Including: Cabo de Palos, Cartagena, La Union, Los Alcazares, San Javier, Santiago de Ribera, San Pedro del Pinatar & Torre Pacheco
Check at your local Tourist Office for full details of Events
Cabo de Palos
Sun Market
Cartagena
www.cartagena.es
Tel 968 128 800 –Wed Market
The Blue Days: FreeMultiCirco Workshop @ Plaza Mayor, Cartagena
Friday 5th May – Practice and experiment with La Chimenea Escénica, different disciplines: balance balls, slakline, mini trump, juggling, aerobatics and clown – for boys & girls 6-14 years. 6pm
Prior registration at https://cultura.cartagena.es/reservas_actividades.asp
The Blue Days: Escape The Magic Trunk @ Sta Ana Polygon
Saturday 6th May – Solve in the Escape Box with Start Play, clues, puzzles and riddles full of mystery – for boys & girls 8-14 years (under 11’s must be accompanied by an adult). 5pm/7pm
Cancellation list
Saturday 6th May – Out of Sight @ New Circus Theatre 7.30pm
When a family celebrates together, it stays together, but you have to follow certain rules.
20€/24€
Sunday 7th May – Comedian Martita De Graná presents ¡Martita SEA! @ El Batel Theatre 9pm 18€
Saturday 14th May – The Happiness Curve @ New Circus Theatre7.30pm
This humorous work presents fragile characters with many insecurities are quite indecisive who, through many laughs, show their most human side. 17€/20€
Sunday 21st May – Coton @ New Circus Theatre 12.30pm
Coton doesn’t like to be different from other rabbits. He has a floppy ear and he wants to have both straight ears, like his friends. He decides to create a series of inventions to keep his ear straight. With the help of a herbal hare that he meets in the woods, he understands that there is nothing wrong with being different and accepts himself as he is and is finally happy.
Ideal for children over 3 years (5€). Adults free
Thursday 1st June – Bernada Alba Musical @ New Circus Theatre 8.30pm
After the death of her second husband, Bernarda imposes a rigorous 8-year mourning period on her five daughters, forcing them to be totally isolated from society. Within this oppression, Angustias, her eldest daughter, becomes engaged to Pepe El Romano. This triggers the main theme: authority versus the desire for freedom. Adela, the youngest daughter, has a secret relationship with Pepe, which causes a conflict that leads to a tragic end.
17€/20€
Check dates in May for:
Free Guided Tour of Roman Amphitheatre @ Cartagena 11am/12.30pm. Bookings at https://www.cartagena.e s/agenda_ciudad_detalle.asp?id=2409
XLIX Floral Games of the Campo de Cartagena in La Palma & XXVIII National Youth Poetry Contest
Single prize of €1,300 and a Natural Flower will be awarded to the best poetic composition on the single theme ‘El Viaje’ with a minimum length of 75 verses and a maximum of 175.
12-14 years old – a diploma and 400€.
15-18 years old – a diploma and 600€.
The texts presented, of a creative nature, must be strictly original and unpublished and in Spanish. The theme will be free, with a minimum length of 14 verses and a maximum of 100.
The winning authors will attend a ceremony on Saturday 13th May and the winner of each category will read the winning work.
Roman and Mediterranean Cartagena Guided Tour 2½ hrs
7.50€/13€/15€ in Spanish & English
More information and dates: 968 500 093
With the help of an audio guide, explore the centre and history of Cartagena at your leisure, visiting the two main archaeological sites of the city, the Roman Theatre Museum and the Molinete Roman Forum Museum, as well as enjoying the beautiful examples of modernism or the military past.
Route: Museum of the Roman Theatre, Calle del Aire, Plaza San Francisco, Museum Roman Forum Molinete, Calle Mayor, Naval Museum, port and Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Beginning: Museum of the Roman Theatre.
In addition to the route, there is the option of renting audio guides at each museum and site in several languages.
Sunday 21st May – Triathlon 9am
Saturday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th May – Esparto Workshop @ Los Puertos de Santa Bárbara Ethnographic Museum 10.30am-12.30pm
Booking essential – up.cartagena.es
Free Guided Tour of Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver Museum @ Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Centre 11.30am
Booking essential
Carmen Conde ordered in her will the donation, in favour of Cartagena City Council, of furniture and decorative objects in the living room,hall and office from her house at C/Ferraz, 67 in Madrid. This heritage has now been reproduced, trying to reconstruct the environment in which Carmen Conde and Antonio Oliver created as part of their important work.
La Union
www.ayto-launion.com
Tel 868 049 941/692 925 970 –Tues Market
Los Alcazares
Market Tues & Sat (Los Narejos)
Every Saturday – Open Market from 10am
40 stalls selling a variety of goods on Paseo Real de la Feria and Calle Los Luisos.
Every 1st & 3rd Monday – Mini Market @ La Zona Terraza, Los Narejos. 10am-1pm
Every Tuesday – Sonrisas Harmony meet every Tuesday @ the Estribor Function Room, Los Alcázares. 10.30am-1.30pm
Every Thursday – Spangles Ladies A Capella Chorus Rehearsals @ Los Narejos 10am-1pm
San Javier
www.murciaturistica.es/en/san_javier/
Tel 968 172 041 – Market Wed & Thurs
Saturday 6th May – Free Classical Music Concert @ The New Winter Theatre 7.30pm
Every Monday – HAH Help at Home Table Top Sale @ La Zona Bar 10am-1pm
Every Monday – Friendship Group @ The Garden Bar & Lounge 11am
Every Tuesday & Thursday – San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby field, PDM Sports Ground. 12-18 year olds 7.30-9pm. Men 8.30-10.30pm. Women 10-11.30pm.
Every Thursday – San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby field, PDM Sports Ground. 6-10 year olds. 6-7pm
Every Saturday – San Javier Squalos Rugby @ Rugby field, PDM Sports Ground. 6-10 year olds. 10-11am
Aeronautical Museum – Visit this museum with photographs and videos showing various items relating to the Spanish Military Air Force.
Entrance free.
Open 10am-2pm
Call 968 582 107 to arrange group visits
Santiago de Ribera
Tel 968 571 704 -Wed Market
On 1st & 2nd Sundays every month – Artesan Market Mar Menor in the Explanade de Barnuevo 10am-2pm.
San Pedro del Pinatar
www.sanpedroturismo.com
Tel 968 182 301 – Market Mon & Thurs (Lo Pagan)
Torre Pacheco
www.torrepacheco.es
Tel 968 579 937 – Market Thurs (Balsicas) & Sat (Dolores)