Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

David Guetta Rocks F1 at Ágora, Valencia
F1 Rocks tour kicks off the Formula 1 season with a lineup led by David Guetta.
The platinum-selling Grammy winner will play Valencia’s Ágora on Friday June 24 ahead of the European Grand Prix on Sunday.
With three albums on his own recording label among other best selling and multi-platinum tracks for artists like Madonna, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez and Snoop Dogg, the French DJ superstar become one of the most important record producers in the world.
His quirky Electro House vibrant dirty pop has secured his future with many collaborations including the Black Eyed Peas “I’ve Gotta [...]

Oscar Mayer and Guinness World Records invite you to eat hot dogs in Valencia.
Valencians, Falleros and visitors to Valencia will all be at the hot dog eating event t on Saturday 12th March from 11.30 am at Puente de las Flores (The Bridge of Flowers) in Valencia.
The aim of this event is to get the the highest concentration of people in history, eating hot dogs at once. Success will result in an entry to the Guinness World Records.
Set in the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Oscar Mayer brand in Spain, the hot dog eating event will be hosted by TV comedian Flipy [...]

The traditional Ninot Parade of 1,100 people will tonight fill the streets of Valencia.
Leaving Calle Játiva at 22:30 (that’s Spanish 22:30 so be prepared to wait a little longer) via Marqués de Sotelo past the beautiful Post Office building – Correos – up to the doors of City Hall/Ayuntamiento on Plaza del Ayuntamiento, which will house the main ninot of Fallas 2011.
The arrival of the committee parade in the square will trigger a fantastic colourful mascletá (firework display, Spanish style).
Some of the subjects covered by this years ninot entries are the local festivals and traditions, the circus, film, stories and Chinese cuisine; [...]

Ryanair, the Irish low-cost airline in case you don’t know who they are, has launched two new routes from Valencia airport.
The two new routes, to Gran Canaria and Tenerife Sur, will have twice per week on Mondays and Thursdays from Tenerife Sur, and Wednesdays and Sundays from Gran Canaria.
The first flights from Manises were left mid February bound for Gran Canaria and Tenerife Sur. Ryanair’s Head of Marketing and Sales to Spain said that with these two new routes, Valencia could enjoy a real break in the sun, lay on paradise island beaches, all without leaving Spain.
To celebrate this announcement, the airline [...]

MTV Winter 2011 line up and date has been announced for Valencia.
On the 12th of March, Valencia will hold the fourth MTV Winter Festival’s edition at the impressive architectural complex of The City of Arts and Sciences.
The last three MTV Winter Festivals have seen the likes of The Cure, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and HIM. This time the headline acts are My Chemical Romance and SUM 41 with special DJ sets from Orbital and UK band Groove Armada. Supporting band will be Welcome Dinasty – winners of a recent rock contest.
Last year around 40.000 people enjoyed the free concert. [...]

Get your DIY head on because Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA is finally coming to town!
The chosen site in La Muela, Paterna, near the CV 35, is on land partly owned privately and part owned by the Ministry of Defence.
After studying four other site proposals, Paterna Town Hall stated the reason for the location choice was its situation behind the sports centre and also the proximity to the popular Heron City commercial centre. The new store will hopefully blend into its surroundings being backed by similar height buildings.
Although I doubt anything that big and bright blue can really ‘blend’ into anything unless [...]

Until 10th October, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia will be hosting Fashion Art, an exhibition that aims to analyse the cultural interaction and aesthetic references between the visual arts and fashion design.
The exhibition brings together a collection of over 40 hand-painted dresses that blend fashion and design with the visual arts. Fashion Art, located in the Calle Mayor section of the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum, is arriving in Europe for the first time, having travelled to several Latin American cities such as Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile, among others.
Artists from Latin America and Spain have used fabrics [...]

On three Thursdays in September, the 16th, 23rd and 30th,  at 11 p.m, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) in Valencia will be hosting a series of free concerts by Bob Sands & Fabio Miano Quartet, Kiko Berenguer with the final performance given by the IVAM Jazz Ensemble and Antonio Serrano.
The musicians taking part in the Jazz a l’IVAM season include the saxophonist and composer Bob Sands, born in Manhattan, who has the honour of having received the Honorable Mention Award from DownBeat magazine. He has also performed on international tours with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
The [...]

Oktoberfest 2010 – A celebration of beer is inspired by the mythical Oktoberfest that is celebrated every year in Munich (Germany).
The first Oktoberfest was celebrated between the 12th and 17th of October in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of prince Luis I to the princess Teresa de Saxony Altenburg.
After the success of the first celebration it was continued year after year, moving to the end of September to take advantage of better weather. This celebration attracts more than 6 million visitors who come from a large extent from countries like Italy, the USA, Japan, Australia and Spain and as well as Africa and [...]

Teatro de la Electricidad is at the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe in Valencia until the 13-11-2010.
In front of an auditorium with an audience of fifty or so and on a stage that simulates the laboratory of a scientist/inventor, a scientific entertainer is attempting to improve their understanding of concepts related to physical phenomena that produce electricity.
Bells that ring without touching them, candles that go out with a metallic wand without the need to blow, jumping rings, electric arcs that cross space, or neon tubes that light up on touching their ends are some of the experiences that will literally make your [...]