More than 40 performances by soloists and bands from 16 countries in Spain and Latin America will fill Madrid's streets, squares, museums, theaters and cinemas with music from October 6 to 15 on the occasion of Hispanidad 2023 promoted by the Community of Madrid and which this year accumulates up to 165 activities with the Dominican Republic as a guest nation and with a program that also expands to Seville and Barcelona.
Sergio Ramírez's proclamation at the Lope de Vega House Museum will begin on Friday the 6th with a total of ten activities whose highlight will arrive on Saturday, October 14 with the concert of the Colombian singer Carlos Vives and friends at the Puerta de Alcalá.
The emblematic Plaza Mayor of Madrid will host the concerts of RaiNao, Cupido, Tequila and Delaporte, while the Plaza de Remonta will host the concert of the Cuban band Havana D'Primera and the Dominican Vicente García, winner of three Latin Grammy awards.
In its proposal, Hispanidad 2023 includes 165 activities, mostly free of charge, such as concerts, plays, exhibitions, literary events, parades and gastronomic days that will be distributed in more than 50 spaces, streets and stages, all run by more than 700 artists from 17 nationalities, as well as Spanish companies, according to the organization.
On Saturday, October 7, the musical program will begin in Parque del Oeste, where the start of the Madblue Festival from Madrid to the Oceans will take place, with two stages full of music with artists such as Love of Lesbian, Tu Otra Bonita and many more.
This music festival also continues on Sunday the 8th with performances by bands such as Arde Bogotá - recently nominated for two Latin Grammy awards - or Miss Cafeína. During the following days, different spaces in the capital such as the Plaza de España, the Plaza de Callao and Matadero Madrid will host concerts such as that of the Panamanian Lorna (the 12th at 5:30 p.m.), known for songs such as 'Papi Chulo... I bring you the Mmmm', programmed in collaboration with the Association of Performing Artists of Spain (AIE).
On October 10, at the Teatro de la Abadía the public will be able to enjoy the bolero player Patricia Gonzalez, accompanied by the pianist Pepe Rivero, the bassist Javier Colina or the guitar of Josemi Carmona.
For its part, October 11 begins with one of the main dishes, Tequila, in the Plaza Mayor. At the same time, in the Plaza de la Remonta you can enjoy the Cuban band Havana D'Primera, led by Alexander Abreu. For their part, the Argentine Klik
On October 12, National Holiday Day, the cultural program will include concerts such as that of Juan Valderrama and María Toledo with the Cruz Diez Orchestra in the Plaza Mayor, or the Corral de la Morería show, where artists such as Jesús Carmona will perform. , Eduardo Guerrero, Olga Pericet and Ana Morales. In Callao, where the most alternative music will be based, Mestizas and Susobrino will perform and in the Plaza de la Remonta in Tetuán the Dominican artist Vicente García will do the same, in charge of closing the day.
Specifically, at 1:00 p.m., in the Plaza Mayor, there will be a concert by Juan Valderrama, currently immersed in the tour of 'Diván del Tamarit', the collection of poems by Federico García Lorca set to music by Carlos Cano.
That same day, in the Plaza de Oriente, at 8:00 p.m., the show 'Ckuri, cleaners of towns', by La Huella Teatro, will take place, which can be seen the next day in Puerta del Sol, at the same time.
Likewise, the City Council will hold a pyromusical show in the Plaza de Cibeles at 9:30 p.m. and will illuminate the fountain and the palace with the colors of the Spanish flag.
Finally, the family audience will have their own space with the Circo Frikis, the performance of the folkloric ballet Inti Killa, from Ecuador, and the grand finale of the circus by Brucaa Circus in the Santander Park, where they will be able to see fireworks from the hand of Calacas-Estranya Cia.
In parallel to the activity scheduled in the Madrid region, on October 12 in the city of Seville the concert by Grupo Bonyé, from the Dominican Republic, and the performance of the Dominican Ballet in Europe will take place.
After Delaporte's concert on Friday the 13th in the Plaza Mayor, the star performance will be held on Saturday, October 14 with the concert of Carlos Vives and friends in the Puerta de Alcalá, with free entry for all audiences.
That same Saturday, in the Plaza Mayor, the Puerto Rican RaiNao will appear for the first time in Spain. Without leaving the urban genre or the Plaza Mayor, you can enjoy Cupido, while in Callao, the Spanish Anna Colom and the Mexican Las Hermanas García will offer proposals from the folklore of their places of origin.
Isaac et Nora will perform in Matadero after their appearance at the Botánico Nights, while in the afternoon Mitú will perform in this same space as "one of the great electronic bets at this festival." Specifically, in Matadero, in collaboration with the capital's City Council, a total of six concerts will take place between October 12 and 15.
The cultural events on Sunday, October 15, will close Hispanidad 2023 with concerts by Elvin Vivencias, Guada, Carlos Talez, La societé ensamble and Ruby Palomino, in different spaces such as Matadero, Museo Cerralbo or Plaza de Callao.
The Surge Madrid performing arts festival will incorporate specific Latin American programming from October 6 to 15 with a special window to the state of Jalisco.
The Mexican Luis de Tavira, from the Teatro de la Abadía, will perform the monologue 'Krapp's last film' and, likewise, the Los Colochos company will take the play 'Reina' to the Green Room of the Teatros del Canal, where on Friday 13 at 7:45 p.m. the Peruvian Susana Baca.
In addition, Lucía Campello will bring her flamenco show 'Soleá' to the Gallery of the Royal Collections and the Costume Museum will host the Spanish dance of the Sara Cano company.
Hispanidad 2023 will also host a wide variety of conferences and round tables, which will be complemented by a Dominican film marathon and the presence of prestigious chefs from Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic who will leave their mark on gastronomic days in the Barceló markets. , Wonders, Sales, Antón Martín and Mostenses.
The Ateneo de Madrid will open its doors on October 9 to host the presentation, The most transcendental journey in the history of humanity, in which, among others, Juan Eslava Galán and Augusto Ferrer Dalmau will participate.
Also the same day, but at the House of Mexico will be held the Loewe Foundation International Poetry Prize lecture between Reiniel Pérez Ventura (Cuba) and Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua).
Likewise, the authors Héctor Abad Faciolince and Sergio Ramírez will participate from the Regional Library in the debate forum A loaded suitcase organized by the Vargas Llosa Chair; and the Teatro de la Abadía will be the scene of the concert by Patricia González (Ecuador), with Pepe Rivero (Cuba) and Javier Colina (Spain).
These activities are complemented by those held in cultural institutions such as the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, the Royal Spanish Academy, the Naval Museum, the American Museum, the Costume Museum or CaixaForum, to which are added galleries of art.
