Culture starts up the Nativity programme of Christmas activities Scene hibition Villa de Mijas
'Pastorales', children's parties and 'zambombás' will provide a Christmas atmosphere in the three centres of the municipality
A total of 11 nativity scenes are taking part in the new edition of this event, which offers the chance to visit them in a route
The Candor FOOTBALL club
presents itself to its fans
SThe Mijas club, made up of 18 teams, has several novelties in their squads and also in the kit
Certamen de Pastorales, one step away from beign a Festival of Tourist Singularity
The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, takes up the request of the pastorales and undertakes to initiate the procedures to obtain the recognition NEWS/03
The Town Hall announces 362 vacancies for the stabilisation of its acting personnel
The Official State Gazette of Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th publishes the offer of public employment and free access
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The local government issues a proclamation on the use of pyrotechnics in order to avoid possible fires The document recalls the ban on the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic material as a safety measure
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‘The magic of Christmas’ has come to Mijas thanks to the UP. With the staging of this story, the institution celebrated its Christmas Gala on Wednesday 11th of December, in which all workshops have collaborated, a total of 250 students and 18 teachers, who this year 2024 have worked together to offer a novel Christmas show that featured not only the presence of elves, fairies and swans, but also Father Christmas himself. The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, and the councillor responsible for the area, Melisa Ceballos, attended this event with which the UP welcomed Christmas / Mijas Press. SPANISH PAGES/24-25
Mijas pays tribute
The UP brings the magic of Christmas to Mijas to the volunteers
and highlights the role of those who helped the victims of the DANA
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classical music, the star of the New Year’s Concert NEWS/04
The Malaga Symphony Orchestra brings its music to the city on the 27th
The FEMP authorises Mijas to send the rest of the donations to those affected by the DANA
The local government will send two shipments these days totalling 53 tonnes, the remainder of the 100 tonnes collected
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GALA
Christmas time
December 13th, 19 h
Pastorales at La Cala Boulevard
Activities
December 13th, 20:30 h
Zambombá at Fernán Caballero Park in Las Lagunas
December 22nd, 12 h
XXXIX Certamen de Pastorales Villa de Mijas at the plaza Virgen de la Peña in Mijas Pueblo
December 23rd, 17 h
Performance for children at the plaza Virgen de la Peña in Mijas Pueblo
December 27th
Children’s theatre at the Doña Ermita Park in Las Lagunas
December 29th, 19 h
Zambombá in Mijas Pueblo
Report by Isabel Merino
If a few weeks ago the Christmas lights were inaugurated with a big party in Mijas Pueblo, over the next few days and until the 5th of January, eve of the Three Wise Men, the Christmas activities will continue in the three centres. On Friday 13th, at 19 hours, there will be ‘pastorales’ in La Cala Boulevard; at 20:30 hours, the entertainment will move to Fernán Caballero Park in Las Lagunas, which will host a ‘zambombá’. On Saturday 14th, at 19 hours, the ‘pastorales’ will return to La Cala, although you can enjoy these groups, specifically fifteen from different parts of the province, on Sunday 22nd, at 12 hours, in the ‘XXXIX Certamen de Pastorales Villa de Mijas’, which will take place in the
December 14th, 19 h
Zambombá at La Cala Boulevard
December 22nd, 19 h
Zambombá at La Cala Boulevard
December 24th, 16:30 h
‘Tardeando’ in La Cala
December 26th
December 28th
Children’s theatre at the María Zambrano park in Las Lagunas Musical for children at La Cala Boulevard
December 29th, 16 h
Mijas celebrates Christmas at La Candelaria Park in Las Lagunas
Plaza Virgen de la Peña in Mijas Pueblo. In La Cala, on the same day but at 19 hours, a ‘zambombá’ will also be held. On Monday 23rd, the Virgen de la Peña square will host a children’s party and on Tuesday 24th, from 16:30 hours, we can get ready for Christmas Eve with the activity ‘Tardeando en La Cala’.
Just after Christmas Day, on the 26th of December, La Cala Boulevard will be the stage for a children’s musical; the following day, the Doña Ermita Park, in Las Lagunas, will host a children’s theatre session, an activity which on the 28th, Saturday, will move to the María Zambrano Park. The entertainment continues on Sunday 29th, with the ‘Mijas celebrates Christmas’ party, at 16 hours, in La Candelaria park in Las Lagunas. At 19
full of A hope Christmas
Mijas ‘pastorales’
in Las Lagunas
hours there will be a zambombá in Mijas Pueblo.
Christmas markets
During these dates, the Christ-
The Festivities Department has planned a full programme of activities in the three centres with ‘pastorales’, parties for children and ‘zambombás’
The Christmas activities programmed by the Festivities and Traditions departament started on Thursday 12th with a meeting of ‘pastorales’ from Mijas at the Peña Flamenca Unión del Cante. The groups Las Lagunas, Virgen de la Paz, Amigos del Camorro, Santiago and La Rosa took part in this meeting of shepherds which, throughout the festivities, will also move to La Cala and Mijas Pueblo, with the celebration of the XXXIX Certamen Villa de Mijas on the 22nd. “It is an important day because Las Lagunas has had a small meeting; it will also move to La Cala. This makes the big event even bigger, because Mijas is the cradle of shepherds”, said one of the promoters of the event, Corro Alarcón.
mas markets of both Mijas Pueblo and La Cala are still open. The stalls located in the Plaza de la Constitución will remain open until the 31st of December from
11 to 19 hours. The market in La Cala Boulevard can be visited until the 6th of January from 11 hours. The visit of Father Christmas will be another of the attrac-
Christmas time
In addition,
“We have organised many activities designed for both children and families. I want to invite all Mijeños to come and enjoy them”
The Town Hall will invite the elderly
Plaza de la Constitución (Mijas Pueblo)
From 11:00 h
La Cala Boulevard 11:00 to 19:00 h
Father
Christmas
- La Cala Boulevard
- Andalucía Park (Las Lagunas)
- Plaza Virgen de la Peña (Mijas Pueblo) do not miss
Royal Postman
- Butibamba Park (La Cala)
- Fernán Caballero Park (Las Lagunas)
- Virgen de la Peña Square (Mijas Pueblo)
tions of this Christmas for the little ones, who will be able to hand in their letters in the three centres. The dates and times are still to be confirmed. The Royal Postman of Their Majesties the Three Wise Men will also come to the town for his annual meeting with all the children. We will inform you soon about the details of his visit to the municipality. Until December 31st Until January 6th
de Mijas, one step away from being a Festival of Tourist Singularity El Certamen de Pastorales
The mayoress Ana Mata took up the request of the ‘pastorales’ and undertook to initiate the procedures to obtain recognition
Ed. Dep. The Certamen de Pastorales Villa de Mijas, one of the most important events in the province and a pioneer in the celebration of this type of event, is getting closer and closer to being declared a Festival of Provincial Tourist Singularity by the Malaga Provincial Council. The Town Hall began the application process months ago and is expected to receive final approval soon.
The meeting is held every December in the Plaza Virgen de la Peña and brings together groups from different parts of Spain. The interest it arouses throughout the province and Andalusia means that every year many groups want to take part in this unique event.
The mayoress Ana Mata (PP) expressed her satisfaction and pride in the development of the process, “which means
New meeting on Sunday 22nd
XXXIX CERTAMEN DE PASTORALES VILLA DE MIJAS
The announcement comes just a few days before the XXXIX edition of the meeting, which this year will take place on the 22nd of December, from 12 hours, in the Plaza Virgen de la Peña. The day will be enlivened by 15 groups and, as in previous years, a large number of people are expected to attend. In the 2023 edition, more than 1,500 people participated, making it one of the tourist attractions of Mijas during the Christmas season.
highlighting the tireless work carried out by the groups throughout the year and which culminates in this great event. It is a tradition that must be preserved, and of which we must involve the new generations so that they can appreciate the priceless cultural and human value that it entails”.
For her part, the councillor for Festivities and Traditions, Silvia Marín (PP), described this news as “pleasing” because, she said, “the ‘pastorales’ have been
working for many years and giving identity to Mijas and now they have another achievement”. It was the mayoress herself who echoed the request of the different ‘pastorales’ of the municipality and undertook to initiate the procedures to obtain this distinction. As stated in the explanatory report submitted to the Malaga Provincial Council, “Mijas is recognised as a cradle of ‘pastorales’ due to the abundance and diversity of these groups in the region”.
SILVIA MARÍN Councillor for Festivities and Traditions (PP)
The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, at last year’s Certamen de Pastorales / Archive.
Mijas issues a proclamation
ON THE USE OF PYROTECHNICS to avoid possible fires
The text also recalls the harm this causes to children, senior citizens and people with autism, as well as to animals
Ed. Dep.
The Town Hall, through the Mayor’s office, has issued a proclamation on pyrotechnics in which it recalls the current regulations on the subject, which prohibit the use of firecrackers and other types of pyrotechnic material as a safety measure to avoid possible fires. It also refers to the prohibition of the sale of this type of product except in duly authorised establishments.
“Any safety measure we take is necessary if we can avoid greater damage. Therefore, I appeal to the responsibility of the Mijeños not to use pyrotechnic products, as they pose a risk that we can easily avoid”
The text expressly states that, according to Royal Decree 989/2015 of October 30th, the use of firecrackers is prohibited in “streets, squares, parks and any public space, except in places specifically authorised for this purpose”. Thus, according to the regulation, the handling of pyrotechnic devices is totally limited, except in the case of municipal authorisation, and in this case, the appropriate precautions must always be taken to avoid “accidents and inconvenience to people on public roads and in public spaces in the municipality”. Similarly, the proclamation calls for civic responsibility and recalls that the use of pyrotechnic products “can cause fear, panic attacks,
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anxiety and even hearing loss to particularly sensitive population groups, such as children, elderly people and people with autism, as well as animals”.
Fire
It should be remembered that on New Year’s Eve last year there was a forest fire that affected a total of nine hectares in the area of Las Lomas del Flamenco and Los Pedregales. Apparently, it was the use of firecrackers that caused the incident, which forced the evacuation of several neighbours, a situation that the Town Hall does not want to see repeated. “Any security measure we take is necessary if we can avoid damage. Therefore, I appeal to the responsibility of the Mijeños not to use pyrotechnic products, as they pose a risk that we can avoid”, said the mayoress, Ana Mata (PP).
The academy FAMA surprises with an aerial Christmas show
Thirty-five artists took part in the performance on Monday 9th in La Cala Branch Office Square
M.J.Gómez. ‘Christmas is coming’, with this title the FAMA Academy, directed by Manuela Veronese, offered an original show with which they surprised the public that gathered last Monday 9th, a public holiday, in La Cala Branch Office Square. Thirty-five aerial artists, from 5 to 17 years old, dressed in Christmas costumes, including elves, Santa Claus and reindeer, climbed on the structures set up in the square to “demonstrate how to fly with
hoops and fabric”, explained the director of the academy, who was also in charge of the design and making of the costumes.
For the staging, Veronese had the help of the parents, who lent a hand with the transport and assembly of the structures, and the Foreigners Department of Mijas also collaborated. “We are a big family who wants to create beautiful things for our children”, explained the director of the FAMA Academy. That is what they did, giving shape in the
air to a show that reminded us that Christmas is here.
Nutcracker
The FAMA Academy has prepared a second Christmas show, ‘Cascanueces, ¿otra vez?’, which will take to the stage of the Manuel España Theatre in Las Lagunas on Sunday 15th of December, starting at 17:00 hours. Fifty ballet students from the academy will demonstrate to the Grinch the importance of Christmas, with the help of surprise artists. The performance is for charity, the entrance fee of 7 euros will be donated to Fuensocial.
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Classical music, the star of the New Year’s Concert in Mijas
C.B./C.A. Mijas will have its own New Year’s Concert by the Malaga Symphony Orchestra, on the 27th of December, at 20:00 hours, at the Manuel España Theatre in Las Lagunas. To discuss all the details of this event, the artistic director of this ensemble, José Luis López, and the councillor for Culture, Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP) visited the studio of Mijas Communication on Tuesday 10th. This show promises to leave no one indifferent, as it will feature a great programme, “based on two of the best-known musical genres that are deeply rooted in two regions with a long musical tradition, Spain and Vienna”, explained José Luis. Mijas will be lucky enough to enjoy it, although in a more Andalusian version. “It will include well-known Viennese pieces such as ‘The Blue Danube’, ‘The Hunting Polka’ or the waltz from ‘Swan Lake’, and with the
aim of defending our musicalcultural heritage, pieces such as ‘La zarzuela’ will be interspersed between them, as well as the ‘Radetzky March’ to accompany with hand-clapping”, said José Luis.
With this event, the Malaga Symphony Orchestra, comes back to Mijas after the summer event which was a great success, so from Culture they want to continue promoting these activities. “Through classical music we also want to promote Mijas as the municipality that it is, the third in the province of Malaga with high level activities, responding to needs and requests of the neighbours, also do not forget that we also have 46% of foreign population and they really appreciate classical music”, said Maldonado. Classical music joins the cultural offer of Mijas for Christmas with this free show for the whole family.
Juan Carlos Maldonado, together with the director José Luis López / C.B.
ANA MATA Mayoress of Mijas (PP)
The young artists defied gravity by performing with fabrics and hoops / M.C.
The Town Hall announces for the stabilisation of its acting staff 362 VACANCIES
The Official State Gazette of Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th publishes the offer of public employment and free access
Carmen Martín
The Mijas Town Hall has announced 362 vacancies for the stabilisation of its acting staff. The offer of public employment, of different categories and professional areas, has been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th of December and is open access. The deadline for submitting applications is twenty working days from the
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day after the publication in the BOE.
The rules governing these offers were published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Malaga (BOPMA) number 247, of December 29th, 2022, and rectified in the BOPMA number 164, of August 28th, 2023, and 188, of September 30th, 2024. In order to be accepted in the different selection processes, the general requirements established by law, such as nationality, age, functional capacity, etc., must
Solidarity with Cudeca
The Scandinavian furniture shop Zoco Home set up a charity market with the proceeds going to Cudeca. Local artisans and businesses joined in the initiative. “For us it is very important as part of our corporate social responsibility to be able to help foundations such as Cudeca, which helps people in their final days but also children”, said Zoco Home director Alberto García, whose interior design company is working
on the refurbishment of a paediatric space created by Cudeca in Benalmádena, as part of a solidarity action.
“The Zoco Home family has been helping us for about three years and they have collaborated in different programmes and help us by giving us furniture for our shops and financial donations”, said Cudeca’s Communication and Recruitment technician, Jorge López
be met on the day the deadline for submitting applications expires and until the contract is formalised. In addition, they must have the qualification established in the terms and conditions for each of the vacancies.
Vacancies announced
The BOE of December 10th announced three groups of vacancies, for which the deadline for applications was from December 11th to January 10th. Thus, a group of 31 vacancies was announced, through the examination-merit process, and two groups of 15 and 185 vacancies, this time through the merit process; all of them in
This is the second market organised in aid of Cudeca. “It is a market where companies from the area have come to set up their stall and we come and buy, they collaborate... it is a give and take between the private and public sectors”, said the councillor for Tourism at the Mijas Town Hall, Francisco Jerez (Vox).
“So far we had always related cancer to adults but it is true that it is affecting more and more children and they are the ones who most need help in every way and Cudeca does a wonderful job which we also support from the Town Hall”, said the councillor for Foreigners, Mario Bravo (PP).
Local products, Scandinavian products, workshops for children and a visit from Father Christmas rounded off an important day where admission was charged at one euro. The Centro Idea space hosted the initiative on Saturday 7th.
THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
open shift/stabilisation. Finally, the BOE of December 11th announced another group of vacancies, with the deadline for submitting applications being from December 12th to January 11th. In this group, 131 vacancies were published, by means of merit process in open shift/stabilisation.
Applications
Applications may be obtained from the electronic office of the Town Hall and should be submitted completed and indicating the position or positions for which you wish to apply, preferably electronically (by accessing the Electronic Register, in the OEP
COLLECTIVES
Donkey
which was never published in the
did not comply with the regulations according to the Comptroller’s
process extraordinary stabilisation process), although they may also be submitted on paper at the Town Hall Register.
Dreamland
celebrate its traditional Christmas party
A.M. Donkey Dreamland held its traditional Christmas party on Sunday 8th to raise funds for the care and maintenance of the donkeys that live in its sanctuary. The event was attended by more than 100 people. One of the main novelties of this year’s edition was the inauguration of a café bar, where attendees could enjoy coffee, tea, mulled wine, chocolate and other products. In addition, visitors enjoyed art workshops and interactive experiences with the rescued donkeys. The event was attended by many volunteers, including Brenda Kaye, who said: “I retired a year ago and now that I have more time, I want to help the
animals because I love them”. The association’s secretary, Montserrat Fábregas, highlighted the role of Jane, a particularly committed volunteer: “Everything she does is out of love for the donkeys and the sanctuary”.
See the full list of vacancies on page 6 in Spanish
“The stabilisation approved by the previous government team in May 2022,
BOE,
Office, which is why it was modified”
MARIO BRAVO Councillor for Human Resources (PP)
The councillors Francisco Jerez and Mario Bravo attended the Zoco Home flea market / M.C.
N.L.
Products were sold to raise funds / M.C.
The FEMP authorises Mijas to send the remainder of the donations for those affected by the DANA
Editorial department
Of the 100 tonnes of food and other material that Mijas collected to help the victims of the DANA occurred on the 29th of October, 53 tonnes were still to be sent in the old fire station and in the cleaning warehouse.
The Mijas Town Hall will send 19 tons of food to Valencia these days. It will do it after receiving this week the authorisation to do so from the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), “which manages the official protocol for the shipment and distribution of the donated material in collaboration in the province of Malaga with the Provincial Council, as well as with Bancosol regarding foodstuffs”, explained the government team. This shipment of 19 tonnes of food will soon be joined by the rest, a total of 34 tonnes of material of various kinds and goods, not including foodstuffs. “The Town Hall has scrupulously followed the protocol of the institutions that manage the shipment and distribution of material donated by citizens
DROUGHT
The Town Hall, which received the communication this week, will send two shipments in the next few days, totalling 53 tonnes, the remainder of the 100 tonnes collected
and groups for the victims of the DANA in Valencia”, said the government team to clarify that it was on November 4th when the Town hall received “a communication” from the FEMP in which they were informed that, due to the great wave of solidarity, donations could not continue to be
sent to Valencia and that these would be made gradually. “In this communication, the Mijas Town Hall was asked to store the donated material waiting for the shipments to the Valencian community to be resumed at a later date”, they added.
The government team wanted
to clarify that Mijas Civil Protection “has been in constant contact with the FEMP waiting to send the material and always in accordance with the indications of the institutions involved both in the province and in Valencia, whose objective has always been that everything collected can be used and delivered correctly to the people who need it most”.
Resumption of collections
They also explained that Civil Protection recently received notice that the collections and deliveries would be resumed after the long weekend of the Immaculate Conception by Bancosol, with whom they are coordinating this shipment of 19 tonnes of food and to which 30 pallets of food were delivered in the first weeks after the catastrophe. In addition, the councillor for Civil Protection, Francisco Jerez (Vox), explained that milk has been sent to the
Extraordinary Drought Commission relaxes water saving measures in the province
It sets the maximum consumption at 200 litres per inhabitant per day in Axarquia, Malaga city and Campo de Gibraltar and 225 in the Western Costa del Sol
I.M./C.A. The Drought Management Commission of the hydrographic demarcation of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins has agreed to make the saving measures more flexible in some systems in the province of Malaga, as a result of the two almost consecutive episodes of torrential rains, which have produced significant changes in the volumes stored. This commission, chaired by the General Secretary for Water,
Ramiro Angulo, and made up of representatives of the Andalusian Government, users and business organisations, trade unions and ecologists, met online on Thursday 5th to analyse the hydrological situation of the demarcation and to approve measures to increase the guarantee for human supply and mitigate the social, environmental and economic impacts of the drought. Thus, it has been approved to modify the
Mijas Food Bank and the water collected has been sent to Álora, also affected by the DANA, at the request of its mayor. The councillor added that he was “awaiting confirmation from the Valencian authorities in order to organise the delivery of the goods with all the guarantees. The aim is that the aid arrives in an orderly and efficient manner, as the affected population deserves”, he said. Both these foodstuffs and the other materials that will be sent to Valencia come from donations
The Town Hall
has followed the protocol established for shipments to Valencia, which is managed by the FEMP
made by Mijas society after the Town Hall launched, through Civil Protection, a campaign that collected approximately 100 tons of food and various materials and household goods, which, subtracting those initially sent to Bancosol, have been stored in the old fire station and in the FCC warehouse. The government team emphasised that “at all times, the items collected have been well looked after and guarded in both warehouses”.
Unregulated areas
The measures
may be reviewed at the beginning of 2025
measures adopted in the commission held last October. In the case of the Western Costa del Sol, urban water consumption may not exceed 225 litres per inhabitant per day, which is 25 litres more than at present. In Guadalhorce-Limonero
(Malaga) and Viñuela-Axarquia the maximum permitted will increase from 180 litres per person per day to 200. However, in the remaining systems that make up the hydrographical demarcation of the Mediterranean Basins, there are no changes. Thus, Campo de Gibraltar and Cuevas de Almanzora continue with a maximum of 200 litres per person per day, while Rules-Beznar and Beninar remain unrestricted.
For the areas without regulation, there is a change from a situation of exceptional drought with severe shortage to moderate shortage in the Penibetic Mountain Range system between the Guadiaro and Guadalhorce basins, as well as in the Guadalhorce headwaters. Thus, in urban use, the volumes supplied in municipal headwater reservoirs or collective network connections may not exceed 235 litres per inhabitant per day. In the lower basin system of the Guadalhorce river, the volume of water supplied may not exceed 200 litres. For the system of the Guadiaro river basin, no restrictions are set. The agreed measures may be reviewed at the beginning of 2025 depending on the hydrological situation.
The Town Hall is managing the delivery of 19 tonnes of food and 34 tonnes of various materials and goods, totalling 53 tonnes of aid / Archive.
WHAT´S ON
FRIDAY 13TH
Exhibition of paintings by Mar Sarima and Ana García Pulido Folk Museum in Mijas Pueblo, 20 hours
Until the 7th of January
Show ‘Navidad en Punto Danza’
Manuel España Theatre 18 hours
Tickets: 3 euros and can be purchased at Afesol, Academia Punto Danza and, from two hours before, at the theatre. The proceeds will go to AFESOL
‘Pastorales’ in La Cala
La Cala boulevard, 19 hours
Organised by the Department of Festivities and Traditions
Christmas concert Coral Villa de Mijas
Las Lagunas Cultural Centre, 20 hours
Free admission
Zambomba flamenca
Peña Unión del Cante, 18:30 hours
Organised by Rocío Molina with the participation of the choir of the Peña Flamenca Unión del Cante and the collaboration of the singers Enrique Heredia, Sebastián Navas, Toñi Domínguez, Doly Pérez and the dancer Claudia Leiva
Blood collection
Next to the Mijas Town Hall, from 17:00 to 21:00 hours
Living nativity scene AV Nueva Laguna Fernán Caballero park, 16:30 h
With children’s workshops, fritters and performances by dance groups
SATURDAY 14TH
Santa motorbike ride and rally Departure from Av. Polaris de Riviera del Sol, 10 hours. RRoute through the three centres
Participants will hand out sweets to the little ones
Tribute to Felipe Rodríguez, from the Pastoral Virgen de la Paz Peña Motoclub, Fuengirola fairground, 12 hours
Free admission. With performances by eight pastoral groups
Performance by the verdiales band ‘Raíces Los Moras’ Departure from the Torreón square in La Cala, at 12 hours
Organised by Peña Flamenca del Sur
Zambombá flamenca
Assembly hall of the La Cala Branch Office Square, 16 hours
Performances by Juan Antonio Pérez, Curro Cueto, Manuel Heredia ‘El Yunke’, Isaac Santiago and all the students and teachers of the flamenco company Azabache
Zambombá in La Cala
La Cala Boulevard, 19:30 hours
SUNDAY 15TH
Show ‘Cascanueces...¿otra vez?, by Pop Academia Fama
Manuel España Theater, 17 hours
Tickets: 7 euros and can be purchased at entradium.com and, from two hours before, at the theatre. The proceeds will go to Fuensocial
PAD Christmas Market Branch Office Square in La Cala, from 11 to 15 hours
Inauguration of the nativity scene of the Grupo Joven Virgen de la Peña Calle Muro, 21 (Mijas Pueblo), 12:30 hours Until the 6th of January from Monday to Sunday from 11 to 14 hours and from 16 to 18 hours
MONDAY 16TH
Christmas meeting with three cultures
La Cala Branch Office, 19 hours
Led by Amparo de la Gama and enlivened by the carols of the group Calle La Noria
THURSDAY 19TH
Show ‘Swan Lake’, by the International Ballet Company
Manuel España Theatre, 20 hours
Tickets: 31.50 euros and can be purchased at www.tickescena.com and, from two hours before, at the theatre
DO NOT MISS
Christmas market in Mijas Pueblo
Plaza de la Constitución, from 11 to 19 hours
Until the 31st of December
Christmas market in La Cala de Mijas
La Cala Boulevard, from 11 hours. Open every day until the 6th of January
Gastronomy, performances, Father Christmas visit...
IX Route of Solidarity Trees in Mijas
Mijas Pueblo
Until the 5th of January you can visit the 20 trees that different collectives have distributed around the village
One euro will be collected in aid of Caritas as a donation for the map
You can pick up a copy at the Tourist Office in Mijas
Collective exhibition ‘Viajes’, by Nuevo Enfoque Mijas
Las Lagunas Cultural Centre
Until the 7th of January
Exhibition of the Mijas Craft Association by Laura Benavides and JJ Martín Quiroga Mijas Tourist Office
Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 hours. Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 14 hours. Until December 30th
Flamenco show
Every Wednesday at 12 h
Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo
Every Saturday at 12 h
Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo
Solidarity Tables ‘Make solidarity your gift this Christmas’ Branch Office square in La Cala, each Wednesday and Saturday from the 4th to the 28th of December, from 11 to 14 hours
Ecological market
La Cala Boulevard, in front of the branch offices on the second and last Sundays of the month
HOTEL LA ZAMBRA
Artisan Market at La Zambra Resort
Join for an authentic Christmas market on December 14, 15, 21, and 22, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at the hotel entrance
In collaboration with the Mijas Artisans Association, you’ll find unique gifts, special experiences, and festive treats. Plus, there will be activities specially designed for children. Free entry
ACE Dog Shelter celebrates its Christmas Open Day on the 22nd of December.-
The ACE Dog Shelter in La Cala de Mijas is holding its Christmas Open Day on the 22nd of December, from from 16 to 20 hours, at its premises just next to the road leading from La Cala to Entrerrios. The event will feature guided tours of the shelter, stalls with arts and crafts, refreshments, and a tombola. The entrance fee is one bag or tin of dog or cat food.
Based in La Cala de Mijas since 1999, the ACE Dog Shelter has rescued and rehomed more than 31,000 dogs and cats, and is currently taking care of more than 500 canines and over 200 felines. For more information: info@ace-charity.org; or Tel. Martyn on 711039124 or Carolyn on 647647671.
