On Sunday lunchtimes during the summer concerts are held at the bandstand, Retiro Park. Most theatres are closed on Monday. Classical ballet is performed at the Teatro de Madrid and Alb niz by Victor Ullate's Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid. Flamenco dance has risen in the last twenty years from an outdated genre to a living passion. Madrid's talented flamenco dancers and musicians perform at the Festival Flamenco Cajamadrid in February or March.
Spanish films are on the up and up.
Film-going is a popular activity in Madrid, particularly on a Sunday night. Prior booking is not the norm, so queues are long. Literary Notes Madrid has drawn its share of talent. By a strange twist of fate, Lope de Vega's house is located in Calle de Cervantes. Caf Gij n.