After a long career in the media and art world, Eduardo Diaz Barraza, a middle aged tapatio was taking a trip across France when the idea of a new venture hit him. The cozy bars in Paris enchanted him, and once back in Guadalajara he dedicated himself to find the perfect place to start his own jazz bar, the first one in the city since the closing of the legendary Copenhagen 77 more than a decade ago.

Is this the first time that the stage of the Degollado Theater has been transformed into “theater in the round”?

Four headline concerts (concertos estelares) at the Degollado Theater at the beginning of August will launch the city’s seventh Jazz Festival into new territory.

The fourth edition of the Festival Internacional Jalisco Canta, is branching out this year, taking in Chapala, Lagos de Moreno, Mazamitla and Amacueca, as well as Guadalajara.

The buzz about the Fernando García Ponce retrospective, showing at the venerable Instituto Cultural Cabañas in downtown Guadalajara until August 25, follows at least two divergent lines.

The Universidad de Guadalajara Ballet Folclorico is including a segment from Oaxaca’s colorful Guelaguetza Festival in their summer season that opened at the Teatro Degollado on Sunday, June 23.