3 Best Performing Arts in Guatemala City, Guatemala

As Spain is Guatemala's mother country, its Centro Cultural de España keeps up an active Spanish-language calendar of music, art, theater, and lectures, with something going on several nights a week.

The city's cultural venue par excellence, the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias has an active program of music, dance, and theater presentations by national and international groups. Most large shows are held at its Teatro Nacional; other presentations take place at the complex's smaller theaters.

Loosely affiliated with the U.S. embassy, the Instituto Guatemalteco Americano presents an active calendar of cultural offerings by Guatemalan and international groups.