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Reggaeton Beach Festival cancelled by Madrid City Hall just three days before first night

THE REGGAETON Beach Festival, which was due to take place this weekend in Madrid, will not be going ahead after City Hall refused to grant organisers a licence. Around 40,000 people were

20 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Madrid·Premium

Rainy weather in Madrid forces cancellation of first night of Primavera Sound festival

THE FIRST-EVER MADRID edition of the Primavera Sound festival was plunged into chaos on Wednesday, as organisers had to cancel concerts scheduled for tonight due to adverse weather conditions in the region.

8 Jun, 2023 @ 15:26

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

Online Costa Blanca scammers sold fake tickets to festivals and shows in Spain

THREE Alicante scammers have been arrested for selling counterfeit tickets to festivals and shows across Spain. The online fraud prompted over a hundred complaints to the Policia Nacional from duped purchasers. Investigators

4 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Red Hot Chili Peppers to return to Spain in 2023 to headline Mad Cool festival in Madrid

RED Hot Chili Peppers will be returning to Spain in 2023, to headline the next edition of the Mad Cool festival. The Californian funk-rock legends played two Spanish dates in June of

6 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Blast Off: a musical melting pot in the Lecrin Valley of Spain’s Granada

FOR creative types, the annual “cosmic arts lab” private party in Space Mountain studios at Albunuelas, Lecrin, is a rare opportunity for local people to mingle with luminaries of the UK music

22 Oct, 2022 @ 12:16

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel Andalucia

Hay Festival in Segovia welcomes special guests to 2022 edition: 400 sheep

SOME 400 sheep were the special guests at Segovia’s famous Aqueduct on Friday, as part of the ongoing Hay Festival in the historical city in Castilla y León region. The presence of

17 Sep, 2022 @ 16:19

Lead·Madrid

HELLO SUMMER: Ferias and fairs given green light across Spain’s Balearic Islands as summer season reinforced with 300 more police officers

An agreement was reached this week that these local festivities and fairs can now be held under certain measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus

10 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Mallorca

These five summer music festivals in Spain’s Andalucia have still not been cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic

THE Spanish summer you had hoped for is more than likely not going ahead as planned. Especially if you are a music fan, artist or promoter. Amid the pandemic, the bastions of

7 Jun, 2020 @ 14:34

Entertainment·Lead

Viking invasion: This is why the Scandis love Estepona

IT’S easy to speak warmly about a wonderful place like Estepona – a genuine town with all year round vegetable markets and ham festivals, solemn processions and spirited parades. Its cultural life

11 May, 2018 @ 20:09

La Cultura·Malaga

Where to celebrate Semana Santa in Andalucia this year

A vivid celebration of religion, Spanish culture and the arrival of spring, Semana Santa is celebrated fervently throughout Spain.

5 Apr, 2017 @ 13:22

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Spain music festival guide 2017

The Olive Press has scoured the land to find the must-attend events in 2017, so grab your cervezas and sombreros and begin the party

4 Mar, 2017 @ 15:00

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

The best of Spain’s summer festivals

A string of Britain and America's hottest bands will be hitting the Spanish festival scene this summer

3 Apr, 2014 @ 14:46

La Cultura

San Pedro festival’s healthy outlook

Healthy living, nutrition and spirituality all discussed at weekend event

27 Nov, 2013 @ 14:30

Entertainment·Environment·Health·La Cultura

Tarifa in full colour!

Tarifa exploded into colour last weekend when the town held its first 'Festival of Colours'

17 Sep, 2013 @ 12:36

Cadiz

City on Fire (I must be crackers!)

An unexpected phone call leads Olive Press columnist - Craig Scott, into one of his weirdest assignments yet!

5 Apr, 2012 @ 22:21

Craig Scott: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Man taming beast

This week's 'Andalucia in Pictures' zooms in on the Rapa das Bestas festival in Sabudeco

20 Jul, 2010 @ 10:59

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