Geek Market

turas Festival will start on August 24 with the long­awaited pyro­musical show and a concert by the Moroccan band Tarwa N­Tiniri and their desert blues rhythms. On Friday, the central stage will host Colado Project, an Iberian folk group from La Mancha.

Saturday, pop on your dancing shoes and enjoy the fusion rock and ska rhythms of Eskorzo. Sunday will see the end of the festival with the flamenco singer Arcangel who will present his new work Heretic.

New headquarters

NERJA Civil Protection group are looking forward to moving into its new headquarters which will be located on Calle Neptuno.

The building is going to be built on a municipal plot of 3,000 square metres and its purpose is to house the new Civil Protection headquarters in order to provide this group of volunteers with facilities that meet their needs.

The building will have two floors above ground and a total constructed area of 756.39 square metres.

The new facilities will have a large garage and storage space and another area that will house the administrative offices and changing rooms, etc. This project has a budget of €693,486.

Anna Ellis VELEZ ­ MALAGA is set to hold a charity Geek Market which will take place on Saturday August 19 in the San Francisco Market.

It is an event aimed at all ages and the proceeds will go to NGO Infancia Solidaria.

Lourdes Piña, the councillor for Youth, confirmed: “The event will start at five in the afternoon and will last until midnight. There will be different activities throughout the day such as children’s workshops, games, soft combat, cahoots and even soft archery.

“There will also be stalls where you can buy merchandising or enjoy the works of artists and craftsmen.”

NGO Infancia Solidaria is a foundation whose social work consists of bringing children with serious heart disease or incurable diseases to Spain.

Thanks to agreements with different hospitals throughout Spain, this charity has been able to get children to lead healthy lives after their