What to see, what to do in Guayaquil and Quito from Friday September 22 to Sunday September 24

To enjoy next Friday, September 22, an evening full of the best of jazz from three countries. At 8:30 PM the ‘boat’ lights up at Odisea Brewing Company to welcome the Ecuadorian trio Sepiacomposer Bjarke Lund from Denmark, and guitarist Fran Seglie from Argentina.

Tickets: $25. They can be purchased on the Meet2go website. The capacity to attend this Jazz evening is limited.

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Treat yourself to the best salsa songs, one of the representative genres of Latin America, this Saturday, September 23. At 8 p.m. you will dance and listen to these rhythms live with performances by 5 guest artists. The interpreters Manuel Manual and his orchestra, Israel Maldonado, Ivanna Freire, Alex Eugenio and Diana Sofia, will be the ones creating the atmosphere in this space. Tickets cost $20.

Location: El Spot, located in Samborondón, opposite Food Garden.

Children’s theatre

As an option for the little ones at home, you can attend the performance of the play stardustdirected and performed by Tanya López and Matías Belmar. There will be one performance on Saturday September 23rd at 4pm, two on Sunday the 24th at 11pm and another at 4pm.in the Zaruma Hall of the Sánchez Aguilar Theater.

This piece from the Performing Arts Circle presents a proposal aimed at children from 3 months to 6 years old, full of live music, body sequences, interactive games and educational objects in different colors.

Tickets: $7 children; $12 adults. Buy them on the theater’s official website.

In Quito

The Guayaquil Singer Camila Pérez will perform for the first time in Quito this Friday, September 22 immediately Show in which he will perform his repertoire of songs. In addition, the Quito artist Caba (Alexandra Cabanilla) will join Pérez on stage to open the concert, which will be at 8 p.m. Café & Bar gastronomic The cornerlocated on Diego de Almagro street.

Tickets: €15 (presale). Buy them on the official Mee2go website.

Music Festival

Do not miss it the fourth edition of the Allku Fest, on September 23 and 24 from 1 p.m., featuring music, poetry, entrepreneurship and more. This is a charity event in support of the Lucky Animal Welfare Foundation, so profits from the value of each ticket ($10) will be donated to help them continue their daily work of saving street animals.

This celebration of camping which has been taking place since 2020, This year, more than 16 Ecuadorian artists, like the band, will participate Telephone, from the city of Cuenca, the Quito group Still anonymousamong other things.

Location: Pomasqui, next to the Japan Institute.

The latest in film

Don’t stop watching the short film Strange way of life or strange way of life, under its English name, by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The tape, which has a duration of 31 minutes, It premiered and arrived yesterday, Thursday, September 21, in all Ecuadorian cinemas.

Starring American actor Ethan Hawke and Chilean Pedro Pascal, this story is in style western follow two friends (sheriff Jake and Silva), who meet after 25 years. The cast also includes Spanish actors Manu Ríos, Pedro Casablanc and Sara Sálamo. The film was first shown in May at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and is rated PG-15.