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40.405767 -3.699839 | 1 Hurta Cordel: International Festival of Improvisation Every year, experimental music takes centre stage at Madrid's La Casa Encendida during Hurta Cordel, the International Festival of Improvisation. Contemporary musicians from across the world… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 2 After fancy-dress competitions and parties across the capital, Madrid's Carnival celebrations culminate on Ash Wednesday with the Entierro de La Sardina, translated as the Burial of the… |  |
40.405767 -3.699839 | 3 Madrid's most important flamenco festival brings together some of the best singers, dancers and musicians on the national scene. The performances take place at La Casa Encendida and the Teatro… | |
40.465519 -3.616661 | 4 Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair Anyone who is anyone in the art world attends the colossal Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair, or ARCO, at the Parque Ferial Juan Carlos 1 (IFEMA). The show features modern and… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 5 Teatralia is Madrid's annual theatre festival for children. The 30-odd performances, staged by both Spanish and international companies, accommodate all young ages. Take toddlers to mime and… |  |
40.405767 -3.699839 | 6 The annual Generaciones exhibition propels the best new Spanish artists into a national and European spotlight. Out of hundreds of entries, judging panels select around 25 works to appear at… |  |
40.465519 -3.616661 | 7 Madrid's annual Boat Show (Salón Náutico de Madrid) at the IFEMA centre tells you all you need to know about vessels, from the solitary canoe to huge gleaming motorboats. Visitors can also buy… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 8 Madrid celebrates the world of performing arts during its annual Night of the Theatres. Venues across the capital offer discounted tickets for dramas and shows, while costumed characters… |  |
40.413992 -3.6932 | 9 Madrid's Prado Museum amasses its collection by 17th-century Dutch painters for this much-anticipated exhibition. Browse Both's rural landscapes, still life by Heda, battle scenes by… | |
40.465519 -3.616661 | 10 Madrid's IFEMA exhibition centre hosts Salón de Gourmets, a forum of food and drink exhibitors and home to Spain's restaurant awards. Wander the stalls, sampling olives and chorizo, and watch… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 11 Over 120,000 runners have crossed the finishing line of the Madrid Marathon since it began in 1978. One million spectators line the city's main streets to provide support to the runners. | |
40.405767 -3.699839 | 12 La Casa Encendida in Madrid presents Electrónica, an annual festival of electronic music. International DJs and artists perform for audiences both in the venue's Auditorium and outside on the Patio. | |
40.424024 -3.67189 | 13 Grammy award-winner Alejandro Sanz entertains crowds of thousands with his Latin pop and soulful ballads at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid. The Spanish singer-songwriter performs tracks… | |
40.418454 -3.695096 | 14 Proving that it has its finger on the musical pulse, Festimad treats Madrid's music fans to video screenings, lively debates and gigs by the latest new talents. Most events take place at… |  |
40.369059 -3.684411 | 15 ATP Masters Series: Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open The world's leading men's and women's tennis stars battle it out at the Caja Mágica (literally 'Magic Box'), at the ATP Masters Series: Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. Grand Slams aside, the… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 16 Madrid's International Documentary Festival, also known as Documenta Madrid, screens non-fiction films at more than 20 venues across the capital. As ever, the works explore the social… |  |
40.412956 -3.738312 | 17 Cultura Urbana Hip Hop Festival All the cool kids head to Madrid's Telefónica Arena for the annual Cultura Urbana Hip Hop Festival. As well as performances from top rappers and electro DJs, there's a breakdance competition… | |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 18 Madrid's largest festival, the Fiesta de San Isidro offers the chance to don traditional castizo finery and feast on delicacies such as thick steamy broth. Soak up flamenco, zarzuelas and… |  |
40.408947 -3.694692 | 19 The Hindsight exhibition at Madrid's Reina Sofía Museum showcases sculptures by Thomas Schütte. The German artist, former student of Fritz Schwegler and Gerard Richter at the Düsseldorf Art… | |
40.413992 -3.6932 | 20 The Art of Power exhibition at Madrid's Prado Museum places paintings alongside historical military artefacts. Visitors can compare 16th-century armour (on loan from the Royal Armoury of… | |
40.416171 -3.694791 | 21 Claude Monet is famed for his captivating Impressionist paintings of natural landscapes. This exhibition, split between Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja galleries, explores how… |  |
40.413992 -3.6932 | 22 Richard Hamilton: Picasso's Meninas Pop artist Richard Hamilton paid homage to Velázquez's influential Las Meninas painting and Picasso's surrealist versions in his print Picasso's Meninas. The ideas behind Hamilton's print are… | |
40.418228 -3.707001 | 23 Claude Monet is famed for his captivating Impressionist paintings of natural landscapes. This exhibition, split between Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja galleries, explores how… |  |
40.425347 -3.726061 | 24 San Antonio de la Florida Fiesta Residents of Madrid's Moncloa-Aravaca district honour their patron saint, San Antonio de la Florida with a vibrant fiesta on 13 June. Men and women in traditional costume dance the choti and… |  |
40.416741 -3.70325 | 25 The Madrid Book Fair is held in the enchanting Parque del Retiro. Alongside the thousands of rare books on sale, there are round table debates and literary conferences, book signings… |  |
40.432134 -3.663339 | 26 Established poet and singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina performs at Madrid's bullring, the Plaza de Toros Las Ventas. The date is part of the artist's South America and Spain tour to support his… | |
40.416741 -3.70325 | 27 The evening preceding Saint John's Day is a night of exceptional Catholic revelry throughout parts of Spain. Also, as the longest day of the year, the fiesta marks the arrival of summer.… | |
40.405767 -3.699839 | 28 La Casa Encendida in Madrid hosts In-Presentable, an annual festival of experimental dance and movement. Over 30 artists present daytime workshops, lectures, evening performances and 'work in… | |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 29 Madrid plays host to Spain's biggest Pride celebration. The main event is the carnival-style parade through the city on the second Saturday (4 July in 2009), which ends with a huge party. |  |
40.465519 -3.616661 | 30 Madrid International Fashion Week Twice a year, the IFEMA centre hosts Madrid's International Fashion Week (SIMM), the most important female fashion exhibition in the country for professionals. Models take to the catwalk… |  |
40.432657 -3.697094 | 31 The Chamberí district north of Madrid city centre comes alive around 16 July to celebrate its patron saint, la Virgen del Carmen. The fiestas revolve around the Plaza de Chamberí, which hosts… | |
40.381387 -3.623785 | 32 Madrid's Vallecas district honours its patron saint, Virgen del Carmen, with a lively water fight, or 'Naval Battle'. Thousands turn up with pirate costumes, buckets and hoses and saturate… |  |
40.431301 -3.663554 | 33 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour International freestyle motocross riders rev it up in Madrid's Plaza de Toros las Ventas at the adrenalin-packed Red Bull X-Fighters. Competitors bring speed and breathtaking air flips to the… |  |
40.417198 -3.6967 | 34 Lyric Theatre Cycle at the Zarzuela Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela launches another season of lyric theatre. The venue was the first and only theatre built specifically for the traditional Spanish operetta, a comic theatre genre… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 35 PHotoEspaña is a major international festival of photography and visual arts featuring exhibitions, debates and masterclasses. Budding photographers from far and wide enter the competition… |  |
40.419514 -3.711174 | 36 Blood at the Iglesia de la Encarnación Madrid's Iglesia de la Encarnación church brings out an ancient relic containing the blood of a doctor, San Pantaleón, martyred in the 4th century AD. Spectators watch the congealed blood… | |
40.41825 -3.711211 | 37 During its annual opera season, Madrid's Teatro Real stages productions with Madrid's Symphony Orchestra and Choir, visiting soloists and conductors, as well as co-productions with opera… |  |
40.424473 -3.700321 | 38 This Galician restaurant has the relaxed atmosphere of a seaside restaurant despite its Chueca location. Noted for the bargain mixed seafood platter for two, the succulent cod is also worth… | |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 39 San Cayetano and San Lorenzo Fiestas The people of Madrid's La Latina and Lavapies districts celebrate their patron saints, San Cayetano and San Lorenzo, by dressing up in 19th-century costume and hitting the streets. Religious… | |
40.411845 -3.714601 | 40 Catch a slice of true Madrileño heritage at the Virgen de la Paloma Fiesta. The 18th-century celebration sees the Plaza de las Vistillas burst into life with locals wearing traditional… | |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 41 The Veranos de la Villa arts festival is the perfect chill-out remedy for Madrid's scorching summers. Locals and tourists are treated to opera, pop concerts, nights of tango, flamenco… |  |
40.416741 -3.70325 | 42 Titirilandia: Madrid Puppet Festival Madrid's annual Puppet Festival, Titirilandia, arrives in time for the school holidays. Kids in the capital are kept entertained all summer with shows in Retiro Park and La Casa Encendida. The… |  |
40.434321 -3.726718 | 43 Spend a warm summer evening in Madrid's Parque de la Bombilla watching a film under the stars. Fescinal's open-air cinema programme is a great chance to catch that movie you missed on the big… |  |
40.413992 -3.6932 | 44 Turner and the Masters at The Prado Turner challenged the work of Old Masters such as Rembrandt and Rubens, and contemporaries like Constable by deliberately producing paintings that could hang in their company. See these works… |  |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 45 Hemingway once wrote "Nobody goes to bed in Madrid until they've killed the night". Locals heartily practise this during White Night in Madrid. The extravaganza of arts and cultural events… | |
40.413992 -3.6932 | 46 Willem de Pannemaker: The Mercury Series Madrid's Prado Museum brings together the eight intricate tapestries of The Mecury Series by Willem de Pannemaker. Belgian Pannemaker was regarded as one of the greatest weavers of the Flemish… | |
40.405767 -3.699839 | 47 Alternative music fans discover new sounds at this international experimental music festival, known as Experimentaclub. There's room for all types of musicians and music here: improvisation… | |
40.424866 -3.689035 | 48 Spain celebrates its National Day with an impressive military procession in Madrid's Plaza de Colón. An air display of low-flying planes soars over the city, painting the sky with red and… | |
40.420319 -3.70574 | 49 Independent artists and galleries focus on contemporary audiovisual art as the Optica Festival stretches its tentacles to Argentina, Bolivia, Spain and France. Witness the creative fusion of… | |
40.432134 -3.663339 | 50 Madrid's premier bullring, Las Ventas, hosts traditional bullfights every Sunday from March until October. There are also extra special events held on feast days during this period, for… |
