Updated: The concert begins at 8 p.m., not 8:30; and discounts with ID are available for students and seniors at the box office. Inti-Illimani, the famed instrumental and vocal Latin American folk music ensemble from Chile, will fill Costa Rica’s National theater with their rich and colorful Latin American rhythms and distinctive fusion of modern world music Friday, May 12 at 8 p.m. As part ...

Canadian singer Justin Bieber who will be giving a concert in Costa Rica next Monday, April 24 at the National Stadium, will be staying in the same beach mansion in where the Kardashian-Jenner clan stayed when they visited the country back in January, perhaps Bieber was following a recommendation from Kourtney Kardashian, since several entertainment sites have implied the two have a very close rel...

As part of the tour Dangerous Woman, American singer Ariana Grande will be making a stop in Costa Rica on Sunday, July 9. The concert will be held at the Coca Cola Amphitheater of Parque Viva in La Guácima, Alajuela. The information was confirmed by One Entertainment, company in charge of bringing the event to the country, although the date is still not appearing in the artist’s webpage. ...

The Costa Rican “Beliebers” are counting the days for the Canadian singer’s concert in the country, which is scheduled for April 24. The Purpose World Tour has made stops in five continents and the level of production in each one of the events has been incredible. Move Concerts, the production company in the country confirms Costa Rica will not be the exception, and they have already started wo...

This is the sixth edition of the Costa Cali Fest, an initiative that brings together the Costa Rican and American culture, art and music. Costa Cali Fest will have five presentations in different bars in Guanacaste and Puntarenas, Costa Rican and Californian artists will unite to deliver entertainment and great music to the attending public. Through the Roots and Thicker than Thieves, bot...

German power metal bound Helloween will perform a concert in Costa Rica next October 23 as part of their tour Pumpkins United. This event has the particularity of bringing together the current members of the band and the founders of the same. The concert will take place at the BN Arena in Hatillo and it is the only stop in Central America. The production company Black Line Productions explai...

The Jungle Jam festival is taking place in Jacó this weekend, next to the Best Western Hotel, and will feature concerts with national and international artists and yoga workshops on the beach. Jam, rock, reggae, funk and soul are part of the rhythms that will fill the ambiance at Jacó beach; Ryan Montbleu, Thievery Corporation, Harley Jane, Matt Carey and Roots of Creation are part of the int...

The National Symphonic Orchestra hosts virtuoso American violinist Philippe Quint as guest soloist this Friday, March 3, and again on Sunday, March 5, in the first 2017 Season concert at the National Theater, said the orchestra. The OSN returns to San José's glorious rennaissance theater under the baton of Conductor Carl St. Clair, who has led the group since 2014. Philippe Quint, who has wo...

Move Concerts has released the ticket information for the Ed Sheeran concert that will take place in Costa Rica June 6th. The cheapest ticket will sell for ¢28.750 colones (around $50 USD) while the most expensive one will have a cost of ¢92.000 (close to $165 USD). As usual American Express cardholders will have purchase priority, and they’ll be able to acquire their tickets starting Mond...

The 6th annual Costa Rica Blues Festival is scheduled to take place on February 18th starting at 11 a.m. and it will extend through 11 p.m. at the Costa Rica Sailing Center in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste. Featuring the likes of: Diunna Greenleaf and Blue Mercy from Houston, Texas; The Chris Ruest Trio featuring Gene Taylor from Austin, Texas; Donnie Walsh & The Leatherbacks from Canada, Blues...

March 4 and 5 Costa Rica will experience a British Invasion from the talented hands and voices of the Philharmonic Orchestra. This will be the first concert of the 2017 season, and it will include music by: Queen, Yes, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, The Police and many more. The tickets will be available for purchase starting this weekend through SpecialTi...

American jazz bassist Matthew Garrison, will be performing live at the Jazz Café in Escazú, February 16. The New York musician described by the New York Times as ¨an electric bass virtuoso¨ will be presenting a Jazz Performance with electronic elements alongside Costa Rican artists David Vargas (drums) and Carlos ¨Tapado¨ Vargas (percussion), as well as New York producer/bassist Dan Freeman ...

Metal fans asked for it, and Move Concerts decided to please them. The thrash metal band Slayer will be giving a concert in Costa Rica on May 1st, this is the second time they come to the country, the first time was back in 2011. Slayer was formed in 1981 in California, and along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax it is one of the big thrash metal bands; it has received five Grammy nomination...

The Costa Rican Philharmonic Orchestra will be presenting their next concert titled Philharmonic Rock December 18, 19 and 20 at the Melico Salazar Theatre. In this concert the Philharmonic Orchestra will play famous rock songs from the 90’s, from bands such as Nirvana, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Blur, The Cranberries and Red ...

Image Credit: Facebook Grammy Awards (EFE).- Deceased Mexican singer Juan Gabriel had never won a Latin Grammy before Thursday night, when his album "The Duo 2" was named not only Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, but also Album of the Year - the two biggest categories of the Latin Grammy Awards. The Mexican icon's presence first emerged when he was announced as the winner of Best Tradition...

Photo Credit: Gandhi Facebook Costa Rica Promoting company RPMTV announced that Costa Rican band Gandhi will be in charge of opening up the Guns N’ Roses concert in Costa Rica next November 26 at the National Stadium. Abel Guier (bass), Massimo Hernández (drums), Federico Miranda (guitar), and Luis Montalbert-Smith (vocals and piano), are the four members of the Costa Rican rock band formed...

The majority of his fans are teenage girls, but the prices to attend the Justin Bieber concert in Costa Rica are certainly not targeted to this market. Move Concerts, the concert promoter, confirmed today that sale tickets will begin on Monday, November 7 at 10 a.m. The Costa Rica National Stadium is the chosen scenario for the concert and will be divided in 11 zones with prices ranging from ₵...

He has many haters but far more “Beliebers”, and this last group will be going crazy April 24th of 2017 when their idol, singer Justin Bieber gives his first concert in Costa Rica at the National Stadium. The information was given today by national newspaper La Nacion, after Costa Rica’s Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) confirmed the authorization of the plan for the event “Co...

(EFE).- The 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius made the announcement, extolling Dylan's quality as a poet and comparing him to some Greek bards of antiquity. Dylan, whose real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman, has been active in the music industry for ove...

London, Oct. 11 — British rock musician Rod Stewart was knighted by Britain's Prince William in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. - from Stewart's Facebook page The 71-year-old rocker received the decoration that Queen Elizabeth II granted to him in June - on the occasion of her 90th birthday - to thank the writer of "Maggie May" and other hits for the "services" he has provided t...

Things to do in Costa Rica this weekend: Saturday, October 8 If you like opera, Eugene O’Neill Theater located in the main branch of Centro Cultural in San Pedro, will kick off their Live Opera season Saturday, October 8 at 10 a.m. from The Metropolitan Opera (MetLive in HD), with the play Tristan und Isolde, and opera in three acts by German Richard Wagner and based largely on the romance b...

How many of you are familiar with Costa Rican musicians? Costa Rica if you should know, has many talented musicians, from ballads to heavy metal to tropical music, all genres are covered, and here at The Costa Rica Star we thought it’d be a good idea to introduce to you some of those Costa Rican musicians and let you pick your favorites. To begin, we picked an artist that has been singing since...

Source: George Mason University By Kristen Dalton What started as a simple project to gather more instruments for George Mason University students quickly blossomed into a program that provides instruments and arts enrichment programs to underserved elementary and middle school students in Northern Virginia. Eight years ago, George Mason’s own music students needed additional instruments. ...

Rafael Antonio Rodriguez The Boulder Concert Band, a nonprofit, premier adult community band, today announced that Rafael Antonio Rodriguez has been selected as its conductor and musical director. "I am honored and thrilled to have the opportunity to make music with the wonderful musicians of the Boulder Concert Band as their new conductor," commented Rodriguez. "I look forward to many joyo...

Source: Gun N' Roses Legendary rock band Guns N' Roses has officially announced its Latin American reunion tour, and the band's website lists Costa Rica as its final stop. Guns N' Roses fans from Costa Rica were excited to find the Chinese-donated National Stadium, located in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, listed for a concert appearance on November 26th, following a few dates in Brazil. I...

By Steve Mathieson - http://www.flickr.com/photos/38495915@N07/3933698385/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has praised Britain's decision to leave the European Union, saying that he hopes the United Kingdom can move forward alone. Starr, who lives in Los Angeles, said that he was in favor of the European Union when it first started. "I was a huge fan when (the EU) start...

Jairo Zelaya - Pixabay Commons The Cervantes Institute will celebrate, today Saturday, the Spanish Language Day, or "E-Day", in all its 22 centers across 17 countries worldwide. The event acknowledges the powerful presence of the world's second most spoken language_ with 472 million speakers_ after Chinese Mandarin. Now in its 8th edition, it will include activities for all ages in its cent...

Source: Paddy Power Leave it to the good people of Scotland to stage hilarious protests during Donald Trump's visit in the wake of Brexit. Paddy Power, a bookmaker (similar to a sportsbook in Costa Rica) based in Ireland, came up with a clever way to welcome the presumptive Republican candidate to succeed President Barack Obama in the United States. Here's how the Irish sports betting giant...

Wikimedia Commons Although Costa Rica has a fully developed and mature electronic dance music (EDM) scene that sees international artists perform regularly, the reception given to DJ Sasha Grey at Club Vertigo was quite enthusiastic for a very late Monday night. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Ms. Grey took the ...

Radiohead performing in Portugal. Wikimedia Commons Istanbul, Jun 18 (EFE).- Istanbul police used tear gas Saturday to break up a demonstration protesting the attack last Thursday against fans who went to a party thrown by the Radiohead band, which was celebrating the publication of its new disc, "A Moon Shaped Pool." About 100 fans gathered Saturday around 6:00 p.m. at a square in Istanbul...

Wikimedia Commons Morelia, Mexico, Jun 4 (EFE).- Legislators of the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan have awarded a medal to the traditional music group "Jimenez Brothers and their Harp" which plays "narcocorridos" (narcotics + the traditional Mexican ballads known as "corridos") that glorify drug traffickers. At a solemn session held Friday night at the Legislative Palace of Morelia...

(Prince pictured in a publicity photo / MSA) Los Angeles, Jun 2 (EFE).- U.S. musician Prince died of an opioid overdose, according to the results of the autopsy performed on April 22. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, located in Ramsey, Minnesota, said the artist died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, adding in its report that the drug was self-administered. The artist had be...

Wikimedia Commons Miami, May 28 (EFE).- Artists as diverse as Juan Gabriel, Enrique Bunbury, Andres Calamaro, Juanes, Los Lobos and Los Enanitos Verdes are coming together to record a disc that will go on the market in July as a Latin American tribute to the Creedence Clearwater Revival band. "Quiero Creedence" (I Love Creedence) is the title of the upcoming album with new versions of 14 CC...

Wikimedia Commons Barranquilla, Colombia, May 21 (EFE).- Colombian songstress Shakira said Saturday in her native city of Barranquilla that she has no plans to marry Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique and dismissed recent rumors that she is expecting her third child. "For now there is no plan for a wedding, nor am I pregnant," the artist told a press conference that brought to an end her fo...

Wikimedia Commons Electronic dance music artist Marina Ann Hantzis, better known as Sasha Grey, will perform in Costa Rica as part of her ongoing world tour, which has already stopped in Argentina, Chile and Peru. Ms. Hantzis has been involved in EDM since 2011, which was the year when she announced her retirement from the pornographic film industry. As Sasha Grey, she first gained notoriet...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, May 16 (EFE).- Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who seemed to have gone missing, has been found safe and sound, the online edition of The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. Police in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette told the online magazine that the artist has been located and that she was unharmed. Still unknown is exactly where she was found. A scant few hours...

Source: US DEA Buenos Aires, May 6 (EFE).- An Argentine court put three accused drug dealers on trial Friday in the case of five revelers who died from consuming synthetic designer drugs during an electronic music festival last month in Buenos Aires. Judicial sources confirmed to EFE that Judge Sebastian Casanello put the three men on trial, including two foreign nationals, for suspected dr...

Traveler Under Pressure Remix NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) MAY 03, 2016 - Music can provide hope in the darkness. Music can bring light and joy. As iconic recordings go, Queen & David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” (EMI) is one of the most brilliant songs ever recorded. Paying homage to the original, Southern California-based Traveler have updated the song for a new generation of house music lovers. The T...

Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Apr 29 (EFE).- A judge lifted a precautionary ruling that temporarily prohibited discotheque and dance festival activities in the Argentine capital on grounds that they lack the necessary controls to guarantee participants' safety, following the death of five youths two weeks ago at an electronic music fest. In a ruling to which EFE had access, Buenos Aires J...

Archive photo Buenos Aires, Apr 26 (EFE).- The Argentine teenager who was hospitalized April 16 after attending an electronic music festival in Buenos Aires, at which five people died, has been released, while another three whose health seems to be slowly improving remain in intensive care, medical sources said Tuesday. The 17-year-old youth, who had been admitted to Rivadavia Hospital in B...