Vigo will be full of activities to celebrate the Día das Letras Galegas 2025, dedicated to popular oral poetry and cantareiras.

Program

Lavadores Festival: Performances by the Choir “Lembranzas Galegas de Lavadores” and the “Pandeireteiros Traspés”. Friday 16 and Saturday 17 in the Association of Lavadores.

Poetic-musical show “Cantigaeverso”: Saturday 17 at 12:00 hours in the Porta do Sol.

Tribute to the Celtic harp by the Orquestra Folclórica de Galicia SonDeSeu: Saturday 17 at 20:30 h in the Afundación Theater.

Concentration of pandereteiras: Saturday 17 at 18:00 h in the Torreiro de Coia. The aim is to set a record of participation; it is only necessary to bring a pandeireta and the desire to enjoy.

On Friday 16 there will be a foliada in the Plaza Industria at 18:00 hours in charge of the association As da Industria.

X Edition of the  Letter Galegas day in Bouzas: Saturday 17 at 12:30 pm in the Alameda de Bouzas, with performances by local groups.

Festival in Matamá: Saturday 17 at 19:00 h with cantareiras.

Marco Museum: Public recording of the podcast Efervesciencia about science and technology. From 12.00 to 13.45, directed by Manuel Vicente and organized by Asociación Cultural no Meio e Meio, prior registration at info@lumes.gal.

Bibliographic exhibition “Galician traditional music”: From 5 to 31 May.

Festival Miúdo Fest: Saturday 17 from 17:00 hours and Sunday 18 at 18:00 hours in the Rebullón Hall.

Cardinal Robert Prevost will be the new Pope called Leo XIX. 70 year old canonical licentiate. He was elected Pope today 8/05/25 in the fourth election of the conclave of cardinals. He is a great follower of the doctrines of the former Pope Franciscus, an Augustinian and missionary from Chicago.

With great solemnity and emotion he made his first speech as Pope before the faithful of the whole world. Emphasizing the word Peace in his speech as he advocates above all to advocate and to be his great goal. His speech in perfect Italian and Spanish has been broadcasted by most of the televisions around the world.

President Trump has congratulated in his networks the new Pope, first American as well as other world leaders.

Today, Easter Monday, April 21, Pope Francis left us at the age of 88, due to a cerebral stroke that caused an irreversible heart failure at 7:35 a.m.

A Jesuit of Argentinean origin, he was the first non-European Pope in 10 centuries, elected on the fifth ballot of the second day of the conclave and coexisted in life with the Pope who preceded him and who had resigned: Benedict XVI, who died in 2022.

Pope Francis will be remembered for his conciliatory character, his more than 60 trips to spread the word of God and his rejection of Vatican luxuries.

So there will be big changes with respect to the burial of its predecessors.

The Pope himself, whose secular name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left written in his will the instructions for his final resting place; such as that his tombstone should only bear the name Franciscus, which he chose for his papacy in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. That he was to be buried in the ground of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary and to whose Basilica he went to pray before and after each international trip. Between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel. He was buried in a single wooden coffin with a zinc interior. No catafalque or papal crosier, and his coffin will remain open and can be visited by the faithful who wish to say goodbye until Friday. This Saturday 26th the funeral will be held at 10:00 am.

Pope Francis' apartment in the Santa Marta residence where he lived, instead of the Apostolic Palace, has been sealed. Francis Pope was a lover of poetry, tango, mate and follower of the San Lorenzo club.

All offices cease except that of Cardinal Camerlengo, Kevin Farrell, who carried out the certification of his death and began the vacant see, taking command of the Vatican and destroying the ring of Pescador. Giving place to the funeral.

Remaining ahead a conclave in whichh 130 cardinals under 80 years will elect his successor in two weeks, wich will be the number 267 in the Papal order.The first edition of the multidisciplinary fair Varco will be held in Vigo, dates, schedule and information.

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.

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

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

 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

List of consulates in Vigo.

Consulate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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