Festival ADAR · Notebook 01 · 2021—2025 43.2° N · 6.2° W

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.

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01 Classical music 02 Contemporary visual art 03 Rural heritage 04 Artist residencies 05 Chamber music 06 Site-specific 07 Cultural mediation 08 Sound installations 09 Sound walks 10 Community

Next edition · Edition VI 4 — 16 August 2026

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.

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Eleven concerts

Free entry until capacity is reached · RSVP on Eventbrite

↳ Artistic direction & curation: Josefina Urraca and Guillermo Laporta · Resident composer: Zygmund de Somogyi · Cinematographer: Guillermo Ordás.

↳ The venues for concerts 01 and 09 (the two winning hórreos) are published on 1 August; the call for entries is open until 25 July.

§ 01 · Manifesto film

ADAR in motion.

Heritage, landscape and contemporary creation. A season filmed with first-rate artists.

§ 01 · What ADAR is

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

In short

VI editions since 2021

August 4 — 16 Aug 2026

Asturies territory

Free entry

§ 03 · Selected actions

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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§ 04 · Our mission

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.

§ 05 · Press

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.