ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

Sunday 1st
9h00 – 16h00
Typical bands, dances and food
Place: Parque Calderón-Tarqui, Parque Calderón-Sayausí, Parque Calderón-El Valle, Parque Calderón-Quingeo
10h00
Dog show
Place: Parque el Paraíso
10h00
Poetry and Art
Place: public spaces
11h00
I National Music and Typical Food Festival “Mishki Sunku”
Place: Turi hill
14h00 – 16h00
Family Day: puppets, painted faces and music
Place: Parque El Paraiso
20h00 – 23h00
Orchestra festival
Place: Av. 12 de abril
21h00
“Auténticos Decadentes” Concert
Place: Rancho Grande

Monday 2nd 
10h00
“Desfile de la morlaquía” (Typical parade)
Place:  Concentración Chola Cuencana, Huayna Cápac, ends at Banco Central
15h00
Donkey race
Place: Parque El Paraíso
19h00- 22h00
Popular music with typical bands
Place: Parque Calderón, Parque San Blas
20h00
“Quimera” (typical music Group) Presentation
Place: Teatro Sucre
20h00- 23h30
Noche cuencana (Cuenca Night)
Place: Parque de San Blas, Parque San Sebastián, Plaza del Herrero and other public spaces

Wednesday 3rd       
9h00
Offerings presentation in homage to the city’s festivities by an Army Division
Place: Parque Calderón
10h00
Military Parade
Place: Av. Fray Vicente Solano
11h30
Taki dancers parade
Place: Parque San Blas - Arenal
13h00
National competition of wooden karts
Place: Banco Central Area - Huayna Cápac - Parque el Paraíso
20h00
Independence Night: aerial festival and fireworks
Place: Parque Calderon

CUENCA INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL

Address: Calle Bolívar 12- 60 y Juan Montalvo

Phone: 283 1778 - 283 4253

www.bienaldecuenca.org

* Date/time of events may vary.

Thursday 5th
9h00
Classic parade for the “Artisan Day”
Place: San Blas, Bolívar and San Sebastián Plazas
17h00
Accordion Festival
Place: Teatro Sucre
20h00
Free tour in a 2-floor bus
Departure from Parque Calderon
20h30
Noche cuencana (Cuenca Night)
Place: Plaza de la Merced

Saturday 7th
9h00 – 15h00
Ciclo Art: bicycle ride through the Art Biennial
10h00 – 13h00
Cultural Saturdays   
Place: Plaza Cívica
Sunday 8th    14h00 – 16h00
Family Sunday: theater, puppets, capoeira
Place: Parque Calderón
Wednesday 11th      19h00 to 20h00
Archeological Exhibit “Jhony Reinoso Collection”
Place: Museo Agustín Landívar

Thursday 12th
19h30 – 22h00
Urban design: live mannequins
Place: Gran Colombia & Tarqui (Chami Cachina)
20h00 – 21h30
Open Air Romantic Cinema          
Place: Calle Larga Stairway & Hermano Miguel

Friday 13th    20h00
Tourist circuit
Departs from Parque Calderón
Saturday 14th
10h00 – 13h00
Cultural Saturday
Place: Plaza Cívica
14h00
Museum and church circuits
Place: historic district
Takes off at the Parque Calderón

Sunday 15th  14h00 – 16h00
Family Sunday: Springs festival, capoeira presentation
Place: Parque de la Madre

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sunday 1st- Tuesday 3rd    9h00 – 16h00
Tourist and cultural circuits
Meeting place: Parque Calderon
Sunday 1st – Tuesday 3rd
Gastronomical Festival
Place: Parking lot of Parque El Paraíso
Sunday 1st – Thursday 5th  17h00 – 21h00
Route through Cuenca’s Churches
Places: churches of the historical district
Monday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd  18h00 – 23h00
Opening of illuminated temples
Tuesday 10th – Friday 13th             
Lira Festival
Place: Universidad de Cuenca & Casa de la Cultura
Tuesday 10th – Friday 13th            11h00 and 16h00 
Cine Arte
Place: Teatro Carlos Crespi

ADDRESSES

CIDAP
Escalinata and Paseo 3 de Noviembre

French Alliance
Phone: 2848 314
Address: Tadeo Torres 192 and Solano Ave.

Central Bank Auditorium
Phone: 2831 255
Calle Larga and Huaynacapac St.

Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno
Phone: 2831 027
Address: Sucre 15-21 and Coronel Talbot
Open Monday thru Friday 8h30 to 13h00 and 15h00 to 18h30 / Weekends 9h00 to 13h00

HANDICRAFT MARKETS

Plaza Rotary
Address: Gaspar Sangurima between Mariano Cueva and Vargas Machuca.
Open Mondays thru Sunday from 8h00 to 17h00

Mama Kinua Cultural Center
Address: Hermano Miguel 6-40 and Juan Jaramillo. Open Monday thru Friday from 8h00 to 17h00.

Casa de la Mujer
Address: General Torres 7-33 and Presidente Cordova. Open Monday thru Saturday from 9h00 to 19h00.

For information about other events contact: Cuenca Visitors’ Bureau
Address: Corner of Bolivar and Borrero St.
Fifth floor. Phone: 283 2274

Casa de Chaguarchimbana
Address: Calle de las Herrerias & 10 de Agosto . Phone: 2885 950 / 2885 951

Contemporary Art Exhibit Room
Address: Mariscal Sucre and Benigno Malo/ 2nd floor

Concerts Salon / Alfonso Carrasco Exhibit Room
Address: Presidente Cordova 789 and Luis Cordero/ 3rd floor