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Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival confirms rearranged dates for 2021
MADRID’S Mad Cool Festival has been rearranged for next year, due to the coronavirus crisis.
COVID-19: Spain’s Andalucia orders ALL ferias and festivals to be cancelled until September
THE Junta de Andalucia has ordered all ferias to be cancelled until September amid COVID-19 fears. Health chiefs have...
Granada International Festival of Music and Dance will open on June 25 and will be the first event worldwide...
THE Granada International Festival of Music and Dance will open on June 25, it has been announced.
Do NOT miss British LEGEND Tom Jones performing on Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer
TOM Jones has been confirmed as the latest act due to perform at the Starlite festival on the Costa del Sol this summer.
Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and Star Wars stars to visit Freakcon festival on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Freakcon festival is Malaga’s hotly anticipated international pop culture festival and the 2020 edition features an all-star cast
Costa del sol’s Marenostrum Festival adds God Save the Queen and Bad Bunny to its lineup as festival expands...
Among the festival’s other exciting announcements is the creation of the Luna Sur indie music festival
Religion blocks progress and the advancement of science, claims author ahead of Gibraltar visit
Moller’s book charts the way scientific discoveries were brought into Europe by Arabic writers.
When is Father Christmas in Gibraltar? Where is the Festival of Lights switch-on? Everything you need to know for...
The Rock’s legendary outdoor space will also feature a Santa’s Grotto
MOUTHWATERING: Four-week food festival takes over Spain’s Mallorca from TOMORROW
A MOUTHWATERING new food festival has been launched in Calvia for October. Every Friday the Mostra de Cuines -...
Pop star killed after being hit in stomach by exploding pyrotechnic ‘rocket’ at festival performance in Spain
"There were two rockets, one that went in the right direction and the other hit the singer in the abdomen"
RURAL RETURN: Music, dance and theatre festival run by Brit in rural inland town celebrates fifth anniversary
Me Vuelves Lorca is held in a beautiful, handcrafted stone amphitheatre which was built by the local community in 2013 around an ancient corn-threshing circle
ALIVE AND KICKING: Trio of British rock legends wow the festival crowds at Lisbon’s Nos Alive
Now well established in its 13th year, Nos Alive manages to combine enough big name acts, with good up-and-coming groups to justify 20% of its 55,000 daily punters coming from the UK
Rick Astley joins Enrique Iglesias, Take That, Mel C and Liam Gallagher at Gibraltar Calling festival THIS SUMMER
After signing with Stock Aitken Waterman in 1985, Astley retired in 1993, having sold 40 million records worldwide
American football star caught jumping over bulls at Spain’s San Fermin as veterans SLAM festival as ‘TOO SAFE’
This year’s week-long San Fermin festival in Pamplona, has actually been criticised for ‘not being dangerous enough’
Jennifer Lopez to perform on Spain’s Costa del Sol for her 50th birthday
Having sold in excess of 80 million records worldwide, Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican, is regarded as the most influential Latin artist in the US
‘ABSOLUTE FILTH’: British comedian Ricky Gervais SLAMS participants of Spanish ‘horse-wrestling’ festival
It comes as Gervais, who is a consistent supporter of animal rights, criticised a Spanish matador in May, for wiping the tears of a dying bull, calling him a ‘sequinned c**t’
WATCH: American gored in neck and teen bruises spine as annual San Fermin bull run begins in Spain’s Pamplona
Each day six bulls and accompanying steers are released, before the animals take on matadors in public fights in the afternoon
Enrique Iglesias joins Take That, Liam Gallagher and Mel C at Gibraltar Calling festival THIS SUMMER
In 1995 the Spanish hunk shot to fame with his Grammy Award-winning self-titled debut album, featuring early hit Si Tu Te Vas
SPORTY SPICE: Mel C will DJ at Gibraltar Calling festival this summer alongside Take That
After shooting to fame with the Spice Girls’ 1996 hit Wannabe, which was number one in 37 countries, she moved on to solo performance, acting, TV and songwriting
World Dance Day Saturday 13th April 2019
COME and take part of this silent world festival that will take place in more than 100 cities around the world at the same...
COSTA DEL SOUL: FREE three-day soul festival coming to coast THIS SUMMER
The touring festival has been launched by promoters Costa del Jazz, who have had years of experience running the Festival Open Jazz in Malaga
Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee joins Rod Stewart and Bob Dylan on Costa del Sol this summer
The six-time Latin Grammy Award-winner takes to the stage in Fuengirola on June 1
LEGENDS: Iconic band The Beach Boys to perform at Marbella’s Starlite festival in 2019
ICONIC: The Beach Boys are set to take to the stage at Marbella's Starlite 2019 THE Beach Boys...
World’s most colourful festival coming to Spain’s Costa del Sol
HOLI Colours, a global event attracting revellers throwing coloured powder, water and paint at each other, is coming to San Pedro de Alcantara on...
Secret location art festival takes over Malaga
The location for each show will be kept a secret until 24 hours before
Man rushed to hospital in helicopter after being crushed by giant globe at ‘running of balls’ festival in Spain
‘Boloencierro’ festival has taken place for the last seven years in Mataelpino, in the region of Madrid
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Mystery of how the Cold War spy who met the Kennedys ended up dead in a Costa del Sol...
IT started as a Cold War tale of intrigue involving a spy, international headlines and appearances from Robert and Edward Kennedy.
