Cuenca & Azuay
What's Happening in Cuenca and Azuay This Week?
November 9 – November 15, 2026
Cuenca's week is compact but unusually varied. Two exhibitions offer flexible daytime visits, while the evening programme moves through Butoh dance, storytelling with artificial intelligence, independent cinema and Ecuadorian music. Saturday brings the largest event: Martin Garrix at Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, although the promoter's changing announcements make a direct date-and-time check essential before travelling.
Art, Theatre & Culture
November 9 · 10:00
Altars, Offerings and Traditions
📍 Cuenca · Salón del Pueblo Efraín Jara Idrovo
This research, creative and cultural-education exhibition documents the traditions surrounding Día de los Difuntos and helps keep them visible beyond the holiday itself. It continues through November 16.
View event details →November 10 · 09:00
Paulina Tamayo Is Music, Tradition and Ecuador
📍 Cuenca · Complejo Patrimonial Todos Santos
More than fifty years of Paulina Tamayo's career are recalled through objects, art and an immersive augmented-reality room. The exhibition places one of Ecuador's best-known singers within a wider story of music and national tradition.
View event details →November 10 · 19:00
Floating on Thorns — Butoh Dance
📍 Cuenca · Sala Alfonso Carrasco
Two stage works meet during Ecuador's Butoh Dance Performing Arts Encounters to explore the body and materiality. It is the week's most experimental live-performance selection.
View event details →November 11 · 19:00
AI-Created Horror Stories
📍 Cuenca · Sala Alfonso Carrasco
Urban legends, frightening stories and unexplained events are brought to life through a combination of storytelling and artificial intelligence. Familiar oral forms meet a contemporary creative tool.
View event details →November 13 · 16:00
UNDERGROUND — Independent Cinema
📍 Cuenca · Sala Alfonso Carrasco y segunda sede por confirmar
Two days of short films, audiovisual exchange and an awards gala bring independent cinema into the historic centre. Friday's programme is confirmed at Sala Alfonso Carrasco; check the listing for Saturday's schedule and second venue.
View event details →Concerts, Festivals & Entertainment
November 13 · 19:00
Ecuadorian Music Concert with Mónica González
📍 Cuenca · Sala Alfonso Carrasco
Mónica González, the Kalhé band and choreographers Mónica Barzallo and Engel Vargas come together for an evening devoted to Ecuadorian music. Movement accompanies the live repertoire.
View event details →November 14
Martin Garrix — Americas Tour 2026 — Cuenca
📍 Cuenca · Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Banco del Austro
Martin Garrix brings the Americas Tour to Cuenca for the week's largest concert. The organizer later announced November 14, but some older promotional and ticket pages still show November 28. Confirm both the date and starting time directly before buying tickets or travelling.
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