Paseo de Recoletos - Events On The Paseo

Events On The Paseo

The pedestrian walk is lined with stands several times a year:

• The Feria del Libro Antiguo y de Ocasión (Secondhand Book Fair), held in April/May.
• The Feria de Artesanía (Craftmanship Fair), held during Christmas period.
• The Feria del Libro Viejo y Antiguo (Old Book Fair), held in Autumn.
• A Feria del Disco Antiguo y de Ocasión (Secondhand Gramophone record Fair) was held every Spring between 2000 and 2005 but the Town Hall denied permission in 2006.
• Every 27 March at midday the World Theatre Day is celebrated around the Valle-Inclán statue, with the "Alfiler de la Bufanda" prize-giving ceremony and the reading of a letter to Valle-Inclán and the World Theatre Day Manifesto.

Paseo de Recoletos is also used as an outdoors temporary exhibition place:

• From 4 May to 31 July 2006 the 10 pieces "ONE through ZERO" by Robert Indiana decorate it. This exhibition is completed with another five pieces in Paseo del Prado ("Love", "Amor", "Art", "Imperial Love", "Love Wall") by the same artist.
• From 12 May to 12 August 1994 21 sculptures by Fernando Botero were shown along the pedestrian walk.

Other events:

• During the "Madrid Abierto" street art events the Paseo hosted the Museo Peatonal, a collection of objects by people living or working in the area that sought to reflect the spirit of the place.
• In Christmas 2004 the Paseo was decorated with rows of illuminated words by artist Eva Lootz. They were light in slow waves and were situated in each traffic lane.