The 'last Carnival of Spain' will be held in the hamlet of Rincon de Seca from 22 to 24 March.
Councilor for Economic Promotion, Culture and European Programs, Jesus Pacheco, explained that "is called 'last Carnival', because it is celebrated 18 days after Ash Wednesday and 18 before the Friday of Dolores, being therefore the last celebration of the carnival of Spain.This way it becomes one of the best known events at a regional level, where comparsas from Mula, Cartagena, Beniaján, Totana, Mazarrón ... "
Last year, the celebration had more than 5,000 attendees and in this edition, the carnival aims to go further, so it will have the participation of more than 40 comparsas on stage, in addition to the visit of two groups from Tenerife: murga 'Las diabólicas' and the musical group 'Salsabor'.
These groups invited by the association will be responsible for opening the grand parade on Sunday March 24, while the person in charge of closing it will be the Murcian singer Salva Ortega who will shoot his new video clip at the end of the parade on Hernández Muñoz street while the jury deliberates .
It will be the largest and most colorful parade that has lived the district, with more than 2,000 foreigners in parade in a hamlet that has 2,138 inhabitants.
This will install more than a thousand free chairs in the parade, two bridges of robotic lighting on the main street, and rains of confetti to the champions of other years.
The complete schedule is as follows:
Friday March 22th
5:00 pm - Children's Parade of Carnival with the participation of Dance Rincón de Seca
5:30 p.m. - Dance of Rincón de Seca Dance
6:00 pm - Nocilla for the little ones
6:30 p.m. - Carnival Party in the Cantina of the Senior Center
Saturday, March 23
5:00 p.m. - VI Comedy and Show Competition
9:00 pm - Great parade of flags and clubs with the participation of Tenerife Groups
10:00 pm - Speech of the Carnavalera 2018
22:15 hours - Performance of the musical group of Tenerife 'Salsabor'
23:00 - Party of the comparsas
Sunday, March 24
12:00 hours - Tenerife by the bars
17:15 - Great Carnival parade, with the participation of the Murga de las Diabólicas de Tenerife and the musical group of 'Salsabor'
8:30 p.m. - Award ceremony and end of party
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia