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.
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 Mar 4 ago 20:30h Micro concierto de clavicémbalo en el hórreo ganador Hórreo ganador del Concurso · Asturies -
02 Mié 5 ago 20:30h La forma de la memoria · ADAR EN RUTA · Concierto de trío con piano Biblioteca del Parador de Corias · Cangas del Narcea -
03 Jue 6 ago 20:30h La forma de la memoria · Concierto de trío con piano Llanes · Llanes -
04 Vie 7 ago 20:30h UMBRAL ZERO · Concierto de música minimalista y arte visual Aula del Oro · Belmonte de Miranda -
05 Sáb–Dom 8 — 9 ago 20:30h Intervención site-specific del Colectivo Menhir en Leiguarda Calles de Leiguarda · Belmonte de Miranda -
06 Mar 11 ago 20:30h ADAR EN RUTA · Concierto de música de cámara y arte visual Auditorio de El Franco · El Franco -
07 Mié 12 ago 20:30h Micro concierto durante el eclipse en Leiguarda Calles de Leiguarda · Belmonte de Miranda -
08 Jue 13 ago 20:30h ADAR EN RUTA · Concierto de música de cámara y arte visual Monasterio de Villanueva de Oscos · Villanueva de Oscos -
09 Vie 14 ago 20:30h Micro concierto · The Rest is Silence en residencia Segundo hórreo ganador del Concurso · Asturies -
10 Sáb 15 ago 21:30h Paseo sonoro en Leiguarda Calles de Leiguarda · Belmonte de Miranda -
11 Dom 16 ago 21:30h Clausura del festival · Concierto de quinteto y espicha en la Iglesia de Leiguarda Iglesia de Leiguarda · Belmonte de Miranda
Free entry until capacity is reached · RSVP on Eventbrite
↳ The venues for concerts 01 and 09 (the two winning hórreos) are announced on 25 July, after the jury decision.
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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Opening Concert in Leiguarda
Belmonte de Miranda · concert → -
Closing Event in Leiguarda: Concert and Cider Tasting
Belmonte de Miranda · concert → -
Recital by Andrea Casarrubios at the Church of Leiguarda
Belmonte de Miranda · concert → -
Sound Walk in the Cloister of the Parador de Corias
Cangas del Narcea · paseo sonoro → -
Concert at the Monastery of Villanueva de Oscos
lugar emblematico · concert → -
Concert in Taramundi
lugar emblematico · concert →
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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ASTURIAS SPAIN EUROPE.
Asociación para el Desarrollo de las Artes en el medio Rural · Leiguarda, Belmonte de Miranda · Principality of Asturias · festivaladar.com