Acclaimed Canadian guitarist Pavlo (Pavlo Simtikidis) will perform two concerts with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) at the Degollado Theater at the beginning of May. 

Paco Padilla

Troubadour from Tlaquepaque with his own brand of Mexican folk music.

With the high profile enjoyed by Mexico in the recent Oscar competition (Alfonso Cuarón took best director for “Gravity”) and the international success of the Spanish-language blockbuster comedies, “Nosotros los Nobles” (We, the Noble Ones) and  “Instructions not Included,” many are seeing a rosy future for filmmaking in Mexico.

Tuesday recitals

No tickets needed for these weekly classical recitals. Just turn up.

For the third consecutive year, the Guadalajara International Film Festival will showcase films whose narratives reveal an open sexuality, a cinema of acceptance towards sexual diversity.

Downtown’s Plaza de la Liberacion and several blocks of Avenida Chapultepec make way for stages featuring bands playing a mix of salsa, rock, reggae and ska.