Quesada fiesta August 2015

The Quesada Fiesta starts on the Thursday 6th August at 9pm and there will be a Charanga at 10pm on the Saturday 8th August.


All the fun starts Thursday 6th August at 9pm in front of the Municiple centre in Quesada and the celebrations will continue through Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August 2015.


Here is a copy of English language version of the programme:

THURSDAY, 6th AUGUST
At 9 p.m. Ibiza party in the Plaza Blanca with the participation of
the dancing school “Sofía Sánchez”. Music from the 70’s and 80’s.
Organised by HOLDING GROUP BARCELO with the collaboration of the Department
for Fiestas of Rojales Town Hall.

FRIDAY, 7th AUGUST
At 10:30 p.m. Grand Show by “The Troupers Swing Band” who will take us back to the
70’s.
To follow, Mobile Disco by Sonotec Audio till 5:30 a.m.
(All these events will take place on stage which will be mounted on the Plaza Blanca
of Ciudad Quesada)

SATURDAY, 8th AUGUST
At 10 a.m. Grand Park for Children with water bouncy castles. Don’t forget your swimsuit
and towel!
At 9:00 p.m. Mobile Disco by Sonotec Audio at the Plaza Blanca.
At 10:00 p.m. Summer Carnival parade (same route as in previous years). Everyone
is welcome to participate. Registration at the Tourist Info of Rojales Town Hall. Cash
prizes for the best fancy dress costumes!
Followed by Mobile Disco till 5:30 a.m.

SUNDAY, 9th AUGUST
At 10:00 a.m. The Band “Agrupación Musical Los Solfamidas” of Rojales parading
round the streets.
At 10:30 a.m. Holy Mass in honour of San Justo in the “San José” church of Ciudad
Quesada. Following the Mass, a pilgrimage will take place in the area around the
Church in honour of San Justo.
At 10:00 p.m. Live performance by “Phoenix” at the Plaza Blanca.
Enjoy the best Rock ‘nd Roll music!
At 12:00 midnight, Fireworks by Pirotecnia Fernández of Redován.
To follow, Mobile Disco till 5:30 a.m.

Anything on for young children during the fiesta?

This should be fun - There's a Charanga at 10pm on Saturday the 8th August 2015 in Quesada town.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia it says :
Charanga is, in several areas of Spain, a name given to represent a small musical band, with wind and percussion instruments, which typically plays during popular festivals. The musicians are often amateur and usually travel around as different towns celebrate their festivals.


For the most part, charangas play popular, traditional songs, which have simple rhythms and often feature risqué lyrics. Also, they often play medleys. The most typical type of event in which they play is the pasacalles, a performance which moves along the streets of a town, while the public follow the band and dance to its tunes.


In the past the name charanga was also applied to certain military musical bands.

On no..?Charanga just means a glorified piss up...no cultural aspect at all. Maybe the Moors and Christians never came up the valley from Rojales in days past.

Full programme here: http://www.rojales.es/wp-content/upload ... 2015-1.pdf

Martin the artist wrote:Full programme here: http://www.rojales.es/wp-content/upload ... 2015-1.pdf

We have just added a copy of English language version of the Quesada Fiesta programme on the first post on this topic (Thanks 'John the artist' for giving us the user friendly version of the programme) Just a few queries though:

Does anyone know what & where the 'Grand park' that's mentioned is? : Grand Park for Children with water bouncy castles.


Also it says for SATURDAY, 15th AUGUST At 7 p.m. in the weekly market grounds, recreation of an ancient Roman camp. Any ideas where the weekly market grounds are in Quesada as there isn't a weekly market in Quesada???

Thanks for any help.

Jan

The August 15th event will be at the Rojales market site, not Quesada.
10 volunteers will be recreating the marching route that was done in 209AD from Amposta (on the River Ebro where the Romans landed) to Cartagena, and one of the stopping points weas Rojales.

Martin the artist wrote:The August 15th event will be at the Rojales market site, not Quesada.
10 volunteers will be recreating the marching route that was done in 209AD from Amposta (on the River Ebro where the Romans landed) to Cartagena, and one of the stopping points weas Rojales.

15AugRojales.jpg

How odd that the programme title is Quesada fiesta and that event is not shown as being in Rojales unless I'm missing something....... but thanks for the explaination.

Jan

Quesada Fiesta time! - Don't forget all the fun of the Quesada fiesta starts tonight Thursday 6th August at 9pm in front of the Municiple centre in Quesada. The celebrations will continue Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August

Have fun! WIWT (Wish I was there!)