ISSUE NO. 1543
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Molotov confirmed MEXICAN rock band Molotov has been confirmed for the lineup in Adra’s annual rock festival on July 31 and August 1.
Get set! ALMERIA CITY’S Medio Maraton (half marathon) is all set for February 8. For more details or to register visit medio maraton.com.
City tours TOURS are on offer again in Almeria City. At noon on Saturday January 31 you can join from Plaza Vieja and learn more about Almeria in the movies. Tickets cost €2.
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All the fun of carnival time SUDDENLY party time is upon us again! No sooner has Spain recovered from the excesses of the Christmas and New Year revelry than Carnival is here. Almeria City kicks off the celebrations on February 6 with events and activities continuing until February 22. This year the event will be dedicated to Sergio Santiago Munoz, who died in August 2014, and was a big fan of Carnival. Albox Carnival will take place on February 20 and 21, with the children’s parade leaving Plaza San Francisco at approximately 5pm and travelling through Calle San Leonardo, Calle Rulador, Avenida Lepanto and on to the municipal sports pavilion. The grown-ups get their turn from 10pm following the same route. Huercal Overa holds its party on February 13 and 14, with a
host of activities planned in the town centre. Mojacar Carnival takes place from February 13 to 15, although the details are yet to be announced.
Pulpi’s festivities begin a week later and run for three days from February 20 to 22. Finally it’s Turre Carnival, which runs for a longer period than most of the others. The fun
begins on February 16 and doesn’t end until February 21. Of special note in Turre is the children’s parade on February 17 from approximately 5pm at the school followed by a party in the Plaza de la Constitucion. Don’t miss the Burial of the Sardine, which sets off from the church at 6.30pm on February 18, or the troupes’ parade at 5pm on February 21 from the town square, which culminates in a big celebration.
Mojacar is a Facebook favourite MOJACAR Town Hall has released figures to show how social media can influence the spread of information. Its Facebook pages, Turismo de Mojacar and Mojacar Informa, have 26,000 and 1,660 followers respectively. The Facebook marketing tool is being used by tourist office staff to spread the
word of Mojacar through daily updated information like news, images of the town and its beaches, cultural events, festival programmes and weather information. The website has attracted more than 26,000 followers, without the aid of recruitment campaigns, and has thousands
of page views daily. Most people look at the beginning and the end of the week with the most viewed items being images of Mojacar Village and the beaches, achieving 20,000 likes from people all over the world. As Mojacar is of great interest as a tourist destination there are four times as many viewers during the summer months.