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Feria de Cali, Colombia. Photo by Julio Romero, courtesy of Corfecali

Cali Fair

25 - 30 Dec 2009 (annual)

Each Christmas Cali enjoys the rich festival programme of one of Colombia's most renowned national events, the Cali Fair (Feria de Cali). Get your dancing shoes on for parties, parades, music…

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Cartagena, Colombia. Courtesy of Cartagena International Music Festival

Cartagena International Music Festival

9 - 16 Jan 2010 (annual)

World-renowned musicians and orchestras flock to crumbling, colonial Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast for the Cartagena International Music Festival. The Adolfo Mejía Theatre, Plaza San…

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A pretty colourful dancer at Barranquilla Carnival, Colombia. Photo by Fernando Solano

Barranquilla Carnival

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)

To call Barranquilla Carnival a huge party is a mighty understatement. The people of the Caribbean city take to the streets for dazzling parades of colourful costumes, salsa and cumbia music…

Lemieux.Pilon 4d art performing Norman (a tribute to Norman McLaren), by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon and Peter Trosztmer. Photo by Victor Pilon, courtesy of the Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival

Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival

19 Mar - 4 Apr 2010 (biennial)

An enormous event on Colombia's cultural calendar, the biennial Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival fills the capital with theatre, dance, street shows, circus, puppetry and more. Over 100…

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Rock in the Park, Bogotá. Photo by Gustavo Álvarez, Flickr - xsquidx

Rock al Parque

Jun 2010 (annual)

Rock al Parque (Rock in the Park) in Bogotá is the biggest and best annual rock festival in Latin America. Tens of thousands of people squeeze into Simón Bolívar Park to enjoy the consistently…

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Colombia's finest flowers at the Medellín Flower Fair. © Dario Tobia

Medellín Flower Fair

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Medellín bursts into flames of colour and sweet scent during the annual Flower Fair, the city's most important cultural event. This celebration has been going strong since 1957 and is always…

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San Agustín. Photo by Bernie Mulcahy, © Whatsonwhen

San Agustín

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San Agustín is a pre-Columbian ceremonial centre with hundreds of carved stone statues, one of the most important archaeological sites in South America.

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Cartagena. Photo by Bernie Mulcahy, © Whatsonwhen

Cartagena

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Cartagena, on the northern coast of Colombia, was the first Spanish port on the Caribbean and has a beautiful old town that makes it one of the country's most popular destinations.

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Parque Tayrona. Photo by Bernie Mulcahy, © Whatsonwhen

Parque Tayrona

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Parque Tayrona, on Colombia's Caribbean coast close to Santa Marta, is a National Park with pristine sandy white beaches and a lush mountain landscape.

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Gold Museum

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Bogotá's Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) houses the finest collection of pre-Columbian gold on the continent, boasting 33,000 individual pieces, from simple earrings to some of the most…

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El Totumo, Colombia. © Jason Dahlenburg

El Totumo

1 Dec 2009 - 31 Mar 2010 (annual)

None of the geographical gems on Colombia's north coast purify the skin quite like El Totumo mud volcano, close to Cartagena de Indias. Have a mud massage from an experienced local and drift…

An Easter Week procession in Popayán, Colombia. Photo by Julia Pontieri

Easter Week in Popayán

28 Mar - 4 Apr 2010 (annual)

The colonial city of Popayán, home to many finely restored 17th- and 18th-century churches, hosts the most spectacular Holy Week festivities throughout Colombia. The splendid processions make…

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Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata

27 Apr - 1 May 2010 (annual)

Hot, dusty Valledupar fills with the sound of paseo, merengue, puya and son music every April. Alongside the superbly popular música vallenata, there are also three main folklore contests at…

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The attentive crowd at Medellín's International Poetry Festival, Colombia. Photo by Natalia Rendón, courtesy of the archivo fotográfico Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín

Medellín International Poetry Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Acclaimed writers of verse from Latin America are joined by poets from all over the globe at the yearly Medellín International Poetry Festival. Artists give readings of their work in the…

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Parque Nacional del Café

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The Parque Nacional del Café in Colombia's Zona Cafetera is a theme park with a difference. As well as a cable car and a variety of rides and shows, a fascinating exhibition looks at the…

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Zona Cafetera  Turismo del Café

Zona Cafetera

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Colombia's rugged and green Zona Cafetera is the country's principal coffee-growing area, providing half of the total national coffee production. Amongst the coffee plantations, there are many…

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The India Catalina Prize at the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, Colombia. Courtesy of Festival Internacional de Cine Cartagena de Indias

Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival

26 Feb - 6 Mar 2010 (annual)

Catch films from Colombia, Latin America and across the world at the annual Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival. Heredia Theatre and the Naval Museum are among the venues and…

A dress by Mabel Palacio at Colombiamoda, Medellín. Courtesy of Luca Lazari/Oscar Garces/Inexmoda

Colombiamoda

Jul 2010 (annual)

Colombiamoda is one of the most important annual fashion events in South America for trade professionals. Around 450 Colombian and international exhibitors converge on the Centro Internacional…

A performer at Jazz al Parque, Bogotá. © Andrés Virviescas

Jazz al Parque

Sep 2010 (annual)

Bogotá shimmies and sways to the sweet sounds of jazz at the annual Jazz al Parque festival in Parque de los Novios. Two days of free open-air jazz concerts have taken place every year since 1996.

Das EFX at Hip-Hop al Parque, Bogotá. © Iván Otero Gelabert

Hip-Hop in the Park

Oct 2010 (annual)

Hip-Hop al Parque (Hip-Hop in the Park) is Bogotá's festival of beats and rhymes and takes place each year in the city's Parque Simón Bolivar.


Highlights

Cali Fair

Cali

25 - 30 Dec 2009 (annual)

Cartagena International Music Festival

Cartagena de Indias

9 - 16 Jan 2010 (annual)

Barranquilla Carnival

Barranquilla

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)