Merida Events: Music In the Air

29 September 2014 Events 2

This Week... starting September 29, 2014

Special Event This Week: October 4 & 5 (Saturday & Sunday): Evolucion’s Third Annual Garage Sale
Location: Calle 74 # 518-A x 65 y 67
Please donate your gently used/new toys, clothing, shoes, tools, kitchenware, jewelry, paintings, prints, books, plants, holiday decorations & furniture! All proceeds go to feeding the dogs at Evolucion.
Drop off locations before October 2:
1. El Estudio, Paseo Montejo #486 x 41 y 43 Mon-Thu 10-8, Fri-Sat 10-10 or Sun 9am-1pm
2. Calle 84 x 43 y 45 # 451B, Centro, Mon-Fri 9-6.
3. Calle 55-D #269 x 46 y 48 Fco de Montejo, White & Red House
4. Hacienda San Pedro Nohpat (Casco Principal), km 8, Carretera Merida-Cancun, Calle 22 S/N, Kanasin (San Pedro Nohpat)
For large items, contact irlanda_lopez@hotmail.com (999 127 2674) to schedule a pick up/drop off.

Festivals in Merida This Fall
Be sure to mark your calendars for the following dates...
Fall Arts Festival 2014: September 20 – October 12
This year, there will be over 1,400 artists (music, dance, theater, etc.) participating in 95 events. This festival includes a performance of Coppelia by the National Ballet of Cuba, and the legendary Sergio Esquivel performed on opening night.
International Festival of Mayan Culture 2014: October 17 – 26
This festival will begin with a great performance of “Giselle,” by the National INBA Dance Company. It will be a gala night in the beautiful Teatro Jose Peon Contreras. There will be a different event each night, featuring stars from a different country.
Hanal Pixan or Day of the Dead: October 31- November 02
Day of the Dead in Merida is celebrated both on the Plaza Grande and along Calle 66, between Park Ermita and the Cemetery, called the Corridor of the Souls. In Yucatan, this day is called Hanal Pixan... check out our articles about Hanal Pixan and Day of the Dead!
X’matkuil State Fair: November 8 – December 1 These events take place at the X’matkuil fairgrounds. Admission is only $15 pesos and parking is $30 pesos. In addition to theater events, there are so many performance shows that it makes this fair the largest center for nightlife in southeast Mexico.
National Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe: December 12
This is one of the biggest fiestas of the year in Mexico. You can see some of the activities in Merida in Yucatan Living’s Virgin of Guadalupe Video.
Christmas and New Year's Eve
The last two weeks of December and the first five days of January are relatively quiet in Yucatan, but the new year of almost non-stop festivals begins again on January 6 (Three Kings’ Day, aka Epiphany). So do keep watch on Yucatan Living’s Events pages to see what there is to do in Merida whenever you are here.

In The City

Monday (Lunes) September 29, 2014

Progreso: Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic: Sept. 22 – Oct. 2
Provided by the Directorate for Civil Protection and Ecology of the City of Progreso, in coordination with the Health Center (Centro de Salud). There will be enough vaccine to take care of 3,000 animals.
Locations: Monday, Sept. 29: at the Cienega 2000 Store, Calle 88 x 39, and in the Vicente Guerrero par
Tuesday, September 30: at the Hermanos Alonzo baseball field, Calle 33 x 126 and in Hector Victoria Park on Calle 148
Wednesday and Thursday,Oct. 1 & 2: New Yucalpeten park and two at the comisaria de Paraiso.
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Admission: Free

Music: Bartolome Loria Canto
This performance is called “Throughout a career, a lifetime.” Don Bartolome Loria Canto is the director of the Orchestra of the Ministry of Security in Yucatan.
Location: Teatro Daniel Ayala, Calle 60 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Jazz: Tom Kuban’s Soul Train
This group has always been a favorite with everyone!
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Concert: Cony Ancona
Tonight, see Cony Afrolatina with Fania All Stars, Ruben Blades, Will Colon and more. Cony Ancona has never given a performance that was less than stellar, so do try to see this one.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Tuesday (Martes) September 30, 2014

Music: Trova: Jose Dorantes and Los Embajadores.
Come and hear “My life and my feelings.”
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

Music: Angelica Balado in Concert
This lady continues to be one of Yucatan’s treasures. Do see this performance if you can.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

Tuesday of Trova: Los Andariegos
This trio is one of the signature members of Yucatan’s Association of Trovadores, representing the traditional trova, as well as new directions.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:30 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

Contemporary Dance: Tatiana Zugazagoitia
The title of this performance is Arbolada, so look for soothing woodland scenery for this contemporary performance
Location: Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

Wednesday (Miercoles) October 01, 2014

Movie: Lucky
(USA 2014) Spanning five years, this intimate story of survival follows Lucky Torres, a homeless mother masked in tattoos who longs to rise from a life of darkness in NYC. In English with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Music: Trova: Rubi: To Live Again
This is a concert by one of Merida’s favorite voices. In addition, this lady is one of the rare group of folks who form the very foundation of music in Yucatan in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Popular Music: Jorge Buenfil: Corazon de Guitarra
This performance is a tribute to Alfredo Zitarrosa.
Location: Teatro Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Classical Music: Jose Carlos Rodriguez Arreola
This performance is called “La Tuba y sus Amigos” (The Tuba and Its Friends) and promises to be very enjoyable.
Location: Teatro Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Movie: Wonder Women, the Untold Story of American Superheroines
(USA 2014) Lots of great reviews like this one: "Wonder Women! hits us right where it counts, offering a nuanced critique of gender and heroism in popular culture… Reveals the complicated negotiations girls and women face as we attempt to achieve confidence, strength, and agency in a society often at odds with those goals. — Mary Celeste Kearney, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin"
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro, Open Air Cinema
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Thursday (Jueves) October 02, 2014

Movie: Tão longe é aqui
(Brazil 2013) Memories kept from a long trip are the inspiration for a letter to be sent to the future. Alone, away from home and about to complete 30 years-old, a Brazilian woman goes on a journey to Africa. On the letter to her daughter, she describes how she met women who live in perfect harmony with their cultures and times. 'Here Is So Far' is a journal, a road movie and an invitation to all people who trace their own path. In Portuguese, with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Classical Music: Russell Montanez Coronado
This performance is of the music of the great masters of Yucateco music and features the Cuarteto Gustavo Rio and Hoctun Centro Cultural with Russell Montanez Coronado as director.
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Popular Music: Beatriz Cervera: Azucar (Sugar)
This performance is a tribute to the amazing Celia Cruz.
Location: Teatro Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Movie: Buck Angel, a Man Like No Other
(USA 2013) Shot over six years, Mr. Angel chronicles the extraordinary life of transgender activist, educator and porn pioneer, Buck Angel. Buck has survived addiction, homelessness, suicide and relentless opposition to his gender expression. Still, he lives his truth without compromise or apology. Read more here. In English with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: TBA
We will let you know as soon as we know!
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Friday (Viernes) October 03 , 2014

Movie: The Act of Killing
(Various 2012) A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. In Indonesian with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro,
Time: 5:00 PM Friday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Popular Music: Abril Rivas: De Corazon
This performance will speak to the romance that is always in the air in Merida.
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Movie: La Gran Belleza
(Italy 2013)Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafés to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. In Italian with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro, Open Air Cinema.
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Saturday (Sabado) October 04, 2014

Opera Yucatan: Capriccio
Opera by Clemens Krauss and Richard Strauss. This is the last opera by Strauss as he asks: What is most important, words or music?
Location: Sala Mayamax, Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
Time: 12:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: The White Diamond
(Germany 2004) Directed by Werner Herzog. The movie illustrates the history of aviation and depicts the struggles and triumphs of Graham Dorrington, an aeronautical engineer, who has designed and built a teardrop-shaped airship which he plans to fly over the forest canopies of Guyana.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Popular Music: Concepcion Garma
Great place to fall in love again. This performance is called “y… Mas del Amor” (and… more than love).
Location: Teatro Daniel Ayala, Calle 60 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Popular Music: Las Maya Internacional: Roads of Yesteryear
If there is a “must see” event this week, this is it. Never EVER miss a chance to see these ladies perform!
Location: Teatro Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

VII Nuestra Nacional de Bailes de Salon “Merida Baila”
(salon dancing). This performance features the Agrupacion Artistica Independiente Superacion.
Location: Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: As If I am Not There
(Ireland 2010) The film is set in the Balkans and is shot in the Serbo-Croatian language. The film was selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. In Croatian with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro, Open Air Cinema.
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: TBA
We will let you know as soon as we know!
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Sunday (Domingo) October 05, 2014

Documentary About Nature
Location: Museum of Natural History, Calle 59 next to the Zoo.
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Classical Music: Duet Paleta-Blaszkowski: Dueto de Violin
This is a performance by Zbgniew Paleta Zieba and Pawell Blaszkowski. Zbigniew Paleta (born 1942) is a Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas and the Cinema of Mexico. He is the father of actresses Ludwikaand Dominika Paleta. They relocated to Mexico City in 1980. Blaszkowski, also born in Poland, is a member of the Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan and of the UADY chamber orchestra.
Location: Teatro Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 7:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Gala Concert: Los Juglares / Tony Espinosa / Carlos Gil
The best of Yucatan’s trovadores defined Yucatan’s signature music for an entire generation.
Location: Teatro Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Movie: TBA
We will update this as soon as we know!
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Monday (Lunes) October 06, 2014

Popular Music: Eduardo Rodriguez
Another evening of romantic music. This show is entitled “You, My Only Passion.”
Location: Teatro Fantasio, Inside Parque Hidalgo on Calle 60 x 59
Time: 8:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Concert: Maricarmen Perez: “With the Music in Your Hands”
There are very few people who have contributed both their talent and their organizational skills to the music scene in Yucatan. This lady is one of them. She has a beautiful show. Do try to see it
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:30 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Coral Music: Carlos Tello, with Coro Voces sin Fronteras
Yucatan - With Songs of Yesterday, Today and Always.
Location: Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

Coming Soon

Second Annual White City Ball - Saturday, October 18
This is the annual AANY fundraiser. The White City Ball promises to be the most glamorous event of the fall season. Trova music will greet you and a live band will keep you dancing. The price includes botanas from some of the best restaurants and caterers in Merida including Trattoria La Pasta, Bistro Cultural, Merida Home Cooking to Go, V’s Good Eats, and more. Sweets from Café Crème and Yury’s Decadent Brownies will end the night on a sweet note. There will be a cash bar and a silent auction, including pieces by AANY artists.
Location: Villa Verde Merida, Calle 56 x 53 y 55 Merida centro
Time: 8 PM til Midnight
Admission: Tickets are 350 pesos and are on sale now at Hennessey’s, the Merida English Library, Bistro Cultural, and Lizard Joe’s. If you are not in Merida yet, you can buy your tickets at AANY.org or by contacting Cindy@aany.org

Halloween Chili Cook Off, Cake Bake Off and Costume Party: October 31, 2014
This is a benefit for No Mas Perritos spay and neuter community program. There will be prizes for the best chili, best costume and best cake.
Location: At the Bull Pen in Chelem
Time: 6:30 PM
Admission: $100 pesos for everyone

ARTE a MANO AANY Expo - November 14, 15, & 16
This year’s exciting show represents over 70 masters of the finest in Yucatecan art and handcrafted treasures.
Location: CONACO, Av. Itzaes # 273 x 31 y 33, Three blocks from Clinica de Merida
Time: Preview on Nov. 14 at 5 PM, Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM to 7 PM
Admission: TBA

Miraculous Medal Race - November 23
This running event is open to the general public and is being held as a benefit for the Chelem Chapel. The course is approximately 14 miles long. Prizes to be announced. Categories include: free, master, submaster, male and female veterans, and veterans plus wheel chair. There will also be additional events, such as 5K hikes, walks. This event is under the direction of the Institute of Sport (IDEY).
Location: Chelem, Progreso, Yucatan (start and finish at the church)
Time: TBA
Admission: $100 pesos

Fourth National and International Jose Jacinto Cuevas Piano Competition: November 21-29
Competition is tough here, but the best of the best come to Merida and they are all winners in our book! You can find out more at their website here.
Location: Teatro Felipe Carrillo Puerto
Time: Opening Ceremony: Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, 8:00 PM.
First stage of competition: Saturday, Nov. 22, 10:00 AM. Additional competitions will be announced throughout the week, with the awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. No times have been announced, as yet, for any of the events except the opening ceremony and first stage of competition.
Admission: Free

Bird-a-thon Xocch’ich: November 21 through 23
The biggest birdwatching competition on the Yucatan Peninsula. More Information as it becomes available. Mark your calendars!

Live, Love Laugh
A full day of fun, interactive presentations, demonstrations and workshops by several holistic health practitioners. The universe is energy. You live in and use energy in everything you do from your thoughts, your movements and in your emotional and spiritual life. Our goal is to help you use this energy to get the best out of your life. Presenters will include Barbara Harris, Astrea Geertsema, Elizabeth Arnott, Julie Chickadel-Cardena and Nancy Hokenson.
Date: November 23
Location: Flow Holistic Center, Calle 79 #191 A, Montes de Ame, Merida
Tickets : $350 pesos. You can purchase your tickets at Flow Center or contact Barb Harris 999 193 4669 or email Barbarajoanharris@gmail.com or from one of the facilitators.

Benefit: The Oasis Red Ribbon Charity Ball - Nov. 29, 2014
This lavish event will open the festive season on the terrace of one of Merida’s most spectacular homes. The event will be a be a fundraiser for Oasis San Juan de Dios AC, a shelter for people affected by HIV/AIDS who have no resources and no family to care for them. Live music and dancing will follow the scrumptious dessert bar. A raffle and live auction will add to the merry-making.
Location: At a private residence in Merida, TBA
Time: TBA
Admission: $1,000 pesos per person. Limit 150 people. A buffet dinner and a full open bar (all drinks are included in the ticket price).

Have an event you want to promote? Email us at info@yucatanliving.com and we'll be happy to list it in our Events listing and our Month-at-a-Glance Calendar!

Comments

Working Gringos 10 years ago

You are right... and we apologize. They played on the 3rd and are playing again on the 5th (Sunday).

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10 years ago

Wondering why nothing is listed here for the OSY at the Teatro Peon Contreras Fri and Sun?

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