Under the motto "CharlyBA", the City of Buenos Aires will carry out a series of activities throughout October in order to honor one of the greatest exponents of national music..

In addition to concerts, the cycle will include several activities such as photographic exhibitions, musical actions and literary presentations, among other.

Charly Garcia will comply 70 years this 23 October, For this reason, the Buenos Aires Culture area will offer the possibility to its followers to celebrate his life and work.. For this reason, several artists will be part of the cycle such as Hilda Lizarazu, Rosario Ortega, Richard Coleman and Fernando Samalea, musicians who shared different moments with Charly.

The rest of the disciplines will be in charge, on the one hand, of authors of books dealing with the life of the artist, as Roque di Pietro (who wrote “Charly plays tonight”), Fernando García and José Bellas (authors of “100 Charly times”), and Mauro Kaseiri (author “Charly García transcripts”).

Also Andy Chernyavsky, Gabriel Rocca, Maxi Vernazza and Guido Adler, who made numerous productions and coverage of Charly, will be in charge of the activities related to photography. On the plastic arts side, Florencia will participate “Hana” Ciliberti and Lucas Marti: two artists who are dedicated to creating both musical and plastic arts works.

Charly García is an icon for those who admire, enjoy and follow his enormous talent, and Charly BA invites you to this celebration. All the people who have shared a moment with him or want to be part of the tribute can join through charlyba.buenosaires.gob.ar and upload their material in the section they want: Your photo with Charlie, Your song for Charlie, Your text for Charlie, Your art for Charlie.

After the evaluation of the curators, The content will be hosted on the web as a “library” and will be available for those who wish to see it.

Likewise, those selected will be uploaded week by week to Vivamos Cultura, the platform of the Ministry of Culture of the City.

"Charly does what many cannot: unites people of different generations and backgrounds. He has always had Buenos Aires very present in his songs. It is very relevant that we can pay tributes to our idols, because they are the ones who help build and nurture our identity, not only culturally but also as a society. It is an honor to celebrate his life, his work and his enormous legacy hand in hand with so many artists who come together with his voice to share this celebration, and together with the entire community of people who follow him and want to celebrate as well”, commented the Minister of Culture of the City Enrique Avogadro.

The way to participate

Those who wish to be part of these activities may do so through http://www.charlyba.buenosaires.gob.ar. There you must look for the call that is of interest to you, and complete a form with personal data and attach the material to apply.

More activities

On the other hand, there will also be a draw for vinyl autographed by Charly through @bacultura. And the 14 October at 20 there will be a celebratory concert for the 70 years of Charly's life at the Teatro San Martín with the musical direction of Lito Vitale.

Regarding this show, will have the presence of guest musicians Hida Lizarazu, Rosario Ortega, Fernando Samalea, Fabián “Zorro” Quintiero, Lito Vitale, Benito Cerati. The Cultural San Martín together with Coda Orquesta will present 70 Charly times, rock quartet + a quartet of orchestral instruments and a collection of songs that are a log of our stories.

Finally, the 23 October, Charlie Garcia's birthday, the big surprise closing will take place.