WHAT'S ON IN CARTAGENA IN JANUARY
1 JANUARY
BLUE APPLE BEACH - New Years DAY HANGOVER PARTY
At Blue Apple they’ll be starting 2020 with their traditional anti-hangover New Year's Day brunch.
Join in for an extravaganza of Caribbean beach fun. (Come on, what else are you going to be doing?)
Tickets: $100 / 350,000 pesos
What’s included?
- Transport to and from the island
- Food all day
- 2 drinks
- DJs and live music
- Dance, magic and more
- Use of pool and facilities
- Some surprises (always)
VIP upgrade packages with poolside daybeds and bottle service available ($75 - $150 per daybed, 2 - 6 pax).
TO BOOK YOUR TICKET (AND GET A SPECIAL CARTAGENA CONNECTIONS DISCOUNT) HEAD TO THIS WEBSITE ..and then choose the standard brunch party ($100) or a VIP option AND ENTER THE CODE CONNECTNYD where it asks for DISCOUNT CODE www.blueapplebeach.com/nyd
You'll also need to choose which boat you want to leave on. See you there for the hands down best way to spend the first day of the year.
If you're having any problems making the booking or have any questions, WhatsApp Miguel on +57 302 433 6709
Join in for an extravaganza of Caribbean beach fun. (Come on, what else are you going to be doing?)
Tickets: $100 / 350,000 pesos
What’s included?
- Transport to and from the island
- Food all day
- 2 drinks
- DJs and live music
- Dance, magic and more
- Use of pool and facilities
- Some surprises (always)
VIP upgrade packages with poolside daybeds and bottle service available ($75 - $150 per daybed, 2 - 6 pax).
TO BOOK YOUR TICKET (AND GET A SPECIAL CARTAGENA CONNECTIONS DISCOUNT) HEAD TO THIS WEBSITE ..and then choose the standard brunch party ($100) or a VIP option AND ENTER THE CODE CONNECTNYD where it asks for DISCOUNT CODE www.blueapplebeach.com/nyd
You'll also need to choose which boat you want to leave on. See you there for the hands down best way to spend the first day of the year.
If you're having any problems making the booking or have any questions, WhatsApp Miguel on +57 302 433 6709
2 JANUARY
ELROW
One of the world's biggest pop up parties, the famous elrow is coming to Colombia January 2 and it's set to be yuuuge. The theme is Brasilian Carnaval meets tropical jungle. Think crashed DJS, pulsating rhythms, wild animals, jungle dwellers, lost explorers and a healthy dose of samba and Carnaval to electrify the crowd. For those who've been to an elbow party before, you know exactly what the big deal is and you probably already have your tickets. For everyone else, google elrow and you'll see what the fuss is about.
The line-up:
Ilario Alicante - Lee Foss - Toni Varga - Cuartero -
Matthias Tanzman - George Privatti
The venue:
The huge convention space of Las Americas (northern sector Cartagena)
Time:
4pm to 4am
Price:
first round 135,000 pesos pp, second tier 180,000 pesos
Buy tickets?
go here https://www.scene.com.co/elrow-cartagena
You're welcome
The line-up:
Ilario Alicante - Lee Foss - Toni Varga - Cuartero -
Matthias Tanzman - George Privatti
The venue:
The huge convention space of Las Americas (northern sector Cartagena)
Time:
4pm to 4am
Price:
first round 135,000 pesos pp, second tier 180,000 pesos
Buy tickets?
go here https://www.scene.com.co/elrow-cartagena
You're welcome
2 JANUARY
CORONA SUNSETS PARTY
Dance in sand to a huge line-up of local faves and international heavyweights. Hot off their Grammy winning year, Bomba Estereo will headline and are sure to draw a crowd, but arrive early to also catch the fantastic El Caribefunk, not to mention Buendía, and Portia's fave DJ Kland Karussell.
Get your entries online by visiting www.cervezacorona.co/cartagena
Get your entries online by visiting www.cervezacorona.co/cartagena
2-6 JANUARY
FERIA BURO
A design fair showcasing innovation in the world of design, the Feria Buró is coming to Cartagena for the very first time this 2nd to 6th of January. The exhibition will be based in the Naval Museum (located right in front of the Santa Teresa Charleston Hotel) and will be open form 11am until 11pm each day. There will be things to purchase, eat and drink and ooh and ahh over. Check out #soyburo hashtag on instagram to get an idea of what you might expect.
3-5 JANUARY
BUENA VIDA BEACH
WOW. Look at that line-up. Where are all these amazing music festivals the rest of the year in Cartagena??? These 3 weeks and there's another huge party and musical event every single day and our bodies are crying. If you've still got it in you, this is the 4th year that Buena Vida Beach dance party has taken over the beaches of La Boquilla to have people dancing on sand for 3 days straight.
The players include, Damian Lazurus, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Marco Carola, Seth Troxler, The Martinez Brothers, and Guti. You'll want to take the taxi to the Restaurant Blas del Teso and head to the beach in front. Tickets available at
vive.tuboleta.com/shows/show.aspx?sh=UBVB2020&noredirect=true
The players include, Damian Lazurus, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Marco Carola, Seth Troxler, The Martinez Brothers, and Guti. You'll want to take the taxi to the Restaurant Blas del Teso and head to the beach in front. Tickets available at
vive.tuboleta.com/shows/show.aspx?sh=UBVB2020&noredirect=true
4-12 JANUARY (INAUGURATION 3 JANUARY 6.30PM)
FERIA FAREX
Please keep me away from the Feria Farex. Every year I buy way too many of the super well priced, beautifully handmade things from independent craftspeople in more than 200 exhibitors from across Colombia. I mean, don't get me wrong, it is AMAZING but I am trying the whole no buy thing for 2020 and this place is like kryptonite to my resolve. If you didn't make the same resolution, this is some of the best buying you can do in Cartagena. FAREX stands for Feria de Artesanias de Exportacion -- so a fair for export quality handcrafts. It's an annual event that seems to get bigger and better each year. Once again, the feria is taking place in the Convention Centre of Getsemani.
Last year I bought the best handwoven hat in the world (I seriously get an average of 10 compliments per day I wear it), about 5 pairs of handmade shoes, too many earrings, handmade wooden toys for my niece, a hammock, some natural plant-based skincare, incredible coffee and chocolate and honey straight from the jungles of the Sierra Nevada and sold by the indigenous tribes that safeguard the region, beautifully embroidered cushion covers, some rainbow woven bench seats, and some salad servers for my mum.
If you are looking for gifts or souvenirs for yourself or others, there is no better place to go.
Who am I kidding? I am 100% going back again this year.
Last year I bought the best handwoven hat in the world (I seriously get an average of 10 compliments per day I wear it), about 5 pairs of handmade shoes, too many earrings, handmade wooden toys for my niece, a hammock, some natural plant-based skincare, incredible coffee and chocolate and honey straight from the jungles of the Sierra Nevada and sold by the indigenous tribes that safeguard the region, beautifully embroidered cushion covers, some rainbow woven bench seats, and some salad servers for my mum.
If you are looking for gifts or souvenirs for yourself or others, there is no better place to go.
Who am I kidding? I am 100% going back again this year.
4-12 JANUARY
CARTAGENA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
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The world is a stage, and that expression is never truer than each Festival of Music in Cartagena, when every plaza and building and theatre and even Shipping Port becomes a stage for some of the best musicians in the world.
This year's festival seeks to explore the transition from classical to early romanticism in Vienna, under the theme "Lo Bello & Lo Sublime". In this case, the "beautiful" as a category will be interpreting classicism, the rise in perfection of all forms, harmony and balance. The "sublime", as a key to understanding first romanticism, alluding to human sentiment and wonder before the grandiose and infinite.
The music of Franz Schubert will act as the key thread linking the classic to the romantic, in particular, they will present 5 of the 9 symphonies of the Viennese maestro. Also being presented, will be works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, which were inspiration to Schubert, and which characterize the transition from classic to romantic.
The program will be comprised of 34 concerts, an opera recital, a multitude of discussions, expositions, master classes, workshops and many other activities about music and musical instruments.
Book tickets by heading to the website:
https://www.cartagenamusicfestival.com
This year's festival seeks to explore the transition from classical to early romanticism in Vienna, under the theme "Lo Bello & Lo Sublime". In this case, the "beautiful" as a category will be interpreting classicism, the rise in perfection of all forms, harmony and balance. The "sublime", as a key to understanding first romanticism, alluding to human sentiment and wonder before the grandiose and infinite.
The music of Franz Schubert will act as the key thread linking the classic to the romantic, in particular, they will present 5 of the 9 symphonies of the Viennese maestro. Also being presented, will be works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, which were inspiration to Schubert, and which characterize the transition from classic to romantic.
The program will be comprised of 34 concerts, an opera recital, a multitude of discussions, expositions, master classes, workshops and many other activities about music and musical instruments.
Book tickets by heading to the website:
https://www.cartagenamusicfestival.com
5 JANUARY
FENIX BEACH - BURNINGMAN-ESQUE DAY PARTY WITH WORLD BEST DJ
FENIX BEACH, created by and for dreamers (and serial burners), will host a killer open-air beach dance party with DJ Hernan Cattaneo (winner of this year's DJ of the Year award in Ibiza) complete with trippy art installations, beach bonfire, dancers and MORE. We've included some photos of last year's party below so you have some idea of the magical time that is in store for you.
Tickets are limited and will be released in stages to encourage early-bird buyers. Price includes round-trip boat departing from Club Nautico in Manga every hour from 10.30am. Once arrived to the private beach of Tierra Bomba, there you will enjoy the amazing DJ line up, access to pool and beach and all the other mind-bending happenings from 11am until late.
PRICE
Stage 1 (first 100, arrival before 1pm) 140,000 pesos/ $47USD
Stage 2: 170,000 pesos/$57USD
Stage 3: 210,000 pesos/$70USD
Stage 4: 240,000 pesos/$80USD
Tickets can be purchased via credit card online or for US clients, via Venmo or Zelle payments. Contact Miguel via WhatsApp on +57 302 433 6709 for all the info and he'll send you the relevant links and help you through the booking process.
Alternatively you can go straight to the website
Tickets are limited and will be released in stages to encourage early-bird buyers. Price includes round-trip boat departing from Club Nautico in Manga every hour from 10.30am. Once arrived to the private beach of Tierra Bomba, there you will enjoy the amazing DJ line up, access to pool and beach and all the other mind-bending happenings from 11am until late.
PRICE
Stage 1 (first 100, arrival before 1pm) 140,000 pesos/ $47USD
Stage 2: 170,000 pesos/$57USD
Stage 3: 210,000 pesos/$70USD
Stage 4: 240,000 pesos/$80USD
Tickets can be purchased via credit card online or for US clients, via Venmo or Zelle payments. Contact Miguel via WhatsApp on +57 302 433 6709 for all the info and he'll send you the relevant links and help you through the booking process.
Alternatively you can go straight to the website
30 JANUARY - 2 FEBRUARY
HAY FESTIVAL
The world of words comes alive in Cartagena once more for the annual installment of the international literary event, Hay Festival. Yes, the same festival that started in Hay-on-Wye in Wales and described by Bill Clinton as "Woodstock for the mind", has also remarkably been coming to Cartagena for 14 years.
This year has just as many incredible minds coming to wow book lovers and creatives, including 2 time booker prize winner, Margaret Atwood, UK SLAM poet and performer Inua Ellams (swoon), scientists Wade Davis and Jennifer Ackerman, actor Gael Garcia Bernal, Money Heist scriptwriter Javier Gomez, internationally recognized Colombian authors Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Hector Abad Faciolince, William Ospina, reggaeton singer J Balvin and soooo many more I'm getting major FOMO.
Get your tickets QUICK before they sell out! Most sessions cost about $11USD simultaneous English translation is usually available if the presentation is in Spanish.
Go to:
www.hayfestival.com/cartagena/home
This year has just as many incredible minds coming to wow book lovers and creatives, including 2 time booker prize winner, Margaret Atwood, UK SLAM poet and performer Inua Ellams (swoon), scientists Wade Davis and Jennifer Ackerman, actor Gael Garcia Bernal, Money Heist scriptwriter Javier Gomez, internationally recognized Colombian authors Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Hector Abad Faciolince, William Ospina, reggaeton singer J Balvin and soooo many more I'm getting major FOMO.
Get your tickets QUICK before they sell out! Most sessions cost about $11USD simultaneous English translation is usually available if the presentation is in Spanish.
Go to:
www.hayfestival.com/cartagena/home