The XXX international meeting of ballet academies will be held in Havana on April 11 to 20 and dedicated to both its founder Ramona de Saa Bello and the centenary of Cuban filmmaker Alfredo Guevara.

The preservation of the Haitian legacy in Cuba, among other topics, was of great interest to the public attending the first day of the 9th Symposium “Music and Youth”, organized in the context of the 22nd Piña Colada Festival.

An edition of the book Fidel Castro Ruz. El oficio de rebelde (Fidel Castro Ruz. The Rebel's Job) will be presented this Saturday at the center named after the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution.

An active approach to culture and patrimonial values will be offered by the 6th edition of the Spring Verbenas and the 1st Workshop on Early History and Archeology of Cuba and the Caribbean, to be held in the Holguin site of Güirabito on April 5 and 6, in this eastern region of the country.

The 22nd edition of the Piña Colada Festival, which will take place April 1 to 6 in the central province of Ciego de Avila, known for being the city of portals and pineapple, opens its doors this year with several cultural proposals.

Cuban culture in 2024, a particularly difficult year, was a fundamental pillar of the country's political resistance, for maintaining national identity and unity, said Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister of the Republic, during the annual working meeting of the Ministry of Culture (Mincult).

The University of the Arts (Isa by its Spanish acronym) opened the 1st Academic Meeting of the University Network for the Arts (RUA by its Spanish acronym), to be held until April 2 at the Palco Hotel in Havana, with the purpose of promoting and strengthening cooperation among art institutions around the world.

The Cuban artistic community mourned the death of Silvina Fabars Guilall, an outstanding dancer, choreographer and cultural promoter, considered one of the most relevant personalities of folkloric dance in Cuba.

The concert of the Holguin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mexican maestro Jorge Vazquez, with New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall as guest, tops the list of nominees for the Suceso Cultural (Cultural Event) Award, during the past 2024 in the eastern province of Holguin.

The 3rd International Film and Environment Festival of the Caribbean “Isla Verde” will be held on April 6 to 12 in Cuba’s Isle of Youth.

The 34th International Book Fair, to be held from February 12 to 22, 2026, will be dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, it was announced at the Stained Glass Hall of the General Antonio Maceo Revolution Square in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba.

The 22nd International Documentary Film Festival “Santiago Alvarez In Memoriam” (FIDSA) opened its doors in this city with 159 works, 37 of them in competition.

Over 30 foreign documentary filmmakers will be at hand at the Santiago Alvarez In Memoriam International Festival to take place in Santiago de Cuba March 15-21.

Two books on outstanding Cuban athletes Mijain Lopez and Omara Durand were launched as part of the agenda marking Cuban Media Day.