Here we bring you the programming of this important event in the country! This month of August will be very important for Bogotabecause after so many months of waiting the summer festivalone of the most iconic of Colombia and that always brings together many people looking for spaces for fun, art and entertainment. Colombian families will enjoy various theater, music, sports and recreation proposals. Know every detail.
Everything will start this Friday the 5th and, with the announcement of the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, Colombians will meet the artists who will perform at the opening concert of the Bogotá Festival. To begin with, Venezuela and Mexico will have their representatives: Nacho and Edén Muñoz, respectively.
This will be the twenty-fifth edition of the Summer Festival in the Colombian capital and will feature the Plaza de Eventos del Parque Simón Bolívar, a musical poster with a wide repertoire of artists of various genres, so that all families can have fun to no more power.
The sky of Bogotá will light up
The drone show in Bogotá will be one of the most anticipated activities of the night, which consists of a sky illuminated by drones that will provide a show never seen before in the country’s capital, which citizens will be able to attend at night.
“This initiative was born in order to show new proposals in the Summer Festival, as well as the activity of hot air balloons, in the Tunal park, which is one of the attractions that had never been seen in Bogotá.”, said Hernán Ayala, manager of the festival.
“Those attending the last concert of the festival will have the opportunity to enjoy a drone show, which will project some of the most emblematic places in the city”, assured the manager of the Summer Festival.
What time does the Bogotá Festival start?
Everything will start at 4:00 pm and will go until 10:00 pm in the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar, Plaza de Eventos, where music lovers who accompany citizens in love and heartbreak will meet.
There will be from popular music, vallenato to reggaeton. Also, this event will be held with the support of the popular music station ‘La Kalle’, who will have the participation of Yeison Jiménez, Jessi Uribe, Arelys Henao, Karen Lizarazo and Jean Carlos Centeno.
Full program of the Summer Festival
25. Bogota Ninja
A circuit of physical tests with 12 stations that will take our warriors to the limit.
Day: Saturday August 13
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
sporting event
24. Old time fitness
Fly to this series of activities to show that sports and recreation have no age.
Day: Friday, August 12
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
physical activity event
23. IDRD Classic – Esteban Chaves
Bogotá becomes the ideal circuit for this competition on two wheels for the benefit of the Esteban Chaves Foundation.
Day: Sunday, August 14
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Scenario: National park
sporting event
22.Iron Kids
In this Festival, designed for everyone, it is the turn of the little ones with motor skills and coordination activities that will become an adventure.
Day: Saturday August 6
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
Recreational/Sports Event
21. 3×3 Challenge Tour Basketball Championship
The figures of this format in the country, one of the most colorful in the discipline, will fly to be the best in this open circuit of the FIBA.
Days: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Scenario: El Salitre Sports Unit
sporting event
20. Inflatable Citadel
Here you can slide, climb, dodge obstacles or keep your balance, all the fun that fits on these 25 meter wide platforms.
Days: Saturday, August 13 to Monday, August 15
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: El Tunal Park
recreational event
19. Gastronomic Festival
If so much physical activity left you hungry, come back to discover the offer that the restaurants and gastronomic enterprises of Bogotá bring.
Days: Saturday 6, Sunday 7, Saturday 13, Sunday 14 and Monday 15 August
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
Economy Event
18. Camp Parceros
For 24 hours, the best patch for the youth of Bogotá will be in this camping activity focused on teamwork, solidarity and trust.
Days: Tuesday, August 9 to Wednesday, August 10
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
recreational event
17. Summer Night Bike Path
A self-respecting Summer Festival would not be complete without the authorization of 98.4 kilometers to travel around the city on two wheels.
Day: Thursday, August 11
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Scenario: city streets
recreational event
16.II Capital Games
A true challenge for the best exponents of functional fitness and calisthenics, and an inspiration for the spectators who will see them leave everything in the arena.
Days: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
sporting event
15. Summer Ocelots
The Complementary School Day, that great hotbed of talents of the Bogotá Team –hence the tigrillo–, will be present at this festival of competitions, skills and sports exchanges.
Days: Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday, August 11
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Scenarios: CEFE San Cristóbal and CEFE Fontanar del Río
recreational event
14. Activate Feverfew
Get ready to see this square like never before: it has become the ideal setting for beach handball, beach volleyball and beach wrestling… Did we already say that La Santamaría has become a great beach?
Days: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August, and open championship on Monday 8 August
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Scenario: La Santamaría
sporting event
13. Sports meetings
For 15 days, an endless number of sports disciplines will take over 22 city stages in sports championships and festivals: there is one for each competitor and fan.
Scenarios: various, throughout the city
12. Kite Festival
Can we say that it is really August without the famous kites in the Bogota sky? An exciting show full of color and pirouettes.
Day: Monday, August 15
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: El Tunal Park
recreational event
11. Footprints 5K
A race like no other: five kilometers accompanied by your pet, which will become an unforgettable route outdoors.
Day: Saturday August 6
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Setting: Timiza Park
physical activity event
10. Bogota City BMX Cup and BMX Freestyle Grand Prix
Bogotá is consolidating itself more and more as a capital for this discipline full of extreme emotions. An adrenaline date with the best of the national talent that will kill the nails of all the spectators.
Day: Sunday, August 7
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Stage: PRD, Carlos Ramírez BMX track
sporting event
9. 10K Athletic Race
A street circuit, familiar in various categories and with a different route, that is what professionals and amateurs will find throughout these ten kilometers of urban test.
Day: Monday, August 15
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Scenario: from the monument to the Catholic Monarchs to El Renacimiento Park
physical activity event
8. Expoactive
Fly to this fair of services and products with the latest trends in recreation and sports. The place of the fittest entrepreneurs.
Days: Saturday, August 13 to Sunday, August 15
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: El Country Park
Economy Event
7. Bicicine and Food Truck Festival
As in the drive-ins of the time of parents and grandparents, but this time by bike. A unique experience, accompanied by all types of food you can imagine on behalf of the Food Trucks.
Day: Thursday, August 11
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
recreational event
6. Summer Beach in Simón
Bogotá does not have a sea, but it does have a beach, whether to play in the sand or to cross the lake hanging from a zip line, this summer looks very good for all Bogota citizens.
Days: Saturday, August 13 to Monday, August 15
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
recreational event
5. Fly to Tunal! – Englobe yourself
A height plan to carry your favorite patch. The best view of the city from a hot air balloon.
Days: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: El Tunal Park
recreational event
4. Opening concert of the Summer Festival – La Kalle
What starts well… Join us to celebrate the start of the Summer Festival with music that will resound in every corner of the city. This is an event organized with the Street and will feature the participation of Nacho, Edén Muñoz, Yeison Jiménez, Jessi Uribe, Arelys Henao, Karen Lizarazo and Jean Carlos Centeno.
Day: Friday, August 5
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
Big events
3. Magic Show with Jason Latimer
The magic of one of the world’s great illusionists takes over Bogotá in a show that will leave the whole family speechless.
Days: Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14
Stage: Sports Palace
Big events
2. Vuelate al Festival concert and drone show
The closure that the 25 years of the Summer Festival deserve: a concert and a drone show that will light up the Bogota sky like never before.
Day: Sunday, August 14
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Setting: Simón Bolívar Park
Big events
1. GamesFest
Fly to the event for lovers of video games and geek culture. Contests, cosplay, trade shows, role-playing games and the launch of E-sports: not to be missed!
Days: Saturday 6 to Sunday 7, and Friday 12 to Monday 15 August
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Setting: El Lago Park
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