Valencia will celebrate International Women’s Day with a special programme

On 8 March, Valencia will mark International Women’s Day with a packed city-wide programme under the slogan Con ellas, Valencia suena mejor (“With them, Valencia sounds better”). Concerts, festivals, film screenings, family shows, and sporting events are all on the agenda. At 7 pm on 8 March, the Town Hall façade, Porta de la Mar, fountains and monuments across the city will be lit up in purple — one of the best-known symbols of solidarity on the day dedicated to women’s rights.

Music programme

• On 1 March at 11.30 am, Centre Cultural La Rambleta will host a concert by the Unión Musical Horta de Sant Marcel·lí, featuring works by women composers, conductors and performers. Tickets cost €1 and can be bought via the link.

• On 6 March at 9 pm, Spanish singer Ruth Lorenzo will perform at 16 Toneladas. Tickets start at €25 via the link.

• On 7 March at 5 pm, Parc Central will host the women-led music event Dona Festival. Entry is free.

• On 7 March at 7.30 pm, 16 Toneladas will stage the feminist concert series Traca con Lisasinson + Amarillo Fiesta. Tickets start at €14.50 via the link.

• On 8 March at 12 noon, L’Escorxador del Cabanyal will host a concert and discussion on the role of women in music, while the all-female Gayano orchestra will perform before the traditional mascletà in Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

Palau de la Música: Compositoras a Escena festival

From 1 to 8 March, Palau de la Música will host the second edition of its Compositoras a Escena festival in collaboration with the Association of Women in Music. The programme includes chamber and symphonic concerts, music films and family performances.

• On 1 March at 7 pm, there will be a chamber concert by Dreizehn featuring Elia Casanova, María Masiá and percussion group Amores. Tickets are €10 here.

• On 5 March at 7.30 pm, the Valencia Orchestra will perform a symphonic concert conducted by Virginia Martínez. Tickets start at €9.50 here.

• On 6 March at 7.30 pm, Tasto Solo will perform a programme that musically traces the life of a late-15th-century Princess of Naples who later became Queen of Hungary.

• On 7 March at 10.15 am, there will be a screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) with live music. Entry is free after registering on the Palau de la Música website or at the box office, which opens on 6 March at 10 am. Places are limited (two per person).

• On 7 March at 11.30 am, there will be a family show. Entry is free.

• On 7 March at 12.45 pm, Sarah Roper (oboe) and Ignacio Torner (piano) will give a recital featuring works by women composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Entry is free after registering on the Palau de la Música website or at the box office, which opens on 6 March at 10 am. Places are limited (two per person).

• On 7 March at 5 pm, there will be a concert and masterclass devoted to sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Entry is free after registering on the Palau de la Música website or at the box office, which opens on 6 March at 10 am. Places are limited (two per person).

• On 7 March at 7 pm, a symphonic concert is scheduled with Alexandra Conunova and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Raiskin, with a programme featuring works by Mussorgsky, Khachaturian and Ravel. Tickets start at €14.25 via the link.

• On 8 March at 11.30 am, the festival will close with a final concert by the Valencia Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Clara Siegelbauer. Entry is free after registering on the Palau de la Música website or at the box office, which opens on 6 March at 10 am. Places are limited (two per person).