Benidorm is suspending or postponing concerts and events planned for Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October as a mark of mourning for the victims of the railway accident in Urda, Toledo.
Comissió de Festes Majors Patronals, Associació de Penyes, Unió Musical, Societat Musical La Nova and ACR La Barqueta have informed the council of their decision to join the official mourning, Radio Sirena reports.
Anémona has also announced the postponement of the play that was due to take place on Friday 30 October in the assembly hall at Benidorm Town Hall.
Changes to Benidorm’s musical programme
The announcement changes a weekend that included several events in the Semana Cultural of the Festes Majors Patronals, whose programme had been presented with activities running from 25 October to 5 November.
La Nova had announced a concert for Friday at 21:00 in the Cultural Centre’s Auditorio Rafael Doménech to present the symphonic suite for the Trobada de la Mare de Déu del Sofratge.
Francisco José Rovira Peretó’s work, entitled Arribada d’una Imatge de la Verge a Benidorm, comprises eight movements and around 40 minutes of music, written to accompany the re-enactment of the Hallazgo, the discovery of the image.
Saturday’s programme also listed a Unió Musical concert at 18:00 in the same auditorium and a performance by La Barqueta’s Orquestra de Pols i Pua at 20:30 in the church of Sant Jaume i Santa Anna.
Altea postpones three Halloween activities
In Altea, the Culture Department has announced the postponement of Halloween and Espanta la por events on 30 and 31 October because of the days of mourning declared by the central government following the accident on 28 October.
The affected activities are the immersive experience La última función, the Verbena Monstruosa and the Tallers infantils de por children’s workshops.
The Altea Cultural notice says that the new dates will be published shortly, together with a new poster.
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