These pages are all about Valencia's vibrant culture scene.

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You want art? There are around 30 galleries and museums in the city. The excellent IVAM devoted to modern art, the Museo de Bellas Artes, a fine permanent collection and well staged exhibitions, the Bancaixa Gallery has a large permanent collection of Picasso etchings.

Go here for a list of the major galleries - all are open daily except monday - entrance fees vary but are not expensive and Sundays, all galleries are free.

Theatre your thing? There are four major theatre spaces in the city, an excellent Music Palace Palau de Música and the stunning new Opera house masterpiece Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía by the celebrated Valencian Architect Calatrava. There is also a thriving café theatre scene (seasonal) and many of the smaller clubs have performance on a regular basis.
Sagunto - up the coast a bit has a roman amphitheatre and stages not only the classics but concerts as well.

Go here for a list of the major theatres and here for the clubs

Are you a movie fan? The Spanish love movies - there are cinemas all over town - mainly dubbed in Castellano, so your going to have to learn the language if you want to see the blockbusters, although the new Ciné Cité at Espai (click their box to right to go to their site)in Campanar does show a handful of films in Original Version each week. For arty films there are the excellent Albatross and Babel (click their box to right) cinemas which show their films in original version and the IVAC - Filmoteca.(click their box to right)The annua festival Cinema Joven starts on the 21st of June for one week, more here soon The IVAC has a summer outdoor cinema in front of the Palau de Musica in the riverbed all the way through August, the programme will be here when it's pulished .

Is music your bag? There's a wealth of music here in Valencia for you to enjoy. From rock to folk to classical to brass bands to jazz and back again click here for the major venues.

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HAPPY/ HAPPY GO LUCKY
Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won't let anyone or anything get her down

QUEMAR DESPUÉS DE LEER /BURN AFTER READING
A dark spy-comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official's (John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find

Things We Lost in the Fire Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro
A drama about two people brought together by fate. Audrey’s (Berry) life has been shattered by the sudden death of her husband. In grief, she turns to one of his life-long friends, Jerry (Del Toro), a former lawyer who is on a serious downward spiral. Together, they work to repair their lives.

THE FALL
In a hospital a little girl meets a bedridden man who starts telling her a fantastical story. As time goes by fiction and reality start to intertwine in this epic fantasy.

THE WOMEN
A wealthy New Yorker leaves her cheating husband and bonds with other society women at a resort.
 

Valencia's
major rock and pop venues
This list does not aim to be definitive - just to give Valencia's main rock and pop music venues. If you would like to get in touch with us to request we add a venue or to report a broken link, please email us here
For venues outside Valencia , click here

Valencia's
major art galleries
and exhibition venues
This list does not aim to be definitive - just to give Valencia's major art exhibition spaces. If you would like to get in touch with us to request we add a venue or to report a broken link,please email us here
For venues outside Valencia , click here

Valencia's
major theatre and classical music venues
This list does not aim to be definitive - just to give Valencia's main theatre and classical music venues. If you would like to get in touch with us to request we add a venue or to report a broken link, please email us here
For venues outside Valencia , click here

Valencia's
Venues that show films in Original Version
This list does not aim to be definitive - just to give Valencia's main Original version Film venues. If you would like to get in touch with us to request we add a venue or to report a broken link, please email us here
For venues outside Valencia , click here

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BABEL
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ALSO ON AT CINÉ CITÉ
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Jude, visiting the United States in search of his long-lost father, meets Lucy through her brother, Max (Joe Anderson), a student at Princeton, where the father is discovered working as a janitor. Max takes Jude home to his stuffy family for Thanksgiving, during which Max shocks his parents by announcing that he is dropping out of college.

BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime.

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
When KYM (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister RACHEL (Rosemarie Dewitt), she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her.

ALBATROS
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Evelyn Waugh. This film version focuses on forbidden love and the loss of innocence, set in the pre-WWII era

ASFIXIA/CHOKE
Victor Mancini is a sex addict who works as a renactor of Colonial Times. To support his hospitalized mother, Victor cons others by pretending to choke at restaurants to get money from his rescuers

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