The time is here!! Thousands of Bruno Mars fans will gather this Thursday at the Costa Rica National Stadium for his first concert in the country. The event was practically sold out in just a few days and the production company had to open a few more locations to satisfy the demand; therefore, expect a full house tomorrow. SD Concerts has informed of several things to take into consideration:...

Tickets to The Killers concert in Costa Rica go on sale this December 9th as usual with priority for American Express cardholders. The Las Vegas rock band will be performing in Costa Rica March 15 at the Coca Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva, La Guácima, Alajuela. Amex cardholders can get their tickets as of this Saturday at 10 a.m. through the online platform boleteria.cr and through Tu...

If you like aviation and you’ve always wanted to learn more about it, this Saturday you will get the opportunity at the Open Aviation event that will take place in Hangar 14 of the Tobias Bolaños Airport in Pavas, San José, Costa Rica. This is a free event, but it requires previous registration, it includes conferences covering different topics such as, how to become a pilot, meteorology, p...

The beginning of the holiday season was celebrated this weekend with activities in the different provinces, but the epicenter as usual was the city of San José where this Sunday night the traditional Christmas tree was illuminated. A beautiful night with the full moon as a backdrop seemed magical when the Philharmonic Orchestra took the stage in La Sabana Park for a free concert; the Orchestra ...

(Photo Archive) As it had been previously informed, the fourth edition of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Guanacaste is scheduled to take place December 28 at Hacienda Pinilla. The organization of the summer fashion show has confirmed the 48 models were selected out of a casting that had the participation of 170 models. Seven of the models picked are independent while the rest are part of dif...

Production company Move Concerts confirmed the presentation of the US rock band The Killers at the Coca Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva, La Guácima, Costa Rica, on March 15, 2018. The Killers was formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001, and it’s formed by lead vocalist Brandon Flowers, guitarist Dave Keuning ,bass player Mark Stoermer and percussionist Ronny Vannucci; they are considered as one of...

The most important freestyle event in the region and one of the most popular end expected events in Costa Rica every year, the X-Knights, will take place on Saturday, March 17 starting at 7 p.m. in the National Stadium, La Sabana, San Jose. This is the twelfth edition of the freestyle motorcycle competition event which gathers every year some of the most important and renowned figures in this d...

The Costa Rica Tattoo Expo comes back the weekend of December 15-17 at the Cariari Club in Heredia with a great variety of artists and surprises for art and ink lovers. The event will have close to 130 stands where visitors can search for different designs and styles, will feature national and international tattoo artists; for instance, in the category of Color Realism, the Trufant Bros. Alex a...

S. Fitzgerald Haney, former ambassador to the United States in Costa Rica, took the second place in the T.V. competition show “Dancing with the Stars – Costa Rica” with a total of 295,967 votes equivalent to 26.6% of the total. After three months and twelve days of competition, S. Fitzgerald Haney made his debut in the show next to his dancing partner, Lucia Jimenez, back in September 10. “F...

The now traditional Bright Lights Boat Parade, which takes place at the Marina Pez Vela in Quepos, is scheduled for Saturday, December 9, 2017, beautifully decorated yachts, entertainment and activities make this one of the most expected events for the residents and tourists. Those who wish to attend must move fast, since the space is limited and the entrance to the boat parade and the marine i...

Visiting the Isla del Coco in Costa Rica is probably the dream of many, unfortunately just a few make this dream a reality since getting there is complicated and requires a 10-12 day expedition; this is why the University of Costa Rica and the National Museum joined efforts to bring people closer to this amazing island through an exhibit that was inaugurated on November 23 and will be available th...

A Christmas Carol, the famous novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Evenezer Scrooge the old greedy man that is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future is a classic Christmas story, one that is enjoyed by both children and adults, and can now be seen in Costa Rica at the Espressivo Theater in Pinares, Curridabat. This is the sixth year that the adaptation of A C...

Kicking off the holiday activities in Costa Rica, the Russian Circus on Ice can be enjoyed as of today, November 23 in La Sabana, San Jose. Costa Rica is one of the stops of the famous Circus in its tour through Latin America. The last time the Circus presented its show in Costa Rica was 16 years ago, but a lot has changed since an they promise a completely renovated spectacle. “The public...

The Female Mariachi from New York City Flor de Toloache won the Latin Grammy for the Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album for its record Las Caras Lindas, the artistic production of this album was in the hands of Costa Rican Producer and Musician Felipe Fournier and Chulo Records. Fournier, who graduated from the Castella Conservatory in Costa Rica and the National University, also studied Jazz and Car...

Primo Entertainment, the production company in charge of bringing the Cirque du Soleil show “Sep7imo Día- No Descansaré” to Costa Rica, officially announced the ticket prices and dates they’ll go on sale. According to the press release, tickets will be available starting at ¢25,000 (approximately US$45.00) and the most expensive location will run ¢100,000 (approximately US$178.6), for the fir...

More than 11,000 people loved the concept of the Street Food Festival that took place in the Kölbi Center in Parque Viva, Costa Rica earlier this year, the success was such that the organizers decided to do a second edition the presence this 2018. The Street Food Festival this year had the participation of 25 food trucks and stands offering different gastronomy options, live music, kids zone,...

A total of 73 films, (50 feature films, 20 short films, 1 web series documentary, 1 virtual reality movie and a medium-length film), in 18 different languages from 35 countries and 70 national and 50 international guests will be part of Costa Rica’s International Film Festival 2017 (CRFIC) an event organized as usual by the Film Center (Centro de Cine) and the Ministry of Culture. This is the s...

The Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra was awarded the Latin Grammy in the category of “Best Classical Music Album¨ in the 18th edition of the Latin music award ceremony that was celebrated Thursday evening in Las Vegas, Nevada. The recognition was awarded for the album ¨Música de Compositores Costarricenses, volumen 2¨ (Music by Costa Rican Songwriters, Volume 2) a production directed by ...

Alarma: Bomberos de Costa Rica (Alarm: Costa Rica Firefighters) is the first web series in Costa Rica that showcases the work of the country’s Fire Department. The web series will be aired starting Wednesday, December 6 at 7 p.m. through the webpage http://alarmacostarica.com/ and its corresponding You Tube channel; this first season involves a total of 8 episodes that have been on the works ...

The Costa Rica Country Club in San Rafael, Heredia will host the first edition of the Castillo International Ice Hockey Tournament, an international ice hockey competition that will have the participation of four teams, three international and one national, the Castillo Knights from Costa Rica; the Canadian Citizens from Calgary; Stanley All-Stars from Folkland Islands and the Ruination from Los A...

This Saturday, November 11 at 8 p.m. at the downtown San José, Costa Rica National Theater, U.S. and Costa Rican musicians join together for a delightful and inspiring concert dedicated to friendship between the two countries. Award-winning U.S.-based Medical Musical Group's chorale and symphony will perform together with Costa Rica's Coro Voces de Libertad, directed by Carol Guzmán, and the Un...

The 10th edition of the popular “Perro Cross” event will take place on November 12 at the Oikoumene Camp in Cartago. Perro Cross is a cross-country competition with dogs, which seeks to offer dog owners an open-air activity that they can enjoy with their dogs in a safe area and share with other dog lovers. The event offers three categories, Experts (8 km / 5 miles), Amateur (4 km / 2.5 miles),...

The fourth edition of the Mercedes-Benz fashion week Guanacaste will take place Thursday, December 28 at Hacienda Pinilla and is already organizing the castings to choose this year’s models. For this year the event will have several variations, some of which will be kept as a surprise, the event will also double the number of models and designers, bringing the number of models up to 50. “The...

In a video recently uploaded to Facebook, cult leader, Eligio “Nature Boy” Bishop, who has garnered a following of over 42,000 people on Facebook, claims his group of mostly black followers were racially discriminated against by Spirit Airlines who refused to deport the five U.S. citizens last Thursday, October 26, due to their body odor. According to Bishop, things got really real for the cult...

Halloween is a very popular day in the United States, in Costa Rica many years back it was actually common for children to go trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods, but the concern for their safety and the fact that this not a traditional Costa Rican festivity has limited the number of activities organized around this date. There are still, however,  activities that are organized for childre...

The Magaly Movie Theater in Costa Rica is now operating both its screening rooms with clean energy, thanks to the installation of solar panels that will eventually allow it run completely with solar energy and stop using electricity. This makes Costa Rica the third country in Latin America - after Brazil and Argentina - to adopt clean energy use in the movie theaters. The official announce...

KidZania is one of the fastest growing kids’ entertainment franchises with 24 locations in 20 countries and 11 new locations under development; it consists on an interactive kids’ city which combines fun and learning and has different options for young children and teens up to 14 years of age. KidZania was created in Mexico and the franchise is being brought to Costa Rica by Cuestamoras Urbanis...

The artisan or craft beer business continues to grow and strengthen in Costa Rica; recently, several artisan breweries participated in the international competition “Copa Cervezas de America” (America Beers Cup) that took place in Santiago de Chile and had the participation of many Latin American brewers. Copa Cervezas de América was born in 2011 and is now one of the most important beer compe...

The Titanic in Costa Rica was the name of a very popular bar back in the 60’s-70’s shaped like a boat and located close to what is now the Children’s Museum, eventually it shut down and earlier this year it was acquired by the Foundation Ayúdenos para Ayudar (Helps us Help) with the objective of transforming it into a new cultural space. The newly acquired area was entirely remodeled, the inves...

As it had been announced some weeks back the Science Tunnel by German non-profit organization Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, will be in exhibit in Costa Rica, and the dates and venue have now been announced. Children and adults alike can enjoy this fun and educational experience from Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, December 10 at the Villa Olímpica in Desamparados. Th...

The Costa Rica Star had announced the reunion concert in Costa Rica of the band Helloween along with Kai Hansen (singer and guitarist) and Michael Kiske (singer), part of their Pumpkins United World Tour which started this October in Mexico. The event will take place this Monday, October 23 at the BN Arena in Hatillo, and is the only stop in Central America. The German band, founded in 1984...

Season 3 of T.V. Show “The Bachelor Canada” had some of its episodes filmed in Costa Rica. The season is just starting, at the end of Episode 1 and after saying dismissing five contestants, the bachelor and the remaining 15 bachelorettes set off to Costa Rica. According to information on the W Network site, the cast stayed in luxury vacation rental Casa Bali, located in the gated community o...

As The Costa Rica Star had announced back on September 16, Costa Rica will have the privilege of listening to several of the greatest rock hits of the 80’s in the voice of some of the members of the popular bands Toto, Chicago, Kansas and Journey. Tickets are now available for this unique concert that will take place November 19 at 5 p.m. Parque Viva in La Guacima, Alajuela. Kevin Chalfant ...

Cinepolis in Terramall inaugurates today its second movie theater specially designed for children. The “Sala Junior” is a movie theater that incorporates different attractions for young children, these include a playground, slides, balls pool, among other safe areas for kids to enjoy. The idea of these space is that parents can take their kids to the movies without having to worry about them...

As The Costa Rica Star announced last month, music idol Bruno Mars will be performing in Costa Rica December 7th at the National Stadium. Today, production company SD Concerts Costa Rica finally released the information for ticket sales for this highly-expected concert. This show is part of the singer’s 24K Magic World Tour. Ticket sales began this Wednesday, October 18 for American Expre...

The official press conference to announce the performance of Cirque du Soleil in Costa Rica was held yesterday with the presence of Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio former members of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. The show Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré (Seventh Day – I won’t rest) inspired by the music and lives of Soda Stereo will take place at Hacienda Espinal in Alajuela, the same location ...

The Costa Rican National Theater opened its doors to the public October 19,1897 with the presentation of famous opera “Fausto”; this year, this architectural jewel, witness of a wide number of incredible cultural and artistic performances celebrates 120 years with a week full of fun activities. Celebration begins on Tuesday, October 17 with the presentation of the book “Costa Rica National The...

Last year in December the Costa Rica National Theater along with the ballet company Danzay presented the classic story “Alice in Wonderland”; the presentations were a complete success, each event sold out; due to the great acceptance this fun family show had, it will be presented again this December. The tickets are already available for purchase through the online platform eticket.cr. The date...

Costa Rican black bean soup is a delicious and nutritious dish, even famous chef Jamie Oliver agrees, apparently, the gastronomy connoisseur tried this dish while in a trip to the country and now is teaching others to prepare it, with of course his own twist. Known in Costa Rica as “Sopa Negra” (black soup), there are many different ways to prepare it, after all is a family recipe and therefor...

Cirque du Soleil has confirmed through a press release that Costa Rica will be one of the stops where they will be presenting their show Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré (Seventh Day – I won’t rest) inspired by the music and lives of Argentine rock trio Soda Stereo. The show made its debut this 2017 in Argentina and is the first Cirque du Soleil production based on a Latin band; the entertainment co...