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Monday concerts
Free concerts by contemporary local, national and, sometimes, international pop and rock artists of various genres. August 6: Dirty Black Beans (rockabilly, blues, swing). August 13: Cian.
Formandi Festival
Organized under the umbrella of the Universidad de Guadalajara, the Formandi Festival, scheduled July 14-20, is an academic, artistic and social project that brings together young musicians from around the country and abroad to participate in private classes, masterclasses, concerts, chamber music, orchestra, solo competition, conferences, among other activities, with a faculty of wide international experience.
A giant mosaic fashioned from tiny chaquira beads will be this year’s Guinness record attempt at the 25th Guadalajara International Mariachi Festival, running from August 20 to September 2.
Slava’s Snow Show
Stunning show put on by legendary Russian clown Slava Polunin is a universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle which has unanimously enchanted and empowered the imagination of audiences and critics around the world since 1993.
Art and history buffs have over two months to take in an exhibit at Instituto Cultural Cabañas of 80 scathing, book-size, aquatint etchings first published in 1799 by a preeminent artist of Spain during one of that country’s darkest eras.
Monday concerts
Free concerts by contemporary pop and rock artists of various genres – local, national and, sometimes, international. July 9: Vaquero Negro. July 16: Flor Villagra. August 6: Dirty Black Beans (rockabilly, blues, swing). August 13: Cian.
Tuesday recitals
The Jalisco Culture Secretariat’s “Martes de Música y Ópera” series showcases talented classical musicians at free-of-charge Tuesday evening recitals.
