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SUMMER 2012

CULTURAL

CALENDAR (July - September)

REGION OF MURCIA´S CULTURAL CALENDAR Summer 2012

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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


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


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


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


From 03/09/2012 to 07/09/2012

Murcia


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


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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