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The grand opening of the 'Murcia Río' river walk will be this Saturday, a great party open to all Murcia, with jugglers and circus attractions, music, dance, children's entertainment and fencing in the meadow.
The tourist boat will offer river tours from 19.30 to midnight, from the 6th to the 16th of September.
For the first time, a ferris wheel accessible to all will be installed in La Fica, to which people can climb in wheelchairs during every day of the Fair for free.
Murcia's birlochas will fly over Segura in an unpublished acrobatic exhibition that will take place on September 14.
The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús Pacheco, and representatives of the different participating groups, today presented the program of the Murcia Fair 2019, with the more than 300 events that will begin this next Thursday 5 with the descent of the Virgin and that will last until Tuesday 17, the day of the Pilgrimage, among which free cruises stand out in an itinerary that will connect Los Huertos del Malecón with La Fica.
“The river, which connects the two main stages of our Fair, such as Los Huertos and La Fica attractions, will be the main theme of the more than 300 shows and events that the city will host these days, such as the grand opening of the promenade 'Murcia Río' river, free boat trips, orchard workshops and autochthonous animals fair, open-air cinema or the great exhibition of Murcian birlochas that, for the first time, will take the flight over the Segura â€, said the mayor, who recalled that "we celebrate the 754 anniversary of this party that King Alfonso X the Wise established in our city."
10,000 petals for the Morenica in its descent to the city
On September 5, the day of the descent of the Patron to Murcia, a petalada will be carried out on Arenal Street, with more than 10,000 petals, exceeding that of last year.
La Virgen de la Fuensanta, which leaves at 3.30 pm from its Sanctuary and will arrive in El Carmen at 7.30 pm, will be accompanied by the musical band Las Musas de Guadalupe and three gangs that will sing to you in three different parts of the tour.
By boat, from La Fica to the Malecon
As a novelty this year, the two emblematic environments of the Fair, La Fica and El Malecón, will be connected by a free cruise.
The solar ship will pick up the passengers from the jetty in front of the Molinos del Río and transfer them to La Fica, where a new drop-off point has been enabled.
It will also perform the reverse path.
The tourist boat will offer these river tours from 19.30 to midnight, from the 6th to the 16th of September.
Juggling, dance and fencing on the river promenade 'Murcia Río'
On September 7, a big party open to all Murcia will officially inaugurate the 'Murcia Río' river walk.
There will be juggling and circus attractions at the entrance;
at the height of the Murcia Parque auditorium, a music group will perform;
then, pedestrians can enjoy a dance show;
and in the last section, in the meadow, there will be an exhibition of historical fencing;
activities that will be carried out simultaneously, from 19 to 20:30 hours.
During the activities, numerous children's characters will stroll through this environment, entertaining the little ones.
A fair accessible to all
For the first time, in La Fica a ferris wheel accessible to all will be installed, to which people can climb in wheelchairs during every day of the Fair for free.
On September 9, in addition, the attractions will be silenced for three hours, emitting only fixed light, so that children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and noise hypersensitivity can enjoy the atmosphere of the Murcia Fair.
Large acrobatic exhibition of Murcian birlochas
Another of the family leisure activities that arrives as a novelty at the Fair is the Murcia birlochas workshop, which links the tradition of the Huerta's kite with the modern one;
activity in which large kites will rise on the Segura.
After a previous talk in which the history of the kite, the different models, the security measures and the technique of the flight will be announced, the second part of the workshop will begin, in which the children will learn to build a tile model kite.
Subsequently, the flight of the same and an acrobatic display of kites along the river.
The activity will be held on September 14.
There will be four shifts: at 11, 13, 16 and 18 hours, with a capacity of up to 80 children.
A river of cinema
The light will also be screened in the Segura in the form of cinema on September 9, 10 and 11, starting at 9:30 p.m.
The riverbed will become an outdoor movie theater in which films for the whole family will be screened, from the top of the riverbed, at the height of the Plaza de la Paja (next to the Manterola Footbridge).
"Murcia can watch the movies from the river itself, mounted on boats, or in a large meadow of artificial grass that we will enable in the speck," said the mayor.
The capacity will be 500 people plus the 20 boats that will be made available to the attendees in order of arrival.
The projected films will be 'The Endless Story', 'Willow' and 'Eduardo hands scissors', with previous animated shorts.
A fair with a lot of swing
The September Fair comes with a lot of movement, with dances, workshops and clandestine swing meetings in different parts of the city.
On September 16, in the morning, there will be different exhibitions of this type of aesthetic dance from the 30-40s, and clandestine sessions.
That same day, a swing night will be held with the artist Indigo Jazz, on the Paseo Alfonso X. In parallel, during the fair the Swingmaneje festival will take place, with social dances in places such as the Post Market and in the Molinos del Río.
Native animals and orchard workshops
The Lieutenant Flomesta Gardens will be, from Friday, September 6 until Sunday, September 8, from 11 to 22 hours, the scene of the exhibition of animals and native workshops (esparto, honey, iron, stringing chairs, carrier pigeons , cane, cheese, bread, silk, pottery, etc.).
'Murcia rhymes with A': the first women's rap festival
Also, the Fair will celebrate for the first time its first festival of rapper women, 'Murcia rhymes with A', free admission.
The event will be on September 9, at 9:30 p.m., in Murcia Park.
The Jazzwoman, Neusi & Aryon, Machete rap groups in Boca and Tribade will perform.
Trovando for Colombia, Cuba and Murcia
On September 12, at 10 pm, the 1st International Trovos Festival 'Trovando por Colombia, Cuba y Murcia' will be held, organized by the José Travel Montoya trovera association 'El Repuntín' and the trovero group 'El Patiñero'.
It will be free access.
Design, crafts and fashion on the Alfonso X promenade
On Saturday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., on the Alfonso X Walk, there will be a meeting of young Murcia designers, in which there will be a market and fashion shows will be held by the hand of three Young Murcian designers.
During this great talent show, there will be an acoustic concert by Planeta Tortuga, at 8 pm, and another at 9:30 pm, by the Claim group.
30,000 programs available to Murcia
As of tomorrow, at the Tourist offices, 30,000 programs will be made available to all Murcia and visitors with all the events and news of the September 2019 Fair.
The essentials of the Fair
The gardens of the Malecon will once again be a fundamental stage of the Fair, where the XVII Wine and Gastronomy Fair will be held, the traditional orchards, the medieval camp, craft shows, etc.
The inauguration of the 15 Huertos will be on Thursday, September 5, in the afternoon.
On September 8, the traditional Horse Day will be celebrated in the Garden of Floridablanca, with a parade-carriage and horse parade with free tastings.
Another essential place to visit will be FICA and its fair of attractions, whose opening and lighting of porticoes will take place on Thursday 5 at night.
That afternoon special discounts will be offered (2x1) and on Tuesday 10 will be, one more year, children's day (half price at all attractions).
The 400 voices of the set of sections of the Coral Discantus will be responsible for offering the Proclamation of the Murcia Fair, which will take place on Friday, September 6, at 9:00 p.m., in Belluga Square, and will feature a guest star: the internationally successful Murcia singer Ruth Lorenzo.
In addition to the Pregón, music will be a constant throughout the Fair: 24 edition of the Lemon Pop, the End of Party concert organized by the City Hall next to Los 40 the day before the Pilgrimage in the New Condom, as well as concerts of artists like Fangoria, Morat and Rozalén at the Murcia Parque Auditorium.
The Murcia Fair could not be understood without the Festival of Moors and Christians, whose camp will open on Monday, September 9, at night, in the gardens of the Malecon.
From that day the performances of the different groups, children's party, tributes, parades, parades and performances in Belluga Square will follow.
Of course, the Bullfighting Fair will also be a fundamental element of these days, not only for the figures that will integrate the poster of the afternoons in La Condomina, but for the large program that will be developed around this party with the traditional Bullfighting snacks, exhibitions, presentation of the magazine and the Triunfadores Gala.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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