This month Calasparra celebrates the most traditional of local fiestas: the Fiestas of the Patron Saints of Calasparra.
Here is the full programme translated into English:
SATURDAY JULY 7
10am to 1.30pm OPEN DAY AT THE CANOE CLUB
10am to 1.30pm PUBLIC MEETING – Feminism
Casa de la Cultura
9pm LITURGY OF THE WORD
Saints Church
9.15pm OPENING SPEECH OF THE FIESTAS
with Pedro Juan Ibanez Zapata
SUNDAY JULY 8
10am OPEN DAY AT THE CANOE CLUB
SATURDAY JULY 14
7pm CLANDESTINE SWING CALASPARRA
Free “swing” classes in the Municipal Auditorium
8.30pm Band of Music Street Parade
9pm XXIX BANDS OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Cine Rosales Entrance free
11pm NIGHT OF SWING
with Jazz Hot Band in the Plaza de la Corredera
Free wing classes with two dance teachers during concert
TUESDAY JULY 17
10pm CINEMA
Jurassic Park 2: Reino Caido in Cine Rosales
WEDNESDAY JULY 18
10pm CINEMA
Jurassic Park 2: Reino Caido in Cine Rosales
SATURDAY JULY 21
7.30pm TRADITIONAL COSTUME PROCESSION
from Rice Grower´s Fountain
8pm FLORAL DONATIONS
and election of King and Queen of the Fiestas
Saints Church
9pm Taurean Chat: Encierros
10.30pm CONCERT: DISSIDENTEN 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Cine Rosales
2am DJ´s LIVE IN THE Recinta Ferial
SUNDAY JULY 22
8.30pm CHILDREN´S SHOW
Cine Rosales Free entrance
TUESDAY JULY 24
10pm CINEMA
Hotel Transilvania 2 in Cine Rosales
THURSDAY JULY 26
12 midday LIVE RADIO SHOW FROM THE COPE
Plaza de la Corredera
8pm SUMMER SCHOOL FIESTA
Cine Rosales
FRIDAY JULY 27
12 midday SPECIAL LIVE RADIO SHOW FROM CADENA SER
Plaza de la Corredera
7pm LIVE RADIO SHOW FROM ONDA CERO
Plaza de la Corredera
7.30pm GRAN PRIX TAURINO
For youth clubs in the Plaza de los Toros
10pm YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Castle Open Theatre
SATURDAY JULY 28
9.45pm NIGHT OF CUEVA AND MIGAS
Next to Saints Square
10pm NIGHT OF THE MIGAS
Migas competition plus rice and grape throwing
Afterwards in the Recinta Ferial: LIVE DJ´S
SUNDAY JULY 29
8am MASS at the Saints Church
10.30pm PAELLA COMPETITION
Calle Goya
11pm VERBENA POPULAR
with music from Grupo Stolen and RAUL
Plaza de los Santos
MONDAY JULY 30
6.30am onwards SHARING THE “PALOMA”
7pm TRADITIONAL DIANA
Band of
8.30am TRADITIONAL PROCESSION WITH PATRON SAINTS
Central Calasparra
1pm Official Presentation of Bull Fight
7.15pm Bull Fight
10.30pm PASADOBLES CONCERT
Band of Music in the Plaza de la Corredera
