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ISSUE105 OCTOBER09

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Editorial October 09

CONTENTS MUSIC BOX EDITORIAL VIDAS DE VALENCIA ART IN VALENCIA VALENCIA CATEDRAL SMOKING IN VALENCIA FOOD RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH CHILL-OUT / TRADITIONAL PUBS

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OCTOBER 09 LISTINGS ARTS, THEATRE, OPERA, FILM 17 LIVE MUSIC - CLUBS 18 CHILL OUT 19 GAY - LESBIAN 22 TRAD PUBS / RESTAURANTS 23 SHOPPING 29 CLASSIFIEDS 29/32 (Airlines, Hostels, Markets…) GIG GUIDE OCTOBER 33 MIRADAS DEL MERCADO CENTRAL 34 VALENCIA TAPAS TOUR 35 VALENCIA FOOTBALL 36 24/7 VALENCIA PARTY PEOPLE 38 CLUBLAND 39 ACROSS THE WALL 40 CAFÉ TEATRO 42 WOMAN 43 GANDÍA TO DÉNIA 44 MAP 45 OCTOBER 09 AGENDA 46 CLUBS AND LIVE MUSIC LA SALVAORA / BANYAN 48

‘Autumn’

Autumn has finally arrived as summer slowly, but surely, fades from view. The weather in Valencia is not always that easy to predict. Some days can get ruined by rain of biblical proportions and others can become blissful reminders of hot summer days by the beach. This is a city that revels in extremes and contradictions. Explosive and passive, liberal and conservative, open and closed. Welcome to Valencia! For those of you who are visiting Valencia for the first time…you’ve chosen the right guide to this great city. 24/7 Valencia remains the only guide to Valencia to be recommended by all of the international guides, newspapers and renowned websites. These include The Times, El País, Time Out, Rough Guide, Let’s Go, CNN.com and many more. The Guardian Unlimited is one of the world’s most prestigious newspaper websites, with 12 million readers worldwide. In their ‘Been There’ section on Valencia, the Guardian Unlimited has this to say about us: “24/7 Valencia is a free magazine in English, available from many bars and shops across the city, which provides features and previews on local events, fiestas and club nights. Its comprehensive listings section covers bars, clubs, restaurants and shops and is reviewed every month to keep

pace with the ever-changing scene. An invaluable guide for long-weekend visitors looking to get the most out of Valencia’s nightlife.” In restaurant of month we have a review of a hidden gem of a Valencia restaurant, ‘El Peix Daurat’, by our international reviewer Tim Birch. He’s wined and dined in London, Paris, Tokyo and New York but has chosen to settle in Valencia with his family. Our professional chef Erica has an a m a z i n g A u b e r g i n e d i s h j u s t f o r y o u t o o. She really is a creative wonder! Anita Darling also takes us to hip new chill out bar Gilda, in the old centre, for a delicious Italian meal with cool décor and fine music. Just around the corner, her friend Lolita Devine has a fun little tapas tour on C/Murillo at prices that you just can’t refuse. In Clubland, legendary Dj Cosy O is here to keep you informed of what’s happening on the Valencia nightlife scene, including the re-opening of Le Club. In gig guide, we welcome on board Josh Ball, a proper live music fan, with reviews on indie, rock, flamenco, jazz, blues, jazz concerts and more. “I was nowhere Till you changed my mind” - The Autumn Stone See you next month!

24/7 Valencia team

ISSUE 105 OCTOBER 09

editor: Will McCarthy. contributors: Altogringo, Anita Darling, Heino, John Murphy, Gooru, Manu Fernández, Mark Hulton, Owl, Orange Bikes, Tim Birch, David Rhead, José Marín, Erica Choate, Amparo Oliver, Kaiko, Monica Navarro, Lolita Devine, DJ Cosy O. layout & design: www.dsignes.net printed by: signografíco. distributed by: groovy cat Ltd. email: ed@24-7valencia.com móvil: 650 639 177 online: we’re not but take a look at our friends at http://thisisvalencia.com Views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily those of the editor. 24/7Valencia does not accept responsibility for date/time/venue changes. According to copyright law any reproduction, either total or partial, is completely forbidden without written permission of the editor. All articles, past and present, printed in 24/7Valencia magazine are copyright of Orange Skies, S.L. ©2009 Legal deposit: D4562606

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VIDAS DE VALENCIA

Collective

Model

Valencian skeleton

She’s got legs

Swimmer

El pasado

Gender

Otoño

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ART IN VALENCIA

“Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009”

Hasta 1 noviembre

JARDIN BOTANICO C/ Quart, 80 Tel: 96 315 68 00 www.jardibotanic.org

Alberto Bañuelos. La liturgia de las piedras

Hasta 10 enero 2010

IVAM C/ Guillem de Castro, 118 Tel: 96 386 30 00 www.ivam.es

Observatorio Clara Boj & Diego Díaz

Suma + Sigue del diseño en la Comunidad Valenciana

SALA PARPALLO C/ Alboraya 5 Tel: 963 614 415 www.salaparpallo.es

MUVIM C/ Guillem de Castro, 8 Tel: 96 388 37 47 www.muvim.es

Hasta 11 noviembre

Hasta 29 noviembre

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VALENCIA CATHEDRAL

Built at the city’s highest point, Valencia Cathedral - or to give it its full name, the Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María - does not quite dominate the skyline as much as its grand title might suggest. If it wasn’t for the great Miguelete bell tower you’d hardly know it was a cathedral at all. The building itself looks like someone has gone mad with an ancient set of Lego bricks, a marvellous mishmash of styles with the Miguelete stuck on at one corner and the Basilica glued onto the other. But then, of course, that is its charm. It stands as a rambling but dignified old gateway between the buses and the tourist bars on the Plaza de la Reina and the delights of the ramshackle dusty streets of the Barrio del Carmen. And all this on a site which has been the focal point and spiritual heart of the city for more than two thousand years. Today’s Cathedral is just the latest in a long line of places of worship which have stood on this site. The site has been ripped up and had more makeovers than the modern city centre’s ever-changing

roadside pavements. The constant stream of different governors, kings, sultans, princes and other assorted ruffians who ruled the city over the centuries came along, decided they didn’t quite like what the previous owners had done to the place, knocked everything down and rebuilt things to the glory of their particular God. The first of these was the Temple of Diana built by the Romans in 138 BC which was in turn destroyed by Pompey and replaced by a temple to the goddess Fortuna. Engravings from the temple dating back to the first century BC can be seen on the side of the Basilica and within those walls poor St. Vincent the Martyr was finally left to die. Then came the Visigoths who, true to their penchant for knocking down any Roman buildings they came across, smashed everything up and built the first Christian Cathedral on this site, the Catedral del Santísimo Salvador. It was here in 584 that King Leovigild locked up his own son St. Hermenegild for ten years over a little argument they had

one day about religion, but hey that’s the Visigoths for you. The Moors came next and did some major alterations in order to construct the Great Mosque of Balansiya which stayed around for 500 years between the 8th and 13th centuries with a brief interlude from 1095 to 1102 when El Cid and his beautiful wife Sophia Loren (Jimena Díaz) moved in for a while and briefly changed it back to a Christian church. Apart from a bit of paint work here and there, they didn’t do much with it and the place was handed back to the Moors largely unaltered. Columns from the Moorish mosque can still be seen in the Almoina ruins exhibition behind the Cathedral. Almost everything else was destroyed by King Jaume I and his knights when they re-conquered Valencia for the Christians in 1235. Building didn’t start on the present day Cathedral until 1262. In a rush to hit home the changeover from Muslim rule, Jaume had the Mihrab (the holiest part of the old

twentyfoursevenvalencia 9 mosque) replaced with a Romanesque style doorway brought down from Lleida. It remains in place to this day opposite the bishop’s palace, still facing Mecca. Built and rebuilt over eight centuries, the modern day cathedral lacks the stately symmetry favoured by the world’s great religious buildings and was squeezed in here and there amongst narrow medieval streets. It was never meant to be set off by the big squares which now border it. The Plaza de la Reina is relatively modern and was cleared less than 100 years ago and the Plaza de la Virgen on the other side used to be only one third of its present size until recently. Because of this, the Cathedral doesn’t seem to have any obvious front or back and no grandiose main entrance. There are, however, three main doors and this being Valencia Cathedral, each door is built in a completely different style. Along with Jaume’s Romanesque Portal del Palau, there is the Gothic Portal de les Apóstoles tucked away in the corner of the Plaza de la Virgen where the Tribunal de les Aigues (Water Court) meets every Thursday. It

is decorated with images of the apostles and incorporates a Star of David in the window, slipped in by the Jewish craftsmen who built it. The third door is the Baroque Portal dels Ferros in reference to its iron gates on the Plaza de la Reina. Its doors are decorated with the Sun and Moon, one of the reasons the Cathedral is sometimes dubbed the Sol i Lluna. In keeping with the Cathedral’s chaotic style, it doesn’t face directly out to the square but is best viewed from the windows of the McDonald’s restaurant. Inside the Cathedral, surrounded by a further hotchpotch of different architectural styles, there’s something for everyone. Amongst the beautiful and valuable works of art is the recently revealed Renaissance fresco depicting angels playing musical instruments and looking only slightly more angelic than a typical Valencia marching band in Fallas at 5 o’clock in the morning. The fresco was covered up and forgotten for centuries until some cleaners uncovered it five years ago while trying to remove a pigeon’s nest. You can also contemplate the very pulpit where St. Vincent Ferrer harangued his congregation and probably

performed one or two of his nearly 900 accredited miracles, in the late 14th and early 15th century. Round the back, for those with a more macabre bent or perhaps for medical students, you can view the withered arm of the other, less fortunate St. Vincent the Martyr. And then, for any of you who happen to be Dan Brown, Indiana Jones or one of the Knights of the Round Table, there is the prize asset, the Holy Grail housed in its own chapel. The chapel also displays the chains from the port gates of Marseille and the hammer which broke them down that were brought back by Alfonso the Magnanimous after conquering the city in 1423. During the 2007 America’s Cup, the mayor of Marseille asked Valencia mayor Rita Barberá for the return of part of the chains. The request fell on deaf ears but he did take back a litre of horchata and commemorative box of turrón de Alicante.

David Rhead and José Marín

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Ajuntament de Valencia

Start

Cien años de soledad…

fff…

ACROSS THE WALL

No funciona

Here is an exclusive collection of photos, taken in Valencia. Manu Fernández -

Toros no!!!

The beagle boys

Siga la ﬂecha

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Frágil

Bonjour tristesse

Niña y árbol

Otra pared…

Mira

Overgrown Pant mango bloke

La Tarara

Prohibido Prohibir!

Pensar…

Viva españa!

Power

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FOOD

AUBERGINE AMAZING

Vegetarian and wheat-free folk of the world, unite! I have (modestly) come up with a dish of pure genius just for you. You could not possibly believe how delicious this is without trying it. And for those of you adverse to anything sin carne, I beg you, no, plead with you, to please, please, please, try this. It will take your taste buds away to a place you never thought to exist, create a feeling on your palette so sinfully sexy, and a texture so delightfully dreamy, that you will not even realise you’re enjoying a meat-free dish if it sang and danced around in front of you singing, “You’re eating vegetarian, you’re eating vegetarian!” I know, I’ve said this before, but this was something I came up with recently when there was little else in the fridge, way too late to head down to the Mercado, and voilà, it more or less created itself -truly amazing! I have been a wheat-free person for a while, and this is sometimes

a little tricky in Spain, but we’re getting there. Stores like Navarro behind the Ayuntamiento are good starts for wheatfree food, and the health section in El Corte Inglés is also good. Needless to say, I have not eaten pasta for years; it’s one of those things that I really just cannot digest. Thus, I have pretty much forgotten about it in my diet and have neither craved it nor made it for others for a very long time. Until now. I have recently found a gluten-free spaghetti which is just the bomb - is that un-PC?? Somehow, gluten free-pastas seem to really miss the point, but I bought the spaghetti last week and was blown away - pardon the pun. No one at the dinner table realised it was anything save for normal pasta, una cosa magnifica! So how about I just get to the point? The main ingredient is aubergine, and for those of you who don’t like this precious gem of a vegetable, try it like this and you’ll wonder what has been wrong with you all these years.

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AUBERGINE CARBONARA • • • • • • • • • •

1 large aubergine (berenjena) Sea salt 2 cloves of garlic (ajo), sliced Sprigs of fresh thyme or oregano, or both 1 tsp sumac 4 Roma tomatoes 1 dried red chilli 1 package gluten-free spaghetti 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Firstly, cut the aubergine in half and score it with a knife. To do this, hold one half of the aubergine, cut side up, and makes cuts (at least 1 cm deep and 2 cm apart) in a diagonal direction, then repeat in the opposing diagonal direction, so you have made a diamond pattern into the fruit. Sprinkle this with a little sea salt and leave it for at least 15 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 180ºC. Now, hold your aubergines over the sink and literally squeeze the juice out of them - gently! The salt will have brought the juice in them to the surface and squeezing gently will get rid of this, they are a little bitter otherwise. Flick the salt off a little, too. Next, cut the aubergine into strips about 2cm thick and place into a lightly oiled, oven-proof dish. Scatter the garlic, chilli, and tomatoes around the aubergine and drizzle with your favourite olive oil. You can be slightly heavy-handed with this, as aubergines will soak up a lot, so make sure you have coated them well. Follow this by sprinkling the lot with the sumac (this is a lemony-flavoured, bright pink/red ground spice from the sumac berry, very popular in Middle Eastern, Greek and Turkish cooking - you will find it at the Lebanese/Greek stall in the Mercado Central). Then throw the fresh herbs in and season with a little fresh ground black pepper. There should still be enough traces of salt on the aubergine to not warrant any more - if you’re a salt freak, wait till the end to add it because the cheese is salty, too. Roast all this in the preheated oven for a good half an hour, until the aubergine looks quite soft, but is still holding shape. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to the boil. Once boiling, add a little salt and throw in the spaghetti. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Drain, reserving 1-2 tablespoons of the cooking water and put this and the spaghetti back into the pot you cooked it in. Now toss in the beaten egg and Parmesan cheese and stir it all around - this is the part that is like a Carbonara, hence the title. Now, throw in the roasted aubergines and tomatoes and give it a gentle but brisk stir until all is well combined. Serve in large warm bowls with large glasses of Tempranillo to match. Now, tell me your taste buds aren’t having a party in your mouth and invited everyone! ¡Bueno bueno bueno provecho! ¡Hasta pronto! Erica Choate

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RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH white and solid (more like rape or dorada) and apparently it is a very, very large and ugly fish caught locally off Calpe. D’s had been nicely seared on top and bottom and was full of flavour. Crunchy, crispy slices of artichoke made for a nice texture contrast. The size of these main courses defeated us and we both regrettably had to leave a little (just a little!). Other main courses looked interesting and worth returning for including, ‘Curry thai de gambas y dorado’ (Prawn and John Dory Thai Curry)and ‘moussaka de pierna de cordero’ (Lamb moussaka).

El Peix Daurat I like to think that D and I have eaten in, or at least know of, nearly all the interesting restaurants in and around Valencia and we always go to ones new to us hoping to be surprised, impressed and to thoroughly enjoy a meal. So it was a joy to eat at a restaurant last week that we hadn’t heard of and had no preconceived ideas about. If you have read a few of my reviews, you will by now know I am not a great fan of ‘fusion’ for fusion’s sake. Despite hearing the dreaded fusion word when this restaurant was described to me, El Peix Daurat is a gem. Almost hidden on the Botanic side of Guillem de Castro on C/ Dr. Montserrat, it is just one minute’s walk from the Torres de Quart. The room borders on minimalist and wraps around the open plan kitchen, a brave move as the chef has to ‘perform’ whilst he cooks. Alfonso, the owner and chef, not only pulls this off but also serves you at your table and describes his dishes lovingly. The restaurant’s name El Peix Daurat (‘the golden fish’ in Valenciano) implies a leaning towards fish but the menu includes meat and vegetarian choices. We had a long look at the menu over a glass of wine and a bowl of coarse hummus and decided on our meal but

asked Alfonso for his recommendations - it turned out that he suggested exactly what I had decided upon. My starter was ‘Atun confitada con aceite de aceitunas negras y romero’, (a succulent seared Tuna steak served with a black olive tapenade and rosemary oil) delicious and large enough to be a main course! D chose ‘Crouton de cabra con agridulce de nueces y tomillo’ (Goats cheese served with sweet and sour walnut and thyme dressing) Also delicious and big enough for a main! Other starters on the menu included the very tempting ‘Bloody Mary con berberechos’ (cockles) or D’s favourite, ‘Tempura Japonesa’. There are also wonderful salads (passed on by our table), such as the amazing looking ‘brie gratinado con vinagreta de frutos secos’. We do hate to be rushed when savouring such lovely food so, after a sensible break, we moved onto our main courses. ‘Lomo de cordeo macerado en albahaca y citrocos con esparragos y chutney de mango’ was fabulous; a crispy and flavoursome crusted boned piece of lamb so tender it melted in the mouth, and the dressings were complementary, nothing to take away the flavours of the meat. The other main course was a ‘Negrita con alcachofitas crujientes’, the Negrita fish is new to us as we only tried it just recently for the first time. The name implies a black fish but the flesh is very

Alfonso insisted we at least taste his postres (“You can’t review a restaurant without tasting a postre!”) so after a short rest we asked for tiny tasters of the ‘pear tatin’ and the ‘sorbete de mojito’. Just when you think it can’t get any better - the postres were superb! As was indeed the choice of several tartas: of chocolate, avellanas (hazelnuts), queso y frambuesas (raspberries) and calabaza al jenibre (pumpkin and ginger) or ice creams; mango or pera. Each dish throughout our meal was beautifully presented, a (not so) little masterpiece on a plate. This fabulous food is so well priced; all starters are 3€ - 9€, the main dishes 9.50€ - 14€ and all postres 5€. The Menú del día including wine is 10€ and the wine menu is small, well-chosen and well-priced. We had a very nice Coto d’Arcís at 9€, but there were good Ribera del Dueros, UtielRequenas, and Ruedas for up to 15€. Average dinner including everything will set you back around 25€ but the portions are so generous you could easily share dishes - the table of four next to ours did just that and Alfonso didn’t seem to mind at all! As I said, a little hidden gem of a place this, hunt it out and take your friends! Tim Birch

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CHILL OUT / TRADITIONAL PUBS

GILDA On a Wednesday evening in September, I grabbed The Bloke by the hand, pulled him up on his feet off the sofa, and declared we were going out for dinner there was nothing in the fridge. I had been meaning to check out Gilda since they opened back in June, so where better? Right on the corner of Plaza Viriato, this Italian lounge and bar is impossible to miss. We were met by the delightful and welcoming Luca, the charming Italian owner, who talked us through the menu and the ideas behind Gilda. They open from around 9.00h for breakfast so are always busy with the design and music students from the two faculties on the Plaza and open right through to the evenings for snacks, tapas, lunch, drinks and dinner, but the menu is not your typical Italian pizza and pasta. The food on offer is chalked up on a huge board on the wall, from salads and moussaka to ‘rollitos’ and montaditos, but be sure to ask for the off-menu dishes as they like to try new things every day and there’s always something new as a special. They even serve my absolute favourite Italian dish - Piadinas! Whatever time of Article & photo ©2009 24/7Valencia

day it is, if you pop in for a drink you’ll also get a tapa on the side - maybe a little helping of pasta, or their popular Italian tortilla, but their Aperitivo Italiano is a must. A southern Italian tradition, in the early evenings there is food laid out in a buffet and it’s as much as you can eat for the price of a drink (€6)!

dab hand in the kitchen! We got to try her incredible meat pie with baby mushrooms that just melted in the mouth, served with potato wedges and Italian roasted peppers. They have several wines on offer, and we were recommended a chilled Vino Turbio - literally, cloudy white wine - from Galicia.

We left our meal in the hands of the Chef, and started with Cabrales cheese croquettes and delicious tomato marmalade to kick our taste buds into action. Having stared at the chalkboard menu for a good while, we were wondering what would be in the ‘Ensalada Gilda’ and were just about to ask when it was brought the table - a huge slab of goats cheese on top of a rocket salad with pine nuts and tomatoes, drizzled in a fruits of the forest sauce. I almost fought with Luca to stop him taking the bowl away before we’d finished!

Having already insisted we couldn’t manage another morsel, The Bloke decided he fancied some chocolate anyway and he ate both my and his little tasters of Brownie for dessert. We left full and content, after a lovely evening of good food and brilliant service. If you’re looking for something a bit different and a relaxing, laid back and friendly atmosphere, Gilda is the perfect place for dates, pre-dinner drinks and meals out with friends.

Our next course was meatballs and little balls of aubergine and rice with a lentil mousse, which were a really unusual mix of flavours that really worked and then, thinking we were about to burst, we were delivered our main! We were lucky that La Mamma, Luca’s mother, just happened to be visiting, and it appears she is also a

Anita Darling

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GIG GUIDE OCTOBER

Autumn is finally upon us and as the weather cools and the days shorten you may need a pick-me-up to beat those post-summer blues. My name is Josh and I will be commandeering the Gig Guide for the foreseeable future. I hope you enjoy my selections this month and although I am a fan of alternative pop and rock, I hope I have included a smorgasbord of material to keep you going. Black Note has a jam-packed line up this month. If you’re feeling blue and need a southern rock release check out the Mississippi Mudsharks on October 11, Nasty Boogie on the 16th and Nick Curran on the 17th. Forró du Bom, a Valencia band inspired by Brazilian beats and sounds, are playing on Saturday October 10. The Rosebuds (my personal favourites this month) and Telekinesis from the USA will be blasting out their alternative pop tunes on Tuesday 13, definitely worth a listen if you are a fan of the Cardigans, the Eels or Death Cab for Cutie. In the mood for some classic style reggae/ska? Head down to see the Slackers on Tuesday 20 or Westbound Train on the 30th. Laura Vane & the Vipertones will be swinging to some smooth grooves on October 22.

If you have yet to see the plethora of flamenco shows in and around Valencia, get yourself down to Radio City on the 16th where Juanma Maya, Antonio Moreno, Angel Moreno, Chicho and Manuela will be performing. Other Flamenco shows this month include Cafe del Duende every Friday at 23.30.

For the rockers amongst us there are a few good bands playing this month Morgana vs. Morgana are at Wah-Wah on October 31, fans of Tool and Metallica may want to give this one a go. Igloo (and Maryland) are playing Matisse on the 31st and are definitely worth a look, check out their new song “Todos Somos Átomos” on MySpace. Italian rock/indie band Tramuntana are playing the Octubre Centre on the 25th and for 5 euros entry it’s a bit of a bargain.

could blend jazz and flamenco, please go and check out Zenet at Black Note on the 25th. Cafe Mercedes Jazz hosts the Valencia-based Pepa Blasco Quartet on the 24th. The Albert Sanz and Mario Rossy Duo, the latter a renowned contra bassist, will also be there on the 22nd. At 24.00, after the show, there is a free jam session so if you want to get involved get yourself down there.

Alternative ‘folk-jazz’ now has a monthly residence at Magarota in the Carmen, with Will McCarthy (guitar and voice) & Nuno Alves (trumpet) playing there on October 22 with free entry. Look out next month for the mighty Depeche Mode playing Valencia. If that doesn’t get your blood pumping, I will be sure to find something that will so until then, happy raving.

Josh Ball

Bowerbirds are an American band from South Carolina and their unique mid-tempo alternative/indie rock can be caught on October 23 at Wah-Wah with Agent Ribbons.

Jazz cats watch out this month for the Will Bernard Trio playing Jimmy Glass on Tuesday October 27. If you have ever wondered how someone from Málaga

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‘MIRADAS DEL MERCADO CENTRAL’

We continue with our exclusive collection of Valencia’s ‘Mercado Central’, said to be one of Europe’s largest covered markets. It’s a feast of sights, smells, sounds and faces.

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A VALENCIA TAPAS TOUR IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE

October is one of my favourite months of the year. You can still get away with sandals (with cardigans!) and you can still go out at night without having to wrap up too much. It is still warm enough to do one of my favourite things, stroll around the Barrio del Carmen and have a few beers, a few nibbles and a few laughs. It’s all the more easy now that two bars, whose owners also happen to be great friends, have teamed up to offer a Caña & Tapa for 1.50€ a head and believe me, if you want a light dinner with heavy beer, this is a perfect option! Both places are on C/ Murillo by the Torres de Quart and really are little gems; Afterwork, with its Brit-pop theme and gorgeous trendy smiley staff, offer a bowl of homemade guacamole with tortilla chips and a large caña for 1.50€, with great British music and a chill-out area out the back with big

red leather sofas to lounge on. With each new drink comes a different tapa, and the chatty owners are more than happy to talk to you about anything and everything. Once you feel you’re ready to move on, stand up and walk three seconds down the road to Magarota. Magarota is a beautiful bar/restaurant with a clever mix of old and new decor, sparkling lights and an open kitchen. The owners Riki and Rosa are always up for a chat. Make yourself at home on one of the odd chairs at a table or at the outside bar for two. Order your deal. They offer a pincho, we had yummy scrummy creamy pesto on chunky bread, and another large caña for 1.50€. This deal is on nearly everyday of the week from 20.00h until 22.00h, you can start off with the tapas tour deal and then

stay in either place for dinner where they both offer yummy picks and tapas and a great vibe. If it’s a busy day, make sure to reserve your table for dinner whilst you’re enjoying your beer and tapas. They are also talking about joining up with various other bars within a five minute walk. I highly recommend it, especially with a loved one or a group of close friends. It’s a brilliant midweek treat. Lolita Devine Tapas Tour: Monday to Saturday, 20.00h - 22.00h

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VALENCIA FOOTBALL clear reference to the team’s dismal performance last season. It was also probably a slight against the manager’s defensive tactics of defending a result against ten men. Valencia bounced back, or so it seemed against Getafe few days later as the team went one-nil up against the Madrileños. Unfortunately, Getafe then began to play football and ran away 3-1 winners. The Valencia display was lacklustre and disappointing. The defence was all at sea and the absence of Dealbert was notable. Getafe was better in every department and were worthy winners. Rumours now began to circulate that Emery’s position in Valencia was under threat.

SLOPPY

For the first time in many a moon, there is nothing to comment on behind the scenes at V.C.F. On the one hand this signals somewhat calmer times for the club but is a bit of a spanner in the works for yours truly. Yes, unfortunately we will have to talk about football. Sadly for Valencia, at this moment in time the standard of football is very poor. Last month’s article finished on a relative high as we could relish in the fact that Dalport, Soler, et al, had disappeared off the radar and that the team were off to a bit of a flyer. Said aspirations were maintained with a glorious 2-4 away victory against Real Valladolid as the ‘holy trinity’ of Villa, Silva and Mata all got on the score sheet and capped off a truly inspiring performance of attacking football. If the Pucelanos scored two in reply, few eyebrows were raised in Valencia but as later results confirmed, all was not right at the back. The blanc i negres got this season’s second tier European competition campaign underway against Lille away from home. Mata scored again to take the lead and Joaquín missed two clear-cut chances to take the match out of sight.

With a few minutes left on the clock, Bruno cleared the ball straight into one of the opposition’s mushes, and the ball fell invitingly for the Lille forward who put it away to square the game. Bad luck some might say, sloppy would say others. Next up in Mestalla were Villa’s old club Sporting Gijón led by Manuel ‘Super Mario’ Preciado who said his team would attack. Attack they did and after seven minutes they were one up after a soft goal that Moya failed to cover on the near post. Valencia hit back, led by the ever more impressive Éver Banega. Villa scored to equalise and two minutes later Sporting were down to ten men, things couldn’t have looked rosier for the Chés especially when Villa scored a second after sixty minutes. The referee turned down a stone cold penalty for the Valencians and refused to send off Gerard, which would have left the Asturians with nine on the pitch. Emery decided to get in on the act and took off Banega, effectively ceding possession of the ball to the Sporting midfield. Valencia paid the price as Sporting equalised in the 86th minute and handkerchiefs flew out of pockets at lightning speed. After the game Villa said, “If we play like that it’ll be just like last year”, in

So who better than to play against than Atlético Madrid who are going through a real crisis at the moment? Things didn’t go according to plan as another schoolboy error from Alexis (who deserves a few games on the bench at least) gifted Agüero the first goal. True to form Villa scored, as did Pablo Hernández to regain the lead and things looked back on track. Villa should have grabbed a third but failed to beat the Atlético keeper and then Emery had another brainwave by taking off Banega yet again. This time Mestalla exploded, especially when they saw that he was going to be replaced by Maduro. Once again the manager’s decision signalled a clear intent to hang on to the lead by relinquishing control of the middle of the park. Atlético attacked, Antonio López crossed, Alexis (again) failed to clear the ball properly and Maxi obliged. Valencia fans were quick to point their fingers, many singled out the manager whilst others laid the blame at the feet of the players. The next game against Genoa brought Emiliano Moretti back to Mestalla which he said would always be his stadium, but his sympathetic words counted for nothing as Valencia carried on as normal by going a goal down before they started to play football. In three minutes the Chés had retaken the lead through two well-worked goals from Silva (who should have been taken off at half time) and Zigic. Things looked to be changing as Emery brought Villa and Joaquín on the pitch looking to kill off the game on the counterattack. Unfortunately, new signing Mathieu committed a childish error, gifting the © 24/7 Valencia 2008

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Valencia v Atlético Madrid

The quest

Zigic

Against Genoa

Europa league

Alexis v Forlán

Italians a penalty that they duly converted. Tensions were frayed as Valencia went in chase of the points and were awarded a penalty that Villa stuck away in the dying minutes that left the fans satisfied for the time being. So who is to blame? Of course the manager, and moreover his tactics, have cost the team but the players themselves have to shoulder a lot of the blame. I hope

I’m wrong but I get the distinct impression that some ‘professionals’ are not giving it 100% in the hope of getting the manager fired. It wouldn’t be the first time we have seen that in Valencia. One of the best attacking teams in the League cannot defend slender leads when it has one of the shakiest defences in the competition; and neither can the players relax after 85 minutes thinking that the job

is done. Mistakes need to be corrected, tactics changed and attitudes need to be positive. Otherwise the prediction of ‘El Guaje’ for this season could be true.

Mark Hulton

The lads At Wah-Wah

El secreto

Juntos

Dimensions. Touch noses

Yes

La noche

Rockers

Fun

Barbas y bigotes

This moment

That night All photos Manu FernĂĄndez - Tel. 655 487 704 ÂŠ2009 24/7Valencia

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CLUBLAND October promises to be a busy month for clubbers in Valencia. The changeover from the summer terraces to the winter season is now in full swing and yuletide season is still far enough way for partygoers to splash whatever cash they may have in these testing times. Clubbers are also offered even more choice in Valencia as October sees the opening of new spots and the reinvention of others. This month sees the return of one of those names that is as synonymous with Valencia as paella, Fallas and double parking. Le Club was based for many years at a site behind El Saler shopping centre before more recently having found itself wandering from location to location. Le Club has always had a reputation for organising some of Valencia’s best underground sessions and ensuring an interesting and innovative DJ lineup. They have now dropped anchor in C/ Cuba at the spot previously known as Jam. The opening night was a complete roadblock and I think we can safely say that their formula of pumping underground electronica downstairs and a serious eclectic mix upstairs will be a successful fixture in the Valencia scene this season. The October “puente” features 24/7 favourite Jordan in the upstairs room while I will be doing my thing each and every Friday this month. EME is based on the site previously known as Spook at Piñedo beach and should be a heavyweight of the club scene. It features three different rooms, live acts and a bus service all night to and from the heart of Valencia. Musical tastes including house, rock, pop and disco will be catered for so there should not be too many disappointed folk. One spot which is going from strength to strength is Soul at Gandhara (C/ Eugenia Viñes, 225). Valencia’s home of hip-hop and R&B starts its season off with a bang. Homegrown talents Cookin Soul are gaining worldwide fame (even the legendary Tony Touch asked me about them when he came to town!) as producers and mashup kings. They have already produced for the likes of Sean Paul, Lil Wayne and Beenie Man and will be dropping a DJ session in Soul Gandhara on Saturday October10. The 17th sees a visit from UK DJ/author Mark

Devlin while the club night celebrates its second anniversary on the 24th. Gran Vía 74 is an upmarket spot which should find its niche easily in a zone featuring many other swanky locations. Having opened its doors at the end of September it is still flying high from the early buzz. It’s in the Canovas zone. The 15th sees a concert organised by Amnesty International and featuring two highly anticipated performances from Emma Get Wild and Pau Alabajos. The show takes place at Sala Matisse (C/ Ramón de Campoamor, 60, Zona Cedro), kicks off at 22.00h and is absolutely free. Ask any Valencia DJ their opinion of the club with the best sound system in the city and Miniclub (C/ Blasco Ibáñez) is sure to finish on the podium. The main room has a sound cleaner than a whistle and the back room is always cosy and fun. Talented UK native Barry Eaton (East Village) will be hosting his Valencia Underground session in the back room on October 16. Another UK DJ who will be on the wheels of steel at the Miniclub is Paul Childs. He has been kicking up a storm with his boat parties this summer. He drops his anchor at MC on the 24th alongside (recently arrived from Ibiza) Andrew Grant with an upfront house set. They will be ably backed up by a rock ‘n’ roll set in the back room from Anita Dynamita and Just Pi. Paul Childs will also be in action on the 22nd of the month alongside one my favourite Valencia house deejays, the very funky Robin Orlando. They can be located at Corona 15 in the heart of the Carmen. If venturing out in the Carmen, another spot worth a look is Music Box (C/ Pintor Zariñena, 16). Its doors stay open till seven in the morning and it features a very varied line-up of electronica DJs throughout the month including DJ Pacón (10th), DJ Juancho & Acid Queen (17th) and Jordan (23rd). Cookin Soul host a weekly Wednesday night set. One feature of this season’s Clubland is the all-out fight between bars and clubs to attract Erasmus students through the door. Owners are obviously under the impression that these foreign students have no intention of attending classes,

will be inside their bar at a time when Spanish students are still finishing their dinner and will basically drink away that money put aside by their parents for a university education! Judging by the hordes of people along C/ Polo y Peyrolón at 23.00h on a Wednesday night, they could be right in their assessment. The result is ridiculously cheap drinking in bars such as Walk About, Nikana, Tucán and Caribbean’s before the students stagger down to packed clubs Rumbo 144 and Murray Club. Magazine Club (C/ Pérez Escrich, 19) has set out its stall to cater for rock ‘n’ roll fans. DJs are programmed each and every night of the weekend from Thursday. Another speciality spot is the legendary Juanita, which has catered for Valencia’s solid reggae following for many years now. They also have a packed calendar including the funktastic Rocksteady Beatz on the 17th and DJ Furry on the 8th. There you have it, you can consider yourselves spoilt for choice in October. From hip-hop to house and folk to funk, there should be something to please everyone this month. Enjoy!! Peace © 24/7 Valencia 2008 DJ Cosy O (www.facebook.com/djcosyo1

DJ Cosy O can be found this month Wednesdays in Walk About and Rumbo 144, Fridays in Le Club, and Saturdays in Soul Gandhara.

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SMOKING IN

VALENCIA

Born in Castellón, Monica Navarro is a professional photographer now based in Valencia. She studied painting and photography in Castellón and at the prestigious St Martin’s College of Art & Design, London. She has spent the last two years working as a photographer for the local press and is currently working in the world of fashion, various hip magazines and with the illustrator Miguel Angel Guerrero Perez. She was invited to represent Valencian woman at the Parisian exhibition “Mujeres en Paris” in the Casa de Valencia of the French Capital.

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Monica Navarro

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twentyfoursevenvalencia 43 functioning, the new album One Love is a must-listen) with the boogie boys and disco gals. The theme was Baby Silicone and all the go-go dancers were practically naked with bandages on their heads, plasters over their noses and nipples and wheelchairs and hospital beds as props. Brilliant! Love the sense of humour as they were all completely collagened out for real, and looked like platinum triplets from so much plastic surgery as it was.

WOMAN

I am a bit of a blog-aholic. My favourite was the Company Bitch but she suddenly stopped blogging, which was such a shame because her amazingly acute observations on office politics and relationships brightened up many a morning at The Bank when I secretly went online to check out her latest adventures. I could imagine her sitting as I do in my cubicle trying desperately to be PC and polite whilst desperately wishing she could just tell everyone to just eff off. My secret obsessions, though, are fashion and style blogs, and via my daily reads I have discovered some true gems on the World Wide Web. One of my favourite websites ever is The Selby, “photographs, paintings and videos by Todd Selby of interesting people and their creative spaces”, so says the blurb, and I honestly practically drool over the incredible things people do to their houses and just how gorgeous it is that they let us in to their personal spaces for a proper nose about. (Also very jealous of the amount of girls that have Yves Saint Laurent black patent tributes. Dream shoe alert!) Having being brought up in a very artistic household, I know exactly what it means to live in a beautiful home and the importance of being surrounded by beautiful things, art and furnishings has been instilled in me since birth. Which is why I rant about Lolita and my flat every month - after all, it is the main port of call for most of our friends every day (Just this morning my mother asked me on the phone if it’s ever just the two of us for dinner. No, it isn’t.) and it is because we take it very seriously that our ‘gente’ be comfortable and relaxed and at home when they come over.

To be honest, it’s taken us a good while to actually settle into this flat, and I’ll probably get the animal rights activists in a tizz with this next comment, but it was the cats that made it hard to love it. Because they just weren’t happy here, they were an absolute nightmare to have around. I am pleased to announce that as of last month they have gone to a better place. Don’t be alarmed! We haven’t had them put down - a good friend has taken them to a lovely spot in the countryside where they can romp around, catch mice, chat to other cats in the fields and generally be super happy and bask in their freedom. Without the cats and with an enormous birthday party in Lolita’s honour to organise, we got just the kick-start we needed to make our house even more lovely. Boxes that had been left unpacked since January got ripped open (and to be perfectly honest, most of their contents chucked in the bin) and we polished and tidied and pushed back furniture and crammed stuff into cupboards to create the ideal dance floor/ buffet area/Mojito bar. The party was without hesitation The Best Party We Have Ever Held - the fact that the bloke from the building next door was already ringing on the doorbell at 10 pm is a good sign, surely?! At half past two, with most of our 30+ guests more than half cut, we headed on to the opening party of La Indiana, where we gawked at the ridiculous queue, and popped on up the road for more drinks at the über-chic Wandu Palace and then to throw some shapes at Mirror. Lolita spent the night surrounded by her admirers outside on the pavement whilst I danced my feet off inside to David Guetta (I still love him after all these years for the best house beats. Truly excellent for walking to work in the morning, I swear he gets my brain

The aftermath of Lolita’s birthday bash was another story. As we crawled out of our rooms late on the Saturday afternoon, friends crashing on the sofa, floor and spare bed, our feet literally stuck to the floor with grime, there were black handprints on the walls and several tiles missing off the walls in the kitchen! I do hope my landlord doesn’t read this... Hip Hip Hurray for mates though - an army of us attacked the flat decked out in aprons and rubber gloves and brandishing bleach and antiseptic spray, and the place was shiny and new by the evening. Even the tiles were put back up in the kitchen - I honestly thought our male friends didn’t do DIY! After getting everybody together after Summer for happy catch-ups I can’t wait to make the most of all the fun activities going on all over the city for the spendingconscious. Most places have really got on the recession/crisis bandwagon and there are freebies and fabulous offers to be had everywhere you go if you keep your eyes peeled. I highly recommend accepting invites to groups on Facebook - sounds silly but I am off this week to free dinner at Luna Luna Bar in Zona Woody and a MAC and Mango-organised shopping event on Colón for starters. The ‘Reentrée’ season in Valencia when everyone comes back from their summer holidays is always the best time to get a feel for the best nights out and all the bars, clubs, restaurants and shops are desperate for punters. Make the most of it, dear readers! I am going to make the most of my Habitat discount and nab a pretty light for my room - after painting it bubblegum pink, that is. I refer you to Inés de la Fressange’s Paris pad on The Selby. That is exactly what I want!

Anita Darling

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From La Safor to La Marina Alta (Gandía to Dénia)

We leave Gandía by the main road over the last bridge that crosses the Serpis River, and just after crossing it we turn to the left to follow the Serpis in the direction of the sea. On that road, we can find a really good place to enjoy one of the best paellas in the area, Restaurante Casa Isabel… homemade, with all the traditional ingredients including the tiny and tasty snails. The view of the mouth of the river is complemented by the beautiful sand beaches to the right, or south. But remember that sand gets everywhere and can cause you problems by clogging up the chain, the brake plates and spokes. Play it safe, and walk your bike over the sand if necessary.

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south…the further away from the beach, the more beautiful the scenery with traditional country houses and orange fields. Before we arrive in Santa Ana beach, the scenery is briefly disrupted by a large and horrible tourist nucleus. At Santa Ana beach, also known as Pego beach, we can see the tiny houses built by people who live inland and come here for the summer months. Continue south to reach Les Marines, the most touristy section of Dénia. We cross this area by taking a reasonably safe road broken up by traffic lights to slow the cars down. We get to Dénia like this, passing the fishing port and the commercial port along the way. It’s worth timing your journey to coincide with when the fishing boats come in, usually around six in the afternoon (every day but Sundays). There is also a lively fish market to visit.

As we continue towards the south, we discover a string of touristy villages with the feeling of these old Mediterranean resorts where the houses are owned by local people, not like the big tourist places. Daimuz, Guardamar, Bellreguard, Miramar and Piles are good examples of this landscape, with campsites interspersed with orange trees and surrounded by irrigation canals.

Dénia has plenty to offer and is worth stopping in for more time than other villages along the route. We can visit the castle and take in the views from its position high over the town. If our money stretches, we might try the red prawns of Dénia, the most amazing and tasty seafood you can ever imagine. If not, there are very good fish and rice dishes to try here, like a good arroz a banda, a fishy rice dish that is not as dry as paella.

Once past Piles beach, we head towards Oliva and once in the town, look for the road to the beach, where there are bars and restaurants, a sports centre and a pretty sandy beach. At the end of the beach, go towards the south along a road with various well-positioned campsites with good facilities. Here there is a multitude of little routes, at varying distances from the sea, that can lead us

We recommend staying the night in Dénia, as it is situated in the skirts of a magical mountain (and nature reserve) called El Montgó, which needs further comment. This is a hard route, with a steep ascent over difficult terrain. But the views from halfway up the mountain looking over the whole region is reward enough for the effort. We’ll tell you more about it in the next 24/7… next month!

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02. LA EDAD DE ORO 04. THE LOUNGE/ L’ANTIGA BODEGUETA 1833 ORANGE BIKES /RAÍCES LA FLAMA / ORIENT XPRESS SINPY JO’S LA SALVAORA

KOKURA LENGUAS VIVAS

CARPE DIEM SAHARA

LABORATORIO FINNEGANS/VINTARA LA ROOM BABALU / GILDA

SHERLOCK HOLMES PINBALL EL BOTIJO

VITA VELLA / THE BODEGUETA

PAPARAZZI

THE MUSIC BOX

GUINNESS HOUSE REFUGIO CONFETTIS LAS LUNAS JUANITA PRÊT-Á-PORTER BACCO DOC / DON SALVATORE 42. LA PEPITA (M. FUENCARRAL) 43. LA MAGAROTA / AFTERWORK

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24/7 VALENCIA LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS AGENDA

OCTOBER / OCTUBRE

THURSDAY / JUEVES 1

TUESDAY / MARTES 6

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 11

JIMMY GLASS: Gorka Benítez Trio (jazz) 21.30h 8€ Aforo Limitado. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 1.00h Gratis. RADIO CITY: Juanma Maya, Antonio Moreno, Angel Moreno, Chicho y Manuela (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición.

BLACK NOTE: Mississippi Mudsharks (power blues desde EEUU) 23.30h 10€. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam session (vocal y instrumental) 19.30h Gratis. DUB CLUB: See Pot (EEUU) + Sensi Simon & Golden Singles (Alemania) en concierto (ska-reggae) 20.00h 10€. 47 CLUB: Miss Yuls 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: La Mano de Dios DJs 24.00h.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 7

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Esther Garcés, Amaro Carmona y José Antonio de Torres (flamenco) 23.30h. WAH-WAH: Muni Camón y Remate (folk) 22.00h 10€ (anticipada) / 12€ (taquilla).

BLACK NOTE: The Funk Party by La Funk Family 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 1.00h Gratis.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 2

THURSDAY / JUEVES 8

BLACK NOTE: Agua Negra (R&B) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Pau Viguer Trio 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Lucilla Duarte, David Muñiz y Juan de Pilar (flamenco) 23.30h. DUB CLUB: Circuito Café Teatro 23.00h 5€ + consumición / DJ Bobtown + DJ Courtasock (Bélgica) Gratis. 47 CLUB: Miss Yuls 23.30h. JUANITA: I-Trees (Italia) 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: Groove Project 23.00h 5€. MUSIC BOX: L’Enfant Terrible 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h PICCADILLY: Bosque de Tallac con Padres de Lola.

BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock & Roll + DJ Quique Lledó (rock) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Aloma Escuder, Tomás González y Juan de Pilar (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Albert Sanz – Mario Rossy Duo 22.30h 8€ / 24.00h Jam session Gratis.DUB CLUB: Kin Powah + Bad Foundation + Papado 23.30h 3€. 47 CLUB: Kinky Indie Night recording con Guests? + friends 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Furry 23.30h Gratis. LATEX: Falomir! + Catalina Isis / Kike Vilar + Lurbe. MUSIC BOX: DJs Maravilla 1:00h. PICCADILLY: Slash PD + DJ Piuell + Barbra. WAH-WAH: Twelve Dolls + My Mother… (indie) 23.00h 5€.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 3 CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Pau Viguer Trio 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. DUB CLUB: Charlie Efe + Sore SDJ Crew + … en concierto (hip-hop) 19.00h 5€ / DJ Sputnik 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Catalina Isis 23.30h. LATEX: Latex Floor: Miss Yuls + Gia & G / Freestyle Floor: After Mag. MUSIC BOX: Jochen 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. WAH-WAH: Mark and the Spies + Han Solo (pop) 22.30h 10€. SUNDAY / DOMINGO 4 BLACK NOTE: The Blisters (beat) 20.00h 8€. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam session (vocal y instrumental) 19.30h Gratis. DUB CLUB: Roots Africa en concierto (Afro-reggae) 20.00h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Vicente Espí Group (jazz, quartet) 19.00h 5€. MONDAY / LUNES 5 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco Paco DJs 1.00h Gratis.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 9 CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Aloma Escuder, Tomás González y Juan de Pilar (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Guachiguara (Latin jazz) 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. DUB CLUB: Circuito Café Teatro 23.00h 5€ + consumición / DJ Tordo Street Boogie gratis. 47 CLUB: Sergio Máñez 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Henge 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: Los Pataconas (rock) 23.00h 5€. MUSIC BOX: Miss Yuls 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: Fiesta ESAD con Chaqueta + Charles Boina. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 10 BLACK NOTE: Forró du Bom (Brazilian) 23.30h 5€. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Guachiguara (Latin jazz) 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. 47 CLUB: Falomir Freak Show! 23.30h. LATEX: Gia & G + Fabián Dressens / Padres de Lola. MUSIC BOX: DJ Pacón 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: 1 DJ / 1 Hora con Alternand + Play4you + Gomez Kemp + LordByron. WAH-WAH: Vinodelfin + Torre de Contol (pop-rock) 22.30h 8€.

MONDAY / LUNES 12 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco Paco DJs 1.00h Gratis. TUESDAY / MARTES 13 BLACK NOTE: Telekinesis + The Rosebuds (pop) 22.00h 12€. JIMMY GLASS: Albert Sanz (solo piano, jazz) 22.30h / 24.00h 3€ consumición Aforo Limitado. RADIO CITY: Emilio, Antonio Moreno, Chicho, Juan Carlos y Jony Amador (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 14 BLACK NOTE: Living Sound (funk) VLC 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 1.00h Gratis. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Durán Vázquez + Christian Proaño (experimental) 20.00h 5€. WAH-WAH: Deadstring Brothers (rock) 21.30h 12€ / 15€. THURSDAY / JUEVES 15 BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock & Roll + DJ Quique Lledó (rock) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: José Serrano y Su Gente (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Eva Dénia Trio 22.30h 8€ / 24.00h Jam session Gratis. DUB CLUB: DJ Cartones + DJ Chich 23.30h Gratis. JUANITA: StupendoKalamar + RSR 23.30h Gratis LA EDAD DE ORO: Dean Boulevard 23.00h 5€. MUSIC BOX: DJ Maravillas 1.00h Gratis. PICCADILLY: Rockandrolla con Nasty Kids + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Willard Grant Conspiracy + Doghouse Roses (folk) 21.30h 12€ / 15€. FRIDAY / VIERNES 16 CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Fernandez, Manuel Reyes y Cristina Simo (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Félix Rossy Quartet 23.00h / 00.30h 10€.

twentyfoursevenvalencia 47 47 CLUB: Fiesta Pornosotras 23.30h. JUANITA: Pon Top Sound 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: Jailbreakers + Renegades (rock) 23.00h 8€. MUSIC BOX: Catalina Isis 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Guillemka & Gilbertástico (pop) 20.00h 5€. PAVELLÓ MUNICIPAL EL QUINT (Mislata): MIMED 09 Festival con Los Planetas + ... 19:30h 20€ / 25 € (1 día), 35€ (2 días). WAH-WAH: Sidonie (poppsicodelia) 22.30h 12€ / 15€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 17 BLACK NOTE: Nick Curran (blues desde EEUU) 23.30h 15€. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Félix Rossy Quartet 23.00h / 00.30h 10€. JUANITA: Rocksteady Beatz 23.30h Gratis. LATEX: Aviador DeLuxe + friends / Grrrrka! + Siyavoy! MUSIC BOX: Juancho + Acid Queen 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PAVELLÓ MUNICIPAL EL QUINT (Mislata): MIMED 09 Festival con Albert Pla + ... 19:30h 20€ / 25 € (1 día), 35€ (2 días). PICCADILLY: Esquidé + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Sidonie (pop-psicodelia) + DJ Jesús Ordovás 22.30h 12€ / 15€. SUNDAY / DOMINGO 18 CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam session (vocal y instrumental) 19.30h Gratis. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Ramón Cardo Orange Swing (jazz, octet) 19.00h 5€. MONDAY / LUNES 19 BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h 4€. MUSIC BOX: Paco Paco DJs 1.00h Gratis. TUESDAY / MARTES 20 BLACK NOTE: The Slackers (ska desde EEUU) 23.30h 10€. JIMMY GLASS: Mikkel Plough Group con Mark Turner (jazz) 21.30h 12€ Aforo Limitado. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 1.00h Gratis. RADIO CITY: Kallardó con Rafael Vargas ‘El Chino’, Miguel Pérez, Pepe Pérez y Dani de Francisco (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 21 BLACK NOTE: The Funk Party by La Funk Family 23.30h 4€. THURSDAY / JUEVES 22 BLACK NOTE: Laura Vane & The Vipertones (funk-soul) 23.30h 10€ / 15€. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero

(flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Albert Sanz – Mario Rossy Duo 22.30h 8€ / 24.00h Jam session Gratis. DUB CLUB: DJ Cartones + DJ Chich 23.30h Gratis. 47 CLUB: Super Cola 23.30h. LA EDAD DE ORO: Juan Carlos Soto (tributo a Calamaro) 23.00h 5€. MAGAROTA: Will McCarthy & Nuno Alvez (folk jazz) 20:30 Gratis. AMUSIC BOX: DJ Maravillas 1.00h Gratis 8€. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Damian Romero (experimental desde EEUU) 20.00h 5€. WAH-WAH: Young Fresh Fellows + Hall Monitors (rock) 21.30h 18€ / 23€. FRIDAY / VIERNES 23 CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Noche de ‘Oido Al Cante’ (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Pepa Blasco Quartet 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. DUB CLUB: Circuito Café Teatro 23.00h 5€ + consumición / DJ Rec Gratis. 47 CLUB: Fiesta Bakala con Groovelives DJs 23.30h. JUANITA: Bad Foundation Sound 23.30h Gratis LA EDAD DE ORO: Candida 23.00h 8€. LATEX: Miss Yuls + Groovekey / Groovelives DJs. MUSIC BOX: Jordan 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Senior i el Cor Brutal (pop) 20.00h 5€. WAH-WAH: Bowerbirds + Agent Ribbons (Americana) 22.30h 12€ / 15€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 24 BLACK NOTE: Troupe Orchestra (swing) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Pepa Blasco Quartet 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. DUB CLUB: Rocksteady Beatz 23.30h Gratis 47 CLUB: Komanzzy 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Quick-e 23.30h Gratis. LATEX: 2 Pias DJs + Groovekey / Miss Yuls. PICCADILLY: ‘80s Cartoons Party con Cinnamon + Isis + Miss Yuls. WAH-WAH: Dorian (pop) 20.00h 10€ / 14€. SUNDAY / DOMINGO 25 BLACK NOTE: Zenet (jazz-flamenco) 20.30h. 12€ / 15€. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam session (vocal y instrumental) 19.30h Gratis. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Tramuntana (jazz, sextet) 19.00h 5€. MONDAY / LUNES 26

21.30h 9€ Aforo Limitado. MUSIC BOX: Xino DJ 1.00h Gratis. RADIO CITY: Juan Carlos, Felix, Antonio Moreno, Angel Moreno, Jony Amador y El Bareta (flamenco) 23.00h 7€ con consumición. WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 28 MUSIC BOX: Cookin Soul 1.00h Gratis. THURSDAY / JUEVES 29 BLACK NOTE: Sex & Rock & Roll + DJ Quique Lledó (rock) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Amaro Carmona y Javier Zamora (flamenco) 23.30h. 47 CLUB: Las Despechadas 23.30h. MUSIC BOX: DJ Maravillas 1.00h Gratis. PICCADILLY: Rockandrolla con Nasty Kids + Slash PD. WAH-WAH: Joan Miquel Oliver (pop) 22.30h 12€ / 15€. FRIDAY / VIERNES 30 BLACK NOTE: Westbound Train (ska desde EEUU) 23.30h 10€. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Leo Molina y Su Gente (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jaixira (trio) 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. 47 CLUB: Groovekey 23.30h. JUANITA: DJ Sputnik 23.30h Gratis. LA EDAD DE ORO: Bob Collum Band (country rock desde EEUU) 23.00h 10€. LATEX: Miss Yuls + Falomir! / Cinnamon. MATISSE: The Blows + Industry Royal 21.30h 10€ / 12€. MUSIC BOX: L’Equipe 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. OCTUBRE CENTRE: Miquel Gil (pop) 20.00h 5€. WAH-WAH: Souvenir + Guatafán (indie) 22.30h 10€. SATURDAY / SÁBADO 31 BLACK NOTE: Rabluptus Yau (funk) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jaixira 23.00h / 00.30h 8€. 47 CLUB: Zombie Nation con Paco Paco DJs 23.30h. LATEX: Zombie Nation con Miss Yuls + Gia & G / Search & Destroy DJs. MATISSE: Igloo + Maryland 21.30h 10€ / 12€. MUSIC BOX: Todo Temazos 24.00h / Paco Plaza 03.30h. PICCADILLY: Dirty Pretty Night con New Faker DJ + Rockfish + Gogals DJ WAH-WAH: Morgana vs. Morgana (rock) 22.30h 5€.

MUSIC BOX: Paco Paco DJs 1.00h Gratis. TUESDAY / MARTES 27 BLACK NOTE: Alex Rich & the West in Love (country desde UK) 23.30h Gratis. JIMMY GLASS: Will Bernard Trio (jazz)