan. 19 – 23 Five days of mostly music, both folk and contemporary, in La Candelaria. Colombian and foreign groups, and lots of it is free!
– Celebrating the kings who visited the newborn Jesus, this festival has lots of .
2011
– Dec. 11 – On the road to La Calera
Nocturnal Ciclovia – Dec. 8 – The city’s annual nocturnal Ciclovia is no Ciclovia. Not when the streets are are almost too crowded to move!
– Dec. 7 – The traditional celebration of the Immaculate Conception and start of Bogotá’s Christmas celebration.
– Dec. 6 thru 12. Sponsored by the Alianza Francesa
– Nov. 20 to Dec. 1 – Plays on women’s themes, including women and Colombia’s independence. Tel: 284-8687 or 342-9621 .
Street People Portraits – Oct. 24 in Parque Ricaurte and 26th in Plaza España . Photog Julian Sarmiento’s portraits of street ppl.
Day of the Bicycle – Nov. 14 – Bogotá’s day for celebrating the bicycle. Activities in the Parque Nacional, on Carrera 38 and 7th Ave.
– Nov. 13 y 14 – Carrera 4 con Calle 32, Barrio la Perseverancia – Chicha, a fermented corn concoction, is Bogotá’s most traditional drink, and it’s made in La Perseverancia neighborhood.
History in the Central Cemetery – Oct. 28, 29 and 30 Bogotá’s Central Cemetery has displays about some of the important builders of the nation interred there
– Oct. 31 – Costume and performance art party. Teatro Taller de Colombia, Calle 10 # 0 – 19
– Oct. 8 – 12 -A leftist meeting held on the National University’s campus. (Where else?)
– Oct 9 and 10. A weekend of free hip hop music in Simón Bolívar Park.
Sept. 29 to Oct. 9 – Storytelling is a low-tech tradition in Bogotá.
– Oct. 4 to Oct. 11 A week of events intended to bring attention to cycling and, hopeful, promote bicycling in Bogotá.
Juan Rolfo Photographer – Sept. 7 to Oct. 7 – An exhibition of Mexican writer photography. In the University of the Andes’ Julio , which is on the Eje Ambiental. (Turn left just before Goce Pagano).
– In Bogotá Sept. 10 to 26 (also in other cities). Homenaje to Agnés Varda.
– Sept. 10 to 17. A week about historical memory of the nation’s worst human rights violations.
– Sept. 17-24 in Ciudad Bolívar
– Sept. 2 – 11. Sponsored by the Teatro Libre.
– Aug. 27 – Sept. 2 LGBT Cinema festival
– 11 – 23 of August. In the Corferias convention center.
– Aug. 21 and 22 – A two-day salsa festival in Bogotá’s Parque Simón Bolívar.
– Aug. 17-19. Bogotá has a tradition of storytelling as public performance. Centro Cultural Gabriel Betancour Mejía (Cr 15 N° 72-90)
– Aug. 6 to 18. Bogotá’s annual summer festival, including a kite festival, water skiing and even a billiards tournament.
– For the first time ever, Bogotá hosts the international tango dance-offs!
Photographs of Colombian landscapes – July 22 thru Aug. 29 – at the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Cultural Center, on 11th St in La Candelaria.
– July 10 thru Aug. 20
– Annual food festival, held in El Virrey Park, in northern Bogotá. July 17, 18 and 20 is International Food, with China as special invitee. Colombian food on July 24 and 25. Some 222 restaurants will show off their fare, and there’ll also be music and dance.
Colombia Bicentennial – There are numerous exhibitions, talks and conferences to be held commemorating the 200th anniversary of Colombia’s independence, including.
(with events in Bogotá, as well) – July 10, 13 and 14, in the Gimnasio Moderno.
– July 3 – 5 . Said to be the biggest free music festival in Latin America. Celebrating its 15th anniversary.
– July 3-5. Literature, music, humor.
Convention of Circus and Street Art of Colombia – June 24-27 Cel: 311-534-8960
– June 24- 30.
Veg Party – Yoga Rave 2010 – May 29 – Calle 85 No. 12-51 Call: 301-262-4090
Africa in Colombia – May 4 – 27 – Info 284-3417 Cel: 317-331-2537
Festival de Jazz – May 25, the Chick Corea Trio, at the
Afrocolombian Festival – May 16 – 21 For information, call: 315-821-3428
– May 13 – 17 . Film festival and conference about film making.
Festival de Poetry of Bogotá – Opening April 23 –
Annual Festival of European Movies:
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