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Cuenca's biggest religious and cultural celebration of the year is a month away. Processions, road closures, fanesca everywhere, and hotels that fill up fast. Here's your planning guide.

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.

The ABBA-powered Broadway musical is at Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz tonight (Feb 27) at 7:30 PM. 18 performers, 8 live musicians, and a Cuencano in the cast. Tickets $25–$55.

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.

LigaPro 2026 kicked off last week and Deportivo Cuenca hosts Ecuador's most popular club on March 1. If you've been curious about local futbol but never gone to a game, here's everything you need to know.

Cuenca's biggest retail development in years opens the last week of April. H&M, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, Old Navy — plus a 260-meter go-kart track and immersive bowling. Here's everything we know about Mall del Alto.

Ecuador's National Assembly just passed a law requiring cities to spend 70% of their budgets on infrastructure, capping payroll at 30%. Cuenca's mayor says it's a backdoor to erase $1 billion the national government owes local cities. Here's what it means for services you use.

The national numbers are in from Carnival 2026 — Ecuador's tourism sector pulled in $81.9 million over four days. But Cuenca's story was more complicated, with the city ranking third nationally in emergency calls. Here's the full post-Carnival breakdown.