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

¡Guerra! by Jason Webster is out now - we have an exclusive interview with the author here

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(currently being extensively refurbished, but opening again in October with a huge retrospective of Valencia's Joaquim Sorolla) 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 and the stunning new Opera house masterpiece by 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 IVAC has a summer outdoor cinema in front of the Palau de Musica in the riverbed all the way through August, the programme is here.

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.

Always got your face in a book? go here for reviews and the inspired monthly column from Gooru.

Fashion Victim or just love to read an excellent woman columnist? Anita Darling is here, and Barbara O'Neill is here, just for you.

BlackJack
Anime - Joe needs Dr. Black Jack's help on finding a cure for failing superheroes.

Savages
A brother and sister have to look after their abusive fatherwho has dementia and they have not seen for 20 years

Silk
Michael Pitt plays a nineteenth century French silk merchant who risks the destruction of his marriage to Kiera Knightley when he has an affair with a concubine on a business trip to Japan

Shine a Light
Scorseses movie about the Rolling Stones
 

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
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.

IT'S A FREE WORLD / EN UN MUNDO LIBRE
the latest offering from Ken Loach.

JUNO
This comedy about a young girl and her pregnancy has become a surprise hit.

ALBATROS
The Counterfieters
Based on a true story, a huge counterfeiting operation set up by the Nazis. A Jewish con artist is handpicked in a concentration camp to head up the scheme intended to disrupt the Allied economies.

Savages
A brother and sister have to look after their abusive fatherwho has dementia and they have not seen for 20 years

Sleeping Dogs Lie
Amy is a seemingly normal young woman, adored by her parents and in love with her fiancé. Their future seems perfect until he proposes that they share their deepest, darkest secrets from their past with each other...things they have never shared with anyone. When Amy finally reveals her secret, everything will fall apart

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CULTURE ARCHIVES

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