A happy hour held on the Bridges terrace, with a focus on learning about different wines and spirits. Bridges has the most extensive wine range in Ubud, and this is an opportunity to learn from experts. Each Friday has a different theme (grape variety or region, or wine producer). With canapes and live music. See here for more information.
Bali’s premiere Latin band have got the grooves. Get your dancing shoes on ladies, it’s time to salsa!
Young, happening and highly rated by music aficionados. Don’t miss this!!
Balinese singer/songwriter Yaniq writes original songs. There are tunes to make your feet dance, ballads to pluck your heart strings and songs that you can instantly hum along to. His lyrics are mostly in English but also in Bahasa Indonesia and Balinesel. Acoustic rock edged with reggae & blues, sprinkled with tropical spices and sung in three languages.
For the 2nd year, Ubud Village Jazz Festival brings the swing back in town. bridges is proud to support this festival which promotes Indonesia’s amazing musical talent. The concert will take place in bridges’ Riverside Dining room. No cover charge / Minimum consumption: Rp.85,000++ (food or drink) See here for more.
Jazzy times are at bridges! For the second year, the Ubud Village Jazz Festival brings the swing back in town. As part of the pre-festival programme, the fabulous Dian Pratiwi together with the Uwe Plath band will perform at bridges. It’s an absolute must for every jazz lover.
Ditch those Monday Night Blues with Bali’s own Blues Brothers and the very talented Imelda Joplin. A Rock & Rollin’ stroll down memory lane!
A Soulful blend of Rock and Pop to get you in the mood. Requests welcome from their extensive repertoire of songs.
Soothing, mellow, upbeat and always fresh. Kacir’s free style acoustics keep them coming!
Aug 8-9th. The second edition of Ubud Village Jazz Festival, to be held in the wonderful gardens at ARMA, with performances by a range of renowned musicians from Indonesia and as far afield as the USA and Europe. The theme of UVJF 2014 will be ‘Awakening Indonesia’. For more information, see www.ubudvillagejazzfestival.com
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TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (3)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and performers sharing their ideas with a curated audience of 300 at Fivelements. TEDxUbud and Ubud Now and Then will be showcasing the Read more…
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The Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2014 Warm-up
The Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2014 is just around the corner (8th and 9th of August), and we’ve had a couple of warm up pre-events around the island, including one a few days ago at the Pertiwi resort in Ubud. Although the main event will be Read more…
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TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (2)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and performers sharing their ideas with a curated audience of 300 at Fivelements. TEDxUbud and Ubud Now and Then will be showcasing the 2014 speakers over the next Read more…
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TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (1)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and performers sharing their ideas with a curated audience of 300 at Fivelements. TEDxUbud and Ubud Now and Then will be showcasing the 2014 speakers over Read more…
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The Perambulator’s Guide #4: Ubud, Street by Street
Perambulator Mila Shwaiko’s latest adventure fossicking around in all those places you come to Ubud to see – not a “convenience” store in sight! Welcome to a totally biased hour-by-hour ramble through Ubud’s streets. This fourth edition is all about Jalan Suweta and Jalan Kajeng Read more…
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PORTRAIT OF LIFE – AN EXHIBITION FROM THE PAST
by Rio Helmi First of all, if you haven’t been to see this exhibition at the “Rumah Topeng dan Wayang Setiadharma” in Tengkulak near Mas, hurry. It’s over on the 26th of this month. Yes, I apologize profusely, it opened nearly a month ago and I Read more…
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Wawancara: Ketut Sudiani tentang Bali Emerging Writers Festival
Ni Ketut Sudiani adalah seorang penulis dan wartawan muda yang sempat bertindak sebagai moderator di panel BEWF 2014. Rio Helmi mewawancarainya tentang penulis muda Bali, tentang BEWF, dan gap antara generasi. RH: Sebagai seorang moderator BEWF tahun ini dan sebagai orang yang sudah punya pendidikan jurnalistik, apa kesan Anda secara Read more…
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Photos
DOUBLE-BARRELED ROYAL WEDDING IN UBUD This month the build up to the big double-barreled royal wedding in the main palace of Ubud finally came to a head with colorful pageantry to spare. The first-born son of Tjokorda Gde Putera A.A. Sukawati, who in pre-Republic days would have been king of Ubud, Read more…
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DANIEL ZIV: SO WHY UBUD?
Rio Helmi talked to award-winning film maker Daniel Ziv about his new home. Ubud? Isn’t it a long way from home? Aren’t you a city boy? Did you decide to be one with the cosmos? I think the concept of ‘home’ for anyone living somehow Read more…
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Locavore: European Cuisine, Grown Locally
by Catriona Mitchell “The food we’re going to do is, in my eyes, pretty creative and different from what anyone else is doing in Ubud.” – Eelke Plasmeijer A new restaurant is opening on Jalan Dewi Sita tomorrow (Tuesday 29th October), and it’s bound to make a splash. Locavore takes Read more…
