Free live music and stuff in Santander and Las Palmas, December 2023

This is what I’ve seen in December:

• 2 December: Carmen Lang @ Discos Cucos, Calle Santa Lucía, 41, Santander
  Carmen Lang (vocals, acoustic guitar), accompanied by Paco Gómez (electric guitar), was presenting her new EP Dandelion in the Wind.

  

• 2 December: Noche de rumba @ Bar Bolero, Calle San Celedonio, 35
  Later the same day, with Esencia Trío featuring Jose Hernández (vocals, bass guitar), Tony León (flamenco guitar, bass guitar) and Dani Peña (cajón), with a guest Dani Simons (bass guitar).

  

Back to Las Palmas:

• 9 December: «Música en el corazón de Vegueta» @ various locations, Vegueta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  Fewer venues than this June but still, a nice and quite full programme for a Saturday evening.
  • 20:00: Augusto Báez @ Patio de la Fundación MAPFRE Canarias, calle Castillo, 6
  • 20:30: Trío Gabriel Rodó featuring Pilar Bolaños (cello), Ana Marrero (piano) and Liliana Mesa Montané (violin) @ Patio de Los Naranjos, calle Espíritu Santo
  • 21:00: Chromatic Dúo feat. Derque Martín (timple) and Nicolás Mendoza (guitar) @ Patio del Colegio de Abogados, calle Agustín Millares, 25
  • 21:30: Iván Quintana Trío @ Plaza de San Agustín
  • 22:00: Midnight Soul @ Plaza del Pilar Nuevo

The fifth edition of the author song cycle «9 cañones sin banda» — and the first time that I went to see it. The titular 9 cañones refer to the nine cannons of the venue, Museo Castillo de Mata (Calle Domingo Guerra del Río, 147), as well as to the nine cantautores (I presume every year they have nine artists).

• 14 December: Jesús Garriga / Sandra Bautista / Guiu Cortés

  

• 15 December: Juan Gallardo / Luis Quintana / Fede Comín

  

• 16 December: Isa Izquierdo / Alicia Ramos / La Otra & Jhana Beat

  

• 19 December: Quinteto Resonancia @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles, Calle Benito Pérez Galdós, 4
  Featuring Gabriel Simón (first violin), Nebojsa Milanovic (second violin), Francisco Quintana (viola), Jozef Racz (cello) and Voicu Burca (double bass), plus Margot García (vocals).

  

• 19 December: «La inmortalidad» @ Teatro Guiniguada, Plaza F. Mesa de León
  Later the same evening: a tragicomedy by Antonio Tabares tells the stories of five young students in La Laguna during the years of the Transition. Staged by Delirium Teatro (Tenerife). Actors: Silvia Criado, Delia Hernández, Abel Moral, Daniel Sanjinés and Javier Socorro; directed by Severiano García.

  

And three double councerts from the cycle «Jazz entre muros», again in Museo Castillo de Mata:

• 20 December: Esther Ovejero Trío / Esther Alfonso Da Costa
  Esther Ovejero Trio with Esther Ovejero (vocals), David Quevedo (piano) and Tana Santana (double bass); Esther Alfonso Da Costa (vocals) accompanied by Rayko León (piano), Fofi Lusson (electric bass) and Javi Montero (drums). Unfortunately the rain cut short the second set.

  

• 21 December: Yul Ballesteros / Pino Quimont
  The trio of Yul Ballesteros (guitar), Akior García (drums) and Tana Santana (double bass); Pino Quimont (vocals), Miqui Delgado (piano) and José Carlos Cejudo (electric bass).

  

• 28 December: Jonay Mesa & Luis Sánchez / La Local Jazz Band
  Jonay Mesa (electric guitar) and Luis Sánchez (piano), plus a guest vocalist Carla Vega; La Local Jazz Band featuring Miqui Delgado (piano), Miriam Fleitas (vocals), Abraham Ramos (double bass), Ernesto Montenegro (trumpet), Miguel Ramírez (tenor sax) and Suso Vega (drums).

  

And a bit of art:

• 1—14 December: Acuarelas canarias @ Ermita de San Pedro Mártir, Telde
  An exhibition of watercolours organised by La Asociación Canaria de Acuarelistas, featuring two works by Tamara.

  

• 14 December 2023 — 12 January 2024: «La aventura de encontrar un mundo mejor» @ Centro de Artes Plásticas (CAP), Calle Colón, 8
  Re-interpretation of historical and mass media photos by Paqui Martín.

  

And that was it for 2023. Happy New Year!