On December 13th, 2021, Law number 10,071 came into effect, called LAW OF ATTRACTION OF FILM INVESTMENTS IN COSTA RICA. In this way, Congress declares of Public Interest the attraction of investments from the international film industry, its promotion and the generation of productive chains. What is really strange is that there were no advertising campaigns or generalized information on the approv...

The US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica announced the upcoming Consular event – routine services for U.S. citizens in Golfito. The embassy's Consular staff will be on hand to provide several services in Golfito on January 30th and to answer questions. Those who wish to RSVP for passport renewals, notary services, and federal benefits inquiries, must indicate their preference by writing to ACS...

The Ocaso Musical Festival comes back to Tamarindo, Guanacaste in its fourth edition this Thursday, January 9 and will extend through Monday, January 13th. The underground electronic music festival gathers, once again, great representatives of techno and house rythms, this year the lineup includes Doc Martin, Maceo Plex, Artbat, Magdalena, Shiba San, Justin Martin, Ame, Maetrix, Seth Troxler, D...

Comic Con will have its first ever edition in Costa Rica in 2020, the event will take place July 4th and 5th at Parque Viva. Comic Convention events began in San Diego, California, and its a non-profit public benefit event organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the public´s appreciation for comics and related popular art forms and their contribution ot art and culture. ...

The sixth edition of Life in Color "World´s Largest Paint Party" will take place on Friday, December 6, at the Pedregal Events Center in San Antonio de Belen, Heredia. This year Major Lazer is the headliner of this show that gathers every year thousands of people, "For JOGO, this sixth edition of Life in Color Costa Rica is a reward to the effort and hard work of many years, it means believing ...

ColorTexturePhotoTours, provider of exceptional photography tours in the United States and Costa Rica, has released its 2020 Costa Rica photo tour schedule. “We are excited about the 2020 Costa Rica photo tour season and have created new itineraries so clients have more options. We also reduced the size of each tour to only four clients so each client gets even more help creating better images,...

The U.S. Embassy issued a security alert in relation to the first national evacuation drill in case of an earthquake or emergency that will take place on Monday, August 19, at 10 a.m., this event is organized by the Costa Rican National Emergency Commission "The organization expects more than a million people across the country to participate in the event. Government offices, businesses, sch...

If you want to discover San José in a fun and different way try the Art City Tour this Wednesday, July 10, the best of all, it is entirely FREE. This edition of the Art City Tour, “Vacation in Chepe” (Chepe being the way Costa Ricans’ refer to the capital city of San Jose) will take participants to enjoy the cultural offer of San José and its surrounding areas. It will connect activities that t...

Sunday, June 23 2019, Costa Rica will celebrate the tenth edition of the Pride Parade, a colorful event that celebrates the differences in sexual preferences and promotes tolerance and respect of the members of the LGBTI community. 24 floats, music, dance, shows, international guests, are just part of the event that will once again take the streets of San Jose, starting at Centro Colón in Paseo...

The third edition this year of the Art City Tour is scheduled to take place May 15, “Chepe de Moda” (“Chepe in Style”, Chepe being the way Costa Ricans’ refer to the capital city of San Jose)w will connect once again activities in different museums, galleries, cultural centers, historical buildings and open spaces in downtown San Jose, including the neighborhoods, Amón, Otoya, Escalante and Sabana...

Embassy San Jose announced the upcoming Consular outeach for U.S. citizens in Puerto Viejo, Limón. The Consular staff will be on hand to provide routine services and answer any questions. To RSVP for passport renewals, notary services, and federal benefits inquiries, you must indicate your preference by writing to [email protected]. Any applicable fees must be paid in cash. No checks or doll...

With over 230 international purchasers, Expotur 2019 will kick off on May 9 in the Costa Rica Convention Center. These delegates represent companies from 35 different countries, where they will be promoting Costa Rica as a destination. The increasing flow of tourists to Costa Rica as well as the convenient visa process and existing air connections are determining factors for the committee that ...

By Tradition April 20 is  “weed day” and for the consumers of marijuana it is almost an obligation to celebrate this day, smoking of course! But this year, an event was announced on social media that called the attention of many, even though, it also took place last year in 2018. LaCopaCR (Costa Rica Cannabis Cup) is the name of the activity that was being advertised through different social me...

The area of Costa Rica known as Zona de los Santos is famous for the quality of its coffee, this year, coffee lovers will be able to enjoy the Tarrazú Coffee Expo, that will take place March 1st through March 3. Some of the best coffee of Costa Rica is produced in this region with altitudes of between 1,200 and 1,650 meters and with particular characteristics that make it exportable to countrie...

If you enjoy the theater, The Little Theater Group has several presentations this month as part of the February 2019 Costa Ria National Tour. The theatrical group will have several presentations in different parts of the country, including, this Sunday, February 10 in Playa Hermosa; February 16 in Atenas; February 17 in Puriscal, February 23 in Santa Ana and a final show on February 24 in San ...

Jaco Air Fest is an aerospace event that will take place this weekend in Jaco, Costa Rica in the are close to the Jaco Walk Shopping Center. The event will gather some of the best acrobatic paragliding pilots of the world, the exhibit will include paragliding, paramotors, paratrikes, aeromodelling, skydiving, drones and a hot air balloon. The exhibit is completely free, and those that attend...

The already traditional Art City Tour, returns this 2019 with the first event of the year “Por amor a Chepe”, “For the Love of Chepe” (chepe being the way Costa Ricans' refer to the capital city of San Jose), scheduled on February 14, the ideal option for a fun and different Valentine’s Day. Art City Tours are cultural events that take the public in night tours through different emblematic plac...

The newly inaugurated Oxigeno Human Playground in Heredia, Costa Rica, will host its first musical show February 22 and 23 with the live performance of Arrival, a Swedish ABBA tribute band. The event will take place in the “Vivir” world (O1)of the Oxigeno complex at 8 p.m. both dates. Arrival was founded in 1995 and soon became one of the most popular and most selling ABBA Show bands. Since ...

For third consecutive year, the Wine World Festival will offer wine lovers a great opportunity to enjoy premium wines at discounted price. This year the event will take place at La Caraña Equine Club in Santa Ana, and will include as usual live music, wine tastings, gastronomy, workshops, activities and kids area. The activity begins at 12 noon and will run through midnight on Saturday and t...

Many anxiously await the announcement of the concert season of the Costa Rican Philharmonic Orchestra, popular music interpreted in an innovative format by a large group of talented musicians. The proposal of Director Marvin Araya has paid off, each of the shows sells out, the public knows they are guaranteed a high quality show. This year’s season includes several English music concerts, amon...

The 8th edition of the Costa Rica Blues Festival is scheduled to take place February 16 at the Costa Rica Sailing Center in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste. This year the headliner is blues rock guitar legend Walter Trout, and some of the guest bands and artists include The Craig Thatcher Band from Philadelphia, The Sparky Parker Band from Houston, Texas; Grey Gregson from Austin, Texas; The Honky To...

Costa Rica will have the 7th edition of the Beer Indie Fest on January 19 and 20 at the Pedregal Events Center in San Antonio de Belén, Heredia. This is an event organized by the Association of Craft Brewers of Costa Rica (ACACR) with the objective of showing and sharing the variety of independent beers that are currently being produced in the country. In the event visitors will be able ...

Palmares in Alajuela, prepares like every year for its traditional festivities, two whole weeks of music, parades, dancing, sporting events and plenty of other entertainment. Palmares “a town to make friends”, offers activities for the entire family, if you have been part of the end of the year events in Costa Rica, this is just a continuation of these. The activities this year kick off on ...

The third edition of the Ocaso Underground Music Festival will take on the beach town of Tamarindo as of this Wednesday, January 2, 2019 and will extend through January 7, to start off the New Year with plenty of rhythm. Ocaso brings together an impressive lineup of house and techno artists, an electric music festival with international and national talent for adults 18 and up. “Ocaso has qu...

The last few days of 2018 are here and Costa Rica begins the celebration with the famous horse parade “tope” this Wednesday, December 26. The tope takes the streets of downtown San José, so if you use the bus service take this into consideration as the bus stops change this day, and, if you don’t want to get stuck in traffic or rerouted avoid going to San José. The tope begins at noon, but the ...

The Costa Rican Tourism Board declared the Fiestas Típicas Nacionales de Santa Cruz 2019 (National Traditional Party of Santa Cruz), which will be celebrated January 14 through January 20, 2019, of “public interest”. This traditional activity carried out in the county of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, has gained popularity in the country, in particular due to the Costa Rican style bullfighting. I...

The already traditional Festival de la Luz or Festival of Light will take place this Satuday, December 15; for this reason the transit authorities and the Municipality have already started their work to set up all the infrastructure and will be closing some roads since the early hours of Saturday. The works to install the platforms and bleachers began the evening of this Wednesday in Paseo Colo...

One of the biggest exhibitions of LEGO works will arrive to Costa Rica this 2019 at Multiplaza Escazú. The exhibit, created by Ryan McNaught, will take up 1200 square meters of the mall in Escazu, from January 13 and through February 22, it involves more than 5 million LEGO bricks and has interactive areas that guarantee a unique experience for people all ages. In total, The Brickman Experi...

The SICALAM Dog Show takes place this weekend at the Los Angeles School in Sabana Norte, San Jose; this event is one of the most important dog shows in Latin America and brings together 87 dog breeds from different parts of the world. The event includes competitions for best in show in different categories, and it is open to the general public who can also bring their pets. Tickets for the s...

The mayor of San José, Johnny Araya, announced the beginning of the holiday celebrations in the capital city of Costa Rica, the same will take place as of this Saturday, December 1. “In a year in which Costa Rica has faced different challenges and social conflicts, we have come to realize that these activities are an adequate scenario to recover optimism, hope, our smile and hopefully so we can...

Former bass player and singer of the famous band Pink Floyd, legend Roger Waters, sold out the National Stadium in Costa Rica and the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado and the First Lady, Claudia Dobles were among those 46,000 people privileged to enjoy the concert but also among the very few to meet Waters in person, Alvarado is a known fan of the band and Waters since his teen years. “...

The holiday season is here and Avenida Escazu shopping center welcomes the month of December with the Wine Fest – Christmas Edition, scheduled to take place December 8 and 9, an ideal event for all wine lovers. In addition to the best wines, beer and gin-tonics the event will offer concerts, Christmas shows, delicious gastronomy and Christmas workshops. Tickets to attend can be purchased onl...

The beach town of Tamarindo will fill with glitter when it hosts the Glitters Festival November 30th through December 2nd in the first LGBTQ festival in the country. “Glitters Fest is born with the objective on promoting diverse tourism in Guanacaste and open spaces of entertainment for the LGBTQ+ community outside of the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM)”, explained Andrés Alpizar, organizer of t...

The 8th edition of the WODfest will take place in Costa Rica this December 1 and 2 at the Villa Olímpica in Desamparados. This year the event expects to attract close to 300 athletes from Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, United States and even England, Scotland and Kuwait. WODfest has positioned itself as the biggest event of its kind in Central America, geared towards individ...

The Costa Rican Convention Center will host ¨Belgium Fest¨ an event that will bring together Belgian producers and distributors with the purpose of promoting their food, drinks and culture and offer an opportunity to network. Chocolates, Belgian Waffles, ¨Belgium Style¨ Beers as well as local craft beers, traditional Belgium food, food trucks, music and games are part of what visitors will be a...

Opening the month of December with great ballet presentations has become a tradition in Costa Rica, this year is no exception as fans will be able to enjoy Alice in Wonderland and The Nutcracker. Alice in Wonderland, a contemporary ballet that gathers more than 70 dancers and actors, will take the National Theater in San Jose for third consecutive year. Tickets can be purchased with a 20% disco...

Many people enjoy celebrating Halloween, it’s a fun day when both kids and adults get to wear costumes and exploit their creativity. This year as usual, shopping centers, hotels and bars join in and prepare different activities, here we leave you with a list of some options to enjoy with your family or with friends: Kids Activities: San Pedro Mall: Children are invited to trick or treat t...

As The Costa Rica Star announced back in June, the largest floating library, Logos Hope from OM Ships International will arrive at Puntarenas, Costa Rica this Friday, October 26 and will be stationed in the country through November 11, 2018. The ship travels around the word with the objective of bringing people close to culture, entertainment and education. The floating library offers over 5...

The renowned Ballet of Prague’s National Theater will have two presentations in Costa Rica next Wednesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 25 at 8 p.m. at the Costa Rican National Theater, announced Interamericana de Producciones production company. The Czech National Ballet was established in 1883, which makes it the oldest ballet body in that country and one of the oldest cultural institutio...

The Monster Jam event is confirmed for December 14 and December 16 at Costa Rica’s National Stadium. It’s been four years since the Monster Jam show came to Costa Rica, this time they will have three presentations, the first one on Friday, December 14 at 8 p.m., the other two on Sunday, December 16 one at noon and the last one at 5 p.m. Tickets are already available for American Express card...