XVI International Jazz Festival Lima 2006

A huge Jazz event, organised by ICPNA (Peruvian North American Cultural Institute), the XVI edition of the festival will place Lima at the centre of World Jazz. Six full days of the best jazz, with 30 concerts from musicians coming from Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, USA, France, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

The star of the festival is undoubtedly Russ Ferrante (Friday, April 7) and his Yellow Jackets band, double winner of the Grammy awards. Other renowned jazz musicians include the saxophonist Daniel Blake (USA), the Mexican Jazz band Ethos Tro, the Venezuelan drum player Aaron Serfaty,  and Gabriel Alegra (Afro Peruvian Jazz expert).

XVI Festival Internacional Jazz en Lima, from April 3rd to 8th. Auditorium ICPNA Miraflores (Av. Angamos Oeste 120) and Satchmo Jazz Barr ( La Paz 538, Miraflores). For more information check the ICPNA website or e-teleticket.com.

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Short weekend trips near Lima

PromPerú, the Tourism Board of Peru, is promoting a wide selection of short weekend trips near Lima. The destinations, at most 6-hour drives from Peru’s capital, comprise many different ecosystems: snow tipped peaks, coastal deserts, fertile valleys, and huge grasslands.

The routes feature Churin (some 6 hours from Lima), renowned for its many thermal baths, the sunny town of Canta (3-hour drive), and Lunahuana (3-hour drive), acknowledged as an adventure sports paradise, among others.

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