Free Folk Extravaganza At Valencia Poly

Very short notice, but we only found out today ourselves - The Valencian folk group Quamlibet plays live tomorrow Thursday, 23 April, in the Nexus Building at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, with a circuit of music named, in Valencian So de Sons. The concert begins at 8;00pm and is free!
Quamlibet comprises of six musicians and there will be an accompanying audio-visual spectacle filled with new features. If you can't make it tomorrow or you can and love what you see and hear they appear again in Valencia at the II Festival Dos Mares de Valencia. More information on this later, but it is a festival of music from the mediterranean and of Asturias and Cantabria. Sounds great.

HR Giger opens his first exhibition in Spain

HR Giger inspects the exhibition in Valencia today prior to tomorrow night's opening

Mr Giger and the head.


The first major retrospective of the works by HR Giger in Spain opens in Valencia tomorrow (18th October). It is to be held in the Sala d'exposicions at the UPV (La Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) and runs until december.
The man himself will be there to open the exhibition. The special site set up for the exhibiton has been flooded with visitors since it went live on tuesday and online sales of the merchandise have been extraordinary. www.hrgiger.com
There are over fifty works on display including the famous head from Alien.
We'll bring you a full report on thisisvalencia.com on friday -including a few words, we hope, from the great man himself!