Hoy lunes de Pascua nos ha dejado el Papa Francisco a sus 88 años, el también llamado Papa sencillo, tras una larga enfermedad respiratoria. Y un posible ictus.

From April 18 to 22, 2025 will be held in Vigo the International Piano Competition Maurizio Pollini Edition, which has been held since 2017.
Members of the jury:
Pablo Galdo (Artistic Director), Dmitri Alexeev, Olli Mustonen, Mikhail Voskresensky, Piotr anderszewski together with other pre-selection jury members. Among them are Anna Saradjian, Gabriele Baldocci, Jose Luis Juri, Elmar Gasanov, Alicja Diderrkiewicz and Gabriele Baldocci .

Program:
Registration Period. 1/12/2024 to 15/03/2025.
- March 16 to 20: first round (jury deliberations of the participants' video recordings).
- March 21 : Information on who can move on to the next round.
- March 21 to 24: Period to complete the registration fees.
- April 17 at 8 p.m. : Inaugural concert and opening ceremony.
- April 18 at 9:00 a.m.: Drawing of the order of the participants.
- 18 to 20 April from 10:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m.: second round.
- April 21 from 10:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m.: semi-final.
- April 22nd at 17.00 : Final, jury deliberation and awards ceremony.
The organization asks for volunteers who want to help in the organization of the competition at the following email: info@vigopianocompetition.com
As well as people who can let the contestants practice in case they have a piano or space to host them by clicking on the following link->>>.
+34 675 072 531 Contact telephone number and link for more information

Registration for the municipal camps of the city will open this Monday, April 14 until 00 hours on Friday, May 9 on the website of the city council at the following link.
They will be offered for children born between 2008 and 2021, aged between 4 and 17 years. With the only requirement of being registered in the city council of Vigo.
The two-week camps run from June 23 to August 29. from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. with tupperware service for those parents who want to send them food. Offering 4000 places.
The camps take place in:
Alcabre Neighbourhood Association
Helmet Hair
ETEA
Ourense Street
VigoNature
VigoNature Lodge
Ludo Coia
Samil
Coia
Ludo Xuventude
Navia Pavilion
O Berbés
Bouzas
Candeán
As Travesas

The Gastronomic Festival of the Oyster of Sotomayor is listed as a festival of Tourist Interest of Galicia next to decomenzar in the town of Arcade in Soutomaior.
This initiative began in 1987 at the initiative of the oyster sector of Arcade, this year the festival will be held from 4 to 6 April.
Program:
_Friday 4: act from 22.00 hours with the music of the formations America de Vigo and Paris de Noia.
Saturday 5: At 12.00 hours comezara the tasting of the booths with the parade of Brassica Rapa.
At 22.00 hours the orchestras Kubo and Olympus. At 00.00 hours fireworks.
Sunday 6: at 10.00 a.m. parade of the Band of Music of Arcade. At 11.00 a.m. oyster stalls and music by Fernando Sanchez Jazz Quartet.
At 13.00 hours reading of the proclamation by Celso Fernandez.
To finish at 18.00 hours with the orchestra Festicultores Troupe.
Thanks to the Film Academy and funded by the ICAA, comes this audiovisual development program:
_ On April 8, at the Marco Museum will be screened: "Los destellos" with 4 nominations for the Goya Awards and competed in the Official Section of the San Sebastian Film Festival. At the end there will be a discussion with Pilar Palomero, director and screenwriter.
On April 10, “La infiltrada” will be shown, a film for which Carolina Yuste won the Goya for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Goya for Best Film ex aequo, followed by a talk with the protagonist. At the Auditorio Municipal do Concello de Vigo.

From April 7 to 11 in Redeiras of the University of Vigo will host the talks and meetings of: Pilar Palomero and Victor Alonso Berbel, Lois Patiño Júlia de Paz Fran Araújo e along with the participation of the Residents of the Film Academy and Galician filmmakers
_On April 9 Actress Carolina Yuste will give a talk at the Escola Superior de Arte Dramática de Galicia (ESADG).
On April 10th, director Afioco Gnecco will comment on “Ciao Bambina” at an institute to be determined, nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the Goya Awards.
April 11th. The IES Valladares and the Instituto Audiovisual de Bouzas will screen “7 formas de decir adiós”, short film directed by Jorge Naranjo.
Afterwards the workshop given by Lucía Estevez “Filming the movement”.

The Children's and Young People's Book Fair of 2025 will dedicate its edition to cinema and will have France as guest country, with a special guest: Marcelline Loup.
The relationship between Galicia and France, a country with a rich literary and cinematographic tradition, will be analyzed. The program will be explored through multiple activities, as well as world famous musicals: The Miserábles, The Adventures of Jules Verne, The Little Prince....
Authors such as Madame d'Aulnoy, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny...
The book fair is held at the fairgrounds of Pontevedra.
More information by clicking on this link

4 to 6/04/2025, Sotomayor, Arcade

25 y 26 /04/ 2025. Hotel Samil, Vigo

8 y 9/04/2025, Auditorio Afundación, Vigo

25 al 27/04/2025, Discoteca Palmera Playa,Samil, Vigo

Del 25 al 27/04/2025, Auditorio Mar de Vigo, Vigo

9 al 11/04/2025, Teatro Principal y la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de Pontevedra.

24 y 25/04/2025, Auditorio Afundación.Vigo

14/04/2025, 10:00 horas, Vigo-Nigrán-Bayona

27 /04/2025, 10:30p.m.Beach of Samil

5 /04/2025 Port of Vigo, organized by NOKAO. 16:30 hours, (boys and girls from 3 to 12), Vigo.

Del 11/03 al 15/06 de 2025, Museo Quiñones de León, Vigo

13/04/2025 Multiusos de Arcade, Arcade

6/04/2025, Teatro Salesianos, Vigo


21 /03/2025 al 6 /04/2025, Recinto Ferial de Pontevedra.
4 /04/2025, 21:00 h. Teatro Afundación de Vigo
11 /04/2025, 21:00 h en la Sala Rouge de Vigo

17/04/2025 Wake Up Festival, IFEVI

5/04/2025. 20:00 h en el Teatro Afundación,Vigo
Consulate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Rúa Colón, 36 · 902 10 93 56

Rúa de García Barbón, 133 · 986 43 11 09
Consulado Honorario of Alemania en Vigo
Rúa Colón, 26 · 986 12 31 49
Agencia Consular of Francia en Vigo
Av. das Camelias, 68 · 986 22 75 96
Estrada Colexio Universitario, 16

In the province of Ourense, there is an important project related to lithium mining, in the Beariz area. In the Doade-Beariz mine.

This deposit is key to European plans to secure the supply of critical raw materials, such as lithium, which is essential for the manufacture of electric batteries and other technologies as well as cobalt and nickel. The Doade-Beariz lithium mine has been selected as a strategic project by the European Commission,
Along with them, titanium and wolfram, raw boron, gallium... are used in defense technologies, solar panels...etc.
Another lithium extraction project in the “Cañaveral” deposit, in Cáceres, could start soon, although it is currently in the approval process. It depends on both the Spanish authorities and EU environmental regulations.
The Reconquest, a festival of National Tourist Interest, will be celebrated this year 2025 from March 22 to 30. It will be in the streets of "Casco Viejo".
Performances, market, performances, gastronomy, performances and medieval atmosphere will flood the streets of Vigo. In which the reconquest of Vigo from the French was celebrated on March 28, 1809.
The big days of the festivities are Friday 28 and Sunday 30. The children will also have their own "Reconquistiña" on Tuesday, March 25.
Reconquista 2025 program:
Saturday, March 22 - Praza do Berbés
1:00 p.m.: Concert Kv2211 (Basilica of Santa Maria)
7:00 p.m.: Performance of Gaiteiros
8:00 p.m.: Dismissal of the corporation for being Frenchified
8:45 p.m.: Performance of the group "Pandereiteiras"
9:45 p.m.: Performance of the Group "Os Vacalouras"
Sunday, March 23
11:00 a.m.: Demonstrations of traditional crafts
11:30 a.m.: Obradoiro of traditional dance directed by André Adrio
12:00 p.m.: Treasure hunt
1:00 p.m.: Concert Kv2211 (Basilica of Santa Maria)
7:00 p.m.: Performance of Gaiteiros
8:00 p.m.: Dismissal of the corporation for being Frenchified
8:45 p.m.: Performance by the group "Pandereiteiras"
9:45 p.m.: Performance of the Group "Os Vacalouras"
Monday, March 24
As Redeiras Building (Praza do Berbés, Universidade de Vigo headquarters) Didactic talk by Xose Lois Rivas Cruz
Tuesday, March 25
- Children's Reconquest 10:00 a.m.: Departure of the tour in Praza do Rei 11:00 a.m.: The mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero will be present at the Puerta del Sol. 11:30 a.m.: Arrival at Plaza del Berbés with hot chocolate and musical performance
Wednesday, March 26
General rehearsal of the Festival in the Puerta del Sol Thursday
Thursday 27 March
Medieval market
Friday 28 March
11:00 am: Opening of the traditional market
11:15 am: Opening of the children's area (Praza do Berbés) 11:30 am: Ruada de Gaiteiros 11:30 am: Children's foliada (organised by AF Tarambainas) 11:30 am: Opening of Torreiros 12:00 pm: Children's performance 12:00 - 14:00 hours: Gaiteiros. and Performance Orfeón Mariñeiro do Berbés 1:00 p.m.: Obradoiro de Baile. 5:30 p.m.: Ruada del Trebón del Berbés 6:00 p.m.: Assault on the cart in Praza do Berbés 6:00 p.m.: Performance of the Bagpipe Band of ETRAD (Torreiro da Porta do Sol) 6:30 p.m.: Performance of Ghost Orchestra (Torreiro da Praza dos Ratos) 9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: Performances of Barro Negro.
11:30 p.m.: Market closes.
Saturday, March 29
11:00 a.m.: Traditional market
11:15 a.m.: Opening of the children's area 11:30 a.m.: Children's foliada (organized by O Fiadeiro)
12:00 - 14:00 hours: Bagpipers and children's performances
12:30 hours: Performance Escola Baile Tradicional.
4:00 p.m.: Obradoiro de Danzas del Mundo
6:00 p.m.: Assault on the cart on the Paseo de Alfonso
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: Regueifas and musical performances
11:30 p.m.: Closing of the market
Sunday, March 30
- Reconquista de Vigo 11:00 a.m.: Opening of the traditional market 11:30 a.m.: Saída de peixeiras, verduleiras and rosquilleiras
12:00 p.m.: Dance and bagpiper performances
12:30 p.m.: Children's and traditional performances
4:30 p.m.: Departure of the Bagpipe Band of the Old Town
5:00 p.m.: Departure of the Militia and Alarms from the Praza do Berbés
6:00 p.m.: Reconquest of the Villa de Vigo (Puerta del Sol)
11:30 p.m.: Closing of the Market