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International Festival of New Latin American Cinema
In cinemas across Havana, film fans get their fix of the latest regional productions at the annual International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Explore the rich Caribbean and Latin…
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Havana's Casa de las Américas turns the spotlight on the artistic movement of kineticism in its year-long major exhibition, Kinetic Year. Explore the work of…
The Havana Jazz Festival, organised by Chucho Valdés, is an internationally renowned event that consistently attracts an excellent line-up. Performances take place at venues around the city.
Havana International Book Fair
Publishers, writers and bookworms gather at the magnificent San Carlos de la Cabaña Fort for the Havana International Book Fair every year. Browse, buy and hear authors discuss their works.…
Trinidad Way of the Cross Procession
The Trinidad Way of the Cross Procession, or Recorrido del Via Crucis, takes place every Easter. A traditional religious procession through the streets follows a route marked by crosses. Catch…
Casa de las Américas Composition Prize
Havana's reigning cultural institution hosts its Casa de las Américas Composition Prize where Latin American and Caribbean composers put forward their work. This edition is specifically…
Inspired by the history, architecture and charm of the Cuban capital, national and international dancers and companies perform in the Old Havana: City in Movement dance festival. Watch the…
See contemporary art from over 200 international artists in galleries, museums and cultural spaces spread across the Cuban capital at the well-established Havana Biennial. Latin America's…
Cuba International Tourism Fair
Tourism professionals converge on Havana's Morro-Cabaña Park for the Cuba International Tourism Fair, a hugely important event on the island. Cuba's remarkable heritage cities, like…
The annual Cubadisco is an excuse to show off Cuba's musical flair. Local musicians perform in different theatres and venues throughout Havana, prizes are awarded to notable figures in the…
International Ernest Hemingway Needlefish Tournament
Hundreds of sport fishing enthusiasts head to Havana's Marina Hemingway for the annual International Ernest Hemingway Needlefish Tournament. Hosted by The Hemingway International Nautical…
The raunchy week-long street party known as the Fire Fiesta, Fiesta del Fuego, takes place in Santiago on Cuba's east coast. Celebrate Caribbean culture with all-night dancing, fuelled by a…
On 26 July 1953, Fidel Castro led an ill-fated assault on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. This date was chosen because it was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Cuban writer…
Music, dancing, conga lines, fanciful outfits, fireworks, beer, rum and lots of fun make up the fantastic Havana Carnival every August. Parades run the length of the Malécon and rich…
Turnat - Cuba's Nature Tourism Convention
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the venue and focus of Turnat - Cuba's Nature Tourism Convention. Tourism officials and tourists discover the ecological…
Havana International Ballet Festival
Founded in 1960 by Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alicia Alonso, the biennial Havana International Ballet Festival attracts top dancers and companies from around the world. The Gran Teatro de…
Havana's theatres and cultural spaces come alive with plays for adults and children and the fusion of theatre and dance at the annual Havana Theatre Festival. Catch performances from Cuban and…
Old Havana appears on UNESCO's World Heritage List due to its well-preserved examples of 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture, slowly being restored to their former glory. One of the…
The Ernest Hemingway Museum is appropriately housed in Finca Vigia, the villa that the Nobel Prize-winning author bought in 1949. Preserved with care, the villa contains most of Hemingway's…
Next door to the Capitolio, Havana's Grand Theatre is a striking architectural achievement. Built in 1915, the building houses many performances by the Cuban National Ballet Company and opera…
