Cartagena de Indias, Historic Center | Late January (typically 4 days) Imagine Gabriel García Márquez's ghost wandering through cobblestone streets, nodding approvingly as Nobel laureates debate magical realism in colonial courtyards. That's the energy of Hay Festival Cartagena—where the world's literary elite descends upon the most photogenic city in South America for four days of...
Cartagena de Indias, Historic Center | January (typically 7-10 days, overlapping with Hay Festival) There's a particular magic to hearing Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 performed inside a 400-year-old church, candlelight flickering across stone walls, Caribbean humidity adding an unexpected warmth to the acoustics. This is the Cartagena International Music Festival—and it might be the...
Cartagena de Indias | March (typically 8-10 days) Before Cannes had red carpets and Sundance had ski lodges, Cartagena had FICCI. Founded in 1960, this is the oldest film festival in Latin America — a place where Colombian cinema first found its voice and where the region's filmmakers still gather each March to celebrate, compete,...