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ISSUE 153 OCTOBER 13

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LOTELITO

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Fantastic! A new concept in local gastronomy has opened its doors in the centre of Valencia. Lotelito, on C/Barcas 13, is just a stone’s throw from Plaza Ayuntamiento. Their original cuisine is market produce, specializing in lovingly prepared tapas, fusing regional products with a vanguard presentation. Their cultural programme ranges from live music to comedy to art exhibitions. The architect responsible is Jorge Rodriguez & the interior is by Lab-matic. There is a chill out zone to lounge around in & the excellent terrace has space for more than 50 people, making it a favourite spot for meeting up. Lotelito is chic & has already been chosen a number of times for official launching parties from the fashion & design world. You can enjoy breakfast early in the morning, almuerzo around midday, lunch or dinner a la carta or menu as well as enjoy a wide range of spirits & cocktails. Tapas and platos to share are Lotelito’s speciality, which are notable for their tastiness and loving presentation. Bread & desserts are homemade & freshly produced daily. The head of the kitchen is Miguel Angel Mas who has had ample experience with a number of Michelin Star restaurants as well as having run his own restaurant for the last 7 years, which are both great signs of somebody who both knows all about cuisine and cares about it too. Enjoy Lotelito morning, noon and night! Lotelito C/ Barcas, 13 Valencia Zona Plaza Ayuntamiento Tel: 96 206 78 52. Movil: (+34) 656 265 229 Reservations: reservas@lotelitovalencia.com www.lotelitovalencia.com Open everyday

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Editorial OCT 13

“OCTOBER SONG” CONTENTS EDITORIAL - 5

NOT HEMINGWAY'S SPAIN IN VALENCIA - 6 ART IN VALENCIA - 7

VALENCIA WINE - 8

VALENCIA MUSIC - 10 FOOD - 12

RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH - 13 BAR OF THE MONTH - 16

OCTOBER 13 LISTINGS - 17 ARTS & theatre - 17

live music - 19 clubs - 20

chill out - 21

GAY / LESBIAN - 23

TRADITIONAL PUBS - 24 Restaurants - 24

shopping - 29

CLASSIFIEDS - 30

SPACE FOR AN ENDING - 33

ERNEST HEMINGWAY IN VALENCIA - 34 VALENCIA FOOTBALL - 36

24/7 VALENCIA PARTY PEOPLE - 38 CLUBLAND - 40

WOMEN - 41

VALENCIA WORLD - 42

COMMENT - 43 MAP - 45

AGENDA . CLUBS & LIVE MUSIC - 46 ADVERTS - 48

Autumn leaves start to fall and the hot summer becomes just a memory. As the clocks change, the days get shorter and the nights get longer. Being Valencia, however, you can still enjoy some glorious days of sunshine & blue skies that Northern Europeans would never experience in their homelands…in October. The latest news is that Spain is considering reverting back to Greenwich Mean Time as a way of making Spain more AngloSaxon in its working habits. It turns out that Franco changed the hour of Spain to that of Berlin back in the 1940s in sympathy for Hitler. Strangely enough, Castellon is on the same Meridian line as Greenwich…which may possibly explain why a number of friends & acquaintances have reported odd things occurring with the time whilst driving through the Castellon region! The weather is just one of the many reasons for why life is for ‘living’ in Spain, not just living to work. The Valencian Barrios of the Carmen, Ruzafa, Canovas and Benimaclet are full of bars, intercambio nights, live concerts and good restaurants where you can enjoy a night out for less than before. The crisis has actually fuelled more creativity in Valencia in terms of the variety of entertainment to choose from. 24/ 7 Valencia is recommended by the local, national and international

press. This includes The Times, The Guardian, Rough Guide, Let’s Go, Lonely Planet, CNN.com, Business Traveller Magazine, Footprints, Aer Lingus, Thomas Cook, Levante EMV, El País and many more… Food lovers can enjoy a review of new Asian fusion restaurant ‘Kawayan’ and wine lovers can further explore vino from the region with a piece on ‘Valencia Wine’ by a true connoisseur, Ricki Wigley. Someone who truly loved Spain, like so many of us, was Ernest Hemingway and we have an exclusive piece about the legendary writer’s many stays in Valencia. Many thanks to all of our readers for all of your support over the years. It is really appreciated. See you next month! The fallen leaves that jewel the ground, They know the art of dying, And leave with joy their glad gold hearts In the scarlet shadows lying… I used to search for happiness, And I used to follow pleasure, But I found a door behind my mind And that's the greatest treasure. For rulers like to lay down laws, And rebels like to break them… (October Song - The Incredible String Band) 24/7 Valencia team

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ART IN VALENCIA

IGNACIO PINAZO EN LA COLECCIÓN DEL IVAM Hasta 2 febrero 2014

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MARTÍ QUINTO 1978-2013 Hasta 12 enero 2014

CENTRO DEL CARMEN C/ Museo, 2 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 1 922 640 http://www.consorciomuseos.gva.es

ARTUR HERAS Hasta 5 enero 2014

FUNDACIÓN CHIRIVELLA SORIANO C/ Valeriola, 13 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 338 12 15 www.chirivellasoriano.org

¡LA CALIGRAFÍA VIVE! RICARDO ROUSSELOT Hasta 3 noviembre

MuVIM C/ Guillem de Castro, 8 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 388 37 47 www.muvim.es

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VALENCIA WINE

VALENCIA WINES An interview with Valencia wine connoisseur Riki Wigley Tell us something about the history of Valencia wines Valencia has been producing wines since 500 B.C. It is known that grapes came with the early Iberian people who settled in the peninsula from archaeological work done at Solana de las Pilillas, near to Requena, west of Valencia. You may think that Valencian wines would be well known around the world, especially given that the Romans exported them throughout their empire. Sadly, whilst those exports have continued into modern times, the wines of Valencia are still having to find their place in the market. Historically, Valencia has always been a bulk exporter of wines. The Islamic occupation also saw wines traded across the Mediterranean. Far from suppressing the wine trade, it was prolific throughout this period. In Georgian England, it was not just wines from Jerez which were imported. Two sweeter wines were sent in vast

amounts – ‘Alacant’, which today is known and produced in DO Alicante as Fondillón, and ‘Viña Carlón’, a wine from Benicarló in Castellón. This latter wine is being revived currently. When phylloxera devastated the vineyards of France, huge amounts of wine from the Region was sent to Bordeaux so that the top chateaux could continue to produce top clarets! Unfortunately, the exporting of wines in bulk has led directly to this anonymity of Valencian wines. The Swiss, French and Germans set up huge bodegas in Valencia’s port area and exported millions of litres annually to blend into wines in their home countries. It was not until a wholesale reorganization of the wine growing industry took place about 40 years ago that small bodegas were created and bottling of wine for local consumption started. By then, Rioja had a 200-year head start over Valencia! What is the current situation regarding Valencia wines? Today, the wine industry is organized by five governing bodies. Each of these is charged with maintaining the quality of wines being produced, the grapes which may be grown and the marketing of them.

Denominación de Origen Protegido (DOP) Alicante markets under the name Vinos Alicante. Similarly, wines from Requena are marketed as DOP Utiel-Requena and wines from Valencia as DOP Valencia. This latter DOP is split into five separate areas covering the higher reaches of the Turia Valley (Alto Turia). The swathe of towns from Casinos across to Chiva is known as the Valentino. Turís, Montroi and Godelleta produce the sweet muscatel wines known as mistela and the wines from the Vall d’Albaida to Font de la Figuera are known by the name of the local river, the Clariano. Castellón has a slightly lesser title of Indication of Geographical Protection (IGP), although the wines produced there are generally DO quality. Finally, 10 bodegas in Requena have the right to produce DO Cava wines. Not everyone who grows grapes makes wine. Inheritance laws mean many plots of land are in the hands of small-scale growers (cosecheros) who may well have other careers. Equally, not every bodega has its own vineyards and the owners (bodegueros) have to buy grapes from the cosecheros. Many of the bodegas, of course, do own their own vineyards and market their wines under the highest status a bodega in Spain can possess (Pago). This is broadly the equivalent of

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Chateau status in France and indicates the wines are made from their own vineyards, processed in the bodega and bottled directly by them. This relationship is generally healthy, although the price paid for grapes had seen a steady decline until the last year or so. As a result, many old vineyards had been ripped up as the costs of production outweighed the value of the crop. Tell us about the wines in the current bodegas of the Comunidad Valenciana. Many of the best wines currently produced are difficult to find unless you can visit the bodega to buy directly or know who their distributor is. Some distributors, however, will only sell to restaurants and not to individuals. Fortunately, there is a good selection of Valencian wines in a number of stores now, but this does not include the general supermarket trade! The following is not an exhaustive list of sale points but generally you will find good Valencian wines in them. Las Añadas de España is a popular delicatessen opposite the North Station in central Valencia. They stock a wide range of wines from all five of the distinct regions in the Valencia Region and may well have the best range of wines from Castellón. El Corte Inglés and Hipercor have both a ‘Club de Gourmets’ and a good supermarket. In each of these you will find many Valencian wines at competitive prices and the range may vary from store to store as managers have autonomy over what and how much they stock. Of the independent wine shops Els Bodeguers, the best are Biosca in C/ Doctor Serrano near Ruzafa Market, Cabañal on Av. Blasco Ibáñez, Celler Bouquet near the Plaça Árbol and Navarro Bodeguero on Av. Cardenal Benlloch.

From Alicante, look out for wines from Finca Collado, Enrique Mendoza, Francisco Gómez, Xaló, Bocopa and Vins del Comtat. There are some fresh and tasty dry muscatel white wines, which go with seafood, and reds from Monastrell and Merlot grapes. In particular, the white from Finca Collado (muscatel/chardonnay) is excellent and various vintages have been recognized with awards. Bodegas with consistent wines from Castellón are Vicente Flors, Mas de Rander, Mayo García, Vinya Natur, Clos Déscarragordes, Masía de la Hoya and Besalduch y Valls. In Utiel-Requena it is almost impossible to buy a bad wine! Particularly good are wines from Chozas Carrascal, Vera de Estenas, Aranleón, Dominio de la Vega, Sierra Norte, Finca Ardal, Finca San Blas, Hispano-Suizas, Hijos de Ernesto Cárcel, Bodegas El Rebollar, Pago de Tharsys, Mustiguillo, Sebirán, UVÉ (Unión de Vinícola del Este), Vegalfaro and Vereda Real. From DO Valencia, look out for wines from Daniel Belda, Toni Arráez, Los Frailes, Los Pinos, Torrevellisca, Angosto, Heretat de Taverners, Celler del Roure, Vegamar, Enguera, Casa de las Vides, Rafael Cambra, and Pago Casa Gran. There are also a huge number of cooperatives producing good wines such as Anecoop, Covibex, and San Pedro Apóstol, and the giant producers – Murviedro, Gandía and El Villar – whose wines are widely available in supermarkets.

in L’Alcúdia, Utiel, Xativà (Játiva). In November, fairs will be held in Cullera and Castellón and the Valencian Cava fair will be held at the end of the month. There are also wine-tasting groups which you can join, catering for all from those who want to taste to a professional standard to those who just want to taste for fun! There is much more information on my website and I am happy to consider setting up new tasting groups or collaborate with others. There is a wealth of detailed information in my blog, http:// rikiwigley.wordpress.com/, and I can be contacted at riki.wigley@live.com if you would like to know more. Riki Wigley is an independent wine consultant living in the Vilamarxant area of the Valencia Region, liaising with exporters and bodegas. He also organizes regular tastings for the Pedralba Wine Club and, in collaboration with Valencia International, for Spanish professionals who need English in their business life. I also write occasional items for magazines, online and in print. Major effort goes into Ricardo’s Valencian Blog, offering information on wine and food events and news on Valencian gastronomy.

Where can you drink them? Increasingly, wine bars are springing up in Valencia, and these and many restaurants now have a wider appreciation of wines produced in Valencia. Alternatively, there are many wine and food fairs held during the year where you can taste the wines cheaply. In October alone, this will include fairs Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

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VALENCIA MUSIC

FOLK-JAZZ-ARABE the timelessness and mystery of his music… “Rust in Peace” is the kind of rusty, waltzlike tune that a woozy band in a Fellini film might have played.

FOLK-JAZZ-ARABE It is said by renowned Spanish newspaper El País that Folk-Jazz-Arabe are one of the most original bands currently on the Valencia live scene. Formed in 2010, they have gigged all over the city in venues like Black Note, Café Mercedes Jazz, Festival Músicas del Mundo, Ubik Café, Café Cronopio, Spaghetti & Blues, Portland Ale House, Radio City, Festival de Naciones and many more. Composed of Moroccan multiinstrumentalist Abdel Louzari (oud, darbuka, ney, voice, violin), Portuguese jazz trumpeter Nuno Alves and British guitarist & composer Will McCarthy, this is a band whose diversity has attracted a growing number of fans from many walks of life… Take us through the tracks from your new Folk-Jazz-Arabe album, ‘From Ibiza to Berlin’ “Balansiya (reprise)” introduces the album and is sung in Arabic, accompanied by violin. Balansiya is the Arabic name for Valencia, which was ruled by the Moors for 500 years. “La Playa or The Beach” begins with sea sounds that then turn windy, which introduces the ney, an Arabic wind instrument, that segues into a darbuka and trumpet groove that later segues into a bossa nova-style number. From the Mediterranean to the shores of Brazil in one song. “Arthur Lee” is about Love’s enigmatic leader, Arthur Lee, who remains one of music’s most underrated composers. This is a homage to him that combines elements of dark flamenco, classical, jazz, soul, blues, funk and his distinctive time changes, mood changes, stoned humour, reclusiveness, and Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

“Syd Barrett” starts off with a Victorian music box reminiscent of his happy childhood and then segues into the sounds of nature that anyone who has visited Cambridge will be familiar with. Bike bells, King’s College choir then Syd’s love of jazz and blues, a melancholy section, a trippy fairground, then a nightmarish section and finally peace with a Cambridge choir, cows and church bells as the outro. Both of Syd Barrett’s former girlfriends, Jenny Spires and Libby Gausden, got in touch via Facebook to say how much they liked the song and video. Jenny even wrote a 500-word e-mail to us about it! “Torre” is a snaky groove that combines Arabic percussion and chant with a jazzy trumpet. Miles Davis in Marrakech? “Eivissa” begins with a sea recording off the coast of Ibiza (with Café del Mar’s ambient sounds humming distantly in the background). It then segues into an Arabic percussion workout. The Arabs conquered Ibiza and, hundreds of years later, the percussion is also reminiscent of the hippies of Ibiza who drum in groups as the sun sets. The song segues into acoustic chill-out sections, jazzier parts, a flamenco solea and ends on a high with a joyous, intense and festive outro. “Berlin” begins with the oud, which represents the strong Turkish influence of the German city. It then goes back into the past for a more decadent, ‘20s-‘30s cabarettype feel and the underlying menace of what was to come. It returns to a 07.00 am ‘coming down after partying all night’, 21st-century fragmented folk vibe and then ups the ante with a punchier, jazzier outro section. “Space & Time” is an atmospheric track. Plenty of time changes on this one! “La Valenciana” is a homage to the women of Valencia. It’s a city that can be both intense yet carefree at the same time. An enigma… Tell us about your soundtrack work… Seven songs by Folk-Jazz-Arabe form a major part of soundtrack that we were commissioned to write for a documentary

by a Valencia production company called Volya. The documentary is called ‘Sobre el Cielo de Azerbaiyán’ and is the true story of how, during the Second World War, exiled Spanish Republican pilots with Spanish Civil War experience were asked to fly to Azerbaijan to train Soviets pilots in record time. The war was on so time was of the essence. Azerbaijan produced 70% of the Soviet Union’s oil and Hitler knew that if he captured Azerbaijan’s oil, he would probably win the war. Even before the outbreak of war, British and French intelligence was aware of the importance of Azerbaijan’s oil supply and had even considered destroying it to thwart a potential Nazi victory…even Stalin considered it as the war went on! The Nazis invaded Azerbaijan but were defeated by the bravery and skill of the experienced Spanish and Soviet pilots combined. In the documentary, one of the elderly Spanish pilots, well into his 90s, is interviewed and he recounts personally shooting down 30 Nazi planes. The documentary was premiered this summer at the MuVIM in Valencia with the Madridbased ambassador of Azerbaijan presenting the film as part of a new relationship between Spain and Azerbaijan regarding growing cultural, commerce and tourism links. Azerbaijan is now an independent state and is 80% Muslim. We are told that the Arabic, Spanish and instrumental elements of our music fitted well with the story. The documentary is going to be aired on national television in Spain (Televisión Española) as well as in Azerbaijan and other countries. Could you tell us about your side project Folk-Jazz-Arabe, ‘Syria’? We have written and recorded a charity album, ‘Syria’, which consists of nine originally composed songs concerned with the country. There are no jazz elements on this album; it’s more a fusion of Arabic and folk using traditional, acoustic instruments. Given the subject matter, it’s quite dark but ends on a note of hope. It’s a charity record where all proceeds will go to Médicos Sin Fronteras (Doctors Without Borders). You can hear it for free on our website and on YouTube, too. More information: www.folkjazzarabe.com YouTube Folk Jazz Arabe

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FOOD

Quinoa pancakes By Helen Westwater La Ola Fresca Although October has started with the usual Valencia sunshine and heat, it is easy to forget that that dank character of Autumn is knocking at the door. For, according to Chinese medicine, autumn is the time to protect the lungs from increased risk of infection, particularly in areas of high humidity. Acupuncturist Olga Fedina (who will also be visiting La Ola Fresca this month to talk about her book “What Every Russian Knows and You Don’t”) advises: “We are now entering autumn, which in Chinese medicine corresponds to the metal element and lung organ. The colour of the metal element is white, and its flavour is pungent. So, to tonify your lungs and ensure smooth transition into autumn, you should include radishes, particularly daikon and horseradish, onion, garlic, tofu, pears and mustard in your diet, among other things. Rather like the marketing of Ready Brek in the 1970s, we’re looking for foods to give you a warm protective glow and seeing as I’m a girl who finds it hard to cut out the spice, I’m more than happy to follow the Chinese diet for autumn. When I lived in London, some of my favourite places to eat were the South Indian restaurants around Camden where they served delicious crispy, almost coneshaped pancakes called dosas with a spicy mashed potato dish, vegetables and coconut relish. Since then I have tried to master the dosa – which involved hours of fermenting different types of dahls (lentils) in airing cupboards, pulverising them, then fermenting again and finally cooking them on a frying pan – and not coming up with anything that resembled these pancakes. So, we’re not going to attempt that but instead create a dosa-like effect by using ground cooked quinoa and cumin seeds and serve it with spicy vegetables, tofu, mashed potato and coconut chutney. Fry the onions till lightly golden. Add red pepper, followed by the ginger, garlic and spices and continue to fry gently. Add the pumpkin and aubergine and allow to cook on gentle heat for 30 mins, stirring from time to time. Add the chopped courgettte, cook for

Dosa / Pancake • • • • •

1 cup cooked quinoa per person 1 teaspoon cumin 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder Water to dilute

Mix all the ingredients in a food processor. When ready to serve the meal, heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan. When the pan is hot, place a ladleful of the mixture in the pan. It should rise slightly. Cook for about 2 minutes and and when lightly brown, flip over as you would with a crêpe and cook the other side.

Potato Chilli Coconut Mash • • • • • • • •

5 mashed potatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 green chilli, finely chopped 1 tablespoon dried coconut 1 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 teaspoon turmeric Juice of 1 lime

Boil the potatoes until soft. Mash well. Add all the other ingredients and set aside.

Coconut Relish • • • • •

4 tablespoons dried coconut 1 green chilli, finely chopped 1 small handful of mint 1 lime Water to dilute Grind all the ingredients in a food processor and leave to chill.

5 more minutes before adding the tomatoes. Cook for a further 20 minutes. When ready to serve, cut the tofu into strips. Dust in the spice mix and grill on a lightly oiled pan. Assemble all the ingredients together and enjoy. Get ready to glow in October in La Ola Fresca! For further protection of the lungs, October will be kicking off with a good, lung-pumping sing-along in an ‘English intercambio special’ with singer/songwriter Rick Treffers,‘El Turista Optimista’, http:// www.ricktreffers.es/

La Ola Fresca C/ Músico Magenti, 11 Tel.: 610 026 305 Facebook: La Ola Fresca www.laolafresca.com Zona Benimaclet

Thursday 3rd 20.30h: English Intercambio Special with singer/songwriter Rick Treffers, ‘El Turista Optimista’ Wednesday 16th 18.30h: Learn to make bread with Maxime Garreau (jefe panadero francés) and practice French, 12€ Saturday 19th 20.30h: Russian acupuncturist Olga Fedina presents her book, “What Every Russian Knows (and You Don’t)”, Entrada gratis, http://www.whateveryrussianknows.com Saturday 26th 18.30h: La Ola Fresca Three Year Aniversario, special teatime acoustic concert with Celia and Angelo

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2 onions, chopped in slices 1/2 inch fresh ginger, grated 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 tablespoon sambar paste or 1/2 tablespoon mild curry powder 1 teaspoon chilli paste 1 courgette, chopped 1 red pepper 1 aubergine, chopped 1/2 pumpkin, chopped 1 small tin whole tomatoes 2 slices tofu per person

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RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH

KAWAYAN Regular readers to this restaurant column may have noticed there was a guest writer last month reviewing Yuso in the Barrio del Carmen. I was experiencing Spain’s hospital system for a very unexpected and painful visit of a week, the first few days of which I was on a drip and ‘nil-by-mouth’ so I couldn’t even review the food! I am glad to say that I am wholly recovered and was able to take up the reins again for this month’s Fillipino fusion restaurant, Kawayan, close to the Mercado Central. This small restaurant, which can serve 25 inside, has a terrace of two tables (soon to be four) just a little way up the road – interesting for the servers, I would think, as they have no view of the terrace from the restaurant. It was a hot night in Valencia so we elected to sit on the terrace and started off with a bottle of ‘Cueva by Mariano’, a fruity red from Utiel-Requena and good value at 12€ a bottle. Our waiter Charlie told us that the owner, Vida, and he thought the best way to proceed was for us to choose our main dishes and they would choose the tapas. We started with a hummus made in an interesting and novel way with the usual chick peas but pumpkin in place of the sesame paste – very tasty and served with small toasts. Next came traditional Thai spring rolls and ‘fusion’ croquetas, accompanied by two dipping sauces – soy & lemon and a sweet chilli sauce. Next came the first of the Fillipino specialities, Tortang-Talong, delicious crispy chicken with a tasty gravy. By

now we were pretty full but next came a Filipina tortilla with a soy & lemon sauce. Not a tortilla as we know it, but an aubergine roasted and flattened and dipped in fine tempura-style batter, fried and super delicious – almost a meal in itself! For our main courses, Charlie recommended and we chose the Adobo, the national dish, chicken slowly cooked in a soy, vinegar, garlic and pepper sauce. Really juicy, tender and delicious. We were told that this is the equivalent of paella in the Philippines! The other dish was crispy coated chicken pieces with a sweet, spicy and salty sauce, really good. As we neared the end of our meal, Vida, the owner/chef, came and joined us and told us a little about herself and the restaurant. She has lived in Spain for some years with her Spanish husband and has worked in various kitchens in Valencia including the Ginger Loft and Las Arenas Hotel. This is her first venture in her own restaurant and her vision is to serve great fusion food to Valencia – we wish her great success, as it is great food, well-presented and there’s a really nice ambience to the restaurant. The service is great, too.

Mango Oreo cheesecake, Turrón filipino, and Fruit wanton! Pop into Kawayan, which means ‘bamboo’ in Fillipino by the way, for anything from a very different bocadillo or salad to lots of interesting tapas like we had! Tim Birch Kawayan Grill House C/ Carda, 6 Tel: 96 064 5206

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Open Tuesday to Saturday, Kawayan is open for dinner at 19.30h to catch early eaters, a very clever move, I think. A menú del día is on offer weekdays at lunch for 10€ including drink, very reasonable for a great meal out. Tapas are 3.50€ – 6€ and main courses are around 7 – 8€. Wines are well-priced and they have a good selection. All the interesting desserts are from 3.50€ – 4.50€ and include such delights as Photos © D. Birch / Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

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MULTI-BAR OF THE MONTH

LA BONA ESTRELLA La Bona Estrella celebrates its first anniversary this month of October! It’s a family-run multi-bar with a very ample interior, a wonderful terraza and it is situated in the heart of the old centre, so easy to find. You can try some of the best beer in town, recently made by the master brewers Estrella de Galicia. In a matter of hours, the fresh beer is delivered and deposited in the giant tanks that you will find as you enter La Bona Estrella. So, it’s beer straight from the source and right into your pint, something for the palate to truly savour. Fantastic! Their carta also has an ample selection of well-known Spanish wines and homemade beers from the region. This multi-bar opens every morning and you can enjoy breakfast, almuerzo, an aperitivo and a daily lunch menu, which includes two dishes to choose from for just 10€. Finely cut octopus, patata in three sauces, chicken in beer Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

sauce, steak with mushrooms, braised vegetables and a wonderful selection of Spanish hams and meats & homemade cheeses. You can choose your own giant tostada and add the ingredients you want! There is a busy programme of activities going on here. Monday evenings have the English – Spanish / Spanish – English intercambio with native North Americans and are open to all. There’s lots of televised football with Liga and Champions League matches and there’s wine and beer tasting evenings, too. There’s a Wi-Fi section, a games area, lively jam sessions and the best acoustic gigs, always with free entry. See their Facebook for up-to-the-minute info regarding their live music dates. Enjoy their monthly art exhibitions, which often feature local artists. At any hour, you can savour a coffee from their Nespresso cafeteria including magnificent choco-crème, latte and

cappuccino . To finish off the day, why not enjoy a cocktail of their famous Agua de Valencia, a spectacular Negroni, a triumphant mojito, or one of their many spirits…given that La Bona Estrella has a wide selection of gins, vodkas and premium tonic waters. All in all, La Bona Estrella has become an essential part of the Valencia scene, both night and day. Just a stone’s throw from Plaza de la Virgen. Check it out... CHEERS! La Bona Estrella (Multi-Bar) Plaza Manises, 3 Tel: 96 064 05 48 Zona Carmen Facebook La Bona Estrella Open Monday – Sunday 07.30h – 01.30h

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CAFÉ MALVARROSA Luz Propia Toshiyuki Iwasaki Hasta 22 octubre CULTURAL BANCAJA Fauno. Centaurao. Minotauro Picasso Hasta 4 enero 2014 Gabinete Sorolla. Una Mirada a Su Obra: ¡Triste Herencia! Hasta 2 noviembre CENTRO DEL CARMEN La Imagen Fantástica Hasta 13 octubre Luz y Geometría David Rodríguez Caballero Hasta 6 octubre El Dominio de la Materia Mariano Benlliure Hasta 13 octubre Noruega 2011 Calo Carratalá Hasta 24 noviembre Martí Quinto 1978 –2013 Hasta 12 enero 2014 Pisa Morena! Cuplé, Copla y Baile en Época de Sorolla Hasta 7 enero 2014 CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS (L’Hemisferic, Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, L’Oceanografic) www.cac.es ESPAI TACTEL Espolones Joan Morey Hasta 31 octubre ESPAI VISOR Works 1978 – 2007 Humberto Rivas Hasta 1 noviembre Ratón Salvaje Jaume Albert Hasta 1 noviembre FUNDACIÓN CHIRIVELLA SORIANO A Cent Metres del Centre del Món Artur Heras Hasta 5 enero 2014 GALERÍA BENLLIURE Pintura Moderna y Contemporánea de los Siglos XIX y XX Permanente GALERÍA KESSLER BATTAGLIA Karaoke Salvia Ferrer y Óscar Mora Hasta 19 octubre GALERÍA LUIS ADELANTADO Desilusiones Ópticas Mathieu Mercier Hasta 20 noviembre GALERÍA MR. PINK Lost Boys Tactelgraphics Hasta 15 octubre GALERÍA PAZ Y COMEDIAS Milímetro Manuel Blázquez Octubre GALERIA ROSA SANTOS Ejercicios de Localización Andrea Canepa Hasta 8 noviembre GALERÍA ROSALÍA SENDER

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Valerio Adami Hasta 26 octubre INSTITUTO FRANCÉS DE VALENCIA Edith Piaf, Fotos Encontrados Octubre Conexión Xavier Moingeon Hasta 15 noviembre IVAM INSTITUT VALENCIÀ D’ART MODERN EXPOSICIONES IVAM Viva Valencia, Arte y Moda. Moda Infantil Happy Little Girls Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada Hasta 13 octubre Viva Valencia, Entre Bambalinas…Arte y Moda Hasta 20 octubre Una Instalación en Blanco y Negro Presen Rodríguez Hasta 3 noviembre Fernando Almela en la Colección del IVAM Hasta 10 noviembre Miquel Navarro en la Colección del IVAM Hasta 6 enero 2014 Ignacio Pinazo en la Coleccón del IVAM Hasta 2 febrero 2014 Discurso del Método Pedro Valdez Cardoso Desde 8 octubre hasta 6 enero 2014 JARDÍN BOTÁNICO De Ben a Prop Josep Miravet Hasta 13 octubre Rehogar 5 Hasta 22 noviembre LA BENEFICENCIA CENTRE VALENCIA DE CULTURA MEDITERRÁNEA Recorrido por la Prehistoria Valenciana, desde el Paleolítico hasta la Época Visigoda Exposición Permanente LA GALLERA Desborde Claudia Martínez Hasta 3 noviembre LAS NAVES Life in Motion Lorena García Mateu Hasta 14 octubre L’ IBER DE LOS SOLDADITOS DE PLOMO Exposición Permanente: Guardias Españolas, Coleciones Valencianas, Almansa, Vida Cotidiana, Tirant y Serie Histórica. MUSEU DE BELLES ARTES SAN PIO V Renacimiento Barroco Pintura Gótica La Pintura Académica La Pintura de los Siglos XIX y XX Colección Permanente Sala Joaquin Sorolla El Arte de Grabar Ernest Furió Navarro Hasta 12 enero 2014 Valencia Pintada Hasta 13 octubre MUSEO DE PREHISTORIA DE VALENCIA Historia del Dinero Exposición Permanente Imágenes para las Divinidades. Exvotos Ibéricos. Hasta 13 octubre MUSEU D'HISTÒRIA DE VALÈNCIA La Ciudad que Habitamos. Arquitectura y Espacio Urbano en Valencia (1939-1957) Hasta 15 enero 2014 MUSEO VALENCIA D’ETNOLOGÍA Huerta i Marjal El Secano y la Montaña

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Exposición Permanente La Ciudad Vivida. Ciudades Valencianas en Tránsito, 1800-1940 Hasta 31 diciembre Desaparecidos Gervasio Sánchez Hasta 13 octubre MuVIM L’Aventura de la Pensament Exposición Permanente Entre los Mundos: El Chamanismo en los Pueblos de Siberia Hasta 10 noviembre Tipografía. Imagen Absoluta Hasta 3 noviembre Las Brujas y Su Mundo Hasta 10 noviembre Fotografiando el Far East Hasta 10 noviembre La Caligarafía Vive Richard Rousselot Hasta 3 noviembre OCTUBRE CENTRE CULTURAL La Patum i Altres Patrimonis Hasta 11 octubre L’Hospital Sueco-Noruec d’Alcoi Antoni Miró Hasta 26 octubre REALES ATARAZANAS Mirada a Una Mirada Salvador Rodríguez Bronchú Hasta 20 octubre UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA, LA NAU OPS /El Roto / Rábago. Un Viaje de Mil Demonios (y un Par de Ángeles) Andrés Rábago Hasta 12 enero 2014 Pop Up Valencia: Reactiva la Ciudad Desde 16 octubre hasta 17 noviembre UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA Del Cálculo Numérico a la Creatividad Abierta Hasta 18 diciembre PALAU DE LA MUSICA

Opera La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi 19, 24, 29 octubre 2, 7, 10, 13 noviembre Sala Principal THEATRE CARME TEATRE Elegantly Wasted (danza – teatro) 4 – 5 octubre Elepé (teatro musical) 10 – 13 octubre Construyo Sobre el Olvido (danza) 18 – 20 octubre Privola (danza) 26 – 27 octubre Tabula Rasa (danza – teatro) 31 octubre – 3 noviembre XX (danza flamenco) 7 – 10 noviembre SALA RUSSAFA Revolución! 10 octubre – 10 noviembre TEATRE MICALET L’Editto Bulgaro 3 – 6 octubre La Signatura 400 10 – 13 octubre Indignada Pérez 16 – 20 octubre

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OCTOBER 13 24/ 7 VALENCIA LISTINGS Dones D’Aigua, Hòmens de Fang 25 – 27 octubre Fent Cua 30 octubre – 3 noviembre TEATRO OLYMPIA Grease. El Musical Hasta 6 octubre Los Morancos (conciertos) 10 – 27 octubre No Estoy Muerto, Estoy en El Olympia Pedro Ruiz 30 octubre – 3 noviembre TEATRO PRINCIPAL Paradero Desconocido 2 – 6 octubre Tomás Moro, Una Utopía William Shakespeare y más autores 10 – 12 octubre Ballet Flamenco Cecilia Gómez 17 – 20 octubre Asociación Socio-Cultural Gerard Collins (danza) 25 – 27 octubre La Corte de Faraón Saga Producciones 30 octubre – 3 noviembre TEATRO RIALTO Despertarás Ayer 6 septiembre – 6 octubre Casa de Muñecas / A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen 18 octubre – 10 noviembre TEATRO TALIA Un Déu Salvatge Hasta 20 octubre Manu Badenes (monólogo) 4 y 11 octubre Siente!!! Reloaded Toni Pons 5 octubre Hoy: El Diario de Adán y Eva 23 octubre – 10 noviembre cinema

BABEL *versión original www.cinesalbatrosbabel.com FILMOTECA CINEMA INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE CINEMATOGRAFÍA CICLOS IVAC – LA FILMOTECA www.ivac-lafilmoteca.es OCTUBRE en La Filmoteca del IVAC Animatopía. Los Nuevos Caminos del Cine de Animación Desde 1 octubre hasta 20 diciembre Menudo Filmo: Madagascar 3. 5 – 6 octubre Estrenos Filmoteca 10 – 25 octubre La Letra en la Imagen: Julio César. 16 – 19 octubre L’Aula en el Cine Desde 17 octubre hasta 17 noviembre Día Mundial del Patrimonio Audiovisual 26 – 27 octubre YELMO CINES www.yelmocines.es addresses MUSEUMS / GALLERIES

AGRUPACIÓN FOTOGRÁFICA VALENCIANA C/ Beata, 8

Tel: 96 351 26 20 ALMUDÍN Pl. San Luis Bertrán, 1 Tel: 96 352 54 78 - ext. 4521 BOIRA C / Salvador Giner, 10 Tel: 96 205 82 67 CAFE MALVARROSA / ESPAI PARAL.LEL Historiador Diago, 20 Tel: 96 320 50 56 CA REVOLTA C/ Santa Teresa, 10 Tel: 96 392 20 88 CENTRO CULTURAL BANCAJA Pl. Tetuán, 23 Tel: 96 387 58 64 CENTRO COREOGRÁFICO DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA Parque de la Granja, s/n, Burjassot Tel: 96 390 47 74 CENTRO DEL CARMEN C/ Museo, 2 Tel: 96 192 26 40 CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS (L’Hemisferic, Museu de les Ciencies Princípe Felipe, L’Oceanografic) Av. Instituto Obrero de Valencia Tel: 902 100 031 COL·LEGI MAJOR RECTOR PESET Universitat de Valencia Plaça del Forn de Sant Nicolau,4 Tel: 96 316 60 00 COMUNICARTE GALERIA BAR C/ Conde de Olocau, 3 DR NOPO C/ Borrull, 16, Bajo Tel: 96 113 14 99 www.doctornopo.org ESPAI D'ART BOIRA C / Salvador Giner, 10 Tel: 96 205 82 67 ESPAI TACTEL C/ Denia, 25 Bajo Tel:96 395 88 08 www.espaitactel.com FNAC SAN AUGUSTÍN C/ Guillem de Castro, 9 - 11 Tel: 96 353 90 15 FUNDACION CHIRIVELLA SORIANO C/ Valeriola, 13 Tel: 96 338 12 15 GALERÍA AKKA C/ Almirante Cadarso, 6 Tel: 96 316 27 27 GALERÍA DUOMO C/ Luis Santangel, 18 GALERIA ESPACIO C / Carles Cervera, 38 www.galeriaespacio.es GALERÍA LUIS ADELANTADO C/ Bonaire, 6 Tel: 96 351 01 79 GALERÍA MR. PINK C/ Guillem de Castro, 110 Tel: 96 391 33 34, 669 787 918 www.misterpink.net GALERÍA MURO Correjeria, 5 Tel: 96 391 19 03 GALERíA PAZ Y COMEDIAS C/ Comedias, 7-2 Tel: 96 391 89 06 GALERÍA PUNTO Av. Baron de Carcer, 37 Tel: 96 351 07 24 GALERÍA ROSALIA SENDER Mar, 19 (Ciutat Vella) Tel: 96 391 89 67

GALERíA SEGRELLES C/ Ciscar, 4 Tel: 96 333 21 97 GALERÍA TOSSAL Pl Tossal, s/n Tel: 96 398 18 03 GALERÍA VISOR C/ Corretgeria, 26 Tel: 96 392 23 99 INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE VALENCE C/ Moro Zeit, 6 Tel: 96 315 30 95 INSTITUT VALENCIÀ DE LA MÚSICA C/ Barcas, 2 Tel: 96 318 44 53 IVAM C/ Guillem de Castro, 118 Tel: 96 386 30 00 JARDÍN BOTÁNICO C/ Quart, 80 Tel: 96 315 68 00 www.jardibotanic.org JOVE ORQUESTRA DE LA GENERALITAT VALENCIANA Tel: 96 318 44 90 / 93 KITSCH INTERNACIONAL ARTEDIVERSO C/ Covarrubias, 5 Tel: 607 636 012 LA BENEFICIENCIA CENTRE VALENCIA DE CULTURA MEDITERANEA C/ Corona, 36 Tel: 96 388 35 79 LA CASA ENCESA ESPAI D'ART Plaza La Iglesia, 3 12594 Oropesa Tel: 96 431 37 26 LA GALLERA C/ Aluders, 7 Tel: 96 352 14 37 LA NAVE GALERÍA Nave, 25 Tel: 96 351 19 33 LA LLOTGETA, AULA DE CULTURA CAM-ESPAI D’ART Pl. Mercado, 4 Tel: 96 391 33 96 LAS NAVES, ESPACIO DE CREACIÓN Contemporánea C/ de Juan Verdeguer 16, 46024 Valencia T 963 531 272 L’IBER MUSEO DE LOS SOLDADITOS DE PLOMO C/ Caballeros, 22 Tel: 96 391 86 75 www.museoliber.org LLIG LLIBRERIES DE LA GENERALITAT Pl. Manises, 3 Tel: 96 386 61 70 MONASTERIO DE SAN MIGUEL DE LOS REYES Av Constitución, 284 Tel: 96 387 40 13 MUSEO DEL ARROZ C/Rosario, 3 Tel: 609 877 956 MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE VALENCIA C/ San Pío V, 9 Tel. 96 369 30 88 / 369 21 11 MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD Pl. Arzobispo, 1 Tel: 96 352 54 78 - ext. 4126 MUSEO DEL CARMEN C/ Museo, 2 Tel: 96 369 30 88 MUSEO FALLERO Pl. Monteolivete, 4 Tel: 96 352 54 78 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CERÁMICA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍ

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ʻLIKEʼ US ON C/ Poeta Querol, 2 Tel: 96 351 63 92 MUSEO TAURINO Pasaje Doctor Serra, 16 Tel: 96 351 18 50 MUSEO VALENCIANO D’ETNOLOGÍA C/ Corona, 36 Tel: 96 388 35 65 www.museuvalenciaetnologia.es MUSEU D'HISTÒRIA DE VALÈNCIA C/ València, 42 Tel: 96 370 11 05 MUVIM C/ Guillem de Castro, 8 Tel: 96 388 37 47 OCTUBRE CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORÀNIA C/ Sant Ferran, 12 ( Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 315 77 99 www.octubre.cat PAZ TEJÓN GALERÍA ESTUDIO C/ Salas Quiroga, 1, bajo (Zona Jesús) Tel.: 654 363 829 www.paztejon.com POPOL VUH C/ Burriana, 13 Tel: 96 336 08 25 REALES ATARAZANAS Pl. Juan Antonio Benlliure, s/n Tel: 96 352 54 78 SALA PARPALLÓ C/ Corona, 36 TAMAR C/ Almudín, 16 Tel: 96 392 50 66 UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA C/ Universidad, 2 UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA Camino de Vera, s/n Tel: 96 387 70 00 opera

PALAU DE LES ARTS Autopista del Saler, 1 Tel: +34 96 197 58 00 Fax: +34 96 395 22 01 www.lesarts.com theatre

CARME TEATRE C/ Gutenberg, 12 Tel: 96 392 42 71 www.carmeteatre.com CENTRE LA RAMBLETA Bulevar Sur esquina C/ de Pío IX (Sant Marcel·li) larambleta.com ESPAI ATHENEIA C/ Guillem de Castro, 65 Tel: 615 578 344 - 657 857 792 www.xikanda.com ESPACIO INESTABLE C/ Dr. Sanchis Bergón, 5 Tel: 96 392 16 30 www.espacioinestable.com L’ALTRE ESPAI C/ Platero Suárez, 11 Tel: 96 353 92 00 OFF TEATRE C/ Turia, 47 Tel: 96 384 11 85 SALA ZIRCÓ C/ Joaquín Navarro, 11 Tel: 96 3 77 18 62 SALA RUSSAFA C/ Denia, 55

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96 341 52 16 SPORTING CLUB RUSSAFA C/ Sevilla, 5 Tel: 96 325 15 98 TEATRE EL MUSICAL Pl. Rosario, 3 Tel: 96 367 31 95 TEATRE MICALET C/ Mestre Palau, 3 Tel: 96 392 14 82 TEATRO DE MARIONETAS LA ESTRELLA (LA PETXINA). C/ Dr Sanchis Bergón, 29 Tel: 96 371 73 84 TEATRO OLYMPIA C/ San Vicente Mártir, 44 Tel: 96 351 73 15 TEATRO PRINCIPAL C/ Barcas, 15 Tel: 96 353 92 00 TEATRO RIALTO Pl. Ayuntamiento, 17 Tel: 96 353 93 00 TEATRE ROMÀ DE SAGUNT Pujada al Castell, s/n Sagunto THEATRE SALA MORATÍN Pl. Ayuntamiento, 17 Tel: 96 353 93 0 TEATRO TALÍA C/ Caballeros, 31 Tel: 96 398 64 22

area with an ample list of drinks, perfect for relaxing in a creative and artistic environment . Information, programme and reservations: www.cafemercedes.es Jazz en directo. Música en directo cada semana los jueves, viernes, sábados, domingos. Sala de prestigio con una buena acústica. Deluxe Pop Club (Zona Plaza Cedro) C/ Poeta Mas y Ros 42, Zona Cedro www.deluxepopclub.com Durango Club (Meliana) C/Llanterners, 35 Poligon Industrial La Closa, Meliana See Facebook. Rock club on the outskirts of Valencia with great live bands and a loyal crowd.. Electropura (Zona Ruzafa) C/ Pinto Salvador Abril, 20 See Facebook for more details Acoustic gigs at 19.30h with indie often being the flavour. El Loco (Zona Juan Llorens) C/ Erudito Orellena, 12 Tel. 96 326 05 26, www.lococlub.org El Loco is a dynamic live venue with an eclectic choice of indie, funk, rock, fusion, blues and more. Check some music and dance later.

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BABEL C/ Vicente Sancho Tello, 10 Tel: 96 362 67 95 FILMOTECA (CINEMA INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE CINEMATOGRAFÍA) RIALTO Pl. Ayuntamiento, 17 YELMO CINES Espai Campanar Av. Tirso de Molina, 16 Tel: 902 22 09 22

live music Bigornia (Zona Carmen) C/ Museo, 10 Jazz jam every Wednesday evening. Black Note (Zona Aragón) C/ Polo y Peyrolón, 15 Tel. 96 393 36 63 Top choice for music lovers who love it live - jazz, blues, R’n’B, soul, funk, flamenco and rock. See listings. Café Cronopio (Zona Benimaclet) C/Barón de San Petrillo 46 Tel: 960 64 17 17 http://cafecronopiobenimaclet.blogspot.com.es Jazz, blues, flamenco, world music, jam sessions and more… Café del Duende (Zona Carmen) C/ Túria, 62 Tel. 630 455 289 www.cafedelduende.com Great club specialising in authentic flamenco music and culture. See listings. Café Mercedes Jazz (Zona Ruzafa) C/ Sueca, 27 Tel. 96 341 83 78 www.cafemercedes.es Reservations by email: info@cafemercedes.es At this prestigious jazz club, situated in the cosmopolitan barrio of Ruzafa, you can enjoy the best live concerts with excellent acoustics every weekend, with true music lovers in the audience. There is also a chilled out cafe-bar

Jimmy Glass Octubre 2013 2 Octubre 20.45h Quantic 3 Octubre 22.15h Piano singing duo 4 Octubre 22.45h Diablito Tango 8 Octubre 20.45h Jorge Pardo 10 Octubre 22.15h Piano singing duo 11 Octubre 22.45h

Federico Lechner Duo 15 Octubre 20.45h Thaïs Morell Quartet 17 Octubre 22.15h Piano singing duo 18 Octubre 22.45h Jam Sesion 22 aniversario and more...

Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar (Zona Carmen) C/ Baja, 28 www.jimmyglassjazz.net Legendary and prestigious jazz club in the classic New York style with an authentic jazz atmosphere, integrated on the international live jazz circuit, where every week you can see famous international live bands from the modern jazz world. Mítico y prestigioso club de jazz de estilo neoyorquino, con una átmosfera auténticamente jazzística, donde pueden verse todas las semanas figuras internacionales del jazz contemporáneo. Consulta la web: www.jimmyglassjazz.net Kaf Cafe (Zona Benimaclet) C/Arquitecto Arnau, 16 961131706 - 663 702 960 lk kafcafe.blogspot.com Atmospheric, literary café-bar with regular live gigs and jams. La3 (Zona Puerto) C/ Padre Porta, 2 www.grooovelives.com Top-notch national and International bands every month with disco afterwards until past the dawn...

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OCTOBER 13 24/ 7 VALENCIA LISTINGS La Bona Estrella (Zona Carmen) Plaza Manises, 3 Tel: 96 064 05 48 Live jazz and other types of live music every Thursday at 20.30h with free entry. La Caverna (Zona San Vicente) C/ Cuenca, 70 lacavernaclub.blogspot.com Live music. Mod, soul, rock & roll, reggae and more. La Edad de Oro (Zona Juan Llorens) C/ San Jacinto, 3 Tel. 649 255 048 Live music every Thursday & Friday. La Rambleta Bulevar Sur, esq Pío IX (Next to Parque La Rambleta) (Zona Jesús) Tel: 96 0011511 www.larambleta.com Fantastic new live venue with great programme of live music and original and alternative theatre. Noise Valencia C/ San Vicente, 200 Tel.670 659 705 www.discomirror.es Check international bands from around the globe. Palau de la Musica (Zona Río Túria) Paseo de la Alameda, 30 Tel. (+34) 96 337 50 20 E-mail: info@palauvalencia.com www.palaudevalencia.com Excellent classical music concerts in the Rio Turia gardens with musicians from around the world. See website for current programme. Play Producciones Tel. 679 412 012 www.playproducciones.com Wah-Wah (Zona Blasco Ibáñez) C/ Campoamor, 52 Tel. 96 356 39 42 / 645 792 674 www.wahwahclub.com National and international indierock & pop in a student zone…

sounds…from rock & roll to house! Open 22.00h until 4.00h, Thursday to Saturday. Magazine Club Pza / Perez Escrich, 18 Zona Juna Llorens In just 4 years, Magazine has become an essential part of the rock’n’roll scene in Valencia. Zona El Carmen

Bigornia C/ Museu, 10 Arty crowd of the Carmen scene with electro, hip-hop, funk, techno and more. Good vibes. Bolseria Café C/Bolseria, 41 Tel: 96 391 89 03 Hot tropical vibe with swinging crowd at weekends. House, Latin, funk and pop. Carmen Club C/ Quart, 26 www.carmenclub.es Calcatta C/ Reloj Viejo, 6 One of the few discos in the Carmen to stay open all night, until around 8 am. Club 47 C/ Quart, 47 See groovelives website. Music Box C/ Pintor Zariñena, 16 Tel. 96 391 41 51 Frankenstein Rock & Roll Club Marques de Caro, 5 Immortal C/ San Dionisio, 3 Feel ‘heavy metal’ and like hard rock? Plenty of like-minded souls in a loud bar. Rock on!

Pinball C/ Concordia, 3 www.pinballvalencia.com For lovers of psychedelia, northern Soul, funk. Groovy atmosphere, buzzing at weekends. Cats and chicks shakin’ it until the early hours, digging various scenes like something out of Blow Up. Just one minute´s walk from C/ Caballeros & with free entry. Pinball es un Pub-disco con música de los sesenta, garage, rock ‛n’ roll, Northen Soul, mercadillos, mojitos y más.

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Nylon C/ Germanias, 31 664 46 98 40 Valencia’s latest club. Electronica all night long in the hip barrio of Ruzafa. Play C/ Cuba, 8 Tel: 96 3920570 http://playclubvalencia.tumblr.com/ Newish club in the hip barrio of Ruzafa. Indie, pop and dance all night long. Xtra Lrge Playground Gran Via Germanias, 21(esq Cadiz) New club with 600 metre multi-use floor. Electronica and indie, art exhibitions too. Theatre every week at 23.00h. See facebook. Zona Juan Lloréns

Café Carioca Artist Club Juan Llorens 52 www.cafe-carioca.com Superb House music. La Edad de Oro C/ San Jacinto, 3 Tel. 649 255 048 Live music and its classic mix of pumping

Juanita Club C/ Lepanto, 8 Rasta Vibrations just two minutes walk from the Torres de Quart, open every day from 20h. A real Reggae lover’s paradise, authentic vibe. Everyday 2 beers for 2€ until 22h & 2 cocktails for 5€ until 24h. Discounts every day always free entry. DJs too! Follow us on Facebook “ JuanitaClub (VALENCIA)” Juanita Club - especialistas y amantes de música reggae, sitio acogedor y relajado.

Radio City C/ Santa Teresa, 19 Tel: 96 391 41 51 A legendary club in Valencia's old town. Free, eclectic disco Monday - Sunday nights, live flamenco every Tuesday @23h. English language nights Thursday @20h with Britpop music till late. Funky and friendly club. Turmix C/ Dr. Chiarri, 8 Close to C/ Alta, open Thurs – Sat from 23.30 to 03.30h. Rock, garage, indie guitar disco. Únic Plaza Sant Jaume, 1 New! Set in the very heart of the centro historico. Cocktails, music, art & design, fashion, young urban crowd. Vintage sofas too. Watch the people of the barrio stroll by. Lovely terrace too. Zona Plaza Cedro

Tornillo C/ Campoamor, 42 Tel. 96 392 55 27 www.eltornillo.com INDIE scene. Electronica beats collide with guitar, loads of students partying, dancing.

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a lovely terrace to enjoy your food and drink outside.English speaking staff. Gay & Lesbian friendly. Open all summer. .

Miniclub Blasco Ibañez, 111 Used to be Zenith. Funky new club open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until well past dawn.www.myspace.com/miniclubvlc Zona Rio Turia

L’Umbracle terraza / Mya Avenida del Saler, 5 www.umbracleterraza.com Impressive backdrop with 2 all night discos for the beautiful people. Part of the City of Arts and Sciences. Zona Puerto / Playa

Guernica Playa Eugenia Viñes, 227 New and by the beach! Great Cocktails and music from around the world (African, Arabic and more) from Monday to Thursday, live theatre & contemporary dance on Thursdays and hard electronica sessionson Sundays. There’s even a weekly DJ from the wild Valencia ‘Ruta de Bakalao’ days. Free entry all week except Sundays. “Like an Ibiza bar from the 70s”. La3 c/ Padre Porta, 2 www.groovelives.com Indie & electrónica sounds on 3 floors No Hay Nada Mejor Que 27 Amigos C/ de la Reina, 186 Happening place in the Cabanyal area, run by dynamic and multi-lingual owners. Great DJs at weekends and live music on Tuesday. Jazz jams on Sundays, too!

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Mancini C/ Moratin, 1 Tel. 963 94 42 89 www.mancinicatering.es Open Mon-Wed 8.00h - 20.00h. Thurs-Sat 8am - 20.00h. Mellow atmosphere, mixed crowd, good service. Healthy menu del dia 7.50€. Great terrace. Wonderful retro design and said by many locals to have the best coffee in the centre! Mancini is open for private parties from 20.00h onwards and has a catering service too. Sabroso menú del día, buen servicio, interior estilo retro y ambiente relajante, especialistas en café, clientela mixta.

Café Lisboa Pl. Dr. Collado, 9 Tel. 96 391 94 84 An excellent café bar in one of Valencia’s most atmospheric plazas. Good mixed crowd of students, locals, visitors and a very popular terraza. Open 09.00h and all day until late. Lots of bocadillos, coffees and beers. Barça and Levante football on TV at the weekend. A legendary cafe-bar that is 36 years old. Set in the historic centre. Breakfast, lunch and dinner available everday. Salads, sandwiches, Snacks, Montaditos, Desserts. Fine choice of cocktails including Mojito, Daiquiri, Bloody Mary. Agua de Valencia, Sangria & Paella too. Warm interior and beautiful terrace. Un clásico del centro histórico, terraza amplio, interior relajado, tapas y cócteles. Bohemio, literario, y abierto a todos. Café Museu C/ Museu, 7 Tel: 96 393 31 08 Bohemia at its finest, with a mellow terraza in a tranquil part of the Barrio del Carmen. Café del Negrito Pl. Negrito Tel. 96 391 42 33 Classic Carmen hangout. Liberal 30-somethings, arty crowd, lots of people wearing glasses! Café Tertulia 1900 C/ Alta 4 Cafetín Pl. San Jaime, 3

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Anita Giro C/Pintor Domingo 7, near Radio City Tel. 96 113 34 18 A relaxed atmosphere in a very reasonably priced restaurant with a varied and alternative international menu. Dinner generally ranges between 10 to 15 euros a head including drinks and coffee, and can be followed by sampling some fantastic cocktails and shorts.Good, varied music. Boasts

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OCTOBER 13 24/ 7 VALENCIA LISTINGS El Laboratorio (junto Pl. de la Virgen) Pl. Cors de la Mare de Deu, 3 Every Day 18.00h-01.30h Tel: 96 392 61 93 Young international staff and clientèle. The two coolest and cheapest bars to chill off the Plaza de la Virgen. Free tapas with drinks, international Beers, imaginative Cocktails and Gintonics, Mojitos at 4€. Fun food at fun prices: hamburgers, wraps, dimsum, samosas... Great terrace. Tuesday English-Spanish Language Exchange; Wednesday = GermanSpanish Exchange and Cocktails 2x1. Also Exhibitions, Theme Dinners, Ethnic Fiestas, Art & Photography...Mixed drinks start at 3.50€!!!! Gilda C/ Ensendra, 9 (corner Plaza Viriato) Tel: 96 3260393 Original resto lounge just a few steps from the Quart Towers (Torres de Quart) offers in its chill out terrace the best of the Salento (south of Italy) and Italian Tapas, Girasol C/ Turia, 52 Movil: 650 245 563 Horchatería El Siglo Pl. Santa Cantalina, 11 Tel: 96 391 84 66

Las Torres C/ Guillem de Castro, 119 Tel. 963 154 162 Just a stone's throw from Torres de Quart but completely off the tourist track. This is a real Spanish bar of the barrio with a good atmosphere and a multi-lingual, well-travelled owner who speaks Spanish, English and German. Paella every Friday and good tapas during the whole week, fresh products and good prices. Spanish beers, patatas bravas, ham, cheese, fish, and more for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The real Spain. Family run business. Auténtico bar español con tapas del día, paella cada viernes, jamón, tortilla, queso, pescado, y más. Muy cerca de Torres de Quart. L'Ermita C/ Obispo Don Jeronimo, 4 Tel: 96 391 67 59 Saturday... live acoustic music around 21.00h. London Café Valencia C/ del Carda, 1 Movil: 699 922 370 Very, very spacious bar replete with London street signs.

visitors, Los Pikapiedra is without doubt an essential part of the Barrio del Carmen scene. Easy to find too! Reasonable prices.They now have a wonderful selection of Spanish tapas. Ask at the bar for their carta. Special offers every WEDNESDAY! 1 litre Porrones 4,50€ (Cider, Beer, Calimocho, Tinto de Verano). Jarras 1 litro 8€ (Agua de Valencia , Sangria, Mojito). Cubatas 3,50€. Menu 6€ (Salad, Drink, Tabla Iberico of hams, meats & cheeses). Porrones 4.50€ on Thursdays too! Bar Los pikapiedra es un bar alternativo legendario, con gente bohemia, porrones, música ecléctica y tapas españolas. Macloy C/ Turia, 75 Mobile: 674 96 40 53 Good beers and nice choice of wines & spirits. 1€ for each drink or tapa! Magarota C/ Zurradores, 9 Movil: 665 04 15 08 Friendly Spanish tapas & café Bodeguita bar with terraza and popular owners. Nou Carxofa C/ Baja, 42 Tel: 96 3 910 298 QArt! Calle de Guillem de Castro, 78 46001 Valencia, España Tel: 963 916 115 Gay friendly, spacious café bar Rivendel Resto Bar C/ Hospital, 18 Tel: 96 392 32 08 www.rivendelrestobar.com Superb terrace, cosmopolitan staff, lovely food, packed with activities too. Sol i Lluna C/ del Mar, 29 96 392 22 16, www.solilluna.net

La Cava del Negret C/ Calatrava, 15 Tel: 96 392 33 01 Open every day from 12.00h, great bar on Pl. Negrito with terraza and some of the finest agua de Valencia around. Friendly staff, superb terraza, next to fountain and a great selection of cavas and champagnes. Abierto cada día, muy buena selección de cavas & champagne con terraza encantadora.

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Los Pikapiedra (Zona Carmen) C/ Caballeros, 25 Tel: 96 3 919 876/ 681 215 545 www.bar-lospicapiedra.com Great! Definitive of the alternative Carmen scene. Highly popular with students, punks, hippies and adventurous tourists. It is a friendly, alternative hangout that is run by a multilingual, well-travelled owner and is open to all. Set on 3 floors with room for groups and couples. After 18 years of deserved popularity with locals and

Sant Jaume C/ Caballeros, 51 Tel. 96 391 24 01 Valencia Café society par excellence. Set in what may be the best corner of the centro histórico, this long established café bar has a cosmopolitan crowd, lots of room upstairs and one of the best terrazas in the city. Watch the characters stroll down C/ Caballeros. Sant Jaume es un clásico del centro histórico con unas de las mejores terrazas en Valencia. Teteria Tisana C/Moret, 4 (just off C/Roteros) Music includes: Ultra-mod, ye-ye, Garage, Britpop 60s. Freak-Beat

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Tel: 96 337 48 92 Ni María Ni Virgen C/ Pintor Vilar, 1 Lesbian pub-bar in the Campanar area.

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Biplaza C/ Cuba , 40 Friendly chill out bar with quality montaditos, beers and wine and plenty of activities. Café Berlin C/ Cadiz, 22 Tel: 96 381 00 24 Modern & attractively designed café bar with an arty crowd. El Desvan del Café C/ Puerto Rico, 4 Tel: 96 344 16 86 Very bohemian, very relaxing with a mellow crowd of chilled out and arty crowd. La Tavernaire C/ Dénia, 18 Tel: 605 838 299 Bohemian cafe-bar, vegetarian dishes, live music Wednesdays. La Pinça C/ Pintor Salvador Abril, 34 Tel: 96 3 25 05 82 / 693 593 037 Arty and welcoming café-bar. Ubik Café C/ Literato Azorín, 13 Tel: 96 374 12 55 Emblematic of the buzzing barrio of Ruzafa. Wonderful, spacious and welcoming cafebar/ second-hand bookshop. Spanish & Italian tapas, beer, wine, bohemian crowd, friendly atmosphere. Closed Monday. Zona Plaza Xuquer

Rocafull Cafe Pl. Xuquer, 14 www.rocafull.tk A key meeting point of the ‘indie’ community.

La Ola Fresca Calle Músico Magenti 11, Benimaclet Reservations: 610026305 A ‘cafecito’ with a big heart and a fabulous terrace • Speciality in brownies and homemade cakes • world food cooking Juice therapy • local artesanal beers • fairtrade tea and coffee workshops and special events • Sunday BRUNCH • Facebook: La Ola Fresca Valenbisi: 116 Comidas del mundo, servicio excelente, sabroso y actividades cada semana. Tam Tam C/ Emilio Baro, 20 A bohemian hangout.

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Cafe Infinito C/ Poeta Mas y Ros, no 35 Tel: 617 27 20 42 www.cafeinfinito.net Superb! International multilingual staff with a friendly atmosphere and packed agenda including theme nights, language exchange, live music quiz. Wednesday ‛Ruta de la Tapa del Cedro’. Tornillo C/ Campoamor, 42 Tel. 96 392 55 27 A meeting point for faces from the indie and electronica scenes. Definitely worth checking.

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Cross C/ Juan de Mena, 7 (Zona Botanico) Facebook Cross Valencia www.crossvalencia.com Just 2 minutes walk from Torres de Quart in the tranquil Botanico barrio. Cross is one of Valencia’s most popular Gay Clubs. Open each night from 22h to 03.30am with Sundays and Wednesdays featuring ‘get naked’ parties. Saturday night has the best drag shows and the club’s music soundtrack is modern. Closed Mondays. Gay sexbar. Cerrado Lunes. La Pecera C/ Cadiz, 86 Tel: 639 517 703 Popular with lesbians in evenings. Open to all. Magnus Termas (Sauna) Av. Puerto, 27

Nuncadigono C/ Turia, 22 The latest gay sex-club with rooms, showers, labyrinths, videos, slings, contacts, S&M, bears, fucking, sex, glory-holes, motor bikes. Each month: ‘Fiesta Slip’ 1st and 3rd Thursday from 22h (jockstrap/ swimwear) ‘Fiesta Naturista’ 2nd & 4th Thursday from 22h. (naked) Free cloakroom service and free condoms and lubrication, ask at the bar. Happy hours todos los dias. Open every day from 12.00 pm to 04.00 am. Gay sexbar. Cuartos, duchas, laberintos, videos, slings, valencia, contactos, gay, nuncadigono, bar, sm, bears, sexo, motos. Pekado Pl. Vicente Iborra, 9 Tel. 96 392 41 39 The seven deadly sins are served after you enter the gates of hell of this restaurant. Qart Café C/ Guillem de Castro, 80 Sant Miquel Pl. Sant Miquel, 13 Tel. 96 392 31 29 Spartacus C/ Flassanders, 8 Gay sex shop Trapezzio Café Pl. Músico Lopez Chavarri, 2 Turangalila C/ del Mar, 34 Tel. 96 391 02 55 Well prepared Mediterranean dishes. Drag queens sing for customers in this original restaurant.

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Thursday 17th October Paella, beer, live music 22.00h 5€.

Beer C/ Salamanca, 4 Tel. 96 374 14 31 www.cerveceriabeer.com Facebook Cerveceria Beer. Open every day from 19:00 to 03:30. Great selection of beers, cans and bottles from around the world. Try 30 types of beer from Spain and abroad. Have a great time with your mates competing at darts and table football, and enjoy the daily offers every day of the week at Beer. Monday - with your beer they invite you to free mussels. Every Tuesday from 19.00h to 24.00h, Beer from the barrel 2 x1with montadito included! Wednesday from 23’30 to 01’30 with Patatas arrugadas con mojo picón canario and live music with Tony Ventura y amigos. Thursday has popular beer prices 2’50€ for pint from midnight & blackjack at night. Saturday has massage and roller skate raffles with your drinks, prizes announced at 2:30 am!Sunday has football live and we have La Liga, Champions League and Uefa during the week.Cervecería excelente con 30 cervezas diferentes de todo el mundo. Jueves con descuentos y partidos de Fútbol Primera Liga y Champions en directo.

TRADITIONAL PUBS Zona El Carmen

Finnegan’s Pl. de la Reina Tel: 96 392 28 62 www.finnegansofdublin.es The legendary meeting point in the heart of Valencia for those who like a good pint. Excellent terrace with fine view of the Cathedral. A genuine Irish pub with big screen for sports-lovers who like it live. Spacious and warm interior, good selection of beers and tasty traditional lunches. It is internationally famous for all the right reasons. Great for the craic in the evenings. Live music every week.A classic. Bar Irlandés legendario en el corazón de Valencia, con buena selección de cervezas y comidas también. Gente con experiencia. Deportes en directo. Zona Canovas

Portland Ale House C/ Salamanca 10 Yes! Valencia’s first true American pub, run

by a friendly American team with draft beers available, sports and an increasingly mixed crowd of locals, visitors and English and Spanish speakers. They now brew & serve their own beer ! Tuesdays and Wednesdays are international language exchange nights with Orange Academy, Thursdays is speed dating and Sundays is the legendary pub quiz! Portland Ale House es un pub americano auténtico. Con dueños americanos y sus cervezas propias más marcas famosas y noches de intercambios inglés/ español. Muy cosmopolita. St. Patrick’s Irish Pub Gran Vía Marqués del Turia, 69 Tel: 96 351 36 42 www.stpatricksvalencia.com “A true Irish pub” that knows the craic! Friendly helpful international staff who speak Spanish and English! FREE WIFI to all customers. Open every day from 4pm ‘till late! Cosy interior with 5 rooms and 2 bars. A good mix of Spaniards and expats. We have 5 big screen plasma T.V.s that show all the sporting events (football, rugby, cricket, golf, basketball, etc.)! We have pool, darts, a big terrace and good music (pop-rock from all the ages with Spotify)! Great selection of beers, whiskies, cocktails, including fresh fruit slush, nonalcoholic or you choose the mix! Great snacks, sandwiches, quiche, meat pies, fish&chips, etc. Lots of events: Live Music every Friday at 23h. Parties with prizes. Open Saturday and Sunday at 13:00h pm. Reservations at info@stpatricksvalencia.com See Facebook for more details! Pub irlandés famoso con pantallas para deportes en directo. Buena selección de cervezas y cócteles, música en directo los viernes, intercambios los jueves y más…

Restaurants Afro-Cuban

Babalú C/ Manyans 17 (next to Plaza Redondo) Tel: 96 315 50 40 ¡Fiesta! An excellent restaurant-bar-club for those who love authentic Cuban food. American

McDonalds Pl. de la Reina, 15 Tel: 96 392 35 91 Easy to find, with the city’s cathedral as the backdrop Arabic

Sahara (Zona Carmen) C/ del Mar, 52 Tel: 96 394 32 76 Movil: 698 579 148 www.sahararestaurante.com Argentinean

La Parrillita Argentina C/ Salamanca, 7 Tel: 677 693 785 www.laparrillitaargentina.com Facebook La Parrillita Argentina Fantastic! We had a lovely lunch here! Argentinean grill. Asian

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Liverpool Russafa VLC C/ Sueca, 74 Telf: 674 244 998 English Pub. Everyday from 16.00 - 03.30h. Zona Avenida Aragón

Manolo el del Bombo Pl. Valencia Club de Fútbol, 5 Tel: 96 930 460 A traditional Spanish bar with a different interior - a football museum with photos of the legendary Manolo del Bombo, the chap with the massive beret and drum. Just across from Mestalla stadium, a Mecca for football fans from all over the world. Friendly atmosphere. Sally O’Brien Av. Aragon, 8 Tel: 96 337 40 12 Zona Plaza Xuquer

Max Max C/ Vinalopó, 11 (Pl. Xúquer) Tel: 96 362 68 67 http://maxmaxvalencia.blogspot.com L'Eliana

The Dragon (Bar Internacional) C/ Virgen de Pilar, 12 (L’Eliana) British-run bar with good reputation for food. Popular with locals and the expat crowd from the area. a

Kawayan Grill House C/ La Carda, 6 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 960645206 Movil: 633232533 Facebook Kawayan Grill House Asian fusion cuisine (Filipino,Thai, Mongolian, Vietnamese), with a touch of Spanish, specialities include Grill, traditional Filipino dishes, attractive tapas. Fresh and quality produce. Good quality local wines, fun cocktails and friendly atmosphere. Open from Tuesday night to midday Sunday. Cocina de fusión asiatica (Filipina ,Thai, Mongolesa, Vietnamita), con un toque castizo, especialidades al Grill, platos tradicionales Filipinos y tapas divertidas. producto fresco y elaborado. Vinos sinceros de la tierra, cockteles graciosos y ambiente amigable. Abierto de Martes noche a domingo mediodia.

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O Rei Da Caipirinha C/ Vicente Sancho Tello Tel: 96 362 59 36 Open daily, Brazilian football memorabilia lines the walls. Cool Brazilian sounds and native staff. Barbecues every Sun at 13.30h. Porto Alegre C/ Centelles, 36 (corner C/Sueca) El: 96 334 55 94 /Movil: 699 49 29 68 www.restauranteportoalegre.com Brazilian owned and run and set in the thriving barrio of Ruzafa. French

Atmosphére (Institut Français) C/ Moro Zeit, 6 www.restauranteatmosphere.com Open 08.00h to 20.00h, delicious homemade food from expert chefs. Fusion Restaurant Sésame C/ En Bou (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 391 30 62 Highly popular. The well-travelled French owner proposes a wide variety of creative tapas and dishes with an original Greek & Mediterranean/ Asian/ French and Vegetarian fusion using only fresh local produce. Greek

El Rincon Griego C/ Conde Montornes, 23 (just off C/ Mar and corner of Poeta Liern) Tel: 96 394 4443 Mobile: 639608867 www.stratosm.es Zona Carmen Intimate and Greek owned and run, wellestablished restaurant in a quiet corner of the old town. The only Greek in town and with live music every Friday. Enjoy Greek tapas, fish and meat dishes, cheeses, yoghurts, pastries and Greek wine too! Restaurante griego muy conocido con tapas y platos típicos del país. Vino griego también. Muy céntrico. Indian / Pakistani

Taj-Mahal (Zona Av. Puerto) C/ Dr. Manuel Candela, 20, Tel: 96 330 62 64. One of the best Indian restaurants along

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the coast. Authentic Indian cuisine, chefs with 12 years Brit experience. Classic menu with all the favourites: Chicken Tandoori, Chicken Tikka, King Prawn Tandoori, Lamb. Variety of rices, attentive bilingual staff on hand to serve ‘English’ or ‘Spanish’ version of spicy. About 18€ per head. Taj Mahal now has home delivery until midnight for minimum price of 20€. Check out the British and Indian products at their shop next door! Curry powders, cornflakes, ketchup, tinned beans, and loads more. An expat’s dream! Uno de los mejores restaurantes indios en Valencia con comidas y cenas típicas del país. Muchos productos indios en su tienda a lado también. Italian Zona Botánico

Mimmo Cantina C/Dr Sanchis Bergon, 24 Tel: 96 315 4968 Movil: 645074435 www.mimmo-cantina.com Italian owned and run, with a lovely setting overlooking the Rio Turia. Zona El Carmen

Al Pomodoro C/ del Mar, 22 Tel: 96 391 48 00, www.viciositalianos.com. Very popular, good value, great pizza. Bacco d.o.c. C/ Derechos 29, bajo (1 min from La Lonja) Tel: 96 391 19 65 Everyone welcome at this distinctive and very original Italian restaurant in an excellent location. Il Piccolo C / D’En Plom, 9 Tel: 96 206 99 55 Movil: 603 659 703 Just a stone’s throw from Torres de Quart. La Pappardella C/ Bordadores, 5 (next to Cathedral) Tel: 96 391 89 15 www.viciositalianos.com. Popular Italian restaurant without pizza and emphasis on Piadinas and pastas. La Strada C/ Quart 17 Tel: 96 392 41 77 Friendly pizzeria and pasta restaurant with lots of experience. Zona C/ La Paz

La Gñocca de La Tia C/ Verger, 1 Tel: 961 139 930 This is authentic Genoese & Italian cuisine with experienced and welcoming Genoese owners. Zona Canovas

Accapella C/ Conde Altea, 60 Tel: 96 3748424 A warm welcome from a family run restaurant. Well presented pasta and pizza dishes in relaxing and spacious surroundings. Don Salvatore C/ Conde de Altea, 41 Tel: 96 334 13 04 www.donsalvatore.com

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A real treat of an Italian restaurant. Wonderful terrace and bilingual owner, a great Canovas success story. Spot the Valencia footballer! Restaurante italiano de calidad. Muchas pizzas, ensaladas y pastas. Carta de vinos. Frecuentado por los futbolistas del Valencia CF. Lambrusquería C/ Conde Altea, 31 -36 Tel: 96 334 07 53 lambrusqueria.wordpress.com/about Zona Playa

Birra & Blues Mare Nostrum, 34 Tel: 96 355 04 74 Movil: 605 900 656 www.birra&blues.com Alboraya By the beach! Very spacious, popular , legendary and authentic Italian restaurant with open-plan oven pizza cooked in the classic, traditional way. Pasta and pizza galore! They now have their own brewed beer including 'John Lee Hooker' as well as many of your favourite wines. Lovely, relaxing interior with terraces at the front and back and upstairs has a club for quality live music and disco for relaxing after dinner from midnight onwards... Japanese

Kokura Pere i borrego 10 (C/ Alta – Na Jordana) Mexican

El Mexico de María (Zona Ruzafa) C/ Calle Denia, 20. Tel: 96 332 80 78 Friendly Mexican restaurant, superb homemade dishes. El Mexico de Maria has Mexican cuisine with years of culinary experience in Valencia with a fine combination of traditional and fusion Mexian cuisine for their loyal clientele. Lovely, cosy & colourful interior with lots of mexican decorations. Set in the hip barrio of Ruzafa. Taquería el Burrito (Zona Carmen) C/ Alta,12 Tel: 96 113 36 08 100% authentic Mexican food. Set in the heart of the centro historico. Eat-in or takeway with delivery service too. Multi-bar

La Bona Estrella (Zona Carmen) Plaza Manises, 2 Tel: 96 0640548 Great! Quite new and very spacious multi-bar with wide variety of beers. Enjoy Spanish and Mediterranean dishes, live music, live sports and more. Enjoy red wines by the glass or bottle from Rioja, Utiel Requena, Ribera de Duero and white wine from D.O. Rueda and Rias Baixas. Open all day and everyday for Breakfast, lunch, dinner with starters including octopus, pork dishes and Greek salads too. Sardines or duck to enjoy as main dishes as well as good range of Spanish hams, cheeses, sausages and more. Live music jams every Thursday 20-30h - 22.30h. Intercambio English - Spanish every Monday 19.30h! flea markets every Tuesday at 23.30h! La Bona Estrella es un Multi-bar nuevo

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OCTOBER 13 24/ 7 VALENCIA LISTINGS para desayunos, comidas y cenas, Mucho espacio y buena oferta de comida española y mediterránea. Jamones, quesos, chorizos, salchichones, ensaladas, carpaccios. Música en directo los jueves 20:30h. Intercambio Inglés - Castellano cada Lunes @19:30h. Mercados de pulga 23:30h cada Martes. Pizzeria

La Pizza del Carmen C/ Caballeros, 12 Tel: 96 391 9572 Facebook: Pizza del Carmen Friendly, tasty and varied Pizza to takeaway right in the heart of the Barrio del Carmen. Portuguese

Café Pessoa C/ Literato Azorin, 2 Tel: 96 341 75 14 Great! An authentic Portuguese café bar with lovely cocktails and trendy interior. Portuscale C/ Subida del Toledano, 6 Tel: 96 1 144 063 www.restauranteportuscale.es Authentic Portuguese cuisine with Portuguese owners. Quality burger bar

Mediterranea de Hamburguesas SL C/ Sueca, 45 Zona Ruzafa (46006) Tel: 96 3 21 05 31 Open from Monday to Sunday 7pm to 1.30am C/ San Fernando, 22 (near Mercado Central) Zona Centro (46001) Tel: 96 3 21 70 03 Open from Monday to Sunday 12pm to 1a.m. info@mediterraneadehamburguesas.com www.mediterraneadehamburguesas.com At Mediterranea Hamburguesas sl, quality is our trademark and what sets us apart. We choose to work with the best materials, with a freshness and distinctive quality too. We enhance each burger with touches of the Mediterranean. Our daily challenge is to be the best burger bar in Valencia. Burguer bar de alta calidad en zona centro y zona ruzafa. Ensaladas, carnes, opciones para celiacos.

Mesclat C/ Beltran Bigorra, 10 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 306 58 52 www.mesclat.net Great! Mesclat (which is Valenciano for mixed) is a quality burger bar that gives you

the chance to choose between meat, fish or vegetables and the ingredients that accompany your burger and the type of bread too. Black Angus, Wagyu, ecological veal from Avila, cuttlefish, King Prawn, feta cheese & spinach are just some of the choices on offer amongst 12 hamburgers to choose from. Each burger can be combined with 4 or more amongst 25 distinctive ingredients. Homemade sauces, piadinas, succulent salads all make this part of the experience of this ‘fast-good’ valenciano restaurant. Check out their carta of national and international beers and a fine selection of wines, which suits the most demanding of palates. Mesclat: the good face of globalization!!! Open every night and open midday from Thursdays to Sundays. 12 Hamburguesas de mucha calidad de ternera ecológica, sepia, feta, espinaca y más. Opciones entre pescado, vegetales y carne.

rusa and great tabla de quesos too. Cool flamenco, rock and pop sounds, welcoming vibe and friendly Andalucian/Valencia owners. Perfect size portions and informed service. Be sure to try Valencian tinto no. 12!

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Carpe Diem C/ Martínez Cubells, 4 (off Passeig Ruzafa) Tel: 96 342 77 80, www.carpediem-vlc.com A genuine Spanish restaurant right in the centre of Valencia, on a mellow side street, dead easy to find! Friendly service, trendy interior, expert chefs and authentic Valencia cuisine! Enjoy fish dishes, Spanish tapas and rice dishes including paella on their mellow terraza as you watch the world go by. Savour their delicious salads, chilled white wines, and desserts. An international staff are on hand to help you with your choice. Enjoy their Tapas menu. Some of the best mediterranean dishes around. Restaurante Español con terraza amplia, ensaladas frescas, pescados y paella Valenciana. Lotelito Valencia Rooms & Bar C/ Barcas, 13 Tel: 96 206 78 52 www.lotelito.com Breakfast, lunch, dinner, cocktails, live music. See report! Zona El Carmen

33 Lounge Restaurant C/ San Dionisio, 8 Tel: 96 392 41 61 www.33loungerestaurant.com Mediterranean tapas, expertly made fresh paella, homemade desserts and bossa nova soundtrack. Bar Kiosco C/ Derechos, 38 Tel: 96 391 01 59 Bodeguilla de Gato C/ Catalans, 10 Tel: 96 391 82 35 Carosel Taula de Canvis, 6 Tel: 96 1132 873 Dos Aguas C/ Marqués de Dos Aguas, 6 Tel: 96 251 64 26 Good value Spanish menu del días, great view. El Botijo C/ San Miguel s/n www.tascaelbotijo.com Spanish tasca in the Barrio Carmen! Great terraza, delicious tapas, a top ensaladilla

El Peix Daurat C/ Doctor Monserrat 14. Tel:.635 413 476. www.elpeixdaurat.com Open Monday- Saturday (13.30h – 16h), Wednesday – Saturday (20h – 24h), Closed Sunday. Wonderful lunch-time paella every Friday afternoon.Superb! By sheer word of mouth, this hidden gem of a restaurant has become a favourite of discerning customers. Chic & tasty Mediterranean cuisine and from around the world. Situated in a quiet street in the old centre, just 2 minute’s walk from Torres de Quart so easy to find. They use different techniques and cooking traditions to create Mediterranean dishes with their unique flavour. They now serve great pinchos & tapas. Cocina Mediterránea de buena calidad con toques de fusión y con servicio atento. Pinchos y tapas también. El Secreto de Boro Plaza Juan de Villarrasa, 6 bajo Tel: 96 3 215 566 / movil: 667 293 711 www.elsecretodebero.blogspot.com Cuisine from the Mercado Central by a Valencia chef. Just a stone’s throw from the central Market. El Rall Pl. Tundidores, 2 Tel: 96 392 20 90 Legendary paella restaurant, prime location by La Lonja and Plaza Negrito. Escalones de La Lonja C/ Pere Compte, 3

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ʻLIKEʼ US ON El Pony Pisador C/ Zurradores, 7 (Near Plaza Santa Catalina) Tel: 638 196 289/ 635 849 390 Homemade Spanish food, rustic interior and run by a friendly Spanish couple. Try their Croquetas de Jamón Ibérico, artichokes, baby squid with paprika, strawberry cheese cake. In a quite corner of the Centro Histórico. Good selection of wines from 8€ to 16€. Menú del día 10€ including drink. Saturday & Sunday lunch 14€, drink extra. Dishes from 4.50€ to 7€. Authentic Spanish cuisine. Restaurante Español íntimo, rústico y con comida casera muy buena; rabo de toro, croquetas, jamón ibérico, calamares y más. En Bou Lounge Drink + Tapas Tel: 96 3922632 Enjoy Mediterranean cuisine with tapas, gourmet hamburgers and desserts.

Jacaranda Sensation Food Corretgeria, 33 Tel: 96 3 922 737 www.jacarandasensationfood.com Set in the centro historico so easy to find. We had a wonderful lunch here with lovely, friendly service and tasty rice, fish, meat and salad dishes. It’s a wonderful Mediterranean fusion with artistic presentation in a modern yet warm setting. Cosmopolitan crowd and mellow terrace outside. Popular with locals and visitors. Menu del dia around 10€. Open Tuesday to Sunday: 9am – 4pm/ 8pm – 1am. Just a stone’s throw from the cathedral. Spanish owners who speak English. Jacarandã es una nueva experiencia gastronómica en el " Barrio del Carmen" de Valencia. Te invitamos a venir y sentir nuevas emociones con nuestra fusión de sabores perfectamente combinados que deleitarán los paladares más exigentes. La Carme C/ Soguers, 2 Tel: 96 392 2532 30 years old emblematic restaurant of the Barrio del Carmen with Mediterranean dishes and cosy yet spacious interior. La Pitanza C/ Quart, 5 Tel: 96 391 09 27 www.lapitanza.com

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La Pilareta C/ Moro Zeit Tel: 96 391 04 97 Every major Spanish city has a tapas bar regarded as ‘quintessential’. Established in 1917, this one is high up on the list in many guides. Veteran waiters serve excellent tapas: habas, ensaladilla rusa and the famous mussels. Open daily midday to midnight just off Plaza Tossal, not hard to find. Now that’s what we call atmosphere... El bar de tapas más histórico en el centro de Valencia, especialidad en clóchinas, buenas habas y ensaladilla rusa.

L'Aplec C / Roteros, 9 (near Torres de Serranos) Movil: 696 119986 Bar - restaurant to go for tapas. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12 noon to closing. Closed Monday. Spontaneous atmosphere, friendly and fun. Home cooking. Drinks and hot tapas with a hint of fun. New and easy to find as it is just a stoneʼs throw from the Torres de Serranos. Nice and spacious interior too! L' Aplec now has a great terrace with a varied menu for just 10€ with drink included, from Tuesday to Saturday. Enjoy their homemade, fresh and authetic paella that changes from meat to fish to vegetable choices available from Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday has paella by the ration along with your classic Spanish tapas. Gay & Lesbian friendly. Tapas caseras, divertidas, servicio amable y buenas paellas de jueves a domingo. Muy cerca de Torres de Serranos. Auténticamente español y abierto a todos. La Lola C/ Subida de Toledano, 8 Tel: 96 391 80 45,

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www.lalolarestaurante.com reservas@lalolarestaurante.com. This is ‘nueva cocina española’! Authentic live flamenco every week. Las Damas C/ Damas, 3 Tel: 96 352 12 97 La Surcusal C/ Guillem de Castro, 118 (at IVAM) Tel: 96 374 66 65 La Xirgu C/ dels Borja, 4 Tel: 96 392 27 35 Maria Mandiles Plaza Manises, 2 Tel: 96 04 60 57 info@maria-maniles.com We've opened a new Maria Mandiles!!! ...Just next to the Palacio de la Generalitat in the heart of Valencia, we've opened a new space with a new decoration, new menu, new terrace and new Maria Mandiles... It's going to leave you with your mouth open!!...2 restaurants, 2 terraces, the same charm & delight & philosophy and the same way of working...We're waiting for you!! Maria Mandiles C/ del Padre Huérfanos, 2 Tel: 96 315 48 84 A wonderful choice. In the heart of the historic centre in a tranquil square by the church of El Carmen, next to a garden, you will find the restaurant Maria Mandiles. With an ample terrace, you can enjoy tapas, fondues, cheeses, salads, homemade desserts, a variety of sangrias, cocktails, and ‘Agua de Valencia’ too. Lunchtime menu from Monday to Friday for 10.50€ with everything included. Saturdays and Sundays at lunchtime has paella for 6.50€. Typical price for evening dinner is 18€. Open all day from 10am to 01.30am. En pleno centro histórico con una amplia terraza, donde poder disfrutar de sus montados, fondues, ensaladas, quesadillas, postres caseros, variedad de sangrías, cocteles y agua de Valencia. Mattilda Resto Bar C/ Roteros, 212 Tel: 96 392 31 68 www.mattilda.es Just a brief walk from Torres de Serranos in the renowned restaurant zone of Calle Roteros. This is a modern & trendy fusion/ creative chill out restaurant with ingredients fresh from Mercado Central. Mediterraniart C/ del Mar, 29 Tel: 96 0 715 790 mediterraniart@gmail.com Great! Open very day of the week, Mediterraniart is an authentic and elegant Valencia chill out bar/restaurant run by a friendly, young and experienced team. Nou Carxofa C/ Baja, 42 Tel: 96 391 02 98 Ocho y Medio Plaza Lope de Vega, 5 Tel: 96 392 20 22 www.elochoymedio.com Paparazzi C/ Baja, 42 Tel. 96 315 45 88 New! Set in a quiet corner of the atmospheric old town. Run by a friendly and experienced owner, enjoy wonderful homemade Mediterranean cooking including; Lasagna,

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OCTOBER 13 24/ 7 VALENCIA LISTINGS Parmigiana, Canellones, Pasta and a lot more !!!!! Business groups and romantic couples are all welcome. Tasty Menu for 14€ every evening. Closed Sunday night and all day Monday. De martes a sábado menú mediterráneo por 14€ con ingredientes frescos y buena presentación y buen servicio. Interior agradable. Racó el falleret Guillem de Castro, 114 Tel: 96 064 28 72 New and authentic Spanish restaurant with traditional Valencian cuisine. Just a stone’s throw from IVAM. Refugio Restaurante del Carmen C/ Alta, 42 Tel: 96 391 77 54 A warm and authentic Mediterranean fusion restaurant with touches of Asia and a new carta, too. See ‘Something Different’ for more details.

tavern with touches of gourmet regarding their cuisine. Its quality, acclimatized terrace and good service has made it an essential part of the Valencian restaurant scene. It has kept alive the spirit of traditional Spanish taverns, with tapas to enjoy for lunch and dinner. These include baby squid, patatas bravas, scrambled eggs with prawns, tablas of Spanish hams & cheeses. There are also very traditional options like Oxtail, fried eggs with foie, skewers, and many more specialities. There is also a fine bodega of wines, with some of the best wines from around the regions of Spain. Zona Patraix

Café Taberna “El Caracol” C/ Archiduque Carlos, 20 Moviles: 639761257 / 657532275 New! Traditonal & multicultural tapas & pinchos. Vegetarian cuisine, homemade desserts & sunny, warm terrace. Something Different

Refugio Restaurante del Carmen C/ Alta, 42 Tel: 96 391 7754 The ‘Cooking Revolution’! Refugio is truly a restaurant of the Carmen. Run by a warm, bohemian Valencian couple with years of culinary experience this is now a Mediterranean fusion restaurant with International cuisine. Warm, wooden interior with intimate corners. Tapas Bars

Tintofino Ultramarino C/ Corretgeria, 38 Tel: 96 315 39 64 Like a fine wine? Oh, that’s superb! Tapas, cheese, and meat too! Tinto fino is a wonderful, classy tapas bar restaurant with an extensive collections of 50 wines from Spain & Italy as well as delicious tapas from the mediterranean. Live acoustic music every Wednesday. Tapas españolas e italianas de calidad, interior acogedor y amplia selección de vinos. Vintara Plaza de la Reina, 19 Tel: 96 392 41 85 Great paella is available from Monday to Friday. Yuso C / de la Cruz, 4 izquierda Tel: 96 315 39 67 The real deal. Valencian chefs and Valencian staff. Superb paella, arròs en fesols i naps, arroz a banda, patatas bravas, salads and more. Zona Jesús

La Mora Taberna C/ San Francisco de Borja, 1 Tel: 96 3 81 39 59 www,lamorataberna.com www.facebook.com/TabernaLaMora twitter.com/tabernalamora 46007 Off the beaten track. Smart interior, pleasant terraza and friendly service. Classic Spanish dishes with ham, cheese and meat dishes included.La Taberna Mora is a modern Spanish

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Blanquita (Zona Carmen) PL. Dr. Collado, 8 46001.Valencia Tlf. 637556321 Great Terraza and wide selection of tapas.

Dehesa Santa Maria (Zona Canovas) C/ Gran Via del Marques del Turia, 76 (corner of Plaza Canovas) Tel: 96 065 06 40 / Reservations: 96 0 65 06 41 www.dehesacanovas.com www.dehesasantamaria.com Wonderful setting in the highly popular, upmarket and cosmopolitan Canovas zone. This is a well-established and authentic Spanish Tapas bar-restaurant specializing in quality Spanish ‘Iberico’ products so you can savour the best hams, cheeses & sausages to go with your wine or beer. Real quality Spanish food and drink with a quality clientele too. Friendly service, lovely terrace and clean & polished interior. Delicious desserts! Tapas bar de alta calidad con productos ibéricos,

El Olivo Taberna Plaza del Árbol, 4 (end of C/ Baja) Tel: 96 391 70 87 Authentic Spanish tapas in the historic centre. Highly popular with alternative crowd and visitors. Amongst their many specialities you will find artichokes, homemade croquettes, grilled sardines, fried prawns, octopus, cured ham, a selection of cheeses and much more. All tapas are made in the moment, which means you can take your time over a glass of wine or beer. Auténtico bar de tapas español con dueños de familia andaluza con alcachofas, croquetas, sardinas, opciones vegetarianas y mucho más. Popular con gente alternativa, gente del barrio y visitantes. Excelente terraza. Gilda C/ Esendra, 9 (corner Plaza Viriato) (Zona Carmen) Gilda is an original resto lounge just a brief few steps from the Torres de Quart (Quart Towers). La Comisaría (Zona Carmen) Tapas y copas ilegales Pl. Arbol, 5 (corner C/ Baja) Tel: 96 391 07 39 www.lacomisaria.com Price per person around 15/22€. Multilingual chef.

Mar Cuatro - Tapas & Burguers (Zona Carmen) C/ del Mar, 4 Tel: 96 391 43 50 Great! Valencian owned and run. Just off Plaza Reina so really easy to find. A fresh, modern and relaxing space to enjoy a wide range of quality tapas, gourmet hamburgers, unique and top notch hotdogs, skewer recipes with different tastes and textures.

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ʻLIKEʼ US ON Savour delish desserts in crystal pots that will surprise you for their delicious taste and lovely presentation. This is a vanguard Spanish tapas bar and open to all ages and backgrounds. Expect to pay around 20€. Tapas de calidad, hamburguesas gourmet, pinchos, postres deliciosos, muy cerca de Plaza Reina. San Miguel C/ San Miguel, 7 Tel: 96 392 31 29 Classy. In the heart of the historic centre, San Miquel has a tapas bar, a wonderful terrace and authentic traditional cuisine including paella and other rice dishes. En el corazón del centro histórico San Miguel es un bar de tapas con una terraza agradable y platos tradicionales de arroz como Paella y más.

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ingredients, Just a stone’s throw from Plaza Ayuntamiento. We had a great lunch here. La Tastaolletes (Zona Carmen) C/ Salvador Giner, 6 Tel: 96 392 18 62 Vinoteca

Santa Companya (Zona Carmen) C/ Roteros, 21 Tel: 96 392 22 59 Classy. Long established and just a stone’s throw from the Torres de Serranos in the centro historico.

shopping On the whole, the Carmen clothes shops are more alternative. The Colón stores tend to be high street names. Zona Plaza Ayuntamiento

Sarao C/ Carlos Cervera, 22 (Zona Ruzafa) Tel: 96 3 25 63 68 18h till late. During week. Open from 11am from Fri-Sun Open Tuesday to Sunday from 18h during week. Flamenco jams on Saturday evening. Concerts Sunday at 13h Set in the cosmopolitan barrio of Ruzafa, Sarao is a slice of the real Spain. At this Spanish taberna you can enjoy great wines like Damajuana or Malavida as well cañas of beer like Alhambra, accompanied with typical, delicious Andalusian tapas (salmorejo, ham, cheeses and more) for just 2.50€. A warm welcome to make you feel at home. Live flamenco & dancing every weekend. We had a great time there. Open all summer. En Sarao hay vinos, Damajuana o Malavida, así como sus cañas Alhambra, acompañado de sus tapas típicas andaluzas (salmorejo, jamón serrano, quesos...), tan solo por 2.50 euros. Su tablao andaluz nos transporta al corazón de andalucía en pleno centro de Ruzafa, con espectáculos de cante y baile flamenco todos los fines de semana. Vegan/Vegetarian

copenhagen (Zona Ruzafa) Literato Azorin, 8 Tel: 96 3 28 99 28 www.restaurantecopenhagen.com Kimpira Organic restaurant C/ Convento San Francisco, 5 Tel: 96 3 92 34 22 www.kimpira.es Macrobiotic and vegan food with organic

Little America (Food and Drinks) C/ Musico Peydro, no 54 (next to Plaza Ayuntamiento) 46001 Movil: 607 231 006 Facebook Valencialittleamerica littleamericavalencia.blogspot.com.es/ Horario: De Lunes a Sábado de 10:00 a 20:30 Very near to Plaza Ayuntamiento so easy to get to. This shop specializes in food and drink imported from the U.S.A. like: Jack Links Beef Jerky, Pringles, Pop Secret, Aunt Jemima, Marshmallow Fluff, Jif Peanut Butter, Jack Daniel's, Taco Bell, Campbell's, Hershey´s, Reese's, Wonka, Skittles, Betty Crocker y much more. Products also include: coca cola Vainilla, coca cola cherry, mountain dew, Root Beer, Dr Pepper, Kool-Aid, Coffeemate, Kellogg's Pop Tarts, Kellog’s Froot Loops, General Mills Lucky Charms, Skippy Peanut Butter, Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauce, Butterfinger, Hershey Kisses Milk, Reese's Peanut Butter Big Cup, Wonka Nerds. Tienda expecializada en alimentos y bebidas importadas de Estados Unidos. Cerca de Plaza Ayuntamiento. Con servicio experto y amable. Tenemos primeras marcas comercializadas en USA La Violeta (Flower shop, express delivery) Pl. Ayuntamiento, puesto 2 Tel: 96 352 13 99, 667 326 340

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Aloe Vera Pl. Vicente Iborra, 3 Tel: 96 3926183 http://www.aloeveraplanet.com A. Jazze Vintage C/ Baja, 30 www.avintagejazze.com Facebook: AJAZZEVINTAGE A. Jazze Vintage is a cosy vintage store where you can find all kinds of little treasures. From fine clothing and Antique accessories to a great selection of Import Jazz on Vinyl. Indigo Calle Corretgeria, 4 – b izq 46001 Valencia Beautiful. Just off Plaza Reina so easy to find, Indigo is a quality shop with ethnic jewellery. Madame Bugalú C/Danzas, 3 Tel: 96 315 44 76 Chic! Monki C/ Calatrava 11, bajo Tel: 96 392 45 16, www.monki.shop Plou i Fa Sol Plaza Musico Lopez Chavarri Nº7 Bajo, 46003,Valencia. Tel: 963919797 Charming organic shop in the heart of El Carmen. Satwa C/ Calatrava, 17 Tel: 96 3 911 492 www.satwa.es Scrapbook boutique. Soho del Carmen Calle Derechos 33, Valencia Tel: 96 391 2463 SoHo del Carmen is unique, because clothing and accessories are bought, sold and traded locally with store customers. Bring in your former favorites for trade or cash on the spot! Our ever-changing inventory includes designer labels, vintage, jeans, leather, current basics and one-of-a-kind items. You'll also find brand new merchandise and accessories. We offer prices starting at 3€ and one of our best sellers LEVI'S at 10€. Zona Canovas

Taste Of America C/ Avd Reino de Valencia, 6 Tel: 96 206 64 65 www.tasteofamerica.es Zona Ruzafa

Madame Mim C/ Sevilla, 29 Movil: 649 032 066 / 678 701 634 Second Hand. Quality, retro, vintage and cool.

CLASSIFIEDS BEAUTY & HEALTH CARE Oblivium C/ Hospital, 6 Tel: 96 392 61 59, www.centrooblivium.com Oblivium is a relaxation centre specialized in flotation therapy and situated a 4-minute

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Dr Sax (Beat & Books) El Doctor Sax (Beat & Books) Calle Quart 21 www.facebook.com/eldoctorsax www.eldoctorsax.blogspot.com Come to Doctor Sax (beat & books), the first ‘beat’ library in Valencia. Here you’ll find the grooviest books in the city: literature, beat, art, music, cinema, illustration. Also vinyl, T-shirts, Art & Design objects. The staff speak English, Spanish, Italian & Japanese. El Doctor Sax, beat and books, la primera libreria beat de Valencia. Aqui encontrarás los libros con más groove de la ciudad: literatura beat, arte, música, cine e ilustración. Y además vinilos, camisetas, objectos de arte y desing. El personal habla inglés, espanol, italiano y japonés! Loved Books C/ Tapineria, 18 (near Plaza Reina) Tel; 639 740 746 Please support your local second-hand bookshop. Plenty of titles in English and more. Good value books. Rana Books Av. Reino de Valencia, 15 46005 Valencia, Spain Tel: +34 96 332 81 28 www.ranabooks.es Rana Books is Valencia's newest English bookshop. It has a huge variety of books for adults, children and Teachers. Slaughterhouse Librería y cafetería. C/ Denia 22 - 46006 Valencia 963287755 www.slaughterhouse.es One of Valencia’s hippest hang-outs in the bohemian Ruzafa barrio. Now with Tapas.

Levante CC are a new cricket club based in Valencia that have regular league games with teams throughout Spain and also welcome touring sides to the city. The club train most Thursday evenings at the Camp de Beisbol in the riverbed, start time 8pm. New members welcome. www.levantecc.com Jason: 654071182 Barry: 652291897 FOOTBALL CALENDAR 19/20 octubre Valencia – Real Sociedad Celta – Levante jueves 24 octubre 21.05h Europa League Valencia – Sankt Gallen 26/27 octubre Villarreal – Valencia Levante – Espanyol 30 octubre Valencia – Almería Betis – Levante 2/3 noviembre Getafe – Valencia Levante – Granada jueves 7 noviembre 19.00h Europa League Sankt Gallen – Valencia 9/10 noviembre Athletic – Levante Valencia – Valladolid VALENCIA CF Mestalla stadium, Aragón/ Facultats metro, lots of buses incl. 9, 10, 12, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 79, 80. Tickets on sale from the stadium, club souvenir shops, La Caixa, Ticketmaster and selected tobacconists. Season tickets from €200. LEVANTE UD Ciudad de Valencia stadium, 11/70 bus, Machado metro, Estadi del Llevant tram. Tickets available at ground on matchday and in advance from Levanteud. com. Season tickets from €160.

BRITISH FOOD.ES Set in the delightful Mercado Central, Pasillo Luis Vives, 209 - 211. Including PG tips, HP sauce, Vimto, Fray Bentos, Branston, Homepride, Hartley's, Paxo, Bacon, Bangers, Marmite, Bisto, Patak's, Sharwood's, Pastries, Puddings, Ales...

La niña los peines (Zona Carmen) C/ Santo Tomas, 24 Tel: 96 392 52 82 Fantastic hair salon that is renowned in the city where highly experienced professional experts get to the essence of each person’s head of hair for the cut you are truly looking for. Combining health, pleasure and imagination there are a wide range of services, cuts, colours, styles available. They are make up experts who have worked with a number of film directors, designers and photographers too. There is also an erotic corner for customers… “La Niña Los Peines mueve las tijeras y zapatea, afina el tono de los colores cuidadosamente, mima tu melena mientras te la modela al ritmo de tus deseos. Y en el gabinete de belleza te arregla de la cabeza a los piés. Calidad Schwarzkopf, trabajo cuidado y trato personal ¡Óle!” HEALTH Pilates Classes Movil: 687605722 Personal Trainers specialising in Pilates techniques for single or double classes. Reformer in our studio or at your home. Marta & Mike. 'YOGA TRAINING & RETREATS IN VALENCIA COMMUNITY’ Bodhiyoga yoga teacher training learn to teach: www.Bodhiyoga.es HOSTELS Home (Zona Carmen) Pl. Vicente Iborra Tel: 96 391 37 97 C/ La Lonja, 4 Tel: 96 391 62 29 www.likeathome.net Two of the funkiest hostels in town, set in the heart of the centro histórico. Hostal Antigua Morellana (Zona Carmen) C/ En Bou, 2 Tel: 96 391 57 73 www.hostalam.com Single: 45-55€, Double: 55-65€. Hostal El Rincón (Zona Carmen) C/ Carda 11 Tel: 96 391 79 98 / 96 391 60 83 Single: 10-13€, Double: 18-24€ Quart Youth Hostel C/ Guillem de Castro, 64 Tel: 96 3 270 101 www.quarthostel.com The River Hostel Valencia (Zona Carmen) www.riverhostelvalencia.com Plaza del Temple, 6 Tel: 96 391 39 55

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HOTELS Hotel Las Arenas ***** Eugenia Viñes 22-24 Tel. 963 120 600 Hotel Meliá Valencia Palacio de Congresos***** Avenida Cortes Valencianas, 52 Tel: 902 14 44 40 Lotelito Valencia Rooms & Bar Rooms/ Apartments/Free Wi-Fi C/ Virues, 6 (corner C/Barcas) Tel: 96 306 09 30 www.lotelito.com Neptuno **** C/ Paseo de Neptuno, 2 Tel: 96 356 77 77 www.hotelneptunovalencia.com Petit Palace Germanías *** C/ Sueca, 14 Tel: 96 351 36 38 www.petitpalacehotelgermanias.com Purple Nest Hostel Valencia Plaza Tetuan, 5 Tel: (34) 96 353 25 61 www.purplenesthostel.com Red Nest Hostel Valencia Calle de La Paz, 36 Tel: (34) 96 3 427 168 www.rednesthostel.com Sercotel Sorolla Palace**** Av.de las Cortes Valencianas,58 46015 Valencia (ESPAÑA) Tel: 961 868 700 Fax: 96 186 87 05 www.hotelsorollapalace.com LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

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Lauria 14 (Zona Ayuntamiento) C/ Roger de Lauria, 14 P1 1ºA Mobile: 656 824 864 www.tarotzaidamarcos.es www.samarium.es Zaida Marcos is a highly experienced psychic consultant. Services range from readings, private consultations, rituals, chakra cleansing, business and prosperity workshops and much more. Call for a consultation. Zaida Marcos es una psíquica profesional con mucha experiencia. Sanación de chacras, talleres de éxito en negocio, y mucho más. OPTICIANS

Glenburn School of English C/ Doctor Modesto Cogollos 6 y 8 Tel: 96 393 35 88 www.glenburnschool.com English school with welcoming atmosphere and experienced native staff offers courses at all levels for adults and children and prepares students for FCE, proficiency and E.O.I. exams. Offers Spanish for foreigners, French and German. Excellent translation. Academia inglesa de calidad con profesores nativos y cursos para niños y adultos a todos los niveles. También castellano, francés, alemán. Traducciones excelentes. Preparación exámenes. Lenguas Vivas (near Ángel Guimerá) C/ Palleter 43 - 45 - Tel: 963821058. An increasingly popular academy which offers Spanish, English, French, Italian and Chinese courses/translations.

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Panach C/ Borrull, 5 Tel: 96 315 6681 www.opticapanach.es Zona Botanico Wonderful opticians with eye examination as part of the service. PRoperty This is Valencia Tel: 622 230 597 www.thisisvalencia.com info@thisisvalencia.com We have a relocation and property service. Flats, houses and chalets for sale and to rent within a 30km radius of the city. Let us know what you are looking for, chances are we will already have something to suit on our books - but if we don’t we’ll find it for you. Valencia Property Tel: 96 166 28 92 www.valencia-property.com www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net information@valencia-property.com Finding you more than just a home in Valencia. Get the lifestyle information too. Stationer / Papeleria

� Spanish Courses � English Courses � Translations � Language Exchange � Business Classes � Group/Private Classes Alfa Language Centre (close to Levante UD football stadium) C/ Motilla de Palancar, 33. Tel: 961 336 658 www.alfalanguagecentre.com Facebook: Alfa Language Centre A popular language school offering English and Spanish lessons in a very welcoming and friendly environment. Limited places. Exam preparation – DELE and Cambridge exams. Experienced and native teachers. Alfa es una academia de idiomas que ofrece cursos de inglés y español. Grupos reducidos. Plazas limitadas. Profesorado experimentado y nativo.

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Soleã Spanish School Soleã Spanish School C/ Eugenia Viñes, 115 info@soleaspanishschool.com / www. soleaspanishschool.com Tel: +34 645060968/ + 34 654578345 We are a family Spanish School located opposite to the beach Las Arenas. Our classes promote what is being learned in the classroom in real life situations. Because a language is not just about grammar but also a meaning to communicate the language. We offer Intensive Courses, Extensive Courses for Erasmus and Expats, Courses for Groups and Group Seniors, Special bonus for One to One classes (2 students) and DELE preparation. Soleã is waiting to meet you! Somos una escuela familiar situada frente al mar. Nuestras clases promueven la práctica de lo aprendido en el aula en situaciones reales. Porque un idioma no es sólo gramática, sino un medio para comunicar la cultura. ¡Soleã te espera!

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Space for an ending When you hope for such beauty You hold everything Fleetingly, completely. The absence of hope, An ending sensed and acted Left me space once again To look at an open sky. Because it wasn’t love Which abandoned me, But being hopeless on The precipice of that Vacuum was like vertigo, The land wouldn’t hold. It was too late by then. On New Year’s the sky Was navy blue, the sea A syrupy reflection. The symbolic new May even have been enough But you showed me more. In the glare of fireworks, Quiet of morning waters, Our teeth and hands laid Bare in your bed, those days, Like the expectant countdown Ten gave way to one, Before the first sun rose We had filled ourselves. Inevitable endings, Once more gave me A canvas to fill in. We said our goodbyes Pause there, ellipses Copyright © Jenny Ross

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At La Pepica in Valencia

The writer

Hemingway in Spain

A FEW DANGEROUS SUMMERS: HEMINGWAY IN VALENCIA The original guiri loco, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, described Spain as “the last good country left”. His highly romantic and unapologetically hedonistic template for enjoying the country has inspired generations of TEFL teachers and Erasmus students to come over, immerse themselves in the culture, live the life and get uncontrollably and steaming drunk. Hemingway is most closely associated with the cities of Pamplona and Madrid but he also had strong, lifelong links with Valencia. He visited here on numerous occasions, especially in the month of July for the bullfights taking place during the Feria de San Jaime (it is said he attended the Feria on 15 separate occasions), nearly always staying for months on end. Valencia appears often in his work; the city is referred to, one way or another, in seven of his novels, including “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Death in the Afternoon”. As a young, largely unknown writer, he first came here in 1925, arriving by train straight from the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona. The festival was over up in Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

Navarra but Hemingway wanted to carry on the party so he followed his favourite bullfighter Cayetano Ordóñez (with whom he would become great friends) down to Valencia. Arriving at the Estación del Norte, he immediately fell in love with the city. If the station’s colourful ceramic tiles and Modernist architecture impressed him, what really swung it was the huge bullring, which was the first thing he saw as he came out onto the street. In a letter which he sent during this visit to his friend Waldo Pierce, he told him how much he was enjoying Valencia and also expressed some strange ideas about Valencian eating habits: “In Valencia, it’s dammed stupendous at the beach or in the city to eat a melon washed down with a real cold jug of beer.” I must try that some time. The first place he stayed in the city was the Hotel Reina Victoria in C/ de las Barcas and it was on the balcony of his room in this hotel where he started writing his first novel “The Sun Also Rises”. Years later, he would tell how he spent those days in Valencia writing during the morning in bed, then having a late

At La Pepica in Valencia

breakfast and continuing writing until the time for the start of the bullfights. In the evening, he’d go down to Malvarrosa for a swim. Hemingway finished this first book in Valencia – “I’ve got 60,000 words”, he told his father in a telegram he sent from the grand central Post Office in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. In the following years he would return many times, more often than not staying at the Hotel Inglés in front of the Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas in C/ Poeta Querol. He took his first wife Hadley there on his second visit in the fall of 1925 and later, in the middle of the Spanish Civil War in 1937, it also became his favourite place to take his then lover, the renowned war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, who later became his third wife. Gellhorn had agreed to go to Spain with Hemingway to report on the Civil War. She worked for Collier’s Weekly while he wrote for the North American Newspaper Alliance. During the war, Valencia was the capital of the Republic. Hemingway reported on and photographed the bombing raids on the city carried out by the Nacionales. When visiting wartime Valencia, he and Martha would head each day to the Foreign Ministry to get passes to the

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front or to send their articles. This being Hemingway, he would usually stop for a few drinks in one of his favourite bars at the time, the Alianza de Intelectuales cafeteria located in the basement of the Ministry. This once-famous bar was in the building that now houses the Hotel Vincci Palace in C/ de la Paz and there is a plaque on the wall in remembrance of the anti-fascist intellectuals who met there. Despite the air raids, Valencia was relatively far from the front compared to some other cities for most of the war. Being the capital of the Republic, it was full of politicians, soldiers, artists, foreign diplomats, intellectuals, spies, refugees and war correspondents coming from all over Europe and the rest of the world. People living fast and not knowing what was around the corner, all of which fermented a very active and interesting nightlife in the city, a great attraction for the writer. One of the standout bars, which were symbolic of this time, was the Café Ideal Room in C/ de la Paz on the corner with C/ de las Comedias. These days, it is a ladies’ underwear shop but it still has its beautiful Modernist windows and its 1920s stucco decoration inside. Here Hemingway would discuss art, politics, the war and whatever else with his friend, the writer John Dos Passos, along with other regulars like Francisco Ayala, W.H. Auden, Octavio Paz and Antonio Machado. Further up C/ de la Paz was another favourite ‘intellectuals’ haunt, the Café del Siglo, which also no longer

exists but whose name you can still see on the façade of the building above a shop entrance, just before the corner with the Plaza de la Reina. Hemingway loved to go to these bars but possibly his favourite place in Valencia (after the bullring) was the Restaurante La Pepica at Playa de las Arenas. It is still there now, a somewhat pricier option amongst the numerous paella restaurants along the beachfront. It still preserves some of the atmosphere and style of old and there are, of course, a number of photos of the writer sitting at its tables. The restaurant gets a mention in his book “The Dangerous Summer”: “Dinner at Pepica’s was wonderful. It was a big, clean, open-air place and everything was cooked in plain sight. You could pick out what you wanted to have grilled or broiled and the seafood and the Valencian rice dishes were the best on the beach. You could hear the sea breaking on the beach and the lights shone on the wet sand.” When the war ended in 1939 with Franco victorious, Hemingway swore he would never return to Spain under a dictatorship. He did, however, return in 1953 – older, more taciturn and starting to show the effects of the years of drinking. He was now a celebrity who was referred to by everyone as “Don Ernesto”. Too celebrated and too famous to be ignored, he was humoured by the regime he had railed against. He still had a few wild days left, though. He was even thrown out of the Hotel Metropol on C/ Játiva. So the story

At the bullring

goes… he decided to take some shooting practice from his hotel window trying to light the cigar that his friend and fellow bullfight fan, Orson Welles, was holding in his mouth in the street below opposite the bullring. A few years ago, 24/ 7 Valencia interviewed British writer and long-term Valencia resident Christopher Wright, who knew one of Hemingway’s tearaway friends in Valencia: “Reggie Bowler was another character and wonderful raconteur. He knew author Ernest Hemingway, both in Africa and Valencia. In fact, they were both banned from what was the Hotel Metropol in front of the bullring. Continuing the fiesta which had started at the Pepica restaurant on the beach, they squirted the hotel customers, including the mayor, with gin-filled water pistols.” The last time Hemingway came to Valencia was in 1959, he stayed at the Hotel Royal, which was on the corner of C/ de las Barcas and C/ Pascual y Genis. The famous Alicante photographer Paco Cano, who specialized in bullfights and bullfighters, photographed him there. The photograph is exhibited in Valencia’s Museo Taurino, the big man standing tall with bushy white beard next to the bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez, the son of his great friend Cayetano, the man who had first brought him to Valencia nearly thirty-five years earlier.

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VALENCIA FOOTBALL

PRESSURE RELIEVED ON DJUKIC Despite a wretched start to September that peaked with fans demonstrating outside Mestalla after the Europa League defeat with Swansea, Valencia Football Club have put together a string of positive results that leaves them currently standing just four points off a Champions League spot in La Liga. On the first day of the month, Valencia were beaten at home 3-2 by Barcelona and the magic of Messi, who completed a hat trick inside the first 41 minutes. With an international hiatus the following weekend, the Valencia manager Djukic took his team to play his old club in the XL Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid. It turned out to be a worthwhile exercise as confidence was restored with a comfortable 4-2 victory, Jonas and Paco Alcácer each netting a brace. League action next came with a trip to Sevilla and a tricky away fixture against Betis. It had not been the best of starts for the Andalusians, but they got their first three points of the season thanks to two goals from Salva and a clever finish from Jorge Molina. A consolation goal late on from Ricardo Costa did little to appease the travelling fans and the nature of the defeat was just as painful as the final score itself.

Terrible defending gifted two of the Betis goals and Valencia’s lack of cohesive play throughout the match left the supporters mumbling discontentedly. Things came to a head in the Europa League game with Swansea. Having been paired with the Welsh outfit and St Gallen and Kuban Krasnodar in the group stages, this looked the most difficult match-up on paper. So it proved as the Swans enjoyed an historic European night and humbled their Spanish counterparts on foreign soil by an emphatic 3-0 margin. For Valencia there were no positives. Down to 10 men early in the first half when Rami was sent off for a professional foul on Bony, the home side did not produce a single worthwhile effort as Swansea went into the break a goal to the good. For the supporters in the Curva Nord, the accumulation of a bunch of insipid performances was too much. All the fans from that part of the stadium were ushered out by the ultra leaders and Valencia came back on to the pitch for the second half to the eerie vision of no fans behind the goal Guaita was defending. The ultras kept up their protest for 10 minutes before spilling back onto the terrace to fill the empty spaces. However, this show of frustration did little to improve the team’s showing and they trudged off the pitch at full time a well-beaten side. After the match, hundreds of fans vented their frustration at the limp performance by demonstrating outside the ground.

Going into the next home game, many pundits felt Djukic had just one game to turn things around. Sevilla were the visitors and the game was given additional spice with the former manager of Valencia, Unai Emery, returning to his old stomping ground. Emery had divided opinion during his time with the club. Many did not like his unorthodox tactical decisions and the defensive approach adopted once Valencia were winning games. Others felt he performed minor miracles in sustaining Champions League football, whilst having to sell his best players year after year. With Sevilla bottom of the league coming into the match, he was feeling the pressure, too, after just four games. The match hung in the balance until well into the second half. Jonas opened the scoring on 11 minutes but the home side were pegged back on 55 minutes when former PSG striker Kévin Gameiro, a player who Valencia had been linked with during the summer, equalised. The same player was then inexplicably substituted in a decision that was difficult to understand on the hour mark. With Sevilla now seemingly looking to see out the last half hour with a more defensive approach, Valencia became more dominant and secured victory with two late goals from Jonas and Víctor Ruiz. The Valencia fans and Djukic alike were relieved to gain the three points and put the horror show against Swansea behind them. Another trip to Andulucía beckoned as Valencia went to Estadio Neuvo Los Cármenes next to take on newly promoted Granada.

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Valencia headed into the game on the back of a club suspension for Rami, after he had criticised Djukic and his teammates in public. It is obvious that there is no love lost between the French international and the Serbian manager and at this moment in time, it looks like the defender could have played his last game for the club. On the pitch the match seemed to be heading for a goalless stalemate until Jonas popped up in injury time to bundle the ball over the line with his knee after good work from Banega and Canales. The Brazilian then continued his current rich vein of goal-scoring form by netting the only goal in the home encounter with Rayo Vallecano to give his team their third consecutive league victory. The Russian outpost of Krasnodar was the next assignment for the club. Valencia put in a clinical performance to secure their first Europa League points thanks to goals from Paco Alcácer and Sofiane Feghouli. Valencia started October by stretching

their unbeaten run to five games in all competitions, coming away from their first visit to the new San Mamés stadium with a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao. Banega opened the scoring with a welltaken penalty but Bilbao clawed the Chés back, late in the game, when the former Valencia player Aduriz met a cross at the back post and headed it across goal for fellow substitute Toquero to head home from two yards out. Across the city, things have been a little calmer at Levante during September. Unbeaten during the month, they have had away victories at Vallecano and Osasuna and they also picked up a point on the road at Almería. Their home form was less impressive with draws against Real Sociedad and Valladolid but signs of just how far Caparrós has improved his team since the dreadful show at Barcelona on the opening game of the season was plain for all to see in the encounter with Real Madrid. Twice leading through Babacar Diawara and former Liverpool man Nabil El Zhar, Levante fans were smelling victory only to have the game snatched away from them

with a late equalizing goal from Morata, and then a wickedly deflected Ronaldo shot with virtually the last kick of the match. With both clubs showing much improved form, October bodes well for both Valencia and Levante. Tickets for home games can be obtained from the club shops and information on forthcoming games can be found on their respective websites: www.valenciacf.com www.levanteud.com John Howden See listings page 30 for football calendar

At Mestalla

Against Sevilla

Against Athletic Bilbao

Valencia CF vs Swansea City

Levante UD vs Real Madrid

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CLUBLAND WHAT’S UP, MUSIC LOVERS? Well, finally September has come to an end and so far October has been hotter than June!! You’ve gotta love Valencia;). One by one the terrace clubs are slowly closing, and the ‘winter’ clubs are all starting their new campaigns to get those paying customers through their doors. This summer has been great but, to tell you the truth, I’ve been looking forward to the city filling up again and a bit more life in the streets around town. As per usual the students have arrived first, filling up the bars and pubs around the Blasco Ibáñez area. When I say the Blasco Ibáñez area, I mean Plaza del Cedro, Plaza de Xúquer, Plaza de Honduras and C/ Polo y Peyrolón. These areas are historically famous in Valencia for good fun, cheap drinks, lots of bad decisions and terrible potential hangovers;). Some popular places to check out are; Cafe Net (Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 113). This is a lively student bar with lots of people enjoying their cañas and pipas, whilst playing some sort of card or board game with their friends. Café Infinito (C/ Poeta Mas y Ros, 35). This bar/restaurant has lots of things to offer during the whole week, such as quiz nights, live music and even some theatre if you’re lucky. It has a really tasty menu, and for all you non-meat eaters out there, their vegetarian options are fantastic!! Frankie Walsh is one of the three hard-working, bilingual owners there and tries to constantly keep the bar upto-date with great music from all around the world;). Bcool Urban Club (C/ Polo y Peyrolón, 11). This is a NEW BAR that has just been bought by a friend of mine and he’s done it up quite nice indeed, if I don’t say so myself. He’s been managing bars and clubs for years and has decided to take the plunge this year and go ‘ALL IN’ and give us all another option for somewhere to go out in this area of town. As currently there are not many places for the students to go out on Mondays (like they don’t have enough other days to go out on!), he has decided to launch Manic Mondays for the Erasmus students, with really cheap drinks and international bop - along - to music;). On the weekends they are going for a ‘house’ crowd as Luis works with Mist Nightclub (El

24/7 VALENCIA Puerto) as well, and knows a lot of people in that scene. If you’re in that area, drop in and check it out, I´m sure it’s going to be a success as his track record is pretty good. In my opinion, every month the Benimaclet area of the city is getting busier and busier and busier!!!! I think this is due to many factors. First, it is a very well commuted part of Valencia with buses, trams and a metro station in the heart of where all the night life is. Second, the atmosphere is really bohemian and relaxed with so much youth and positivity that it has to ooze out on to the terraces, which makes it even better because you can see all different types of people having fun even if you’re just walking through the streets;). Third, it is by far the cheapest area of town to go out in, with pints of beer for ONLY 1€ and glasses of wine for the same!!! Great places to eat for under a tenner and generally really nice and interesting people. If you could compare it to anywhere in London I would compare it to Camden Town ....wait a minute, what am I saying?... sorry, you can’t compare it to Camden Town at all. But what I can say is that the kind of people you see there wouldn’t look out of place in Camden, referring to their attitude towards the way they live their lives, fashion, haircuts, et c… Bar Pulso (C/ Leonor Jovani, 6) is a great little bar there with lots of cool memorabilia on the walls and regular live jam sessions. Sebas is the owner of the bar and he is an Argentinian with an open mind and great customer service. The kind of people who go there are very friendly and all share a common love for great music of all genres. Definitely a must-visit bar if you’re in the area, but be careful, you might not leave;). Check out the Benimaclet Entra Facebook site for daily updates on activities in the area! Last but not least, the old nightclub Excuse Me? in the trendy Ruzafa district has opened up again, but this time it’s called CHAPEAU (C/ dels Tomasos, 14) and is very near Ruzafa Market. It has been renovated and changed its owners but, most importantly, it’s changed its music policy. It has three rooms with completely different styles of music. The room as you walk in to the club is your typically Spanish anything goes room, very chatty and what us Brits would say “really cheesy” but hey,

who can say they don’t enjoy a bit of cheese from time to time? I can’t;). The second room is a room dedicated to smokers. Yes, you heard me right, you are allowed to smoke inside this room and won’t get a nasty fine. So for all you smokers out there, it’s like heaven but for all you non-smokers it’s gonna be like hell, because in my opinion it’s the room which plays the best music – ‘70s and ‘80s classics, really good for dancing;). The downstairs room has been decorated like a 1920s burlesque house from Paris, or at least that’s what I imagined them to be like in my head. Very dark blue and red lighting, with lots of seating areas and booths around the outskirts of the room. It has a Saturday Night Fever-esque dance floor smack bang in the middle of it, with two bars at either end for easy access. They’ve decided to make this a house music room and are promising to bring in good DJs on a regular basis...we will see, let’s hope so;). Ok guys, for more updates on top nights out keep reading this space as next month there are lots more fixed dates and events to pencil in your social calendar. Also, don’t hesitate to give me a call if you wanna get in for free, or with a discount, not have to queue, get bottles in V.I.P lounges or have any group parties, I can sort all that kind of stuff out with the dial of a few numbers;). KEEP ON KEEPING IT REAL PEOPLE AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO L.T.D (LIVE THE DREAM) John Treacy Tel: 647 585 494 P.R. DJ ENGLISH TEACHER DREAM LIVER;)

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VALENCIA WORLD Miguel, Miguel Ángel Solís) and Entourage Studios. I was able to see and assist on projects with artists such as Vinnie Colaiuta, Diego Verdaguer, and Ashley Tisdale. After a year there, I decided to regroup with my family who was living in Toronto, Canada at the time. While I was there, I worked for an online magazine called TORO recording popular bands in the indie scene (Who’s Army and the Bahamas among others). While concentrating on recording, I wanted to go back to drums, which led me to choosing Berklee Valencia for my Master’s in Contemporary Studio Performance.

RODRIGO MALVIDO OF BERKLEE VALENCIA Tell us about your experiences and music.

background,

I was born in Mexico City but I grew up and was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I began playing the drums at the age of 14 with a classical percussionist and when I was 18, I began to really fall in love with the instrument. I started to listen to drummers who did the unconventional with the instrument, people like Mike Portnoy, Terry Bozzio, Stewart Copeland and Neil Peart. I was able to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, where I studied not only drums but audio engineering as well. I was taught by musicians like Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Steve Vai), Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs), and Mark Walker (Oregon, Paquito D’Rivera) and amazing engineers like Jeff Largent (Braveheart) and Prince Charles Alexander (Puff Daddy). During my time there I worked on several different projects including recording music for a Hungarian short film called ‘Whatever Floats Your Boat’, playing in a DJ / live instrument band called Global Party People, and recording drums for Félix Martin’s (Prosthetic Records) debut album ‘Bizarre Rejection’. After I graduated from Berklee, I moved to Los Angeles where I managed to work with amazing engineers and in great studios like WaterSound with Carlos Castro (Luis Article © 2013 24/ 7 Valencia

How did you find living in Valencia compared to your own country? Living in Valencia was great during the time I was doing my master’s. The culture reminds me somewhat of the culture back home in Buenos Aires. People are friendly and they are always willing to hang out. People are nice to foreigners for the most part so that was also a nice feeling. There are many things to do regardless of the small size of the city. There are numerous bars and the greatest attraction to the city: the beach. Unlike most other places I’ve lived, Valencia also has a very slow feel to it. People take their time for everything and no one seems to ever be in a hurry. And because of its size compared to other cities I’ve lived, the music industry in Valencia also seems very small. Most places would rather have a DJ or a small acoustic set which makes it difficult sometimes for a drummer to work. However there are many great places for live music like Jimmy Glass, Café Mercedes Jazz, Bigornia, and Café Murnau Pub. What is Berklee Valencia? Berklee Valencia is a fantastic opportunity for people to develop new levels of musicianship. It is as a melting pot of musical cultures and a fantastic place to study. Unlike its counterpart in Boston, the Valencia campus’ small student body allows for much more interaction with musical cultures and ideals. In Boston it is very easy to lose yourself in one specific style without ever having to really dive into nothing else. Here you are somewhat forced to learn. The college not only has an impressive and well-qualified team of faculty assisting the students, but one of the greatest resources in this small student group is the students themselves. You can easily find the wisdom of different folkloric music throughout the world, different elements of composition and

orchestration, and even different views of the music you thought you knew. Programs are intense and meant to test you and push you to your limits. The facilities in the college are also top of the line. From a state-ofthe-art scoring stage to multiple small studios, technology labs, practice rooms, and teaching facilities, it gives students access to things they would normally not be exposed to. There are great opportunities within the program. My thesis focused on the combination of Argentine folkloric music with jazz, and through that I developed different arrangements and compositions based on tango, chacarera, and zamba (soundcloud. com/rodrigomalvido). Besides my project I was also able to record for several different film scoring students, different performance students, and even faculty and professional composers such as Laura Karpman. Through Laura, I was invited to record drums and orchestral percussion for a Lifetime movie called ‘Left to Die’ and the main theme for Microsoft’s ‘Imagine Cup’ competition. Throughout my master’s, I was also able to perform and learn with Mariano Steimberg, Daniela Schachter, Alain Pérez, Victor Mendoza, and more. Even now the evolution of the master’s program is evident in the new group of talented students that are already making a name for themselves in the new music scene. Describe a typical week at Berklee. Describing a typical week is hard since the amount of projects one is usually involved in changes regularly. While I was working on my master’s, every week always consisted of at least private instruction, two ensemble classes, theory classes, and a business or production class. But regularly I was engaged in different rehearsals, studio recordings and mixings, musical exchanges between different students, and hours upon hours of practicing. I took my time at Berklee seriously so I tried to practice as much as I could beyond all the other things I was involved in. It was an absolute great experience and I would recommend it for anyone wishing to achieve a high proficiency level in the musical arts. Rodrigo Malvido www.rodrigomalvido.com Interview by Owl

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The Club Many years ago when I worked at Valencia’s Trade Fair, I came across one of those bizarre aspects of Spain that nobody mentions but which everybody knows, like a Spanish family secret. No; I’m not talking about the pervasive nepotism and corruption, mainly because my readers are no doubt tired of hearing about it, but also because the Spanish are indeed beginning to talk about it, albeit along the polarised political lines of “the others are worse than us”, thus bringing down the reputation of the entire political caste. But no; I’m actually referring to those huge neon signs one sees on the motorway roadside, beside motels, industrial estates and at the entrance to small towns from Cádiz to Catalonia, announcing “Club”. These are not to be confused with the typical English meaning of club (i.e. a nightclub, a place to go after the pub, which could possibly be translated into Spanish via another English word used with this meaning, El After.) No, these are not your average nightclub; everybody in Spain knows these are puti-clubs (“whorehouses”). But back to the trade fair. Whenever there was actually an event being held at the fair, there would be dozens of pretty young ladies outside the entrance, employed as hostesses to guide the visitors and help them with any queries about the organisation. However, surreptitiously mingling with these hostesses, one often found other young ladies unrelated to the fair but with shorter skirts and tighter clothing, handing out what looked like business cards. And what was their business? You guessed it: prostitution. I would come back to my car to find several such cards tucked into my vehicle’s window seals and behind the wipers, another common phenomenon to be

found all over Spain if you leave your car overnight near areas with nightlife. On the back of the cards there is usually a map so that everybody knows where the brothel is, including the authorities, presumably. In fact, a female friend once showed this fact to the officers at her local police station, to which the officer on duty shrugged and replied that it was Zapatero’s fault, thereby reinforcing the stereotype of indolent right-wing Spanish cops. As everybody also knows, trade fairs are a great place for companies to find new clients from all over the world and hopefully get them to sign a new, succulent contract. One way to do this is to have a great-looking stand and talented salespeople, as well as a good product to sell. Another is to make sure your potential client is satisfied with their visit and hopefully wants to return to your company again in future. This is why trade fairs and congresses are such fun, with the participants going out to do business over a few drinks and great meals, as well as seeing the local sights. Perhaps, then, it is no surprise to see these huge neon signs alongside industrial estates, where one would otherwise imagine they would have less potential clientele at night.

Or perhaps they are located there to be out of sight, out of mind? I doubt it. As I mentioned above, they are also to be found at the entrance to towns and villages. Last summer, I went with a friend to a well-known local recreational area beside a river, where thousands go on a banking weekend with the family to dip their toes in the fresh water. This area is at one end of town, farthest from the main motorway. On arrival here from the other end of town, at the entrance from the motorway, stands one of the town’s biggest buildings, announcing in gigantic neon lettering: Club. Hardly out of sight, out of mind. The town’s

priest, children, police and politicians must all surely be aware of this brothel’s existence. Until a few years ago, it was also common to see three or four pages of classified ads in the ‘quality’ press dedicated almost exclusively and rather explicitly to sexual services. Few even bothered to use the usual euphemism of club de alterne. One could argue that it is better to be open about the oldest, most lucrative profession in the world instead of accepting the dangerous, seedy underworld of the kerb-crawlers in dodgy parts of town. However, this also exists in Spain, the unfortunate ladies usually being poor Eastern Europeans or black Africans. But the strange thing is, people don’t talk about it, even though the puti club may be the largest, most noticeable building in town. It is very much in sight, yet still out of mind. These clubs all over Spain with their gaudy signs are perhaps the clearest example of the way many people simply turn a blind eye to the law and social injustice, and carry on with their daily lives blissfully ignoring illegal or unethical behaviour in front of their very eyes. There have even been cases such as the former mayor of a small town near Elche who was caught using his municipal Visa card (i.e. public money) to pay bills amounting to 600 euros in the early hours at such a club. Or one of many offensive quotes by the ‘colourful’ president of the province of Valencia, anticipating election victory with “champagne and women”. One wonders just how much business and what kind of business, public and private, gets done in such places amid such people as those who run them. El Gazza http://elpais.com/diario/2002/07/16/ cvalenciana/1026847078_850215.html http://www.publico.es/espana/407291/ alfonso -rus- el-20 -n-por-la-noche champan-y-mujeres-eleccionesgenerales-2011

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24/7 VALENCIA LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS AGENDA

OCTOBER 2013 OCTUBRE 2013 TUESDAY / MARTES 8

EL LOCO: Pretty & Nice + Radiadores 22.00h 7€ / 10€. JIMMY GLASS: Jimmy’s Junction con Jorge Pardo (jazz quintet) 20.45h 16€ Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Reggae Party 23.00h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: María del Mar Bonet 21.00h 30€. LA3: Xharles + Ley DJ / Espinosa + Javi Marco + Jorge Gregori / Knife Club 01.30h. RADIO CITY: Flamenco en directo + DJ Gypsy Box (flamenco) 22.30h 10€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 9

FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Sara Gee & Rambin’ Matt en concierto (country – blues) 21.30h Gratis. JUANITA: Reggae Session 21.00h Gratis. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

Selfa 1.30h. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Dinero + Delaire 22.30h 10€ / 12€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 12

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Júlia Gimeno, Kike Naval y Rober Molina (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: HBC Super Trio + David Rufes Trio 22.00h 25€ / 28€. FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Spirit of St. Louis en concierto (swing) 21.00h 3€. JUANITA: Bad Foundation 23.00h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: Sr. Chinarro 22.00h 15€. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Phantoms + Scooters + Morcillo el Bellaco y los Rítmicos (tributo a Zeppelin Rock) 22.00h 10€. SUNDAY / DOMINGO 13

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Júlia Gimeno, Kike Naval y Rober Molina (flamenco) 20.00h. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. MONDAY / LUNES 14

BL ACK NOTE: Los Fabulosos Blueshakers (R&B) 23.30h 8€ con cerveza. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Ana Lloris, Yolanda López, Tomás de los Cariño, Ricardo Bustamente yJosé ‘El Negro’ (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: Airbag 22.30h 10€ / 15€. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Jimmy’s Jam (jazz) 22.30h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Slowly Man 23.00h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: Deleste Festival con Guadalupe Plata + Toundra + Tuya + Nice Weather for Ducks + … 18.00h 22€ / 2Day bono 38€. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 19

BLACK NOTE: Fitipaldis Band Tributo a Fito & Fitipaldis (pop) 23.30h 4€. PALAU DE LES ARTS (Teatro Martin i Soler): Eddie Gomez (jazz) 21.00 12€. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. THURSDAY / JUEVES 17

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 20

BLACK NOTE: Versiones (Cover Time!) con Leandro & Friends (R&B) 23.30h Gratis con consumición. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Ana Lloris, Yolanda López, Tomás de los Cariño, Ricardo Bustamente yJosé ‘El Negro’ (flamenco) 23.30h. CERVECERÍA BEER: Paella, beer, live music 22.00h 5€. EL LOCO: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages 22.00h 10€ / 15€. JIMMY GLASS: Piano / Vocal Duo Session con Ganavya Doraiswamy y

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Ana Lloris, Yolanda López, Tomás de los Cariño, Ricardo Bustamente yJosé ‘El Negro’ (flamenco) 20.00h. JUANITA: Saudade en concierto 20.00h Gratis.

RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

BLACK NOTE: Versiones (Cover Time!) con 80 y Tantos (pop) 23.30h Gratis con consumición. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Júlia Gimeno, Kike Naval y Rober Molina (flamenco) 23.30h. JIMMY GLASS: Piano/Vocal Duo Session con Cristina Blasco y Dani Picazo (jazz) 22.15h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Bad Foundation & Slowly Man 23.00h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: Lloyd Cole 23.00h 18€.

TUESDAY / MARTES 15

BLACK NOTE: Medicine Show Company (R&B) 23.30h 8€ con cerveza. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Júlia Gimeno, Kike Naval y Rober Molina (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: High Learys + Sultanas 22.30h 8€ / 12€. FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Amarga Miel y Limón y el Bajista de las Carrasca (rumba – reggae) en concierto 21.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Jazz es Duo con Federico Lechner & Franco Luciani (jazz) 22.30h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Supa Bassie 23.00h Gratis. LA3: The Rapture DJ set + Pablo Cebrián / High Heels + Eterno + Chocholina / Recho +

FRIDAY / VIERNES 18

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Ana Lloris, Yolanda López, Tomás de los Cariño, Ricardo Bustamente yJosé ‘El Negro’ (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: Dictators NYC 23.00h 15€ / 20€. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Reggae en Acústico + DJ JahSanti Selektor en concierto (reggae) 21.00h 3€. JIMMY GLASS: Vicent Colonques (jazz, piano solo) 22.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Mandievus 23.30h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: Deleste Festival con Pastels + Triángulo de Amor Bizarro + Tachenko + Mujeres + … 18.00h 22€ / 2Day bono 38€. LA3: Fat Gordon + Ley DJ + Mr West + Dope Deluxx / Derk Muller + Elojet / Mujeres DJ set + Los Átomos DJs 1.30h. WAH-WAH: Mario Díaz + Tumaka + Copla & Soul 21.00h 10€.

THURSDAY / JUEVES 10

FRIDAY / VIERNES 11

Santi Navalón (jazz) 22.15h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Bad Foundation & Slowly Man 23.00h Gratis. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Cuchillo 20.00h 6€.

JIMMY GLASS: Thaїs Morell Quartet ( jazz-Brazilian) 21.30h 10€ Aforo Limitado. RADIO CITY: Flamenco en directo + DJ Gypsy Box (flamenco) 22.30h 10€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 16

MONDAY / LUNES 21

RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

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RADIO CITY: Flamenco en directo + DJ Gypsy Box (flamenco) 22.30h 10€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 23

BLACK NOTE: New Mastersounds (funk desde UK) 23.30h 15€. EL LOCO: Natural Child 22.00h 8€ / 12€. FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Big Hollers con Daniel Tena y Raúl T-Bonski en concierto (blues) 21.30h Gratis. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. THURSDAY / JUEVES 24

BLACK NOTE: Versiones (Cover Time!) con Go Freaks (soul) 23.30h Gratis con consumición. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Serena, Ana Lloris, Javi Calderón, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: Lisa & the Lips 22.30h 10€ / 15€. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Bryn Roberts Quartet con Jaleel Shaw (Jimmy Glass Jazz Fest) 20.45h 15€ Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Bad Foundation & Slowly Man 23.00h Gratis. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Retribution Gospel Choir + Montefjui 21.30h 15€. FRIDAY / VIERNES 25

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Serena, Ana Lloris, Javi Calderón, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 23.30h. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. FUSIONART (Benimaclet): Doudou Nganga en concierto (acoustic African) 21.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Erin Corine Johnson Quartet (jazz, vocal) 22.30h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Juanita Club 20th Aniversario 21.00h Gratis. LA3: Make the Girl Dance + Obtuso / Miss Moustache + Anni Frost + Miss Yuls / Fast Forward DJ set 1.30h. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 26

BLACK NOTE: Edu Manazas & Whiskey Tren + DJ Quique Lledó (blues) 23.30h 8€ con cerveza. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Serena, Ana Lloris, Javi Calderón, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 23.30h. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JUANITA: Juanita Club 20th Aniversario 21.00h Gratis. LA RAMBLETA: Arcana Has Soul 22.30h 10€. LA3: Malajuntera en concierto 22.00

// Rocket DJs + Wise Men Project / Affkt + Sutja / Action Sánchez + Impe 1.30h. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

LA3: Zombie Kids 01.30h. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Alejandro Parreño 22.30h 8€ / 10€.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 27

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 2

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Serena, Ana Lloris, Javi Calderón, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (flamenco) 20.00h. EL LOCO: See See 20.30h. JUANITA: Rafa Baeza & Barón Dandy en concierto 20.00h Gratis.

47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JUANITA: Reggae Session 23.00h Gratis. LA3: Sharif en concierto 22.00h. WAH-WAH: Ariel Rot 22.30h 20€ / 23€.

MONDAY / LUNES 28

EL LOCO: Posies20.30h 15€ / 19€.

RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

TUESDAY / MARTES 5

TUESDAY / MARTES 29

JIMMY GLASS: Bill McHenry Honey Ear Trio (Jimmy Glass Jazz Fest) 20.45h 15€ Aforo Limitado

JIMMY GLASS: Vein Trio (Jimmy Glass Jazz Fest) 20.45h 14€ Aforo Limitado. RADIO CITY: Flamenco en directo + DJ Gypsy Box (flamenco) 22.30h 10€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 30

RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 3

THURSDAY / JUEVES 7

CAFÉ CRONOPIO: Folk-Jazz-Arabe Blues 21.30h Entrada Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: J.D. Allen Trio (Jimmy Glass Jazz Fest) 20.45h 15€ Aforo Limitado.

THURSDAY / JUEVES 31

BLACK NOTE: Versiones (Cover Time!) con Leandro & Friends (R&B) 23.30h Gratis con consumición. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: María Briones, Antonio Vieria, Rafa Villalba y Manuel Serena (flamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO:Nollie to Glory (tributo a Ramones) + No Regrets (tributo a Misfits) 22.30h5€. 47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Jeremy Pelt Quintet (Jimmy Glass Jazz Fest) 20.45h 15€ Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Halloween Party 23.00h Gratis. LA3: Día de los Muertos con Xharles + Pablo Cebrián / Felipe Perdomo b2b Antonio Vázquez + Mike Gannu / Nancy Travesti DJ + Eterno 01.30h. RADIO CITY: DJ Session 23.00h Gratis. WAH-WAH: Fiesta Halloween con Devolver + Sepionets 22.30h 5€.

NOVEMBER 2013 NOVIEMBRE 2013 FRIDAY / VIERNES 1 NOVIEMBRE

47 CLUB: DJs 23.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Trio Session (jazz) 22.30h – 24.00h 4€ consumición Aforo Limitado. JUANITA: Chicho Solaz 23.00h Gratis.

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