The Melico Salazar Theater will be the stage where one of the most famous musicals will be presented for the Costa Rican audience, Chicago is brought to live from the hand of production company Luciérnaga Producciones and the Ministry of Youth and Culture, and will have ten presentations between May 12 -21. Over 300 artists between dancers, singers and actors participated in the casting, but on...

More than 15 teams from Costa Rica, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States and Slovakia will face off later this month in a sport fishing tournament at Quepos’ Pez Vela Marina. This round, from April 20 - 21 is designed as a competitive warm-up prior to the World Fishing Tournament, which will take place April 24 - 28 also at the marina in Quepos, near Manuel Antonio National Park...

This year’s first date of the Perro Cross championship will take place May 7th, this time the selected location is Adventure Park in Heredia, beginning at 7 a.m. The Perro Cross is a cross country race with dogs, this event is designed for dog owners to have an opportunity to participate in an open air activity with their best friend while also exercising, the event has had eight successful edi...

The fifth edition of the Chefs & Sommeliers event will take place in Avenida Escazú this Wednesday, April 5, beginning at 7p.m. The event will have the participation of seven restaurants, among them, La Divina Comida, Apuntto, Santos, Costa Rica Beer Factory, L’lle de France. The restaurants will have the challenge of presenting innovative dishes, which will be served with an adequate wine ...

The community of Escazú in Costa Rica continues to be one of the most exclusive areas in Costa Rica and also one of the epicenters of nightlife activities, following is a list of some of the best bars in Escazú. La Cantina: La Cantina has been around since 1993, it opens Monday through Saturday, it has karaoke on Fridays and Saturdays and live music during the week. Diverse food and drink menu,...

The Costa Rican “Beliebers” are counting the days for the Canadian singer’s concert in the country, which is scheduled for April 24. The Purpose World Tour has made stops in five continents and the level of production in each one of the events has been incredible. Move Concerts, the production company in the country confirms Costa Rica will not be the exception, and they have already started wo...

If you are looking for things to do in Costa Rica this weekend, the UK Culture Fest: The Best of British will take place this Saturday, April 1 in Avenida Escazú shopping center from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. with a gastronomic and cultural offer that includes chocolate, banana and “dulce de leche” beer. This event is organized by Avenida Escazu in conjunction with the British Embassy in Costa Rica, an...

The second date of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship CTCC 2017 is scheduled to take place this weekend, April 1 and 2, this date is known as the Hankook Cup. The free practices began yesterday, Tuesday, March 28th with the trials of the Ford and Toyota Teams, this Wednesday the teams Hyundai and MG got the chance to test their cars and tomorrow will be the last day of practice and will ...

Costa Rican Alvarez & Marin Corporation had confirmed the acquiring of the franchise Chuck E. Cheese’s some years back, a restaurant and entertainment center for children between the ages of 2-12, now the firm has confirmed that the first location is scheduled to open in October this year in Plaza Bratsi, Heredia. A total of three sites will open between 2017 and 2019 in the metropolitan ar...

As we grow older it is safe to say that our preferences and taste changes, we are more aware of what we enjoy and we are spending our own money so we become more demanding, the crowded bar with very loud music, people spilling drinks and picking fights might no longer sound like fun; instead a nice bar with a good service and a good selection of food and drinks may be our preferred choice. The ...

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will present their show once again in Costa Rica, June 11 at the Coca Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva as confirmed by production company Move Concerts and is already showing as an official event in the WWE website. Ticket prices will range from 13,800 colones (around $25.00) to 92,000 colones (close to $170.00) and they will be available for purchase as of M...

With the purpose of promoting the use of alternative transportation methods, Costa Rica will host the first Bicycle Expo , an event that is very popular in other Latin American countries such as Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina. “Bicycle Expo (Expo Bici) hopes to promote the practice of urban cycling as an alternative method of transportation and an active lifestyle in ...

This Saturday, March 25th is the selected date for the Tamarindo Art Wave Exhibition, presenting fine art, live performances, live music, workshops, etc. which will fill the Garden Plaza in the beach town of Tamarindo. The event comes as celebration of the first anniversary of the Tamarindo Art Wave Foundation, which supports local artists with the purpose of consolidating an Art Center where t...

This time of the year Costa Rica gets particularly colorful, as trees such as Rosy Trumpet Tree (Roble Sabana-Tabebuia rosea), the Coral Tree (Erythrina poeppigiana), the Golden Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia ochracea) and the Jacaranda, bloom, offering a magnificent spectacle. For the sixth year in a row the contest “Capture the Magic” (Capturá la magia) invites everyone to participate with photograph...

New infrastructure in Irazú Volcano National Park was inaugurated by the Costa Rican government on Friday. New access control points, parking areas, exhibition room, and the Potrero Cerrado Viewpoint are some of the new facilities available for tourists. The total investment was of $872,809.00 USD and it was executed by the Tourism Program Strengthening Project consolidated under a loan contr...

Tentaciones Fest 2017 (Temptation Festival) will bring together four pleasures under one roof: Wine, Cheese, Chocolate and Coffee, next April 1st and 2nd at the Pedregal Events Center. “In Costa Rica there have been coffee fairs, wine festivals, beer festivals etc. but there hasn’t been an event that gathers these four pleasures together. The Costa Rican consumer is more sophisticated now, and ...

A special event for wine lovers will take place for the first time in Costa Rica, more specifically in Campo Lago, San Antonio de Belén, Heredia, May 6th and 7th. Showcasing a wide range of wine bottles,  the Wine World Festival will have wine tasting, special offers,  shows, family entertainment, food trucks, kids’ corner and daycare,  wine cocktails, cooking classes, and general information o...

The new cars fair “Expomóvil” kicks off this Thursday and will extent through Sunday, March 26th at the Pedregal Event Center in San Antonio de Belén, Heredia. More than 20 cars and motorcycle agencies will take part in this fair, as well as 9 banking institutions. Entrance tickets will have a cost of ¢3,000.00 ($5.50 USD), and the same cost for parking. The fair will open Monday through Fr...

More than often it is overlooked, perhaps because of the misconception that insecurity is higher in this province (San José is actually the province with highest crime rate); or maybe because there are no huge, luxury resorts; others don’t like the drive, as the road (Route 32) is considered dangerous; whatever the reasons may be, the fact is that Limón Province and the beaches in the Caribbean Co...

The Jungle Jam festival is taking place in Jacó this weekend, next to the Best Western Hotel, and will feature concerts with national and international artists and yoga workshops on the beach. Jam, rock, reggae, funk and soul are part of the rhythms that will fill the ambiance at Jacó beach; Ryan Montbleu, Thievery Corporation, Harley Jane, Matt Carey and Roots of Creation are part of the int...

March 17th through March 19th more than 150 artistic shows will take over San Jose, in the 13th edition of Transitarte Summer Festival. Transitarte is part of the initiatives of the San José Municipality to provide artistic and cultural events to the population and part of the efforts to recover the use of public spaces, it is also an option for foreign visitors to get to know the Costa Rican c...

Creative minds will gather for three days in La Antigua Aduana building in San José, Costa Rica from March 10th to March 12th for the seventh edition of the International Design Festival (FID17). This year the event will have the presence of regarded world leaders in the areas of graphic design, photography, architecture, publicity and product design; Zosen and Mina Hamada visual artists who fo...

At Panama's principal zoo the exotic colors of tropical birds are lost in the dark of old, improvised cages, while lush vegetation adorns paths with no wildlife in sight. Summit Municipal Park is a 250-hectare (617-acre) oasis that has largely been neglected by Panama City, which, absorbed in its financial economy, for years seemed to have forgotten the lush tropical forest surrounding it and t...

The beach town of Jacó continues to attract visitors, its closeness to the city has a lot to do with this as for many it is the perfect destination for a day trip to the beach; a lot of people talk about the insecurity of the area or have a negative view of the place because they perceive it as a “party” zone. Granted, Jacó has quite a party atmosphere as do most beach towns, but it also has a ...

The Costa Rica Tennis Club will host the 21st edition of the Costa Rica Bowl starting March 4th through March 11th. The Junior World Tennis Tournament will have the participation of some of the best rackets and prospects, players that are ranked among the worlds’ top 100, which promises a great level of competition for the entertainment of the attending public and also a great opportunity for l...

Costa Rica is one of the preferred destinations for family vacation, miles of beautiful beaches, warm weather and variety of wildlife provide the perfect playground for kids, leave behind their play station and electronic toys, there are a plenty of places where the whole family can practice adventure tourism, but if your kids are too young for zip lining and white water rafting, there are additio...

Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m., the first Street Food Festival in Costa Rica will bring you a wide choice of delicious culinary options. Twenty food trucks, among them Wiches, Garibaldi, Papata, La Ventanita Meraki, Delitruck and La Cebichería, will be present at this festival that will take place at the Kölbi Event Center in Parque Viva, La Guácima, Alajuela. Different flavors and styles hope ...

If you live in the province of Heredia, Costa Rica, you may feel trapped sometimes by the difficult traffic situation of this area, which has gotten worse with the road work being done, so if you want to go out of your house and see some of Costa Rica but you don’t want to drive much, here are some places in Heredia that you may have not visited yet and that offer a great way to spend your day, th...

The beautiful community of Uvita will be the scenery of the 7th annual Envision festival, February 23rd through February 26th; an experience like no other, yoga, music, dance, education, meditation, sustainability, art and spirituality in connection with the incomparable nature of this beautiful country. What is the Envision Festival? It’s about envisioning a better world, learning about a b...

Once again the platform TEDxPuraVida “Ideas worth spreading”, will bring plenty of motivating and inspiring conferences as well as new ideas to the Coca Cola Amphitheater at Parque Viva from March 1st to March 3rd. This year’s edition will involve the three versions of this program, the TEDxPuraVidaED (education), TEDxPuraVida and TEDxPuraVidaJoven, one each day. The schedule was modified to he...

Move Concerts has released the ticket information for the Ed Sheeran concert that will take place in Costa Rica June 6th. The cheapest ticket will sell for ¢28.750 colones (around $50 USD) while the most expensive one will have a cost of ¢92.000 (close to $165 USD). As usual American Express cardholders will have purchase priority, and they’ll be able to acquire their tickets starting Mond...

Two years ago, also coinciding with Valentines’ Day, the first movie of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was released; and now the second installment of the erotic romance novel is premiering in local theaters. The wait has been long, the first book was originally published in 2011 and it was not until 2015 that the fans all over the world were able to enjoy the big-screen version. The second p...

The 6th annual Costa Rica Blues Festival is scheduled to take place on February 18th starting at 11 a.m. and it will extend through 11 p.m. at the Costa Rica Sailing Center in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste. Featuring the likes of: Diunna Greenleaf and Blue Mercy from Houston, Texas; The Chris Ruest Trio featuring Gene Taylor from Austin, Texas; Donnie Walsh & The Leatherbacks from Canada, Blues...

March 4 and 5 Costa Rica will experience a British Invasion from the talented hands and voices of the Philharmonic Orchestra. This will be the first concert of the 2017 season, and it will include music by: Queen, Yes, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, The Police and many more. The tickets will be available for purchase starting this weekend through SpecialTi...

The Costa Rica National Museum, the Contemporary Art and Design Museum, the Calderón Guardia Museum and the Center of National Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Youth are part of the cultural offer of the first Art City Tour of 2017 to take place this Thursday, February 9th. The Art City Tour is promoted under the slogan “Por amor a Chepe” (For love of “Chepe”, Chepe being the colloquial t...

By Wendy Anders The recent birth of four Bengal tigers in El Salvador’s Fundación Refugio Salvaje (Wild animal refugee foundation, FURESA) made headlines in Asia, but wild-animal-loving readers in Costa Rica might take interest in the cubs from a different angle. The Asian tiger is endangered with only an estimated 2,500 living in the wild, mainly in India, according to the World Wildlife Fu...

American jazz bassist Matthew Garrison, will be performing live at the Jazz Café in Escazú, February 16. The New York musician described by the New York Times as ¨an electric bass virtuoso¨ will be presenting a Jazz Performance with electronic elements alongside Costa Rican artists David Vargas (drums) and Carlos ¨Tapado¨ Vargas (percussion), as well as New York producer/bassist Dan Freeman ...

The food and drinks event will happen March 18th from 11 a.m to 8 p.m in Avenida Escazu, presenting over 180 types of beer, both national and international. Several food trucks offering the traditional bar and restaurant dishes, cocktail stand, sangria and wine are part of the menu that will be offered that day, which won’t be short on entertainment with presentations of urban music concerts w...

Metal fans asked for it, and Move Concerts decided to please them. The thrash metal band Slayer will be giving a concert in Costa Rica on May 1st, this is the second time they come to the country, the first time was back in 2011. Slayer was formed in 1981 in California, and along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax it is one of the big thrash metal bands; it has received five Grammy nomination...

The event “Sundays free of smoke” promoted by the Municipality of San Jose and that were so successful in past years will resume this 2017 starting February 12 and all Sundays through April 9. In these events the objective is to motivate families to visit the capital city without having to worry about cars and the contamination caused by them, the activities take place in Paseo Colón which clos...