Lorca
22 FEB - 26 MAR
A few seats are still left for the spectacular biblical processions of Lorca With just a few weeks to go before the city of Lorca divides its loyalties between the ¿Blues¿ and the ¿Whites¿ for the colourful and spectacular processions of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, there are still some tickets left for seats with a great view of the daredevil horsemanship and magnificent embroidery as some of the events of the Old Testament are recreated in inimitable fashion. Tickets for the Thursday evening can be purchased at 19 euros from..
Los Alcázares
12 MAR - 15 MAR
IFEPA hosts the 30th edition of the second most important annual horse show in Spain WIN FREE TICKETS - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS! The 30th annual EQUIMUR International Thoroughbred Horse Show is being held from 12th to 15th March at the IFEPA exhibition and show venue in Torre Pacheco, along with an extremely wide range of events including equestrian shows, the Spanish national Purebred competition, cowboy riding, national and regional dressage competitions, the Alta Escuela Competition, a carriage or trap driving competition and many others..
Mazarrón
13 MAR - 22 MAR
Music, fun for children and the traditional Falla and procession in Puerto de Mazarrón The annual Fiestas in honour of San José in Puerto de Mazarrón are being held from March 9 to 19 with a full program including concerts, a fairground, the procession on the feast day of the saint and a tapas route. The main focal point of the fiestas is Thursday March 19, the feast day of San José (and Fathers¿ Day in Spain), and on the previous evening a large ¿falla¿ (papier mâché figure) is ceremonially burnt at the fairground at the beach..
Murcia
14 MAR
This is the third time San Javier has been honoured to celebrate the prologue of the annual spring fiestas in the city of Murcia Every year on Easter Sunday much of Spain begins returning to normal after the religious fervour of the Easter processions, but in the city of Murcia Resurrection Sunday sees the city¿s parks and squares filling up with ¿barracas¿ or open-air restaurants as the city prepares for its own week-long Fiestas de Primavera, or Spring Fiestas. The culmination of these fiestas is the Entierro de la Sardina (Burial..
Los Alcázares
14 MAR - 17 MAR
Scratch card prize draws, live music, a parade and plenty of partying in Los Narejos and Los Alcázares! As has become something of a tradition in recent years the Town Hall of Los Alcázares is coordinating a series of events to celebrate the feast day of Saint Patrick, beginning on Saturday 14th March and ending three days later on the big day itself. During this period scratch cards will be handed out at the bars and restaurants taking part, giving you the chance to win prizes ranging from free beers to meals valued at up to 50 euros..
Mazarrón
21 MAR
A look behind the scenes of the Easter Week celebrations in Alhama de Murcia This free guided tour in Alhama de Murcia takes participants inside the world and the history of the Semana Santa (Easter Week) processions in the town and includes a tour of the church of San Lázaro Obispo and the headquarters of some of the brotherhoods who take part in the processions every year, on this occasion the Paso Colorao, Paso Negro and the Paso Blanco. Insights are offered into the preparation for the highly choreographed processions, the religious..
Mazarrón
26 MAR - 05 ABR
Alhama de Murcia celebrates Easter Week with processions, flowers and sweets Semana Santa (Holy Week or Easter) is probably the most important few days in the religious calendar of the Region of Murcia and is full of processions, flowers and music, commemorating the suffering and death of Jesus and his subsequent resurrection. Far removed from the world of chocolate and bunnies, Semana Santa in Murcia is a week of colourful processions, rows of penitents accompanying the ¿pasos¿ representing the last days in the life of Jesus throughout..
Murcia
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The Easter Week processions and traditions are upheld in Totana (Note: if and when tickets for stands in the streets go on sale, details will be added here. Alternatively, seek information from the tourist office of Totana in the Plaza Balsa Vieja.) The Semana Santa or Holy Week celebrations in Totana are particularly well regarded and are among the most important of the Region of Murcia, featuring processions which date back to the 18th century. Nowadays the events are organized by 16 Cofradías (brotherhoods or guilds) who parade nearly..
Bullas
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The main processions in Caravaca are on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Easter Week In the Holy City of Caravaca de la Cruz the first known documentary references to the celebration of Semana Santa, or Easter Week, date back to the 16th century, and there are now seven ¿cofradías¿ (brotherhoods) taking part in the processions. Most of the sculpted figures and tableaux paraded date from the 17th and 18th centuries, although it was not until the 18th that some of the processions began to climb the hill to the castle/sanctuary which..
Cartagena
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The Easter Week processions in Cartagena are the first to get under way in Spain Recommended: Friday March 22, Day of the Patrona: the floral offering at 17.00 and the Via Crucis later. Sunday March 24, Palm Sunday: the Procession of the Palms at 17.00, a children¿s procession, with a large number of participants. Wednesday March 27, Easter Wednesday: the dramatized representation of the trial of Christ in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento followed by the first of the large processions. Friday March 29, Good Friday: the long..
Águilas
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The major Semana Santa processions in Aguilas take place between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday The Semana Santa week processions and events in Águilas take place during the whole of Easter Week, concluding on Resurrection Sunday (or Easter Sunday). The processions and acts of penitence are, of course, events charged with religious importance, but the sheer beauty of the rows of penitents, flowers and sculptures which parade during this important week are also popular with those of all religious denominations, bringing colour and spectacle..
Murcia
01 ABR
A reenactment of the Stations of the Cross just outside Molina de Segura One of the most unusual of the many Semana Santa celebrations in the Region of Murcia takes place every year on Easter Wednesday, and was first organized in the 1980s by José Moreno, the parish priest of Torrealta, an outlying district of Molina de Segura. Sr Moreno¿s celebration consisted of a living representation in the streets of the town of the Via Crucis, and when he left the village and the tradition died out, many locals missed it. However, in 1997..
Murcia
03 ABR
Witness the ¿Acto de la Cortesía¿ during the Good Friday morning procession in the Plaza Mayor of Yecla This special tour of Yecla coincides with the Good Friday procession through the streets of the town with participants learning about the sculpted images and tableaux which are paraded in the Plaza Mayor. Information is also offered about some of the curiosities of Yecla¿s processions, one of which is the central feature of the visit: the Acto de la Cortesía. This pivotal moment during the Procesión de la Pasión del Señor is..
