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Today (17/08/2012) Salsa Al Parque kicks off, bringing some of the world’s best salsa talent to Bogotá’s biggest park: Parque Bolivar. Salsa Al Parque is just one of many ‘Al Parque’ events, the most famous being Rock Al Parque. It’s also just one of many events that are up and coming in the rest of 2012 in Bogotá. Bogotá is a city that hosts an incredible amount of events, and it’s wise to keep up with the calendars as much as...

The festival's promotional poster Right now in Bogota is the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá, the bi-annual theater festival that’s one of the highlights of the Colombian calendar. The festival kicked off in 1988 when Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio took it upon themselves to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Bogotá’s foundation in style. And what style it was. The plan was to show the world the rich culture of Latin countries, but the project must have exceeded all expectations....