The hamlet of Cabezo de Torres has prepared a complete program of activities to offer, during the month of March, one of the most important carnivals of the Region.
This edition has organized around twenty activities, among which, as the main novelty, the opening speech will be held for the first time at the Víctor Villegas Auditorium.
It will be next Friday at 10.30 pm with Bibiana Fernández as a pre-announcer.
The association will offer free buses from the village so that neighbors can attend the event.
In addition this year the Peñas Huertanas Federation will deliver the Carnival Mask that will be burned on March 9 at 00.30 in the Plaza de la Iglesia.
The students of the parish will be the protagonists of the first parade of the Carnival that will take place also next Friday from 16 hours.
The large parades of comparsas, in which 1,200 people will participate distributed in 33 groups, are celebrated on days 3, 4, 5 and 9 March.
The councilor for Economic Promotion, Cultures and European Programs, Jesus Pacheco, has invited "all Murcia to visit during these days Cabezo de Torres to know the color, the sympathy and originality of the carnival of the district whose Carnival is declared of Regional Tourist Interest ".
The complete program is as follows:
FRIDAY, MARCH 1
Children's parade of the students of the schools of Cabezo de Torres
Time: 4:00 pm
Itinerary: Departure Health Center, Carmen Street, Avda. De Murcia,
Calle Asturias, Avda. Constitución and Calle del Carmen
GALA OF THE CARNIVAL AND CROWNING OF THE MUSA Y
THE MUSO 2019
Time: 22:30 hours
Place: Victor Villegas Auditorium, Murcia.
- Presents: Antonio Hidalgo.
- Delivery of the Carnival Mask, by the
Federation of Peñas Huertanas.
- Pregonera: Bibiana Fernández
- Carnival mask: José Antonio Molina
Alarcón, Nene Pílar.
- Carnival Insignia: Grupo Marabukas
SATURDAY, MARCH 2
Eucharist and Floral Offering to the Virgin of Tears, for the deceased of the Carnival family.
Time: 19 hours
Place: Cabezo de Torres Parish Church
SUNDAY, MARCH 3
Eucharist enlivened by the children of Carnival
Time: 11:30
Place: Cabezo de Torres Parish Church
Children's Costume Show "The Battle of Don Carnal and Doña Cuaresma", with musical performances and gifts for all participating children.
Time: 12 hours
Sponsor: Association of Merchants of the Plaza de Abastos de
Cabezo de Torres
Venue: Carnival precinct
FIRST GREAT PARADE OF CARNIVAL COMPARS
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Itinerary: Departure from Avda. De Murcia, Calle del Carmen, ending at the carnival
Opening of the Carnival Campus
Time: 20 hours
Place: Community Street
MONDAY, MARCH 4
SECOND GREAT PARADE OF CARNIVAL COMPARS
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Itinerary: Departure from Avda. De Murcia, Calle del Carmen, ending at the carnival
Opening of the Carnival Campus
Time: 20 hours
Place: Community Street
TUESDAY, MARCH 5
THIRD GRAND PARADE OF CARNIVAL COMPARS
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Itinerary: Departure from Avda. De Murcia, Calle del Carmen, ending at the carnival
Opening of the Carnival Campus
Time: 20 hours
Place: Community Street
FRIDAY, MARCH 8
VI EDITION OF THE PARADE DE COMPARSAS FORÁNEO, with the participation of 20 troupes from all over the Region and the "Plantá" of the Carnival Mask
Time: 20:30 hours
Itinerary: Departure from Avda. De Murcia, Calle del Carmen, ending at the carnival
Delivery of Prizes to Carnival Groups
Time: 23:30 hours
Venue: Carnival Venue, Community Street
SATURDAY, 9 MARCH
LAST GREAT PARADE OF CARNIVAL COMPARS
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Itinerary: Departure from Avda. De Murcia, Calle del Carmen, ending at the carnival
Opening of the Carnival Campus
Time: 20 hours
Place: Community Street
BURNING THE CARNIVAL MASK
Time: 00:30 hours
Place: Church Square
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
IX Contest of Chirigotas de Cabezo de Torres, by the Chirigotas de Beniaján, Chirigota Los Sangochaos de Torrevieja, La Albatalía and Cabezo de Torres.
Time: Two passes at 18 and 22 hours
Place: Auditorium of Cabezo de Torres
Ticket sales: Starting Wednesday, March 6, in the assembly hall of the Torres Multi-purpose Center
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia