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Events and Festivals in Cartagena: 2026 Annual Calendar
Discover Cartagena's vibrant cultural scene with this updated guide for 2026, featuring confirmed dates for Carnival, Hay Festival, FICCI, Jazz Festival, and more events, based on the latest information from March 2026.
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The Other Music Festival: How 'Patio Concerts' Reveal Cartagena's Secret Life
While the Cartagena Festival de Música fills the Centro Histórico with its 27 chamber music concerts scheduled for January 2026, there is another Cartagena that
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The Cartagena Kite Festival: How a Forgotten Event Becomes the Perfect Family Plan
If there is a plan that competes with the boardwalk on a sunny Sunday in Cartagena, it is the Kite Festival. And no, it is not that tourist event you see in the
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Cartagena to the Rhythm of Jazz: Bars, Concerts and Intimate Scenes in the Walled City
Discover Cartagena's vibrant jazz scene, from intimate bars in the walled city to annual festivals that transform the Colombian Caribbean into a paradise for lovers of this musical genre.
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The 'Dawn Rumba' in Cartagena: Where Do DJs and Taxi Drivers Eat After 3 AM?
It's 3:30 AM in Cartagena. The bars of Getsemaní are starting to lower the music, taxi drivers park on the corners, and the smell of hot oil invades the streets
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Rhythms Nobody Tells You About: The Live Music Scene in Cartagena's Neighborhoods (Outside the Center)
When a tourist arrives in Cartagena, the first thing they hear is reggaeton blasting from the nightclubs in the Centro Histórico. But there is another city, one
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