Arch rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona to face each other over two legs in the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup). The first leg will be played in Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Wednesday 30th of January and current “la Liga” leaders and Copa del Rey title holders Barcelona will host the return leg on Wednesday 27th of February in Camp Nou.

Madrid and Manchester to face each other in the Champions League in what shapes up to be a tough test for both teams. The first leg will be played in Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 13 February and the return leg will be 5 March in Old Trafford.

The Chinese New Year will begin on Sunday Febuary 10th, 2013. and this year will be 4711 of the Chinese calendar. Also known as the Spring Festival, to celebrate the beginning of the crop planting cycle, Chinese New Year is the most important of all traditional Chinese festivals.

Thanks to film and television, in recent years Halloween has come into fashion all over the planet. And that includes Madrid. Given that in Friendly Rentals we don’t need much excuse to go out and party, here are some of our top ideas for celebrating Halloween 2012 in Madrid.

Football will once again play centre stage during the first Real Madrid- Barça match of the Spanish Liga 2011-2012 season this Saturday.

Traditionally World Book Day is celebrated on the 23rd of April, however it falls on the same day as Holy Saturday this year so they have decided to change to date to the 27th of April in Madrid. Thus, the 27th of April is the chosen date for World Book Night.

Madrid’s biggest rock festival is taking place once again this year from the 28th of April to the 8th of May in various locations of the city. Featuring a wide variety of musical styles mainly rock, but also pop, alternative, metal, dance, funk, hardcore, and indie, amongst many others this event promises to be an exciting one.

Swing is a style derived from jazz involving some inconceivable dance moves for many and even more so here in Spain, thus the 3rd edition of the Madrid Swing Festival organised by the Blanco y Negro Academy which was born to help us better get to know this style of music, its world and related moves will once again be celebrated in the Spanish Capital.

From the 14th to the 20th of February, all those that like magic and humour should definitely head down to the International Magic Festival in Madrid which will be taking place in the Teatro Circo Price thanks to which you will be able to enjoy a spectacular show with performances from some of the best magicians on the current scene.

As can be expected the Spanish capital agenda is nice and full of activities for the entertainment of tourists and locals alike. The annual Madrid Fusion Gastrofestival, a huge food festival for those of you who haven’t finished gorging following Christmas as the name suggests, will soon be taking place, amongst other exciting events. However, we would particularly like to mention that the Madrid Carnival is also on the cards for the 18th to the 25th of February 2011, and which promises to be an exciting and entertaining event.