Cuenca Festival Oct 29-Nov 4

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Its 190 years since Cuenca became independent and the next week the whole city will be celebrating in full.

Here's just a small selection of the huge range of bizarre, big, small, traditional and downright wacky events going on in the city over the weekend

Friday 29th October

Exhibitions

Handicrafts exhibition - CIDAP - throughout the festival

Open House of Alternative Medicine - Remigio Crespo 2-33 - 9am

Art and Sculpture Outside - Puente Rot0 - throughout the festival.

Festivals and Fairs

Festival of food and folclore - Plaza Santo Domingo - from 9am

Jewellery Fair - Borerro and Munoz

Inagurations

The Subregional Building for Vaccines

Hector's BBQ Grill, near Mall del Rio

Music and Shows

1812 Overture with fireworks, and cannons? - Parque Calderon - 8pm

Club night: 'I love 80s and 90s' - Quinta Balzay - from 8pm

Other events

Multicolored lights illuminating Barranco - till Nov 5th

 

Saturday 30th October

Festivals and Fairs

Gastronomic - 12 Abril and Agusto Cueva

Of the 'active neighbourhood': dancing, workshops, games, clowns, shows from the schools - Parque Miraflores - 2pm-6pm

Traditional games - Plaza Chagurarchibamba

Music and Events

Marching bands. All over the center of the city from 9am

Police display incl acrobatic gymnastics on horses - Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar - 10am

Rock Bands - Coleseum - 4pm

Cinema: 'Prometo Deportado' - Teatro Sucre - 8pm

10km Night Run - From Parque el Paraiso - 7pm

Inaguration

WiFi in the bus station

 

Sunday 31st October

Exhibitons

Display of wooden cars, painted cars and classic cars - Mercado 3 Nov - 10am

Art in the Park - Parque de la Madre - 3pm

Festivals and Fairs

Festival of BBQ meat - Parque Maria Auxiladora - 9am

Dog Show - Parque Paraiso -10-12am

Music and Events

Classic bike competition - Mall del Rio

Traditional Dance Display - Av 3 Nov - 3pm

Tripi Tripi: Electronic Club Night - Quinta Balzay - from 8pm

Festival of Pyrotechnics and 'Acts' - around Otorongo Bridge- from 9pm

Noche Cuencana: music, fireworks etc - Various Plazas in Center 8pm

 

.. More to come including

Festival of Guinea Pigs, Queen of Cuenca, Extreme Sport, Ugly Dog Show...from
Into Latin America

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