El Sueno Existe: Latin/S.American/Welsh Festival

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EL SUEÑO EXISTE -

Mae'r Freuddwyd yn Fyw; The dream lives on

A Dream of a fairer society

The El Sueno Existe Festival 2009

will take place on 14th, 15th, 16th August

Machynlleth, mid wales

The third festival is shaping up to be an exuberant 3 day Latino-welsh party rooted in issues of social justice and human rights.

More acts to be confirmed. The website info will be regularly updated.

http://www.elsuenoexiste.com/f09.htm

A really nice little festival in the beautiful Dyfi valley in Mid Wales, its a celebration of and inspired by the life and work of the singer and poet Victor Jara murdered by the Pinochet regime. There are loads of artists from across the continent and the UK and the diaspora, inc peruvian scissor dances, Sofia Buchuck also from Peru,Italian songstress Silvia Balducci,Grupo Amigo Artista who are a Chilean and Bolivian ensemble based in London, Welsh music legend Dafydd Iwan,Galo Ceron will also present a recital of Latin American classical music by Augustine Barrios, Cristian Leiva will be representing the Victor Jara festival that takes place in Chillan, the birthplace of Victor. He is a young virtuoso charango player and presents magical versions of Andean melodies and much more

some of the impromtu collaborations are quite wonderful, cheap as well, only 30 quid!


oh, and it really isn't as po faced as the blurb suggests, at times its quite magical

 

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A really nice little festival in the beautiful Dyfi valley in Mid Wales, its a celebration of and inspired by the life and work of the singer and poet Victor Jara murdered by the Pinochet regime. There are loads of artists from across the continent and the UK and the diaspora, inc peruvian scissor dances, Sofia Buchuck also from Peru,Italian songstress Silvia Balducci,Grupo Amigo Artista who are a Chilean and Bolivian ensemble based in London, Welsh music legend Dafydd Iwan,Galo Ceron will also present a recital of Latin American classical music by Augustine Barrios, Cristian Leiva will be representing the Victor Jara festival that takes place in Chillan, the birthplace of Victor. He is a young virtuoso charango player and presents magical versions of Andean melodies and much more

some of the impromtu collaborations are quite wonderful, cheap as well, only 30 quid!


oh, and it really isn't as po faced as the blurb suggests, at times its quite magical

I'm in the 'diff... and please excuse my ignorance on all matters.

Are there likely to be tix available if I turn up on the day, and how do I get to the site from Cardiff by train *curses dr Beeching*

Gash
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[agricola]

I'm in the 'diff... and please excuse my ignorance on all matters.

Are there likely to be tix available if I turn up on the day, and how do I get to the site from Cardiff by train *curses dr Beeching*

Gash
x

Cardiff -> Shrewsbury, then Shrewsbury -> Machynlleth... journey takes three and a half hours, and the off-peak return is £48*.

* for travel today, its probably a bit cheaper pre-booked.