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South Americans bring down the house at Harp-Fest

Linaje Escencia Llanera wowed the audience at the June 7 Encuentro de Arpas with a rousing set of country music from the grasslands region set between Colombia and Venezuela.  The Llanero genre is distinguished by its lively beats and the combined sounds of the folk harp, a small four-string guitar known as the cuatro and capachos (maracas) . Rounding out the Linaje ensemble is an electric bass player and vocalist with amazing pipes who doubles as a dancer. The group is lined up for a full performance Saturday, June 10, 8 p.m., during the opening of  Isidro Xilonzóchitl´s art exhibit at the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia, Avenida Madero at Hidalgo.

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Entertainment Guide - June 10, 2017

Monday music

Classical concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city.  June 12: Klaus Meyer Big Band performs their “Big Band Rocks” program, consisting of songs by the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M. and Van Halen, arranged for the Guadalajara-based jazz orchestra.  June 19: Interpreting selections from the classical canon (exact program TBD) are violinist Alvaro Larez and pianist Manuel Delaflor.  June 26: Two giants of jazz guitar present an homage to the past greats of their instrument whose pioneering efforts inspired them as young musicians. Larry Carlton and John Scofield, both in their late-sixties, are among the most revered guiterists in the field of jazz today.  

Palcco, Monday, 8 p.m. 100 pesos.

Entertainment Guide - June 3, 2017

Monday music

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Classical concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city. June 5: The brothers Peña Sommer, violinist Roberto and pianist Rodolfo Javier (above), present seven of Niccoló Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin and Brahms’ first violin sonata (with piano).  June 12: Klaus Meyer Big Band performs their “Big Band Rocks” program, consisting of songs by the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M. and Van Halen arranged for the Guadalajara-based jazz orchestra.  June 19: Interpreting selections from the classical canon (exact program TBD) are violinist Alvaro Larez and pianist Manuel Delaflor.  June 26: Two giants of jazz guitar present an homage to the past greats of jazz guitar whose pioneering efforts inspired them as young musicians.  Larry Carlton and John Scofield, both in their late-sixties, are among the most revered exponents of their instrument in the field of jazz today.  

Palcco, Monday, 8 p.m. 100 pesos.

 

Entertainment Guide - May 27, 2017

Monday music

Classical concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city. May 29: El Cuarteto Nima, a string quartet specializing exclusively in repertoire by Mexican composers. 

Periplo circus arts festival to run June 3-10

For eight days, from June 3-10, Guadalajara will become Mexico’s capital of the circus arts when the fifth edition of the Festival Periplo Movimiento Internacional de Circo (translated as International Festival of the Traveling Circus) storms its ramparts.