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Bogotá Switches On a Season of Lights, Art, and Night Cycling

By The City Paper Staff - December 11, 2025

Every December, Bogotá transforms. Streets glow with constellations of LED lights, plazas turn into theatrical stages, and entire neighborhoods feel suspended somewhere between festive nostalgia and big-city spectacle. But this year’s celebration, dubbed Navidad es Cultura, is bigger, brighter, and more imaginative than ever before. Running from December 5 to 23, it invites locals and […]

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Bogotá’s ARTBO 2025 Weaves a Citywide Celebration of Culture

By Richard Emblin - September 23, 2025

Bogotá readies for ARTBO 2025, the city’s premier international art fair, running 25–28 September at Ágora Bogotá. Featuring 49 galleries, more than 170 artists, and a tribute to Beatriz González, the fair blends global names with emerging voices, curatorial projects, publishing, and guided tours for all audiences.

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Bogotá rings in the Year of the Snake with Chinese New Year Celebration

By The City Paper Staff - January 17, 2025

Bogotá will celebrate the Chinese New Year on January 26 at Parque de los Novios, honoring the Year of the Snake. The event features traditional dances, martial arts, calligraphy workshops, Chinese cuisine, and strengthens Colombia-China cultural ties.

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Words to the Wind: Bogotá celebrates 20 years of Libro al Viento

By The City Paper Staff - December 2, 2024

As Bogotá celebrates its 486th anniversary, the city’s iconic Libro al Viento program is marking two decades of bringing literature to all corners of the Colombian capital. Launched in 2004 by the District Institute of the Arts (Idartes), this reading initiative has distributed nearly 5.7 million books ensuring free access to stories and knowledge.

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Bogotá to host 100 performances from around the world with FIAV 2024

By The City Paper Staff - September 27, 2024

The Festival Internacional de Artes Vivas Bogotá (FIAV) is poised to be a landmark event in Colombia’s cultural calendar, inviting both local and international audiences to engage with the arts in profound and transformative ways. The festival runs from Octuber 4 to 14.

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Colombia al Parque: Bogotá festival showcases a nation of music talent

By The City Paper Staff - August 23, 2024

Bogotá is set to host the Colombia al Parque festival (August 24 and 25) at Parque de los Novios, showcasing Colombia’s diverse musical heritage. The free event features six national acts, three international artists, and eight local performers, celebrating rhythms from the Pacific and Magdalena River regions. The festival, themed “When the River Sounds,” highlights the cultural significance of Colombia’s waterways.

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Bogotá illuminates Christmas in festive splendor

By The City Paper Staff - December 6, 2023

The Colombian Capital, Bogotá, transforms into a mesmerizing Christmas wonderland, Illuminating the city with enchanting lights and festive cheer. From Velitas to Constellations, residents and visitors can embark on a luminous Journey through a dazzling array of holiday celebrations.

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Barcú reopens in Bogotá’s historic La Candelaria

By The City Paper Staff - October 5, 2022

One of Bogotá’s most diverse and engaging cultural events, Barcú, opens its doors to art and music lovers with its gallery showcases, and slate of live concerts.

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The American Women’s Club 2022 Mother’s Day bazaar

By The City Paper Staff - April 23, 2022

The American Women’s Club hosted a two day bazaar at Club FAC to celebrate Mother’s Day, welcome newcomers to Colombia’s capital and a highlight of the 2022 calendar.

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Hay Festival streams literary world for its 2020 edition

By Laura Field - May 27, 2020

Live session with authors, essayists and celebrities from the film world join the first Hay Digital from the festival’s seat Hay-on-Wye. The event runs until May 31.

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Bogotá’s San Felipe arts district hosts the first Open this Saturday, new artists showcase

By The City Paper Staff - February 21, 2020

The art district of San Felipe is hosting this Saturday the 6th edition of its Open San Felipe with 130 exhibition spaces participating. The event is free to the public.

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Claudia López’s inauguration picnic outlines sustainable future for Bogotá

By Richard Emblin - January 2, 2020

In an outdoor ceremony in Bogotá’s largest green space, Claudia López became the first woman mayor of the capital. In her inaugural address on Tuesday, López outlined key policy objectives.

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Bogotá dazzles for Navidad with free concerts and acrobatic spectacle

By The City Paper Staff - December 13, 2019

With lights to admire every night this holiday season, Bogotá’s agenda includes over 100 free events and acrobatic spectacle in Plaza de Bolívar by France’s La Maison.

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The Music Festival of Cartagena presents its 14th edition

By Richard Emblin - September 30, 2019

The Julia Salvi Foundation hosted a gala reception for the unveiling of the official image and music line-up of the 14th edition of the Music Festival of Cartagena.

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