Articles for Nightlife
Music at Dusk: Costa Rica’s Third International Jazz Festival

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra performing at Alice Tully Hall in 2010. (Hiroyuki Ito)
This Thursday, August 4, the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble will be performing live in the foyer of the National Theater as part of Costa Rica’s Third International Jazz Festival. The headquarters of the Festival are in the...
PV’s First Foosball Tournament is Tomorrow 2/27 at Tex Mex

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Reggae Ping Pong Tournament at the Lazy Mon, here is another table-top sporting event for those looking for an off-beat way to spend Sunday evening in Puerto Viejo: The first foosball tournament is to be held at the open-air bar/restaurant smack dab in the center...
Palmares 2011: Art & Ranchero at Costa Rica’s Party of the Year

In Costa Rica there are parties in every town at least once a year, but when it comes to the biggest and the best, Palmares is at the top of the list. Just as the celebrations from Christmas and New Year’s subside, Palmares 2011 kicks off tonight with the lighting of the fair grounds and a fireworks...
What’s Hot in Puerto Viejo This Weekend

This weekend only, a tribe of break dancers known as the B-Boys from San Jose are performing their expertly choreographed routines and jaw-dropping acrobatic moves around Puerto Viejo. Thursday night they drew a crowd that spilled onto the street as a DJ spun hip hop on vinyl at Oshii’s...