Between 23 January and February will be held first International Festival of Buenos Aires (FIBA), with the best of the theater, music, visual arts and dance; through more than 2800 artists and more than 530 Shows and Events.

The meeting will be held in 115 venues and cultural spaces; A party in the Historic Area and varied proposals multidisciplinary in the Barrio de Abasto. Thus, City will become the main stage.

This is the 13th edition of the festival, that since his arrival consolidates the FIBA ​​as the meeting of the summer of Buenos Aires, offering varied cultural offerings to enjoy. With artistic direction of Federico Irazábal, the idea that since 1997 He became one of the most important cultural events in the region, therefore international calls as visits by the selection of national productions, will present outstanding works; guest artists; performances; workshops; movies and free activities with the best of the theater, music, visual arts and dance.

In that context, the city becomes a stage for opening and closing the Festival with a massive party in the Historic Area and Marathon day Abasto offering various free multidisciplinary proposals; and Ciudanza, where dance burst forth various public spaces for three days.

This edition proposes, at the same time, integrated programming and articulated by different sectors that gathers the Ministry of Culture. They have worked together to offer a wide variety of multidisciplinary activities for residents and tourists can enjoy during the summer in the City.

The opening of the Festival will be on Thursday 23 January doubly. At 20 Sala Leopoldo Lugones at the Teatro San Martin in two theaters Cultural San Martin, Audiences will present one of the most prestigious directors and international amplification country, Mariano Pensotti and Grupo Marea.

The closing of the Festival will be on Saturday February 1 with Marathon Abasto: a multidisciplinary event that had its first successful start in the last FIBA, and he filled with artists and public rooms and spaces of the Abasto, chosen by the Festival for being the district more independent theaters of Buenos Aires. from 20, more of 40 venues and spaces of the neighborhood will be part of the FIBA, addition of several bars, hairdressers, restaurants, car washes, subway stations, facades of buildings and private balconies, among many others. One night in music, visual arts, Dance, theater and performance are the major players in every corner of the neighborhood.

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