The Government of the city of Buenos Aires presents Buenos Aires Jazz 2008, with the ditrection of pianist and composer Adrián Iaies, in five days and five nights to enjoy this annual encounter with the best of international jazz, from October 15 to October 19, 2008.
The legendary pianist and composer Randy Weston (Brooklin, 1926) will be in charge of the opening of the festival at Teatro Coliseo on October 15, as an homage to jazz tradition. The closing night will be on October 19 in the same venue with the presentation of the great Brazilian artist Rosa Passos, joining the world wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of birth of bossa nova.
The Festival Buenos Aires Jazz 2008 will feature other great international artists like: Billy Harper, Donny McCaslin, the Spanish trio Sanbeat-Colina and Miralta, Tolvan Big Band, from Sweden, and the duo Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern, among others, who will be presented in different venues, like: Teatro Coliseo (Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125), Teatro IFT (Boulogne Sur Mer 549), jazz clubs Notorious (Av. Callao 966) Kebaytina Resto Jazz (Bolívar 497), and Thelonious (Salguero 1884), Centro Cultural Recoleta (Junín 1930), Teatro General San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530) and the National Library (Agüero 2502). Among the national artists are Guillermo Klein, Guillermo Romero, and Mariano Otero Noneto.

Tickets for the international shows are on sale at Casa de la Cultura (Av. de Mayo 575), 11 AM to 6 PM. For these shows, including the opening recital by Randy Weston with Billy Harper, and the closing show with Rosa Passo, the prices range from $ 10 to $ 30 Argentine Pesos.

The rest of the shows are free of charge, and tickets will be handed at every location.

For more information and daily programming, visit Buenos Aires Jazz International Festival 2008 website.

Expo Patagonia is the annual exhibition of tourism in Patagonia, organized by the National Entity of Tourism Patagonia Argentina.
In Expo Patagonia 2008 the public will be able to participate in classes of Patagonic cooking, learn techniques for fly casting, know the creatures that inhabited Patagonia millions of years ago, test their phisical skills in the climbing wall, and know everything about the tourist offers in the region.
In the paleonthlogy sector, the replica of the largest carnivoure dinosaur in the world will invite visitors to learn about the remains of extinguished live forms that can be found in Patagonia. In this sector there will be a playground for children where they will be able to digg for fosiles like expert paleontologists.
Pretigious chefs will be in charge of the gourmet sector. They will prepare traditional dishes from the high regional gastronomy. Friday will be dedicated to pastries and confectionary, and Saturday and Sunday to the traditional Patagonic flavors.

Dates: October 3, 4, and 5, 2008.
Opening hours: 2 pm to 9 pm.
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Ocre Pavilion. Av. Santa Fe & Av. Sarmiento.
Entry fees: AR$ 10. Children under 12 free.
More information: Expo Patagonia 2008 official website.

Pop star Madonna will offer a concert in Buenos Aires, at River Plate Stadium, as part of her international "Sticky & Sweet Tour", presenting her new album "Hard Candy". The confirmed date is December 6, 2008, but more shows are likely to be added according to the demand of tickets.
'Sticky & Sweet' promises two hours of non stop hits in a show that features 16 dancers, a 12 piece band, more than 8 costume changes, and £l million of Swarovski crystals.

The show is broken into four sections:

Pimp: An homage to 1920's deco and modern day gangsta pimp. Madonna makes a grand entrance dressed by Givenchy.
Old School: Madonna tips her hat to her early 80's downtown New York City dance roots with flashes of Keith Haring and the dance culture vibe of the time including the birth of rap.
Gypsy: A VIP trip to La Isla Bonita infused by the spirit of Romanian folk music and dance.
Rave: Far eastern influences emerge all sparkly and sporty.

Guest artist: DJ Paul Oakenfold, will present a 45-minute DJ set before Madonna's show.

Update: Show of December 6th: Sold out. New dates: December 3rd, 4th and 7th.

Tickets on sale from September 8th, at Ticketek Argentina
or at its selling points, 9 AM to 9 PM:
- Mendoza 2467 (Belgrano)
- Viamonte 560 Local 6 (Microcenter)
- Cosme Beccar 274 (San Isidro)
- Av. Corrientes 860 (Teatro Opera)
(Cash, credit cards, and Visa Debit cards accepted). A service charge (*) will be added to the individual price of tickets:

Prices (in Argentine Pesos):
VIP field (standing): $630 + $100*
Paltea Preferencial: $630 + $100*
Paltea Baja: $475 + $75*
Platea Alta: $175 + $25*
Field: $215 + $35*
General: $95 + $15*

Tickets without service charge on sale at River Plate Stadium, from September 8th, 9 AM to 9 PM (except the days when football matches are played at the stadium).

More information:
www.madonna.com
www.madonna.com/stickyandsweet/

The “XIV Festival de Guitarras del Mundo 2008” (14th Guitars of the World Festival 2008), will take place from September 30 through October 12, 2008, with free entrance to the public.
For the past 14 years, the Festival "Guitarras del Mundo" has remained the biggest world wide event dedicated to guitars and guitar players, in which over 700 artists have participated and 36 countries from America, Europe, Asia and Africa have been represented.
"Guitarras del Mundo" features regional music from around the world as well as new musical pieces, promoting at the same time meetings among different guitar schools.
In this year's edition over 250 local and international guitar players will offer 280 concerts with free entrance in 82 venues around the country. Some of the prestigious artists that will participate in the festival are: Serkan Yilmaz (Tukey); Gonzalo Solari (Uruguay); Alter Ego (Cuba) Masao Tanibe (Japan), Orlando Rojas (Paraguay); Juan Antonio Sánchez (Chile); Rafael Smits (Belgium); Fréderic Limoge (France); José Ignacio López (Spain); Claudio Marcotulli (Italy); Vladislav Bláha (Czech Republic), Diego Mizrahi and Cristian Guzmán.
In the city of Buenos Aires, the concerts will take place at 8 PM in the following venues:
September 30: Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junin 1930. Sala Villa Villa.
Ocober 5: National Library, Aguero 2503, and Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junin 1930
October 11: Espacio Tucuman, Suipacha 140.

At the same time, from October 9 through October 11, 2008, the first Festival "Cuerdas de America" (Strings of America) will take place at Centro Nacional de la Música, México 564, also with free entrance. This festival will showcase the work with different string instruments, like Paraguayan harps, "charangos", "bandolas", applied to the popular music of our continent. There will be three concerts per day, from 7 PM.

Both festival will have a common ending, on October 12, at Auditorio Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Design Center, Pueyrredon 2501.