Semana de Arte Contemporáneo

Held for the first time in 2006, the Week of Contemporary Art includes Espacio Cero, an exhibition/competition salon; Nexos & Intercambios, theoretical event that will hold a competition of essays on contemporary art; Media Art, dedicated to new mediums in art with video-art, net-art, sound interventions, electronic music and other modes of digital creations; and Arte Público with performances, public interventions, environments and happenings.


  • Premio y Coloquio Internacional de Musicología

    Premio y Coloquio Internacional de Musicología  LH 3

    The Musicology Prize was created to encourage scientific research and to spread knowledge and appreciation of Latin American musical culture; the competition covers unpublished papers on musical histo …

    Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana

    Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana  LH 3

    A gathering of poets from all the continents on the globe will be engaged in an intense program including seminars, lectures taking place in all of Cuba’s provincial capitals, writing laboratories and …

    Cucalambeana country fair at El Cornito, Las Tunas

    Cucalambeana country fair at El Cornito, Las Tunas  LH 3

    This is a long way from the regular tourist circuit and is an opportunity to see real Cuban country folk. You may not like the cockfighting, but it undeniably has a place and a role in the countryside …

    Festival Internacional de la Trova Pepe Sánchez

    Festival Internacional de la Trova Pepe Sánchez  LH 3

    The International Pepe Sánchez Trova Festival began in 1962 in homage to local Santiago de Cuba composer José (Pepe) Sánchez (1856-1918), considered the father of Cuban trova (the troubadour genre of …

    British Culture Week in Havana

    British Culture Week in Havana  LH 3

    From a muddy football field where an invitational UK team took the veteran Cubans to task 6-1 to a party so secret that the British Ambassador was not let in, British week had the Habaneros wearing th …

    Brutal Fest’s 2014 Winter Festival

    Brutal Fest’s 2014 Winter Festival  LH 3

    A festival that insisted on letting the world know that Cuban music is not only salsa and reggaeton, but also has a heavy metal tradition with enthusiastic fans Organized by Brutal Beatdown Records wi …

    Brutal Fest’s 2014 Cuba Festival

    Brutal Fest’s 2014 Cuba Festival  LH 3

    A festival that insisted on letting the world know that Cuban music is not only salsa and reggaeton, but also has a heavy metal tradition with enthusiastic fans. Brutal Fest takes place twice a year i …

    V Taller Danza en Construcción

    V Taller Danza en Construcción  LH 3

    Under the theme of “Dance: breaking old borders,” this event has been created as an analytical workshop on the bases of cross-disciplinary approaches that are exploring and emancipating current dance …

    Verano en Jibacoa 2013

    Verano en Jibacoa 2013  LH 3

    The antecedent to Verano en Jibacoa can be traced back to the Rotilla festival, an alternative project, which due to a controversial and much questioned decision, was replaced by this event, which bri …

    Brutal Fest’s 2013 Cuba Festival

    Brutal Fest’s 2013 Cuba Festival  LH 3

    Brutal Fest takes place twice a year (originally it was done only in February, but because it has been so successful, it was done again in August this year) and is the most important international met …

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