The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Billy Elliot
Professional Spanish-language version – on tour from Mexico City – of West End/Broadway musical chronicling working-class English teen’s desire to learn ballet.
Monday concerts
January 22: Recital by violinist Roberto Peña Sommer. Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Paganini and others.
Monday concerts
January 15: New York’s Toledo-Triay jazz quartet in concert. (Guitarist Marcos Toledo was born in Guadalajara, and left to study in New York in 2014.)
Monday concerts
January 15: New York’s Toledo-Triay jazz quartet in concert. (Guitarist Marcos Toledo was born in Guadalajara, and left to study in New York in 2014.)
Guadalajara ballet star Isaac Hernandez is working hard to try and bring the English National Ballet on tour to Mexico in 2018.
A big point in favor of Guadalajara during the time between Christmas and New Year is the relative calm here – many locals take off for beach destinations, reducing traffic. And the major cultural institutions listed here remain open, closing only on their normal days and on Christmas and New Year Days, and making this a good season to take in the many museums in town.
Concert in the park
The Orquesta Sinfonica de Zapopan presents a Christmas “picnic” concert in the Parque Metropolitano, the city’s largest park on the western side of the metropolitan area.
