Costa Calida Festivals

March: Holy Week celebrations - Murcia city - Salzillo sculptures are paraded through the town of Murcia on men’s shoulders.

April: Fiestas de Primavera – Murcia city - parade with horses and local costumes of the Huerta with regional dances and music. There is the battle of the flowers and dance and the ‘burial of the sardine’ for good luck. After Easter Sunday there is a fair of regional handicraft.

April/May: Murcia City International Jazz Festival - this year from 5-7 May. A free festival with music from 1pm in the Plaza de Romea and evening sessions from 10pm in the Teatro Romea.

May 2-5: Fiestas de la Santisima Cruz de Caravaca - Caravaca – a four day festival:

Day 1 – carnival parade and music.
Day 2 – groups of Moors and Christians and a ‘Race of Wine-carrying Horses’, and a mock skirmish between the Moors and Christians.
Day 3 – solemn procession and another mock skirmish.
Day 4 – final skirmish and pilgrimage.

May/June: Three Cultures International Festival – Murcia City – concerts and activities centreing on Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

June/July: International Jazz Festival – San Javier - http://jazz.sanjavier.es/indexEn.htm – great fun

July 16: ‘Romera en honor de la Virgen del Carmen’ – San Pedro del Pinatra – a pilgrim procession, regattas and concert and fireworks in the evening.

August: Free concerts in Plaza Julian Romea – Murcia city.

August: International Theatre Music and Dance Festival – San Javier - Auditorio Municipal Parque Almansa .