4-8 March – Panama City Carnaval in the Cinta Costera. Free.
5-6 March – Hike up Volcan Baru, info@panamarovers.com. Cost: $65 per person.
12 March – Backstreet Boys concert, Anayansi Theater, Atlapa. To be confirmed.
13 March – Brunch Industries at Divino Enoteca, Casco Viejo with Italian buffet and unlimited bloody marys and mimosas, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: $20.
15 March – Panama International Half Marathon & Health & Fitness Expo.
16 March – Afroamericanto with Yomira John and special guest Lord Panama, Museum of Contemporary Art, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10.
16-17 March – Black Tea Project, percussion and violin with guest poet, Casa Arias, 6th street off Avenue A, Casco Viejo, 7:30 p.m. Donations: $5.
17 March – Loop All Stars in concert, English and Spanish reggae, Villa Agustina-Espacio Vintage (diagonal to Mojitos), Casco Viejo. Cover: $10 (includes one drink).
18 March – Full moon drum circle, City of Knowledge park below the Corotu tree near the pool, 6 to 10 p.m.
18-19 March – Macro Festival – culture, music, art, fashion event, Plaza Catedral, Casco Viejo.
19 March – Red Bull Canal Cross, first Panama Canal crossing on surfboard by Gary Saavedra, 6 to 9 p.m.
19 March – Soul Underground with DJs from Longdayzjourney Soundz at The Apartment, Rouge Restaurant, Federico Boyd Ave., 9 p.m. Cover: $5.
19 March – Crosstown Rebels Party & Damian Lazarus, Relic Bar, Casco Viejo. Cover: $15.
24 March – Earth Days movie by Robert Stone about the history of the modern environmental movement, Ateneo Theater, City of Knowlege, 7 p.m. Free.
24 March – Liudmila Georgievskaya Piano Recital, National Theater, Casco Viejo, 8 p.m. Tickets $5 to $50 through Boletos Panama, at Extreme Planet, Game Masters, Sinfonia Concertante Foundation offices.
25 March – ProRock at the Balboa Yacht Club, 6 p.m.
26 March – Earth Hour. Turn your lights off from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
31 March – Art Block, the blocks of Casco Viejo, 7 to 10 p.m. Afterparties from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
31 March-4 April – Orchid Fair, Boquete.
APRIL 2011
3 April – Andrea Bocelli in Concert with the Panama Symphony Orchestra, Figali Convention Center. Tickets/ from $75 through Digicel stores, Hometek, Extreme Planet, Metro Pharmacies.
9 April – Journey in concert, Figali Convention Center. Tickets through Ticketplus.
12 April – Shakira in Concert, Figali Convention Center, 7 p.m.
19 April – Ozzy Osbourne Scream Concert Tour, Figali Convention Center. Tickets through Digicel stores, Extreme Planet, Hometek, Volumen Brutal store and Metro Pharmacies, from $35.
22-23 April – Expo Turismo Internacional, Atlapa Convention Center.
MAY 2011
4 May – Chayanne in Concert, Figali Convention Center.
24 May – Joaquin Cortes in concert, Anayansi Theater, Atlapa Convention Center.
26 May – National Symphony Orchestra, National Theater, Casco Viejo, 7 p.m.
27 May – Four-hand Piano Recital, National Theater, Casco Viejo, 7 p.m.
28 May – National Music Institute of Costa Rica, Reina Torres de Araúz Anthropological Museum, 7 p.m.
30 May – Les Femmes Fives brass wind quintet, Ateneo Theater, City of Knowledge, 7 p.m.
31 May – Panama’s Orquesta del Sistema de Orquesta directed by Darwin Aquino, National Theater, 7 p.m.
JUNE 2011
1 June – Alfredo de Saint Malo Camerata play Ginastera and Stravinsky, place TBD.
2 June – Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet, Ateneo Theater, City of Knowledge, 7 p.m.
3 June – Alfredo de Saint Malo Music Festival Masters Concert, Ateneo Theater, City of Knowledge, 7 p.m.
4 June – Opera Panama, National Theater, Casco Viejo, 7 p.m.
5 June – Alfredo de Saint Malo Festival Orquestra.