Petronio Álvarez music festival: Sounds of the pacific

Traditional violines caucanos. Photo: Lady Castro, Flickr

This year’s Petronio Álvarez Festival is a celebration of all things Pacific that will take place in Cali from August 14 to 19.


The Petronio Álvarez Festival is more than an annual competition of traditional Pacific music, it is a festival by and for people from the whole region.

Artemis Maria Papoutsakis: