LIVING arts in the COUNTRYSIDE.
ADAR is a cultural association based in Leiguarda (Asturias) producing contemporary art and music of excellence in villages, churches, granaries and landscapes of rural Spain.
The 6th edition has ended. Thank you.
Eleven concerts in hórreos, churches, palaces and a monastery across Asturias, free of charge. Thank you for filling every venue and for walking with us.
The 6th edition, in pictures
Of Dances and Sonatas · La Figal de Xugabolos 
The Shape of Memory · Parador de Corias 
Umbral Zero · Aula del Oro 
The Rest is Silence · As Quintas Auditorium 
Eclipse concert · Alto de La Corredoria 
ADAR on the Road · Villanueva de Oscos 
Equilibrium · La Casona de Belmonte 
Sound walk · Church of Leiguarda 
Aula del Oro 
Alto de La Corredoria 
Villanueva de Oscos 
La Figal de Xugabolos 
Closing · Church of Leiguarda Thank you to the audience, the volunteers, the artists, the collaborators and the sponsors and institutions. ADAR is lived and made by everyone.
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Festival ADAR 2026
A festival for the development of the arts in rural areas.
Eleven concerts from 4 to 16 August across seven heritage venues in Asturias. Chamber music, site-specific interventions in Leiguarda and a closing with espicha.
Eleven concerts
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01 Casazorrina (Salas) Tue 4 ago 20:30h Of Dances and Sonatas · Harpsichord recital Winning hórreo · La Figal de Xugabolos View page View on Instagram Video -
02 Cangas del Narcea Wed 5 ago 20:30h The Shape of Memory · ADAR on tour Library of the Parador de Corias View page View on Instagram -
03 Llanes Thu 6 ago 20:30h The Shape of Memory Monastery of San Antolín de Bedón ✕ Cancelled In coordination with Llanes Town Council · cancelled due to the official mourning in the municipality -
04 Belmonte de Miranda Fri 7 ago 20:30h UMBRAL ZERO · Minimalist music Aula del Oro View page View on Instagram Video -
05 Belmonte de Miranda Sat–Sun 8 — 9 ago 19:00 — 22:00 Site-specific intervention · Menhir collective Dovecote of Leiguarda ↻ Postponed Postponed due to storm warning · available on 12 & 15 August, no new booking -
06 El Franco Tue 11 ago 20:30h The Rest is Silence · ADAR on tour As Quintas Auditorium View page View on Instagram -
07 Belmonte de Miranda Wed 12 ago 20:45h Micro concert during the eclipse Alto de La Corredoria ⇄ New location New location · now at the Alto de La Corredoria (Belmonte de Miranda), at 20:45, for a better view of the eclipse -
08 Villanueva de Oscos Thu 13 ago 20:30h Chamber music & visual art · ADAR on tour Monastery of Villanueva de Oscos View page View on Instagram -
09 Belmonte de Miranda Fri 14 ago 20:30h Equilibrium · Residency showcase Second winning hórreo · La Casona de Belmonte View page View on Instagram -
10 Belmonte de Miranda Sat 15 ago 21:30h Sound walk in Leiguarda Church of Leiguarda View page View on Instagram -
11 Belmonte de Miranda Sun 16 ago 21:30h Closing · Quintet & espicha Church of Leiguarda View page View on Instagram
All concerts were free to attend.
↳ Artistic direction & curation: Josefina Urraca and Guillermo Laporta · Resident composer: Zygmund de Somogyi · Cinematographer: Guillermo Ordás.
↳ Concerts 01 and 09 take place in the two winning hórreos of the 2026 Competition: La Figal de Xugabolos (Casazorrina, Salas) and La Casona de Belmonte (Belmonte de Miranda).
Six years across rural Asturias.
Every concert, sound walk and installation, venue by venue: explore the map of everything since 2021.
ADAR in motion.
Heritage, landscape and contemporary creation. A season filmed with first-rate artists.
Revitalising the countryside through living arts.
ADAR turns villages and small towns into stages for contemporary art, building bridges between tradition, innovation and community. We design demanding artistic experiences with careful production, mediation and audiovisual documentation.
- Latitude
- 43.2° N
- Longitude
- 6.2° W
- Base
- Leiguarda · Belmonte de Miranda
- Founded
- 2020 · Guillermo Laporta & Josefina Urraca
- Reach
- Asturias · Spain · Europe
Specs
In short
Catalogue of actions.
A recent selection from the archive. Each action is built for its place: a church, a palace, a glasshouse, a granary, a shoreline.
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Closing · Quintet and espicha
Church of Leiguarda → -
Sound walk in the Church of Leiguarda
Church of Leiguarda · sound walk → -
Equilibrium
La Casona de Belmonte → -
Under the vaults of Villanueva de Oscos
Villanueva de Oscos → -
Eclipse concert
eclipse → -
The Rest is Silence
El Franco →
Cultural, social and territorial impact.
ADAR is a tool for cultural revitalisation with contemporary standards, conceived to engage with the Asturian, Spanish and European cultural ecosystem.
- 01 Cultural revitalisation. International-impact projects in rural areas.
- 02 Access and mediation. Close, generous experiences for local audience and visitors.
- 03 Activated heritage. Churches, chapels, granaries, rural architecture and open-air installations.
- 04 Networks and circulation. Bridges between Asturias, Spain and Europe for artists and programmers.
- 05 Contemporary creation. Residencies, new works, hybrid formats and audiovisual production.
- 06 Art with purpose. Projects that engage with today’s challenges from the artistic field.
ADAR in the press.
- 20 · 05 · 2025 La Nueva España Festival Adar searches for the finest granaries for chamber music.
- 12 · 08 · 2024 La Voz de Asturias Festival Adar opens from Belmonte another edition of art and music in rural settings.
- 08 · 08 · 2024 El Comercio Adar, a different festival to revitalise rural Spain.
- 29 · 01 · 2024 Canal Prestosu Our commitment: Festival de Música de Leiguarda.
- 29 · 01 · 2024 RPA · Asturias Radio Festival ADAR with Josefina Urraca.
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Association for the Development of the Arts in Rural Areas · Leiguarda, Belmonte de Miranda · Principality of Asturias · festivaladar.com