Editing Cáceres, Spain (section)

===Music festivals===
Cáceres hosts several music festivals at different times of the year. The most crowded are the [[WOMAD]], a [[world music]] festival held in the month of May, and the [[SonoraCC]], dedicated to [[Pop music|pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]  and [[Independent music|indie]] national.<ref>{{Cite web
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* '''World of Music, Arts and Dance ([[WOMAD]])''' music festival is held at the beginning of May.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120720045851/http://www.granteatrocc.com/womad/2010/index.php Un total de 31 artistas de 4 continentes participarán en la XIX Edición de WOMAD Cáceres]</ref> WOMAD is organized by the global organization WOMAD and created by [[Peter Gabriel]] in 1982. The one held in Cáceres is the first of the two, in Cáceres and [[Canary Islands]], held during the year in Spain. The Caceres WOMAD is unique among the 9 held around the world for taking place in the interior of a monumental city;
[[File:Panoramica Womad 2009.jpg|thumb|upright=2.50|The Plaza Mayor of Cáceres during the celebration of [[WOMAD]] 2009]]
* '''Cáceres Pop-Art''', in September: festival that brings together different artistic manifestations referring to pop culture, such as music, art, photography, cinema, literature, comics or fashion. Exhibitions are organized, film series take place in the city at the [[Filmoteca de Extremadura]] and a series of free concerts, giving priority to emerging groups and artists who stand out in national and international independent music. It culminates with the presentation of the Pop Eye awards to musicians and creators linked to non-commercial circuits;
* '''Aldea de la Amex''', in September, is a festival organized by the Association of Musicians of Extremadura and held in the neighborhood of [[Aldea Moret]] dedicated to the integration of gypsy culture through music and art;
* '''Cáceres Irish [[Fleadh]]''', cultural event that occurs between October and November, is a festival of traditional Irish and Celtic music in general, with performances in pubs and theaters in the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thesession.org/discussions/8083|title=A Fleadh in Caceres (Spain)|work=thesession.org|access-date=13 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishfleadhcaceres.com/|title=Festival Irish Fleadh de Cáceres|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-date=14 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114173205/http://www.irishfleadhcaceres.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The idea comes from [[Fleadh Cheoil]] which is an Irish music event that happens every August in [[Ireland]].
* '''Festival del Oeste''', in the first week of July, with national and international hard rock, heavy metal and punk-rock groups;
* '''Ciudad de Cáceres International Black Music Festival''', in July, is a festival that unites different styles such as [[soul music|soul]], [[funky]], [[blues]], disco and others;
* '''Ibero-American Early Music Festival''', in September,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080404014330/http://www.festivaldemusicaantiguadecaceres.com/ Ibero-American Early Music Festival website]</ref> with concerts and ancient music courses held in different locations and temples in the monumental city;
* '''International Folk Festival of the Peoples of the World''', in July: with performances, parades and workshops;
* '''Musical autumn'''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514171855/http://www.granteatrocc.com/otono.asp Musical autumn] ''Gran Teatro de Cáceres''</ref>
[[File:Gran Teatro Cáceres.JPG|thumbnail|Night view of the Gran Teatro]]