Concerts & Festivals
Articles tagged Concerts & Festivals on Medellin Living — Medellín expat guides and stories.
Medellín Events: October 2013
Events for October 2013 in Medellin, Colombia, including concerts, festivals, holidays, and sporting events.
Beyoncé in Concert: A Review of the Mrs. Carter Tour
Jenny attends Beyoncé’s debut concert in Colombia at Estadio in Medellin, and compares the experience to seeing Madonna in 2012.
Medellín Events: September 2013
September is the beginning of the low season, but there are still a couple of big events, including Beyonce in concert, and the annual jazz festival.
Fondas de mi Tierra: A Feria de las Flores Event Explained
Fondas de mi Tierra is an event where paisas party the way they have for years, something very traditional.
Palmahia Discoteca: Willie Colón in Concert
Palmahia Discoteca is a concert venue and club located in Itagui. This is my experience attending a concert by salsa legend Willie Colon.
Concurso de Elegancia Debuts In Colombia
Colombia’s first Concurso de Elegancia featured years of preservation, restoration, or both, of some of the world’s most famous models.
Medellín Events: June 2013
Upcoming concerts, festivals, and theatrical events for the city of Medellin, Colombia in June 2013.
How to Attend a Large-Scale Reggaeton Concert
This Friday, February 8, two of the biggest names in reggaeton will be performing in Medellin, Daddy Yankee and Wisin y Yandel. I missed Daddy Yankee in 2009 when I left Medellin before his show, and again in 2010, when…
Feria de Cali: Celebration, Salsa and So Much More
CALI — Giuseppe got overzealous with the spray foam. He hit a little kid in the face. He felt bad and apologized. He didn’t realize revenge was coming. The caleñito, no more than 7 or 8 years old, eventually swiped the…
La Feria de las Flores: 2012 Schedule of Events
Medellin’s biggest annual festival is just around the corner. The 2012 Feria de las Flores (Festival of Flowers) will run from August 2 – 12. The 10-day festival is a celebration of paisa culture, and this year’s…
Crafts, Games and Music in Downtown Medellín
The park fills up, quickly. This is the first Saturday of every month at Parque Bolívar, where the Mercado de San Alejo draws paisas and tourists looking for bags to bracelets to dresses, even tables, chairs and other…
Live: Oscar de Leon & Gilberto Santa Rosa
Here’s a taste of an old school salsa favorite, Oscar de Leon, live in concert. If you like what you see, you can check him out live in Medellin tonight (Feb 17, 2012) at Palmahia Discoteca.
Recap: 3rd Annual Colombia Salsa Festival
In 2009, on my last weekend in Medellin, I spent two nights dancing at the 1st Colombian Salsa Festival. As luck would have it, I ran into Yamile, one of my dance teachers, at the door. I had a way better time as a…
2011 Colombia Salsa Festival
Cali may be Colombia’s salsa capital, but Medellin is home to the country’s annual salsa festival (or Congress, as they’re called in Western countries). This weekend, from July 8 – 10, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana…
Wisin y Yandel Tour Hits Medellin May 20, 2011
This Friday, the 2011 Wisin y Yandel tour hits Medellin, Colombia. The reggaeton superstars are expected to be well received in paisa-country, as their music always gets a good reaction in the discotecas. A few of their…
Don Omar – Danza Kuduro (Live in Medellin 2011)
I was bummed to find out a day late that Don Omar played a concert in Medellin this past March.
Vibra Mi Tierra Beer and Music Festival
The popular artisanal brewery Tres Cordilleras is taking its fresh approach to beer culture one step further with the first annual Vibra Mi Tierra (Vibrate My Land) festival in Medellin’s Botanical Gardens this weekend.…
Silvestre Dangond In Concert – La Tartamuda
Silvestre Dangond is a Colombian vallanato singer, and I’m a huge fan of his catchy songs. He’s playing a concert tonight (November 5, 2010) in Medellin at Palmahia.
An Afternoon of Hardcore at Libido Bar
When I think of Carrera 70, I think of a street filled with salsa joints, however Libido Bar offers up anything but your typical Colombian crossover music. On a Saturday afternoon back in August, Troy and I joined…
Flower Parade: Highlight of La Feria de las Flores
To close La Feria de las Flores, Silleteros carry large flower displays through the streets of Medellin in the Flower Parade (Desfile de los Silleteros).
Book and Culture Festival
Medellin’s annual Book and Culture Festival (Fiesta del Libro y La Cultura) is currently running from September 10th through the 19th in the botanical gardens (El Jardin Botanico de Medellin). Entry is free, and the…
Daddy Yankee in Concert – September 11
Update: Soon after publishing this post, the concert was canceled. I heard two different reasons. First, the Ticket Express girl who sold me the tickets said that it was due to poor sales. Second, a friend said he read…
The 14th Annual International Jazz Festival
Despite being Colombia’s second largest city, I still see Medellin as more village than metropolis, however the steady stream of festivals in the city continue to remind me my perspective is over-romanticized. This…
AltaVoz!
AltaVoz is an annual music festival in Medellin. The festival is three days long and hosts artist from around the world from a variety of different genres. This years show had almost 40 different bands. I am still kind…
Video – Daddy Yankee In Concert
As I was looking for a video to feature today, I realized I’d been posting mp3’s in the past, when I probably could’ve found videos instead, AND been preserving storage space on my web hosting account to boot! So, I’ll…