SUMMER 2012 CULTURAL CALENDAR - (July - September)
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SUMMER 2012 CULTURAL CALENDAR (July - September)
REGION OF MURCIA´S CULTURAL CALENDAR Summer 2012
Activities through the Summer
July
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JUMILLA 2012 MUSIC AMONG WINES
From 12/05/2012 to 28/07/2012
Jumilla
Price: 20 euros
Further info: www.rutadelvinojumilla.com
It will take place at the wineries of Jumilla’s wine route from May 12th to July
28th. The price is 20 € including visit to winery, concert and appetizer; tickets
can be bought by phoning the relevant winery. Please have a look at the
programme for information about concerts.
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FREE GUIDED VISITS:
‘AGUIRRE PALACE IN FULL VIEW OF EVERYONE’
From 23/04/2012 to 31/12/2012
Cartagena
Price: Gratuito
Tel.: +34 968 930 202 / + 34 968 501 607 (Bookings)
Times of visits: 11 am, 12.30 pm, 1.30 pm, 5.30 pm, 6 pm and 7.30 pm.
(Groups: max. 15 persons)
Opening times:
Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 11 am to 2 pm and from 5 to 8 pm
Sundays and Bank Holidays, 11 am to 2 pm
Closed on Mondays
You will be able to enjoy a special permanent itinerary called ‘Aguirre Palace in
Full View of Everyone’. By means of the eclectic-modernist inside of Aguirre
Palace -which is one of the few palaces that can be visited in Cartagena-, the
visitor is offered an excellent opportunity to get to know the historical context,
daily life and art from this time, thanks to a series of non-visual sensory
resources such as touch, hearing, smell and imagination. Aimed at anyone
interested, including blind persons and persons with some type of visual
disability. The visit lasts one hour approximately.
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RAILWAY ROUTE
Third Sunday of the month
June 17th, July 22nd and September 16th
Águilas
Price: Free
Time: 10 am at Águilas Tourist Office
Tel.: + 34 968 493 285 / + 34 968 493 173
Further info: Information and previous registration at Águilas Tourist Office
The Railway Route will allow you to get to know the history and places related
to the railway in the town of Águilas.
It starts at the port, by recalling the station ‘Águilas – Puerto’. The visit goes on
to the ‘Monumento al Ferrocarril’ –Railway Monument– and then, through the
esplanade, to the ‘Puente de la Rambla de las Culebras’ on the sight-seeing
train. From that place, the visit goes on, this time on foot, to the ‘Sendero del
Hornillo’ –Hornillo Path–: after a visit to the first tunnel, the path is followed to
the mineral tanks, until arriving to the Viewpoint. After that, everybody returns
to the sight-seeing train and, through the ‘Pontón’, the visit arrives at the beach
‘Cocedores del Hornillo’, in front of the Pier.
The route continues along the beach ‘Delicias’ to the Railway Station and the
Railway Museum, and then includes a visit to the ‘Casa del Huerto de Don
Jorge’. Finally, the sight-seeing train returns to the starting point through the
old railway track.
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15th SAN JAVIER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
From 06/07/2012 to 28/07/2012
San Javier
Place: Parque Almansa in San Javier
Tel.: +34 968 191 588
Further info: www.jazz.sanjavier.es
The opening concert will be led by Italian pianist Giovanni Mirabassi, who
comes in a trio; nobody should miss this concert according to the Festival’s
organisers.
Other musicians who have confirmed their participation to the 15th San Javier
Jazz Festival are John Hiatt, Eliane Elias, Luis Salinas and the new quartet of
Robben Ford and Michael Landau, called Renegade Creation.
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EXHIBITION:
‘WATER POMEGRANATES, PAPER SEAS’. PEDRO CANO
From 06/07/2012 to 06/09/2012
Mazarrón
Tel.: + 34 968 594 426
Mazarrón Town Hall will host a great exhibition of work by Pedro Cano from July
6th to September 6th. The exhibition, entitled ‘Water Pomegranates, Paper Seas’,
includes some of the Murcian artist’s main work of the pomegranates series. It
also includes his ‘Sea Notebooks’, with Mazarrón as one of the places where the
artist, who was born in Blanca, has enjoyed feelings and emotions produced by
the Mediterranean.
The exhibition will be celebrated to commemorate the 440th anniversary of the
aknowledgement of the Town Privilege. With the same purpose, Mazarrón Town
Council offers a complete agenda, full of cultural, sports, educational and social
activities such as concerts, exhibitions, guided visits, etc.
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VIRGEN DEL CARMEN FESTIVITIES
IN SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR
Regional Tourist Interest
16/07/2012
San Pedro del Pinatar
Further info: www.sanpedroturismo.com
This colourful festivity is celebrated with a land and sea procession of the Virgin
on a boat.
The celebration starts with a reveille. The procession ends at Plaza de la
Constitución, where a mass takes place at 8 am in San Pedro Apóstol parish
church. One hour later, the seamen’s patron virgin is taken out of the church on
a procession to Mar Menor, where the Virgen del Carmen’s sea procession starts
at 10 am approximately. During the sea procession, an offering of carnations is
made in memory of the deceased seamen and there is a moment of silence.
At midday, a field mass is celebrated at the fish market.
Also near the fish market, at about 11.30 pm, there is a great firework display
to say goodbye to the Virgen del Carmen, whose image is carried in procession
back to San Pedro del Pinatar.
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CARTAGENA’S 18th LA MAR DE MÚSICAS FESTIVAL
From 19/07/2012 to 28/07/2012
Cartagena
Further info: www.lamardemusicas.com
Cartagena’s La Mar de Músicas Festival heads for Africa in 2012: there is a
special programme including the new sounds from the African continent.
Moreover, this year for the first time, the prize ‘La Mar de Músicas’ will be
awarded to an artist who has a brilliant artistic career and who has done a great
deal to defend human rights. This first time, the prize will be awarded to
Oumou Sangaré, the queen of Africa. To celebrate the tribute, the African diva
will perform twice in the Festival -that will take place from 20th to 28th July-:
with Bela Fleck on July 23rd and with Trilok Gurtú and Jan Garbarek on July 24th,
the day she will receive the prize. Furthermore, also Tony Allen, Carmen
Linares, Los Evangelistas and Baloji will take part in the 18th La Mar de Músicas
Festival.
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August
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52nd CANTE DE LAS MINAS DE LA UNIÓN FESTIVAL
International Tourist Interest
From 01/08/2012 to 11/08/2012
La Unión
Further info: www.fundacioncantedelasminas.com
Tickets for sale at the Tourist Office of La Unión’s Town Hall and at ‘El Corte
Inglés’ or its home shopping network.
The 52nd Cante de las Minas International Festival -one of the most traditional
and prestigious ‘jondo’ contests- takes place in August. The Festival will start
August 1st with a free entry opening including an opening speech by María
Dueñas and performances by the four winners of last year’s contests.
After that, there will be six consecutive days of flamenco shows with
performances by Sara Baras (2nd August), José Mercé (3rd August), Valderrama
and Carlos Piñana (4th August), Dorantes with Joaquín Grilo and Pastora Galván
as guests plus Rocío Márquez and Miguel de Tena (5th August), Arcángel and
Marina Heredia (6th August) and, finally, Pasión Vega (7th August).
The semifinals of the contests of flamenco singing, guitar, dancing and
instrument will take place August 8th, 9th and 10th, and the final will take place
on Saturday 11th August.
In addition, matador José Mari Manzanares, film director Bigas Luna and cook
José Andrés will also come to the Festival and will be awarded with Castilletes
de Oro.
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SAN JAVIER’S 43rd THEATRE, MUSIC AND DANCE
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Regional Tourist Interest
From 03/08/2012 to 25/08/2012
San Javier
Further info: www.festivalteatrosanjavier.com
This traditional Festival is celebrated by the shores of Mar Menor. In the
programme of San Javier’s 43rd Theatre, Music and Dance International Festival
are, among others: ‘Carcajada Salvaje’ with Charlo López and Javier
Gurruchaga, ‘Rumores’ by Neil Simon, with young actors such as Antonio Vico
and Jesús Cisneros, and Ana Belén with ‘A los hombres que amé’.
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WINE HARVEST FESTIVITIES IN JUMILLA
Regional Tourist Interest
From 10/08/2012 to 19/08/2012
Jumilla
Further info: www.fiestadelavendimia.com
All the events of these traditional festivities have to do with wine and its
culture, and they show all its tasks, such as the harvest, the stomping of the
grapes, the production and the tasting. There are many activities for all ages,
and fun is guaranteed: inauguration of the wine fountain, offering of grapes and
first must to the boy of the grapes, children’s parade, wine parade…
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LOS ALCÁZARES’S ORCHARD AND SEA INTERNATIONAL
WEEK
From 17/08/2012 to 25/08/2012
Los Alcázares
Further info: www.losalcazares.com
The park of the ‘peñas huertanas’ –orchard clubs– is full these days of ‘barracas
huertanas’ –orchard adobe houses– which offer delicious dishes as well as
regional handicrafts. On the stage there are, throughout the week, contests of
‘panocho’ proclamations, ‘trovos’, a children folklore festival and performances
by relevant national and international folkloric groups.
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September
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CANTE FLAMENCO DE LO FERRO FESTIVAL IN TORRE
PACHECO
Regional Tourist Interest
From 27/08/2012 to 02/09/2012
Torre Pacheco
Further info: www.festivaldeloferro.org
At the end of August, for more than 25 years now, one of the most deeply
traditional flamenco festivals takes place in a small locality from Torre Pacheco
called Lo Ferro. The festival includes a series of musical shows: concerts,
recitals or performances, always within the sphere of flamenco. In the
programme there are new and acclaimed artists as well as contestants.
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SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL IN MURCIA
From 30/08/2012 to 11/09/2012
Murcia
Further info: www.turismodemurcia.es
The September Festival consists of more than two weeks full of activities
including the ‘Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos’ –Moors and Christians Fiestas–, the
Food and Wine Fair, the famous ‘Huertos’ at the Malecón, the Cattle Market at
Azacaya and the ‘Día de la Romería’ –Procession Day.
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MURCIA’S FOLKLORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Regional Tourist Interest
From 03/09/2012 to 07/09/2012
Murcia
Further info: www.turismodemurcia.es
The Festival is celebrated at the beginning of September, and the city of Murcia
turns into a lively stage of folklore and tradition from many different regions
and countries. In addition to performances by national and international groups,
there are parallel activities which contribute to the Festival’s modernity, study
and Mediterranean culture contents.
The Festival offers: performances by folkloric groups at different streets and
squares of the city, as well as on the Festival’s main stage; exhibitions which
provide the Festival with a raison d’être; studies and conferences about folklore
that allow for a seminar and a database for folklore researchers; performances
of traditional folklore from our region aimed at guest groups to promote our
traditions; readings, declamations, dialogues, etc. on the subject of the
Mediterranean sea; demonstrations of traditional games; and finally, a season
of cinema and folklore.
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MURCIA’S MOORS AND CHRISTIANS FIESTAS
National Tourist Interest
From 07/09/2012 to 11/09/2012
Murcia
Further info: www.turismodemurcia.es
The camps of Moors and Christians and the popular parades of their hosts and
musical groups give a colourful touch of history to these Fiestas.
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CARTAGENA’S 13th CARTHAGINIANS AND ROMANS
FIESTAS
National Tourist Interest
From 21/09/2012 to 30/09/2012
Cartagena
Further info: www.carthaginesesyromanos.es
A landing commemorates the occupation of the city in 209 BC by Scipio’s
Roman troops, and a festive week starts, including days dedicated to both
factions. We celebrate, for instance, the wedding of Hannibal and Himilce, and
the day of the Roman circus, with gladiators and wild beasts. On Saturday, the
big day, the Fiestas end with a huge parade: all the troops and legions march
through the city.
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FERAMUR. 29th CRAFT FAIR OF THE REGION OF MURCIA
IN LORCA
From 27/09/2012 to 30/09/2012
Lorca
Place: Recinto Ferial Santa Quiteria
Tel.: 968 477 313
Website: www.feramur.es
Exhibition of crafts from the Region of Murcia.
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