Page 36 - Revista Buen Viaje a Cuba. Edición 4. Inglés. 2022

TOURING

FÁBRICA I n Havana, the popular Fábrica de Arte

Cubano (FAC) welcomes lovers of music,
dance, plastic arts and audiovisuals
de ARTE every week from Thursday to Sunday. This
cultural project founded in 2014 by singer
and composer X Alfonso defines itself as
“a great laboratory of interdisciplinary
CUBANO: creation that exhibits the best of Cuban
contemporary art.”

This old oil factory has been transformed
into a space that is open to exchange
new options between the various artistic manifestations
that coexist in the same building. Located
in the neighborhood of El Vedado near the
every week Almendares River, it also houses children’s
workshops, exhibition spaces and concert
halls.
Its innovative concept, the only one of its
kind in Cuba, has earned it international
recognition such as the TripAdvisor
Travelers’ Choice awards, the nomination
for the World Travel Awards, inclusion by
Time magazine among the 100 best places
in the world in 2019 and the designation as
one of the 8 unforgettable bars awarded by
the Travel+Leisure publication.

The Fábrica de Arte Cubano is the venue
for important festivals, among which the
Havana World Music, the Jazz Plaza Festival
and the Festival of New Latin American
Cinema stand out.

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