Every year during June Calasparra commemorates medieval times when the town of Calasparra was donated to the religious order of St John of Jerusalem during the wars against the occupying Arabs.
Before the crisis there were theatrical enactments and a nocturnal procession with horses and medieval costumes. This year the celebrations are a little more muted but the traditional events will go ahead such as medieval market, the medieval dinner and the cermony to hand over the keys of the town.
New this year is the nocturnal walk around the old town and the castle organised by the Tourist Office.
Here is the full programme of this year´s events:-
DONATION OF CALASPARRA TO THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM PROGRAMME 2014
FRIDAY JUNE 6
8pm/Sala del Comendador
End of term 2013/2014 for the Universidad Popular and the inauguration of an Exhibition of Handicrafts and Paintings
Exhibition open until June 22
7.30pm and 10pm Municipal Auditorium
Cinema: “8 Apellidos Vascos”
SATURDAY JUNE 8
12 midday Municipal Auditorium
Inauguration of exhibition “725 Years of Our History”
Open until June 9 from 12 midday to2pm and 7pm to 9pm
7.30pm and 10pm Municipal Auditorium
Cinema: “8 Apellidos Vascos”
8.30pm Rice Growers Fountain
Inauguration of the Medieval Market “La Encomienda”.
-Musical frolics from a medieval character. Workshop: Distillation of aromatic plants: Workshop of tasting panels; glass cutting workshop ……….
-Children´s Corner: Face Painting, Workshop of medieval crowns, traditional games, pony rides, inflatables…….
-Artesans Office Corner
-Animal Farm
-More than 40 gastronomic and artesans’ stalls.
9pm Pza de la Corredera
“Calasparra, Step by Step”: Nocturnal Medieval Walking Route: Old Town and the Castle
Inscriptions at the Tourist Office
SUNDAY JUNE 8
All day
Medieval market “La Encomienda”.
7.30pm and 10pm /Municipal Auditorium
Cinema: “8 Apellidos Vascos”
10pm Cine Rosales
Grand Medieval Dinner
Organized by the local Chamber of Commerce
MONDAY JUNE 9
All day
Medieval Market “La Encomienda”.
9pm Auditorio Municipal:
Institutional Act of Handing over the Keys of the Town to:
D. Germán Galindo Moya, in recognition of his work and his support for students of music.
D. Luis Cayo Pérez Bueno, for his work with disabled people.
At the end the group el Ensemble “La Danserye” will give a concert: “For the Arab fields: music from around the Reconquest.”
