Benidorm launches its Festes Majors Patronals Cultural Week this Sunday, 25 October, with free activities continuing until 5 November and admission available until the different venues reach capacity.
The opening concert will be given by the Societat Musical L’Illa de Benidorm at 12:00 in the Cultural Centre’s Rafael Doménech auditorium, featuring the premiere of Eugenia, a work by Josep Cano.
The culture department is organising the programme with other council departments and the Comissió de Festes Majors Patronals, as a prelude to the town’s festivities taking place from 7 to 11 November.
Concert bands and traditional daytime fireworks
On Monday, 26 October, at 19:00, the town hall’s assembly room will host the presentation of a CD by the Colla de Xirimiters de la Marina exploring a traditional day of festivities.
The Societat Musical La Nova will perform at the Cultural Centre on Friday, 30 October, at 21:00, previewing melodies from its suite about the Trobada de la Mare de Déu del Sofratge.
On Saturday, 31 October, at 14:00, Pirotecnia Mediterráneo will stage an old-style daytime firework display known as an engraellat on the road beside the town hall, a new addition to the cultural programme.
That day, the Unió Musical de Benidorm will perform at 18:00 in the Rafael Doménech auditorium, paying tribute to its conductors in the year of the band’s centenary.
At 20:30 on the same Saturday, the church of Sant Jaume i Santa Anna will welcome the Orquestra de Pols i Pua de l’Associació Cultural Recreativa La Barqueta.
Maritime memory on screen and in photographs
On Tuesday, 3 November, at 18:00, the town hall’s assembly room will screen the documentary Pasado, presente y futuro de la identidad marinera y gentes de la mar de Benidorm.
The Unió de Pensionistes de Llíria, Camp de Túria i Serrans will give a concert at the Cultural Centre auditorium on Wednesday, 4 November, at 18:00.
The programme ends on Thursday, 5 November, at 20:00 with the opening at the Museu Boca del Calvari of La Mar Èpica, els almadravers de Benidorm, a photography exhibition by Jesús Navarro linked to maritime heritage.
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