Tapas festival brings post-Covid joy as familiar faces meet up again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TAPAS FESTIVALS are one of many reasons why people love Spain – and the Olive Press always promotes the positivity that they bring to towns
Moors & Christian festival in popular expat area cancelled at short notice on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES will be without the traditional Moors & Christian Festival for another year, thanks to rising Covid-19 figures. The popular expat community of Ciudad Quesada
IN PICS: Bizarre and beautiful ‘bear man’ festival wards off winter’s evil spirits in Spain’s Basque Country
FORGET the Three Kings, this tiny town in the Basque Country has something better – the simultaneously fun and frightening pagan celebration that takes place
First shopping centre in Spain to receive tourist quality award launches market festival for eco traders on Costa Blanca
ELCHE’S L’ALJUB Shopping Centre is the first in Spain to receive the Q Seal for Tourist Quality. As part of the celebrations, it’s hosting a
Benidorm to host competition to choose Spain’s 2022 Eurovision Song Contest entry
BENIDORM is set to be at the heart of Spain trying to pick a successful Eurovision Song Contest entry next year. Full details will be
San Juan bonfire ban on beaches throughout Spain’s Costa Blanca
TRADITIONAL San Juan festivities on all Costa Blanca beaches have been suspended for the second year, thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. The municipalities of Alicante
Marbella Arena: Bullring in Puerto Banus to be transformed into entertainment venue
By Elena Gocmen Rueda THE OLD bullring in Puerto Banus is having a makeover and is set to become a top entertainment venue. Because of its
Brilla Torrevieja music festival to make its debut on Spain’s Costa Blanca this August
A BRAND new festival, Brilla Torrevieja, will be taking place in the centre of the coastal city, at Era de la Sal between August 1
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 warned that festivals and some 37
Granada International Festival of Music and Dance will open on June 25 and will be the first event worldwide to take place within the ‘new normal’
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 for summer
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 this Xmas on the Rock
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 – or Calvia Food Show – a
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
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
‘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
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