Events

Five-time Latin Grammy winner Andrés Cepeda is performing at Coliseo Jefferson Pérez on April 11 as part of his 'Nuestra Vida en Canciones' Ecuador tour. The concert was rescheduled from March, and it's going to be a big night — Devendra Banhart is also performing across town the same evening.

San José de Calasanz, a school serving children and young people with and without disabilities in Cuenca's Tres Puentes sector, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a music festival at Pumapungo Theater this Thursday night. Tickets are $15, the cause is beautiful, and you'll get to see BESO perform live.

The Municipality just dropped the cultural agenda for March 23-29 and it's packed. Workshops, Pawkar Raymi events, theater at Teatro Sucre, open-air cinema, and activities at libraries and cultural centers across the city and parishes.

Ricaurte celebrates its 116th anniversary with the 51st annual Guinea Pig Gastronomic Festival this Saturday. Sixteen neighborhood kiosks serving traditional roasted cuy, plus a classic car exhibition, ecuavolley tournament, civic parade, and live music. It's 15 minutes from downtown Cuenca.

Gualaceo celebrates 60 years of its peach festival 'Aroma de mi Tierra' this Saturday and Sunday. Artisan fairs, peach product tastings, a dog show, Harley-Davidson exhibition, river barge parade, and live music — all 35 minutes from Cuenca.

The XV Festival Madre Tierra finishes this weekend with free events at Parque La Libertad: an intercultural parade, live concerts, a communal pampamesa meal, and a sustainability fair. Artists from the US, Canada, Colombia, Peru, Finland, and Egypt have been in Cuenca all week.

The March equinox brings Pawkar Raymi — the Andean festival of flowering — to Cuenca's Plazoleta de El Vado this afternoon at 4 PM. Dances, drums, spiritual cleansing, and a window into the indigenous culture that predates the colonial city.

The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca and local rock band Sobrepeso are performing a symphonic Pink Floyd tribute tonight at Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Tickets are $22-32, but the upper level is already sold out.

Five-time Latin Grammy winner Andrés Cepeda brings his 'Nuestra Vida en Canciones' tour to Coliseo Jefferson Pérez on April 11. Tickets run $40-$120 via TicketShow. Ecuadorian legend Sergio Sacoto opens.