Pepsi Music 2009


Pepsi Music 2009, one of the most important music festivals in Argentina, will take place this year on the last weekend of October and the first weekend of November, at Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Av. Libertador 7501).

It will be a music marathon with over 100 bands and outstanding national and international artists.

Line up:

Friday, October 30, 2009:
THE PRODIGY

Saturday, October 31, 2009: Rescheduled for rain for Friday, November 6
NO TE VA GUSTAR / LOS CAFRES / KAPANGA / LAS PELOTAS / FIDEL / ARBOL

Sunday, November 1, 2009:
FAITH NO MORE/ DIE TOTEN HOSEN / CARAJO / CADENA PERPETUA / BULLDOG / VIOLADORES / THE LOCOS

Saturday, November 7, 2009:
DIVIDIDOS / LA VELA PUERCA / RATONES PARANOICOS / NON PALIDECE / LIVING COLOUR

Friday, November 6, 2009:

NO TE VA GUSTAR / LOS CAFRES / KAPANGA / LAS PELOTAS / FIDEL / ARBOL

Sunday, November 8, 2009:
CATUPECU MACHU / / CALLE 13 / LOS AUTENTICOS DECADENTES / LOS TIPITOS / KARAMELO SANTO / DANTE / MISTERIO

Other confirmed bands are:

Banda de Turistas, De Bueyes, DDC, Def con Dos (Spain), Dr. Krápula (Colombia), Ella es tan cargosa, Héroes del Asfalto, La Portuaria, La Zurda, Los Pericos, Mamá Pulpa, Panteón Rococó (México) and Zumbadores among many others that will be added in the upcoming days.

Tickets are on sale through www.ticketek.com.ar or at the following sales points:
BELGRANO: Echeverria 2594
ABASTO: Av. Corrientes 3247, 2nd floor, food court
MICROCENTER: Viamonte 560, Shops 6 and 8
CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA: Junin 1930
LA TRASTIENDA CLUB: Balcarce 460
LOCURAS (Once: Av. Rivadavia 2734 -Flores: Av. Rivadavia 7308 - Belgrano: Av. Cabildo 2606)
LEE-CHI (Barrio Norte: Rodriguez Peña 1034).

Only sales point without service charge: Obras Sanitarias Stadium: Av. Libertador 7395 (Monday to Saturday, 12 to 8 pm).

Polo: The Jockey Club Open Championship 2009 at San isidro

The magnificent fields of Buenos Aires Jockey Club, located in the town of San Isidro outside Buenos Aires, will host one of the 6 most important open tournaments in our country: the 45th Jockey Club Open Championship, that will take place from September 6th through September 19th, 2009.
Ten teams, between 28 and 35 goals, will participate in the tournament, which boasts some of the most remarkable polo players from Argentina and abroad, including: Juan Martín Nero, Marcos, Bautista, Ignacio and Eduardo Heguy, Francisco de Nárvaez (Jr), Hilario Ulloa, Marcos Di Paola, Ignacio Toccalino, Alejandro Agote and Guillermo Caset (Jr), among others.

Participating teams:

Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 8, David Stirling (Jr) 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 35.
Chapa Uno: Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8, Hilario Ulloa 8, Bautista Heguy 9, Francisco de Narváez (Jr) 9. Total: 34.
Trenque Lauquen La Tapera: Lucas James 7, Agustín Nero 7, Juan Martín Nero 10, Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 34.
El Paraíso: Guillermo Caset (Jr) 8, Ignacio Toccalino 8, Mariano Gonzalez 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 7. Total: 31.
Trenque Lauquen: Pablo Pieres 7, Diego Araya 8, Héctor Guerrero 7, Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total: 30.
La Baronesa: Nicolás Pieres 7, Cristian Laprida (Jr) 7, Marcos Di Paola 8, Alejandro Agote 8. Total: 30.
Hurlingham: Sebastián Harriott 7, Santiago Araya 7, Silvestre Donovan 8, Marcelo Frayssinet 7. Total: 29.
La Cañada: Ezequiel Martínez Ferrario 7, Juan Martín Zavaleta (Jr) 7, Manuel Crespo 7, Santiago Toccalino 7. Total: 28.
Don Urbano Equidiet: Diego White 7, Tomás Pieres 7, Miguel del Carril (Jr) 7, Juan Manuel Echeverz 7. Total: 28.
La Indiana: José Donoso 7, Jack Baillieu 7, Guillermo Willington 7, Joao Paulo Gannon 7. Total: 28

Schedule:

Sunday 6:
11.00 AM: La Cañada vs Don Urbano (1)

Monday 7:
3.00 pm: Hurlingham vs. La Indiana (2)

Tuesday 8:
3.00 pm: Trenque Lauquen La Tapera vs. Trenque Lauquen

Wednesday 9:
1.00 pm: Winner (1) vs Indios Chapaleufú II
3.00 pm: El Paraíso vs. La Baronesa

Thursday 10:
3.00 pm: Winner (2) vs Chapa Uno


Sunday 13:
2.30 pm: Semifinals

Monday 14:
2.30 pm: Semifinals

Friday, October 9:
3.00 pm: Final Buenos Aires Jockey Club Open Championship


Free entrance
Av. Marquez 2302, San Isidro

Tennis: Copa Petrobras 2009

Created in 2004, Petrobras Tennis Cup has become the most important Challenger Circuit in Latin America. The aim of this competition is to provide young players with the opportunity of competing in top level torunaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add poits for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 6 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from September 26 through October 4, 2009.

The tennis players in the main keys are:
Gaston Gaudio (Arg) Wild card
Cuevas, Pablo (Uru) 67
Zeballos, Horacio (Arg) 76
González, Máximo (Arg) 79
Massú, Nicolás (Chi) 89
Ramírez Hidalgo, Rubén (Sp) 115
Ventura, Santiago (Sp) 118
Junqueira, Diego (Arg) 122
Roitman, Sergio (Arg) 125
Dabul, Brian (Arg) 131
Bogomolov, Jr. Alex (USA) 133
Chela, Juan Ignacio (Arg) 137
Recouderc, Laurent (Fra) 150
Kavcic, Blaz (Slo) 152
Lapentti, Nicolás (Ecu) 163
Schwank, Eduardo (Arg) 164
Hocevar, Ricardo (Bra) 191
Brzezicki, Juan Pablo (Arg) 188
Souza, Joao (Bra) 191
Muñoz de la Nava, Daniel (Sp) 194
Silva, Julio (Bra) 197
Marrero, David (Sp) 205
Ferreiro, Franco (Bra) 208

Dates: September 26 to October 4, 2009
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

Guitars of the World International Festival 2009

The “XV Festival Internacional Guitarras del Mundo 2009” (15th Guitars of the World International Festival 2009), will take place from October 6th through October 18th, 2009, with free entrance to the public.
For the past 15 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 local and international guitar players will offer over 100 concerts with free entrance in 84 venues around the country. Some of the prestigious artists that will participate in the festival are: Juanjo Dominguez, Jorge Cardoso, Rudi, Nini Flores, Ricardo Moyano, Juan Falú (Argentina); Janne Lehtinen and Pentti Hilden (Finland); Bandini-Chiacchiaretta Duo and Stefano Raponi (Italy); Iliana Matos and Eduardo Martin (Cuba); Cem Duruöz and Serkán Yilmaz (Turkey); Ignacio López, José Luis Martinez, Rosalía Royo (Spain); Dale Kavanagh (Canada); Eduardo Fernández (Uruguay); Elias Esper (Argentina-Syria); Nora Buschmann (Germany); Juan Carlos Laguna (Mexico); Dolores Costoyas (Argentina-Switzerland).

In the city of Buenos Aires, the concerts will take place in the following venues:
  • Teatro Nacional Cervantes (Libertad 815). October 7, 8, 9 and 10, 9 PM
  • Espacio Tucumán (Suipacha 140). October 17, 8 PM
  • Biblioteca Nacional (Auditorio Jorge Luis Borges, Agüero 2502). October 18, 5 PM
The closing of the Festival, with the participation of more than 30 Argentine and international guitar players in a variety of styles and musical genres, will take place at Teatro Argentino de La Plata (Calle 51 entre 9 y 10), on October 18, 7.30 PM.

Click here to see the complete program.