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A new edition of the festival 'Veranos de la Villa' began last June and will continue until 2nd September. It is an appointment with culture, which seeks to reach every corner of the capital, with a program that covers different disciplines such as circus, theatre, contemporary dance, poetry, gastronomy, music or urban sports, and includes 50% more inclusive appointments for people with disabilities. Don't miss it!
Live a different summer with the new edition of the 'Vaguada Show Festival', a fun plan for all audiences, to overcome the rigors of summer. Music, magic, humour and much more, is what you will find on the terrace of the well-known La Vaguada shopping centre. We are waiting for you!
If you have not yet witnessed the 'Changing of the guard and Solemn Changing', we encourage you to enjoy this show, before the summer break. The Royal Guard, with the aim of recovering the traditions of the Troops of the Royal House, gives us the opportunity to see this parade, which is accompanied by the Music Unit. Below we reveal you all the details...
If you are one of those who stay here, or have simply come to spend the summer with us, do not miss this article, as you can discover some activities that you can do without leaving the Region of Madrid. Here are some plans for all audiences. Let's get started!
Until 6th October, Nave 16 in Matadero Madrid hosts the free exhibition 'ECO-VISIONARIOS. Art for a Planet in Emergency', in which forty visionary artists and architects take part. The exhibition deals with the effects of the enormous ecological transformations we are experiencing, caused mainly by the action of man on the surface of the planet.
As it could not be otherwise, during the months of July and August, we will once again enjoy the summer cinema cycle in the open air. An appointment with the seventh art, which on this occasion celebrates its 20th anniversary, and which travels around the region, projecting Spanish cinema, international cinema for children and adults, and even great classics from the history of cinema. We are waiting for you!
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum seeks to bring art closer to the youngest through the #VersionaThyssen competition, which is now in its second edition and invites creative people between the ages of 16 and 35 to participate, so that they can freely version a work of art from among those selected by the art gallery itself. Come and participate!
Summer is for enjoying, and in the Region of Madrid is the perfect time to do outdoor activities, rediscover nature, and spend a different day with family, friends, or as you choose. This week, we are going to the Navacerrada ski resort, taking advantage of the fact that the chairlift that climbs to Bola del Mundo has already begun to work. Join us!
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum is hosting the exhibition 'Patrick Pound: Photography and Air' until 25 August, organised by PHotoEspaña and the own museum, where the concept of air serves as the guiding thread of this project, where collecting is transformed into art thanks to curatorial practice.
A new edition of the Music Festival 'Marqués de Santillana' has already become a reference musical event in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. Every weekend until the 3rd of August, classical music lovers can attend the programmed concerts and enjoy an unforgettable evening in the unique village of Buitrago del Lozoya.
Very close to the capital, in the Madrid town of Alcalá de Henares, is located the archaeological site Complutum, the only Roman city in the region, which gives us the opportunity to learn about history in a different way, thanks to guided visits, family workshops, exhibitions, and of course, the well-known dramatized visits. Discover with us how to participate!
One more year, the Crystal Gallery of CentroCentro is hosting a new edition of 'Cibeles de Cine', which seeks to surprise lovers of the seventh art with the best cinema, and on many occasions in the original version. It includes classic titles, cult titles, the latest hits of the season and proposals for the whole family. A plan for the summer months, long-awaited in the capital. We are waiting for you!
The summer has come full of cultural activities also to the municipality of Boadilla del Monte. Over the next few months, we will enjoy the new edition of the series of concerts in the ‘Palace Evenings’, and the young people and children of the house, with a new series of 'Cinema in the open air', and a fun 'Puppet Festival'. Who gives the most?
With summer comes free time and more plans for everyone, without leaving our region. On this occasion we surprise you with two activities for all audiences that will take place at the Casa Museo Lope de Vega: on the one hand the youngest will have a great time with a new edition of 'Teatralia de Oro'; and on the other hand, 'Summer Cinema', an option for lovers of the seventh art. Let's begin!
The Museum of History of Madrid surprises us with this free exhibition that pays tribute to the renowned master of humour on the centenary of his birth. Until 6th October you have time to to know the capital in depth, through the original drawings that illustrated the book ‘Historia de Madrid: desde la prehistoria a la muerte de Cervantes’. Don't miss it!
Already consolidated as one of the best summer events in Spain to enjoy classical music, comes a new edition of the festival 'Classics in Summer'. Until 28 July, don't miss the opportunity to enjoy chamber music in some of the most emblematic places in the region.
Over the next few days, children and young people between the ages of 8 and 14 will learn the techniques used in archaeological sites, thanks to the programme 'Archaeologists for a day'. Until 29 September in the Roman city of Complutum located in Alcalá de Henares, and from 7 September to 6 October in La Cabilda in Hoyo de Manzanares. Do you want to know more? Read on...
The fifth edition of 'Universal Music Festival' is here. From the 5th to the 31st of July, and faithful to its appointment at the Teatro Real, it will once again become the meeting point for music lovers in general, as its programme will include different musical styles. Stay with us to see the full line-up. Live the music in the Region of Madrid!
The months of July and September will be humorous, as will take place the International Clown Festival, which is celebrated for the nineteenth consecutive year. During this new edition, the public will be able to attend the eight-programmed shows together with a master class and a fun workshop. Don't miss it!
Despite the high temperatures, there is always a perfect plan to enjoy the evenings, or the mornings if you are already enjoying a well-deserved vacation, to see some of the exhibitions that host the different rooms and museums of the capital. Next we provide you more details of the five that we propose you this week, so that you decide where do you want to start.
If you like to be in touch with nature, we are sure that you will already know the National Park of the Sierra de Guadarrama or the Regional Park of the upper basin of Manzanares, among other beautiful areas of the region, but there are others perhaps less transited, which deserve a visit, so this week we go into the Regional Park of the River Guadarrama, will you join us?
From 28th June to 7th July will take place MADO (Madrid Pride), one of the most eagerly awaited popular holidays of the year. The Chueca neighbourhood and different streets of the capital will host different cultural and sporting activities, open-air music, exhibitions, as well as the Pride Parade, one of the most important events of this celebration, during the 'LGTBI Pride Week'. Discover with us the rest of the programme!
Undoubtedly, another of the most eagerly awaited events of the summer is the PHotoESPAÑA International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, which on this occasion will host until 1st September in different venues, the work of 296 authors in 85 exhibitions, and will have Susan Bright as guest curator. The programme will be complemented by competitions, workshops and screenings, among other activities. Don't think twice, PHotoESPAÑA is waiting for you!
From 25 June to 29 September, the Prado Museum invites us to discover Dutch and Spanish painting from the end of the 16th and 17th centuries through the exhibition 'Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Parallel visions'. Don't miss this unique exhibition, and one of the most attractive included in the Bicentennial program of the own museum.
Live summer nights in a different way, thanks to the new edition of the acclaimed 'La Antigua Mina' Theatre and Music Festival, which will take place from 29th June to 25th August. Once again this year, it surprises us with an intense programme that includes musical concerts and plays of different genres, in an unbeatable space in the heart of Madrid's mountains.
It's likely with the arrival of good weather, you want to enjoy outdoor plans and preferably to be refreshing, right? So that you can see that in the Region of Madrid we have everything, this week we go to the swimming pool to give us a good bath, letting adrenaline out in its attractions, or just rest. Are you ready?
The Museum of Romanticism is hosting 'Otra mirada: Sharon Core y Laura Letinsky' until 22nd September. The exhibition, which is free of charge, brings together the work of these two photographers and presents a contemporary vision that questions the limits of painting, photography and new media.
Last May, began a new edition of the well-known Cervantes Train. In case you haven't heard of it yet, it's a tourist train that will take you to Alcalá de Henares on a unique journey in which you'll travel with such illustrious passengers as Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Christopher Columbus, or Isabel the Catholic, among others. Find out for yourself!
Once again this year, the Region of Madrid will become the meeting point for the best flamenco thanks to the new edition of the 'Suma Flamenca' festival. From the 5th to the 23rd of June, more than 150 artists will gather, taking twenty-seven shows to eight venues in the region. Live flamenco with us!
Last May began a full cultural program, which under the name of 'El Escorial Escondido', proposes to know the history of this town before the construction of the Monastery, through exhibitions, cinema, gastronomy, workshops, concerts, colloquiums and much more. Let's start!
Until September 15th the Espacio 5.1 de IFEMA will host the exhibition 'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' which, supervised by Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, will pay tribute to one of the bands that transformed the history of music forever.
Until October, don't miss the seventh edition of the itinerant market 'La Despensa de Madrid', an appointment with the gastronomy that will tour 20 municipalities in the region, from 10:30am to 3pm, and where you can make the purchase directly to the producers, from the orchard to the table. Don't miss it!
Come to Faunia to enjoy a very different plan, 'interactions with animals'. An activity in which children and adults will have a great time, at the same time that they discover first hand the characteristics of the different animals. Are you ready? Come to Faunia and live a unique experience!
Until August 18, the Fundación Canal surprises us with this singular free exhibition, which will discover the most unknown aspects of the work of this French artist, such as his relationship with engraving and the important role he played in his creative process to articulate his ideas in a black and white language.
Explore the Region of Madrid through its gastronomy with the recently created initiative 'Madrid Rutas del Queso', which will take you to visit 5 areas of the region. Discover our richness and variety in dairy products and savour the 29 proposals included from different localities. Would you like to?
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum invites us to discover the Madrid drawings of one of the best disciples of Francisco de Goya through this exhibition, which can be visited until 11 August, and which includes 30 works selected from among the more than three hundred that this institution holds.
Until 27 October, you can learn more about the history of Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado, thanks to the new initiative launched by the Madrid City Council with free-guided visits. A different way, to get to know the city's rich cultural heritage. Get your place now!
This week we propose to know the second largest green space located in the genuine district of Carabanchel: San Isidro Park. We go there to visit its gardens, and of course, its hermitage, dedicated to the patron saint of the city 'San Isidro Labrador'. Let's start!
The National Library of Spain has been hosting the 'Piranesi' exhibition since 7th May, organised to mark the third centenary of the birth of this Italian artist. Until 22 September, we will be able to see the almost three hundred works included in the exhibition, which give a good account of his career and how his work influenced our country.
Located in the central area of the Sierra de Guadarrama within the Regional Park of the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, is located the Fuenfría Valley, a perfect area to walk through its paths, and that will delight lovers of hiking, as they can choose between routes with greater or lesser difficulty, while enjoying the great beauty of the environment. Are you ready?
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