Isabel Luna is here singing live this weekend! The popular Spanish flamenco singer will be performing in the Panorama bar on Friday from 9pm onwards and then on Saturday from 9.30pm in our Moonlight Cabaret Theatre. With free entrance for all why not come by this easter and enjoy a taste of real Spain with some traditional flamenco music!
It’s Semana Santa! This week is holy week all over the world, but not many other countries celebrate with such style as Spain. Rather than Good friday and bank holiday Monday, here the festive days are Thursday and Friday where you see an incredible cultural display with all main cities hosting enormous parades that last the entire weekend. Malaga, Sevilla and Granada are all very popular over the Easter period, here in Malaga extra schedules of public transport will be added and the town will be overwhelmed once again with the hustle and bustle of visitors from all over Europe.
Each year, Benalmadena hosts a St Patrick’s Day parade through the town centre of Arroyo de la Miel. The popularity of the parade increases each year, attracting around 1,000 local Irish residents. If you want to watch or take part in the parade, head up to Arroyo this afternoon!
Another one of the Spanish Summer holidays will take place on the Costa del Sol this week. Thursday 16th of July is the official holiday for Día de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, however the festivities of Virgen del Carmen are celebrated on the night of the 15th July, where the virgen is carried through the towns of Benalmadena, Fuengirola and many others and then sent out to sea with a parade of fishing boats.
Tomorrow night, 23rd June 2009 “Noche de San Juan” will be celebrated! Starting when the sun goes down, everybody will head to the beach for fireworks, bonfires and barbeques. The tradition is to jump over the bonfire and run into the sea at midnight, to cleanse your sins, so why not join the locals for the biggest beach party of the year!
