So much to do it Madrid this weekend - lucky ducks!

🎭 Sara Baras – Vuela (25th Anniversary Tribute to Paco de Lucía)

📅 Dates: 11 September – 12 October 2025 (Thursday to Sunday)
📍 Location: Teatro Gran Vía
💶 Price: From €30
✨ Prestigious dancer Sara Baras returns with a special performance celebrating the 25th anniversary of her company, paying tribute to flamenco legend Paco de Lucía.

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📸 Exhibition: Leica – A Century of Photography

📅 Dates: 10 September 2025 – 11 January 2026
📍 Location: Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
💶 Price: Free
✨ A commemorative exhibition marking 100 years of the Leica I camera, featuring 174 photographs, classic cameras, and unpublished material showcasing Leica’s impact on global photography.

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📰 Life Under Siege – Photojournalism Exhibition

📅 Dates: 23 September – 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (Central Hall)
💶 Prices:

• General: €14

• Reduced (students, 65+, pensioners): €10

• Free: Saturdays from 9pm to 11pm
  ✨ Twenty-seven powerful photographs documenting life in Gaza since October 2023.

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🍸 Guest Bartending – Montana Cocktail Bar x Only YOU

📅 Dates: 30 September & 1 October 2025, 19:00–00:00
📍 Location: Only YOU Boutique Hotel Madrid (El Padrino Cocktail Bar)
✨ During Madrid Cocktail Week, Montana Cocktail Bar from Sevilla brings exclusive creations, including a collaborative cocktail available only on these two nights.

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🎶 International Organ Cycle – Royal Basilica of San Miguel

📅 Next Concert: Sunday, 5 October 2025 at 19:30
📍 Location: Real Basílica San Miguel, Calle de San Justo, 4
💶 Price: Free (until full capacity)
✨ Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the basilica’s reconstructed organ. The program Ars transcriptionis will be performed by Braulio Caballero-Figueroa.

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🍺 Oktoberfest at the Madrid Hippodrome

📅 Dates: Saturday 4 October (12:00–23:00) & Sunday 5 October 2025 (10:30–19:00)
📍 Location: Madrid Hippodrome
✨ Enjoy German beer, traditional food, live music, and the festive atmosphere of Oktoberfest in Madrid.

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🍽️ Hotel Tapa Tour 2025

📅 Dates: 22 September – 5 October 2025
📍 Location: Participating 4★ & 5★ hotels (e.g. Four Seasons, The Palace)
💶 Price: Tapas & wine pairing from €8
✨ A gourmet tapas route across luxury hotels, offering creative dishes from oyster croquettes to black pudding baos.

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🎉 Guadarrama Festivities (San Miguel & San Francisco)

📅 Dates: 28 September – 5 October 2025
📍 Location: Guadarrama (reachable from Moncloa via buses 682, 684, 688)
✨ Traditional local festivities with bull runs, concerts, children’s activities, communal meals, processions, and contests. Highlights include:

• 28 Sept: Opening speech + free concert tribute to La Oreja de Van Gogh

• 29 Sept: Potatoes with meat distribution

• 4 Oct: Hot chocolate in Plaza Mayor (09:00)

• 5 Oct: Cider pouring contest in Plaza Mayor