After Viña del Mar postponed its Tuesday activities due to a massive blackout in Chile that left most of the country without power, the festival resumed on Wednesday (Feb. 26) with an electrifying performance by Carlos Vives.

On a recent hot summer day in Chile, the beaches of Viña del Mar, Concón and Reñaca are packed with holidaymakers sharing yerba mate teas and playing ball. Others mill

Carlos Vives and Carín León will perform on day four of the 2025 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, taking place Wednesday night (Feb. 26) at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in the coastal city of Viña del Mar in Chile.

In an emotional return to the festival, the singer receives the prestigious Gaviota de Platino and celebrates her Chilean heritage in a moving performance.

Chilean icon Myriam Hernández headlines Day 2 of the 2025 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, performing Monday night (Feb. 24) at the Quinta Vergara amphitheater in the coastal city of Viña del Mar in Chile.

The Viña del Mar Festival has been forced to cancel activities on Tuesday (Feb. 25) due to a massive blackout in Chile that left most of the country in darkness, including the coastal city where the famous event has been taking place since Sunday.

Argentine rapper and singer Duki will be the headlining act at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2025 on Friday night (Feb. 28). He will perform at the Quinta Vergara amphitheater, the festival's venue in the coastal city of Viña del Mar,

"We were like sardines in the dark," one passenger described the moment their underground train stalled. Many of those who had been in lifts inside the stations when the power cut happened had to be freed by firefighters. One woman in her 70s was trapped in a lift between two floors in a building in Santiago.

Chilean authorities say largest power outage in years caused by transmission line failure. Chile’s government has enacted a state of emergency after a huge power outage left millions in the South American country without electricity and plunged the capital Santiago into darkness.

Chilean icon Myriam Hernández headlines Day 2 of the 2025 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, performing Monday night (Feb. 24) at the Quinta Vergara amphitheater in the coastal city of Viña del Mar in Chile.

The powercut, which began in the afternoon, affected eight million households in the South American nation of 19 million people

Media reports say some power has been restored in parts of Chile's capital, Santiago, after a near-nationwide cut left huge swathes of the country without electricity. A state of emergency was declared, with a curfew in affected areas, where soldiers have been deployed.