The second annual Walter Ferguson Festival will take place in Cahuita from the 4th to the 10th of July.

The festival honors calypso legend and Cahuita native son Walter Ferguson with Live music, painting, theater, dance, calypso, literature, poetry, and many more Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Cultural Events.

Sponsored by the DInamica Empresarial, Caribe Communication, and the Development Association of Cahuita.
For more information call 8892 2895 or email caribecomunicacion2@gmail.com

Thanks to ATEC for the heads up on this.

The channel will film be filming for the Telehit Verano program in various locations on the Caribbean Coast.   Locations will include various local beaches in both Puerto Viejo and Cahuita.  They will visit the community of Yorkin to learn more about local indigenous cultures and put the spotlight on the local community’s goals to attract more tourism.  They will take a snorkeling and dolphin watching tour. And they will film at segment on Caribbean nightlife on Friday night at KOKi Beach Restaurant in Puerto Viejo.

One focus of the program will be to discover the unique Caribbean food traditions.

On their way back to the coast, they will be doing the whitewater rafting trip on the Pacuare River.

Good luck and may we all put our best first forward this weekend!

Several Christmas Concerts have been announced, each with distinct programs:

On Friday from 4pm – 6pm, Director Silvia Cabrelles and the soloists and chorus of “Puerto Viejo Canta”
will perform at the Tree House Lodge in Playa Chiquita. Cost is 500 colones.

On Sunday morning the 12th of December at 11:00am, There will be a performance of Händel’s Messiah at the Catholic Church by Martiza’s in downtown Puerto Viejo. The performance will be by the soloists and chorus of the Iglesia Adventista de Limón under director Malvern Ordain P. along with a chorus from Puerto Viejo. Donations welcome.

Tonight, a new band makes its mark on Puerto Viejo.

The new configuration of Belladonna and the Shamans debuts this evening at EZ Times from 6:30 till 8:30. The band plays a variety of cool jazz leaning on the Latin side, including samba, basa nova and swing. You will fall in love with Cristiana’s beautiful voice, Marco’s magical sax and Maestro Jim’s inspirational keyboards. Add Martha and John’s experimental rhythm section and EZ Times relaxing atmosphere, and you have the formula for a Jazzy cool, cocktail-sipping evening.

EZ Times is located here.

The details aren’t clear and nor is when the event will be able to be rescheduled.

The festival is organized by Escuela de Artes del Caribe Sur (South Caribbean School of Arts), a nonprofit that provides arts education to local school children, and was scheduled to begin this Friday. Event organizer Claudio Ambroso said the festival is their major fundraiser and if they are not able to eventually hold the event, they will be hard pressed to provide services to their community this year.

Some of the restaurant and bar events which don’t require a permit will continue as planned, check directly with the venue to confirm.  Eddie Ryan at La Costa de Papito said that the events planned at his hotel’s Que Rico Papito Restaurant and Bar including tonight’s Calypso Night will continue as planned.

Sources: Tico Times: Weekend’s Puerto Viejo festival canceled unexpectedly and local inquiries.

The event offically kicks off on Friday Sept 26 at 7pm at the Casa de la Cultura (see location on map) with fireworks, live music and an art exhibit.  It continues through to Sunday’s closing event at 10pm at Stanford’s with live music.  Other venues during the event include La Costa de Papito Hotel, Jacaranda Hotel, Jhonny’s Place, El Parquecito Restaurant and a main stage setup at the basketball court by the bus stop.

More information is available at www.arteviva-puertoviejo.com and a full schedule of events is available on the Greencoast News.

EasyStreet Productions is planning a three day music festival in Puerto Viejo from Oct 24-26.

The artists and type of music that will be presented at the festival include:
Kimany Marley, JasminKarma, Evolucion, KingoLovers, Mekatelyu, Electronic Music, Calypso, Jazz, Blues, Hip Hop, Soul, and more local and international bands playing.

There will be an accompany Art exhibition held at Ez-Times.

There will also be fireworks, fire dancers, various DJ’s, beach parties, kids park with activities, good food and good intentions.

Venues will include WoddRokk Bar, EZ-Times and Johnny’s Place. They will soon have a website with detailed event information.

One of the goals of the event is to raise funds to preserve biodiversity, and this will be done through Conservation International Group, which does research and projects for preserving nature in the Caribbean Area.

You can watch the video announcing the event (in Spanish) from the Teletica Channel 7 program “Espectaculos” on the Teletica website — after you download the video, go to 4:50 for the segment on EasyStreet.

If you’d like more information on the event, how you can support it or get involved, contact Paola Chaves at easystreetmusicfiesta@live.com.

Loco Natural presents a special concert on Saturday at 7pm with Santos on sitar and Carter on percussion. Guitarist & singer Jim Vick will join them and they’ll be playing as a trio for an Easter Sunday concert at 7:00 pm as well.

There seems to be a sitar theme for Easter week in the Caribbean!

Make your dinner reservations at 2750-0530.

The Goddess Garden in Cahuita presents “Concierto por la Paz” featuring Swami Satyendra from Mumbai, India.

The event starts at 7pm and dinner is optional.

For reservations, call 2755-0055 or for more info email info@thegoddessgarden.com or hotelladiosa@yahoo.com

The next two Sundays give you an opportunity to hear Jim Vick perform with his vocalist daughter Elisa who is here in Puerto Viejo for a couple of weeks.  They’ll be performing at Jungle Love in Playa Chiquita this Sunday December 9, starting at 7:30pm. 

She will also be joining Carter and Jim for a night at the beautiful new Loco Natural on the following Sunday, December 16, where they’ll get started at around 7:00.

If you haven’t heard Elisa sing before, you’ll be in for a treat. She’s been singing in public since she was a child and toured with the jazz vocal group Celebration and later with Jim’s band for 6 years back in the States. They’ve been singing together most of her life, so the blend is pretty remarkable, and Jim says that getting the chance to harmonize with her again is always a joy for him.

You can get a preview of Jim’s music at:

www.jimvick.com/music.html