In March, International Women Festival at Fábrica de Arte Cubano

To celebrate women in all their dimensions, the International Women Festival returns to Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) on March 6 and 7, a multidisciplinary gathering that seeks to showcase the full creative and transformative energy of women.

Under the slogan Celebramos lo que somos, the event will present a program that interweaves rumba, dance, electronic music, photography, makeup artistry, and culinary arts, according to a press release from the Cuban Institute of Music.

On Friday, March 6, the festival will open with the Women Workshops, conceived as shared spaces for reflection and learning and open to all interested participants. The aim is to strengthen professional trajectories and offer concrete tools for personal and collective growth.

That same day will see the launch of Mapa Women, a digital platform designed to make visible and connect spaces created, led, and managed by women, beginning in Havana and later expanding to other provinces. This community‑driven tool seeks to amplify the impact of female entrepreneurs and cultural professionals, fostering collaboration and mutual support.

On Saturday, March 7, FAC’s stages will fuse the ancestral force of rumba and dance with the contemporary pulse of electronic music, while photography and artistic makeup will interact with performances to create a unique experience. The program aspires for each show to serve as a statement of principles, highlighting women in multiple facets: powerful, diverse, ancestral, and avant‑garde.

The organizers expressed deep gratitude to institutions such as the Cuban Institute of Music, the Provincial Directorate of Culture of Havana, the British Council, PM Records, the Embassy of Sweden, the Embassy of Spain, and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation for their contribution to promoting and strengthening the role of women in culture.

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez