Calendar May 2019
1-11
Havana
Arte para Mamá (Art for Mom)
Cuban arts and crafts fair with artisans from all over the country present high-quality utilitarian and fanciful products.
Recinto Ferial Pabexpo
1-13
Buenos Aires
Book Fair
Final days of this cultural event for authors, editors, booksellers, librarians, designers, and readers.
La Rural
1-22
Panama City
La Tierra Vista Desde el Cielo (The Earth from Above)
This exhibition of Yan Arthus Berthrand’s photographs documenting the state of our planet aims to raise awareness and help preserve it.
1-30
Toronto
Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival
Month-long photography festival featuring the works of more than 1,000 national and international artists at more than 200 locations throughout the city.
Information: https://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/
2-5
Medellín
Feria de las 2 Ruedas (Two-Wheeler Show)
International motorcycle tradeshow covering nearly 400,000 square feet, with more than 60,000 visitors from 30 countries come to enjoy the sale and exhibition of motorcycles and bicycles.
Plaza Mayor Medellín
2-5
Nassau
Carnival in Paradise
Four nights of non-stop fun and the Nassau Ultimate Beach Jouvert.
2-5
Bogotá
Swan Lake on Ice
The majestic Saint-Petersburg State Ballet with the music of Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.
Teatro Colón
2-12
Holguín
26th International Romerías de Mayo Festival
This world-class festival of young artists and cultural promoters transforms the city of Holguín into the capital of young art.
Bosque de los Héroes, Loma de la Cruz
3-4
Panama City
Panama Burlesque Festival
First edition of this festival celebrating the sensual theater arts, including burlesque, drag, and variety acts.
Theatre Guild of Ancón
3-5
Montreal
Electric Vehicles Show
Tradeshow with a complete array of products linked to electric mobility.
Place Bonaventure
3-5
Belo Horizonte
National Orchid Exhibition
Gorgeous exhibition with a huge variety of orchids for sale.
Boulevard Shopping
3-6
Guadalajara
Tlaqueparte
Arts and crafts fair featuring jewelry, gifts, and decorations.
Expo Guadalajara
4
Brasilia
Nando Reis in concert
Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center
4
Las Vegas
The Lights Festival
Participants at this family-oriented festival light their sky lanterns using tiki torches and release them into the night. Live music and food trucks.
Motocross Park
4-5
Belo Horizonte
Comic UAI
Tattoes, tech-lovers, video games, pinball, cosplay, and contests.
Godarc Galería Multicultural
4-5
Belo Horizonte
Moto Fest
Motorcycles from around the country, including brands such as Harley-Davidson, BMW, Kawasaki, and Ducati and a chance to enjoy music, DJs, a photo exhibition, and excellent gastronomy.
Vela Vista
5
San José
Con-X
This year’s geeky convention welcomes Austin “Chumlee” Russell, Laura Torres, Alina Nicte, and Pugoffka.
Heredia Convention Center
5
Tegucigalpa
Vida (Life)
Exhibition of the work of photojournalist Gervasio Sánchez curated by Gerardo Mosquera.
Spanish Cultural Center in Tegucigalpa
5
Toronto
Hot Docs
Final day of this film festival with over 150 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the world.
5
New York
Tribeca Film Festival
Final day of this film festival offering a wide variety of documentaries, short and feature films, home movies, open-air screenings, activities and prizes.
6
Bogotá
International Book Fair (FILBO)
Final days of this cultural event for authors, editors, librarians, designers, and readers.
Corferias
6-12
Toronto
Canadian Music Week
This combined festival and seminar includes workshops, industry seminars, and over 1,000 live bands at local venues.
Downtown
7-31
Guadalajara
May Cultural Festival
An amazing variety of music, dance, fine arts, and film events.
Numerous venues
8-10
Cali
Expo Industrial
Pacific coast industrial tradeshow promoting national and regional industries implementing cutting-edge technology.
Valle del Pacífico Events Center
8-11
Santo Domingo
Agroalimentaria
International food, tobacco, and beverage fair for entrepreneurs and business executives.
Hotel Dominican Fiesta Convention Center
8-20
Havana
José Raúl Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament
Hotel Habana Libre
9-11
Cartagena
Expo Cannabiz
Speaking at this seminar for cannabis industry professionals will be Jennifer Sanders, Vicente Fox, Steve DeAngelo, and Juan Manuel Galán.
Cartagena de Indias Convention Center
10-12
Toronto
Tastemaker Toronto
The ultimate party for food-loves hosted by ingenious chefs and featuring the best drinks cabinet.
Evergreen Brick Works
10-19
Bogotá
Expoartesano
Display of arts, culture, and traditions from every corner of Colombia.
Corferias.
10-19
Santo Domingo
Taste Santo Domingo
This gastronomical experience includes the Tapas Tour, a Gastronomy Expo, the Best of the Best, the Gastrofestival, live music, contests, and cooking classes.
Restaurants, bakeries, and food trucks.
10-19
Medellín
Expoartesano
A tribute to the customs and traditions kept alive by artisans and their ancestral creations.
Plaza Mayor Medellín.
11
Bogotá
London Symphony Orchestra
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo.
12
Mendoza
Amelie Lens in concert
Farrago and Marcelo del Boca.
Runner.
12
Bogotá
El dueño de todas las cosas (The Owner of All Things)
Marvelous musical adventure about a group of circus artists forced to defend their circus. Part of the #PequeñoColón series.
Teatro Colón.
12
Monterrey
Ironman 70.3
Sporting event in which athletes swim for 1.5 miles and then ride a bicycle to the Macroplaza downtown.
13
Buenos Aires
International Book Fair
Final day of this cultural event promoting books and reading. Guest City: Barcelona.
La Rural Convention Center.
14-16
Guatemala City
Apparel Sourcing Show
Textile industry tradeshow featuring clothing, ornaments, accessories, machinery, and services.
Grand Tikal Futura Hotel & Convention Center.
14-16
Buenos Aires
Expocaipic
Leather industry show with shoes, machinery, and products used to process leather as well as fall-winter collections.
Centro Costa Salguero.
14-16
Fortaleza
Ceará Fashion Trade
Fashion and business hit the runway with large, medium, and small clothing manufacturing businesses, textile industry executives, services, and accessories all in attendance.
Ceará Convention Center.
14-16
Guadalajara
Modama
International footwear and leather show exhibiting the new season’s trends, colors, and materials.
Guadalajara Exhibition Center.
14-19
Bogotá
Expoconstrucción and Expodiseño
This event brings together designers, architects, decorators, and builders to explore materials, processes, and new eco-friendly technologies.
Corferias.
15-17
Buenos Aires, Rosario and Córdoba
Casciari & Altuna: Cuentos Dibujados (Illustrated Stories)
Argentina’s greatest living strip cartoonist Hernán Casciari tells stories while Horacio Altuna illustrates them.
Ciudad Cultural Konex, Teatro Mateo Booz, and Cultural Cañada.
15-19
San Salvador
Agroexpo 2019
Event for professionals from the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors.
CIFCO Convention Center.
15-19
Bucaramanga
IV La Cuerda Metropolitan Children’s and Youth Choir Festival
Children’s and youth choirs trained at a variety of music academies.
Teatro Corfescu, Auditorio Biblioteca David Turbay, and other locations
17
Cancún
Gloria Trevi in concert
Trevi’s “Goddess of the Night” tour continues.
Cancún Bullring.
17-19
San Juan
Puerto Rico Comic Con
Manga, anime, comics, video games, cosplay, and more.
Puerto Rico Convention Center.
17-19
Chicago
Mayfest
Mayfest celebrates its 24th anniversary with a weekend festival featuring live music, food, and plenty of beer.
Ashland Avenue and Barry.
17-20
Las Vegas
Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC)
Camp out under an electric sky all weekend and enjoy pool parties and group classes to exercise your mind, body, and spirit. DJ surprise games and live entertainment.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
18
Belo Horizonte
Los Platters in Concert
Gran Teatro Palacio de las Artes.
18
Bogotá
Baum Festival
Electronic Music festival.
Club Bellavista Colsubsidio.
18-26
Bridgetown
Gospelfest Barbados
This gospel music festival includes choral and jazz music, comedy, dance, theater, and even cricket.
info@barbadosgospelfest.com / www.barbadosgospelfest.com/
19
Quito
Feria Mi Casa Clave
Real estate event for those looking to purchase a home, an office, or a business.
Quito Convention Center.
19
Asunción
International Half Marathon
21K and 5K
Information: www.pmcpy.org
20
New York
New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals
Citi Field.
21-25
Barranquilla
International Short Street Films Festival (FICICA)
Fiction and experimental films and video art produced on film, video, and animation formats.
Plazas and parks around the city.
21- 26
Bridgetown
Barbados Celtic Festival
This festival celebrates the links between Celtic nations, European Gallic regions, and Barbados with traditional music and a gastronomy festival.
22-24
Barranquilla
Business Future of the Americas
This international seminar exploring the continent’s principal challenges and opportunities welcomes 24 chambers of commerce from around the Americas.
Hilton Garden Inn.
22-24
Mexico City
Expo Publicitas
Advertising and marketing fair with innovative media and digital printing solutions.
Centro Banamex.
22-26
Willemstad
Curadise Dance Xperience
Latin and Afro dance festival uniting people, cultures, and entertainment with world-class DJs on a paradisiacal island.
22-27
Oranjestad
Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival
Beach parties, comedy nights, and an incredible music festival with headliner John Legend and guest artists Ella Mai, Charlie Wilson, HER, Deon Cole, and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
May 22 – June 4
Montreal
Festival Transameriques (FTA)
Modern dance and theater festival with close to 25 shows in theaters and open-air venues.
Information: info@fta.ca
23
May 23 – June 2
Inside Out
LGBT film festival.
Artscape Daniels Launchpad.
23-24
Bogotá
Danza Concierto
Melancholy thoughts in dance with the music of Astor Piazzolla, directed by Peter Palacio.
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo.
24
Buenos Aires
Il Divo in concert
Luna Park.
24-27
Recife
Movexpo
Northeastern Brazil’s national furniture show featuring new trends in products and services.
Pernambuco Convention Center.
24-26
Bogotá
Sportfest
Tradeshow specializing in sports, fitness culture, and healthy living and featuring professional equipment sales, clothing, footwear and sporting accessories, sports medicine, and training centers.
Corferias.
24-26
Chicago
Mole de Mayo Festival in Pilsen
Chicago’s Mexican community celebrates this staple of Mexican family-style cooking. Arts and crafts, business, music, wrestling, and lots of mole.
Pilsen neighborhood.
25
Santo Domingo
Chayanne
2019 “From the Soul” tour.
Palacio de los Deportes.
25
Panama City
Africa in America Festival
Academic, artistic, and cultural activities highlighting the influence of afro-descendant peoples and a mega concert with the theme: “Where’s Your Grandmommy?”
Roberto Durán Arena.
25
Bogotá
Ojo de Agua Concert
Music from three Colombian music legends whose sounds flow from the Magdalena River (Totó la Momposina) Colombia’s southern Pacific (Grupo Bahía), and from the mountains (Lucho Bermúdez).
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo.
25-26
San Juan
Manual Arts Festival
Workshops, live tutorials, materials for sale, ceramics, jewelry and costume jewelry, sewing and embroidery, foam crafts, scrapbooking, painting, and confectionery.
Convention Center.
25-26
Toronto
Doors Open Toronto
An entire weekend showcasing some of the most architecturally, culturally, and socially significant buildings across the city.
This year’s theme: “20-Something”.
25-26
Medellín
Expo Vape
More than 100 vape companies from around the world, more than 9,000 consumers, and more than 600 business owners gather to enjoy raffles, live music, and cloud and trick competitions.
Plaza Mayor.
26-27
Lima
CosmoBeauty Professional
Tradeshow for beauty, hairdressing, esthetics, and health professionals, plus a special “Battle of the Barbers”.
Ciudad Ferial Costa Verde San Miguel Lima.
26
Brasilia
Ney Matogrosso in concert
Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center.
27
New York
New York Yankees vs. San Diego Padres
Yankee Stadium.
28-29
Ciudad de Panamá
Eros Ramazzotti
“Vita Ce Ne” tour.
Teatro Anayansi – Atlapa Convention Center.
28-30
Bogotá
Createx
Dressmaking industry event focusing on textile and dressmaking essentials, materials, machinery, and new knowledge, trends, and technology.
Corferias.
28-30
Miami
Apparel Textile Sourcing
Tradeshow for professionals in the clothing, textile, and fashion industries with e-commerce activities, seminars, and fashion shows.
Mana Wynwood Convention Center.
30-31
Santiago de Chile
Expo Wine + Beer
Gathering of professionals in the winemaking and brewing industries, oenologists, and sommeliers.
Espacio Riesco.
May 30 – June 9
Panama City
Alfredo de Saint Malo International Music Festival
National and international artists celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of Panama City.
University of Panama and locations throughout the city.
Information: www.asmfestivalpanama.com
30
Las Vegas
Lady Gaga Enigma
Las Vegas Boulevard.
31
May 31 – June 2
Curaçao
The Walk of Curaçao
Choose your preferred distance –10K, 20K, or 30K– for this three-day march through historical Curaçao. The 30K walk finishes up in the capital city of Willemstad.
May 31 – June 3
Bogotá
Comic Con
World’s largest pop culture and entertainment industry convention focusing on film TV, video games, cosplay, hobbies, and illustrations. Confirmed guest: Chandler Riggs, who played Carl Grimes in the famed The Walking Dead series.
Corferias.
