| Alhaurin
el Grande |
Semana
Santa (Holy Week) – Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
– a week of Easter processions and spectacle
El Dia de las Cruces - 1st May
El Dia de Jesus - the middle of June
Romeria – first Sunday in September |
| Alora |
Carnival
– February – colourful parades, music and lots of fun
Semana Santa (Holy Week) – Palm Sunday to
Easter Sunday – a week of Easter processions and spectacle
Palm Sunday: procession in the morning of Jesus coming to Jerusalem;
procession in the evening of Jesus praying the the Garden of Gethsemane
Holy Tuesday: The image of Christ of Students is taken from the
Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation to the Chapel of the Nazareno
Holy Wednesday: Stations of the Cross starting at the Church of
the Veracruz
Maundy Thursday: The procession of the image of Christ of Students
- Jesus of Nazareth of las Torres, Saint John and Our Lady of Pains
Good Friday: La Despedia - Jesus says farewell to his mother, the
Virgin Mary in the early afternoon in La Plaza Baja. Also processions
of Holy Mary of Souls, the Holy Sepulchre and Our Lady of Solitude
Romeria
de la Virgen de la Cabeza (Procession of the Head of the
Virgin) – last weekend in April
Festival de Verdiales, La Ermita de la Cruces –
1st Sunday in May – a joint celebration between Alora, Almogia
and Cartama dating back to the 18th Century
Festival de Cante Grande (Festival of Flamenco
Singing) – July – singing, music and dance
Feria – end of July, beginning of August
– a week of special events, a fun fair in the evening and
lots of jollity
Romeria de la Virgen de Flores (Procession of the
Virgin of the Flowers) – Sunday following the 8th September
– a colourful procession of floats and horses
Dia de Sopa Perota in Alora – 1st Saturday
of October
Christmas Fair – middle of December, Plaza
Arriba
Verbanas – Street Parties
Verbana de la Estacion – end of April
Verbana de Poco Agua – beginning of May
Verbana de Bellavista – beginning of May
Verbana de la Trocha – middle of June
Verbana de San Paulino – end of June
Verbana de la Barriada El Puente – end of July
Markets
and Boot Sales
Boot Sale - Bar Tropicana, Ctra. Alora-Pizarra
Saturday 16th February 12noon until 4pm, then every forthnight
Market - Plaza Baja (lower square)
Every Monday 9am until 1pm |
| Antequera |
Carnival
– February
Flemenco Competition – March, April, May
and June
Romeria del Vecino - March
Concurso de Cruces - May
Spring
Feria - the middle of May
Flamenco Competition Final – June
Blues Festival - last week of July
Feria - the beginning of August
Medieval Market - September
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market - El Maul - Every Tuesday 9am until 2pm |
| Carratraca |
Luna
Mora – September - moorish moon festival with craft
market and flamenco
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market - Main
Square - Every Friday |
| Cartama |
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market
including Organic Products - Every Sunday |
| Coin |
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market
- La Trocha
Every Wednesday 9am until 1pm
Organic Food Market - Plaza de la Villa
Every 3rd Saturday of the month 10am until 2.30pm |
| Fuengirola |
Feria
de Muestras - first weekend in May
Feria de los Pueblos (International Feria) - first
weekend in May |
| Fuente
de Piedra |
Festival
- second Sunday in May
Fair of Saint James - 22nd - 25th July
Ringing of the Flamingoes - July and August |
| La
Joya |
Annual
Fair - last weekend of July |
| Malaga |
Carnival
- 7th January to 3rd February (24th January - Children’s Carnival
Parade, 25th January – Grand Final of the Bands, 27th January
– Carnival Grand Parade, 3rd February – Burial of the
Boquerone)
Semana Santa - Holy Week, Palm Sunday to Easter
Sunday
Feria – middle of August
Christmas Lights - December into New Year
Flamenco Shows - Every Tuesday to Sunday - 12.30am
- at the Tablao Flamencio "Vista Andalucia" in Avenida
de los Guindo in the Santa Paul area
Live Jazz Sessions - Every Tuesday and Wednesday
– 11pm, 12.15am and 1.30am - at the Onda Passadena Jazz Club
in Calle Gomez Pallete, 9 (near the Plaza de la Merced)
Flamenco - Every Thursday – 11pm, 12.15am
and 1.30am - at the Onda Passadena Jazz Club in Calle Gomez Pallete,
9 (near the Plaza de la Merced)
The Malaga Municipal Band - Every Sunday - a concert
from 12 noon in the Eduardo Ocon Bandstand in the Malaga Park
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market - Matiricos
(near to La Rosaleda Football Stadium) - Every Sunday
Market - Next to Avda. Juan XXIII - Every Wednesday
Market - Cruz de Humilladero area - Every Thrusday
Market - El Palo area - Every Saturday
|
| Monterroso |
Feria
- the middle or end of July |
| Sayalonga |
Fiesta
del Nispero - the first Sunday in May |
| Valle
de Abdalajis |
Romeria
- the first weekend of May |
| On
the Beach |
San
Juan Festival on the Costa del Sol - June 23rd –
beach parties with BBQs, music and dancing along the whole of the
coast
Estepona Carnival – February
Estepona Feria – 1st week in July
Estepona Reggae Festival – end of July –
reggae music and dancing on the beach
Markets
and Boot Sales
Market - Puerto Banus (next to Bullring) - Every Tuesday
Market - San Pedro Alcantara - Every Thursday
Market - Nueva Andalucia - Every Saturday
Market - Torremolinos Feria Ground - Every Thursday
Market - Estepona Feria Ground - Every Wednesday
Market - Arroyo de la Miel (next to Tivoli) - Every Friday - Sunday
Market - Fuengirola Feria Ground - Every Tuesday
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