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Looking for something to do this weekend? A baroque music gala is happening Saturday, March 14 at 6 PM at Esquina de las Artes. General admission is $15, students $10. It's one of the more polished cultural events on the calendar this week.

Cuenca's biggest celebration (alongside November 3) is coming up fast. The 469th Foundation Day festival runs April 6 through April 29, with over 100 events including concerts by Andrés Cepeda and Devendra Banhart, parades, food fairs, and more. April 12 is a local holiday. Here's what we know so far.

Cuenca's Orquesta Sinfónica just kicked off a massive March lineup with Carmina Burana — and the best is still coming. Pink Floyd Sinfónico on March 20, a Dvořák and Mahler concert on March 13, a chamber recital at Pumapungo Museum, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater inside Santo Domingo Church. Here's the full schedule.

Cuenca is celebrating International Women's Day all week — from a stunning photography exhibition documenting the city's women to a formal ceremony honoring six remarkable Cuencanas. Plus free workshops, concerts, and a lunar ceremony. Here's what's happening and where.

Holy Thursday's Visita a las Siete Iglesias turns Calle Bolívar into a pedestrian boulevard, lanterns light the historic center, and street vendors line the route with tortillas and morocho. Here's your complete walking guide — church by church, with food stops.

Free symphony concert tomorrow night, Ecuadorian film screening Monday, a three-week clown workshop starting Sunday, and a gallery opening Tuesday. Here's your Cuenca cultural agenda for Feb 28–March 4.

The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra, university choirs, a children's choir, national soloists, and a dance ensemble perform Carl Orff's iconic cantata at Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Tickets are $10–$15. This is a big deal.

A photography exhibit on the women of Cuenca, a centennial tribute to the city's most famous poet, a book launch at LibriMundi, and live music at the Plataforma Valdiviezo. Here's your cultural agenda for Feb 26–27.

Mayor Zamora signed a deal to acquire 105 hectares of critical watershed land bordering Cajas National Park. The $180,000 price tag? Funded entirely by ticket sales from the Carnaval Nicky Jam concert. Sometimes the math really does work out.