Local Events in Our Area 2025
February 1st
Free guided tour of Santiago de la Ribera in San Javier
The Pearl of the Mar Menor tour illustrates the history of Santiago de la Ribera through its most important buildings
February 4th
Stand-up Comedy in English in Murcia: We are NOT From Here!
Fresh off of a sold-out national tour, two of Madrid’s top comics Xavi Jallois and Abdullah Ozturk are bringing their hit split hour back!
February 7th, 8th and 9th
La Manga Motorcycle Rally
The bike club La Manga del Mar Menor annual Bike Fest, Get ready for an action-packed weekend at the La Manga Motorcycle Rally. Festival full of live music, great food and an unbeatable atmosphere. Expect roaring engines, and delicious barbecues.
February 8th
The Herculean Way, Free guided tour of San Javier IN ENGLISH
The free “Vía Herculea" guided tour starts at 9.30 on February 8 at the San Javier Museum, where participants can learn about the town's history from the very early days as well as getting to know about some illustrious people born in the municipality. The items exhibited here, such as an aeroplane donated by the San Javier air base, take us on a journey through the past.
February 12th
Virtuos Mediterrani with an evening of romantic classical music in San Javier
Pianist Rae Pung performs Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto at the Winter Theatre in San Javier
February 12th - 22nd
The Carnival of Los Alcázares and Las Palmeras
From March 12 to 22, Los Alcázares will be transformed into a stage of rhythm, color and joy with the celebration of its Carnival 2025. The municipality expects 1,400 participants.
Wednesday, March 12 at the Adolfo López Senior Citizens Centre.
Friday 14 March , the party moves to Avenida de la Constitución in Los Narejos, where the little ones can show off their costumes
Sunday, March 16, the Canine Carnival will be held in Plaza del Espejo.
Saturday 22 March , the Grand Carnival Parade will be the highlight of the festival. Around 1,400 people from 35 groups will parade through the streets of Los Alcázares from Carril de Las Palmeras to the Town Hall.
February 23rd & 1st March
Torrevieja Carnival 2025
The Grand Carnival Parade takes place from 16:00 Sunday 23rd February 2025, departing from the Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen and proceeding down Calle Ramón Gallud to Avenida Doctor Gregorio Marañon.
The almost month-long celebrations culminate in a magnificent and final street parade next weekend on Saturday 1st March 2025.
The great Night Carnival Parade departs from the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre, and proceeds down Calle Ramón Gallud to Paseo Vistalegre, starting at 20:00.
February 13th - 23rd
The Nao Victoria is Moored at Puerto de Mazarrón
El Galeon
17th Century Spanish Galleon Replica. During a period longer than three centuries (16th to 18th), Galleons were the boats that took the lead role in the trade and cultural routes named the Indies fleets. These were the longest routes in length and also lasted longer than any other in navigation history.
February 15th
Tribute to Il Divo in San Javier
The Teatro de Invierno (Winter Theatre) in the Parque Almansa in San Javier has announced a varied program for the first few months of 2025, the second event on February 15 being a special Valentine’s Day concert by Trivox, three singers paying tribute to Il Divo
February 21st - 4th March
Cartagena Carnival 2025 (Yes 11 dyas of Celebrations!)
During the celebrations , parades, dances, costume contests and chirigotas take place , and each year the participation of Cartagena residents and visitors increases.
Cartagena is hosting the 4th National Drag Queen Competition "Ciudad de Cartagena" this year .
Friday 21st, children's show where the Children's Queen is chosen. Children's Choreography groups dance and there is always a show for the children.
Saturday 22nd, the Cartagena Carnival Proclamation takes place and the grand Gala for the election of the Queen.
Sunday 23rd, the Regional Choreography Competition takes place in the Municipal Central Pavilion, which is packed to the rafters.
Monday 24th, Cartagena breaks the mould with the VIII National Drag-Queen Competition "Ciudad de Cartagena".
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th, dance groups will liven up the city's historic centre on their routes, as competition. The prizes for Best Original Music, Best Chirigota Costume, Best Staging and Best Lyrics will also be awarded on this day.
Friday 27th, while the morning is dedicated to the little ones with the School Parade, in the afternoon the protagonists will be the adults with “The Carnival of Our Elders” who bring out all their energy and joy.
Saturday 28th And the big day of Carnival arrives. The party continues in the afternoon with the Great Carnival Parade that fills Cartagena with its color, glitter, feathers and fun. To finish, and until your body can take it, there is live music in the Plaza de San Francisco.
Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd we will once again enjoy the Children's Carnival, the chirigotas, the parades and the choreographies on the different stages.
Tuesday 3rd The festival ends on Carnival Tuesday with the Don Carnal Parade and the awards ceremony, all accompanied by the tasting of Don Carnal Balls and Doña Cuaresma Tetillas, ending with the burning of Don Carnal and the Fireworks.
February 1st March
Torrevieja Carnival 2025
The almost month-long celebrations culminate in a magnificent and final street parade next weekend on Saturday 1st March 2025.
The great Night Carnival Parade departs from the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre, and proceeds down Calle Ramón Gallud to Paseo Vistalegre, starting at 20:00.
March 1st - 9th
Santiago de la Ribera Carnival 2025
From March 1 to March 9, the streets of Santiago de la Ribera One of the most exciting and colourful Carnival events in the Region of Murcia, this week-long party builds up to the spectacular Grand Parade on March 9. The Carnival of Santiago de la Ribera is the final major parade in the Region, attracting extravagant troupes (peñas) from all over for one last burst of festivity before the solemnity of Lent begins.
Expect dazzling performances, flamboyant costumes and a joyous atmosphere that draws both locals and visitors from across Spain.
The celebrations kick off with the fried egg dinner and Carnival poster presentation and continue with a week full of exciting events, including the Carnival Queen election, a glitzy Drag Queen Gala, the beloved dog Carnival, children’s parties and the highly anticipated Chirigotas competition.
Most of the events are focused on the large marquee set up in the Jardines Príncipe de Asturias, alongside the Centro Cívico Príncipe de Asturias and close to the Explanada Barnuevo in Santiago de la Ribera.
March 13th
Classical Dances and Capriccios in San Javier
The Teatro de Invierno (Winter Theatre) in the Parque Almansa in San Javier has announced a varied program for the first few months of 2025, the fourth event on March 13 being a reappearance of the Virtuós Mediterrani chamber orchestra following their concert on February 12.
This time they are performing a selection of Dances and Capriccios with their guest violinist Petra Yakas from Croatia, as well as other works such as Éduard Lalo’s Spanish Symphony and Telemann’s Don Quixote Suite.
VALLE DE RICOTE AND CIEZA
THE BLOOMING PERIOD
Wherever you are, you can't miss this route. Around mid March time, Cieza celebrates one of nature's greatest shows: the blooming period. Fruit trees such as plum trees and peach trees give colour and multiple scents to valleys and landscapes of the huerta. This is a wonder of nature, brief but faithful to its appointment every year. During this period, plenty of activities related to blooming are celebrated, aimed at visitors and locals.
Best Viewing Spots:
Alto de la Bayna viewpoint, a high peak with viewing platform looking across the valley.
Villanueva del Río Segura, which has several high viewing points across the valley below.
There are Festivals and Parades but There are Non Like This, THE PARADE OF ALL PARADES
Holy Week in Lorca transforms this town to the point that it almost becomes Jerusalem.
It is a living staging of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
It is a great show in which there is a remembrance of the Roman era: emperors, kings, Romans, and soldiers, among others, who parade in beautiful authentic costumes of the time, but mostly the its the Chariot racing and horsman ship shows that are breath taking.
Advise to get there early as it can be very crowded and hard to see without a good spot.
Lorca Holy Week
Sun, Apr 13, – Sun, Apr 20, 2025
April 18th - 21st
Holy Week in Murcia
Easter Week in Murcia is one of the best known in the whole region. Every year it receives thousands of tourists from all over the world. For years it has been recognised as being of International Tourist Interest. Easter Week in Murcia is a mixture of the artistic and the spiritual. There are ten intense days in which the brotherhoods bring out their best treasures: pasos, nazarenos, flowers, drums and bugles. The processions also include Easter cakes, sweets and even typical foodstuffs. The most characteristic procession is that of Good Friday morning, in which the entire work of Francisco Salzillo takes to the streets.
April 22nd
BANDO DE LA HUERTA Traditional Festival in Murcia
This is the most important day of the Fiestas de Primavera (Spring Festivities) of the city of Murcia. The celebration starts early in the morning with an offering of flowers to the Virgin of the Fuensanta, patron saint of the city. This offering takes place in front of the baroque façade of the Cathedral.
Thousands of Murcian people and visitors, dressed in traditional Murcian clothes: huertano costumes, accompany the Virgin during a short walk around the city centre and, especially, will bring life to the huge parade which will go across the streets of the city in the afternoon. As well as this great parade, you’ll be able to enjoy ox-drawn waggons, folkloric groups of all the "peñas huertanas" (huertano groups), and rolling barracas (stands) from which broad beans, black puddings and sandwiches are thrown to the spectators.
April 26th
ENTIERRO DE LA SARDINA Large Carnival in Mucia
The Entierro de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine) is the end of the Fiestas de Primavera (Spring Festivities) which are held in Murcia. In this way, the Entierro de la Sardina is the craziest and wild night of Murcia.
This Saturday, a crazy parade with "gigantes" and "cabezudos" (giants and oversized heads), "hachones" and "titiriteros" (firebrands and acrobats),"demonios"(demons) and Brazilian groups of samba guard dozens of floats. Each of these floats belong to a “agrupación sardinera” (sardine association), who give out thousands of toys to the assistants in honour of the Gods of Olympus. During the previous days, the comparsas (troupes) of each "agrupación sardinera" liven up the city with parades.
The day before the Entierro, at night, the Will of Doña Sardina is read from the balcony of the City Council. These festivities end at dawn, when the last float is put away. Then the statue of the Sardine, made of stone and cardboard is burnt in the Plana de San Francisco in the popular revelry.
Festivities Honouring The Holy And True Cross of Caravaca
Every year, thousands of visitors go to Caravaca with the sole aim of having a good time and participating in this celebration, held from 1st to 5th May, which include two unique shows: the festivities of Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) and the Caballos del Vino (Wine Horses).
The festivity of Moros y Cristianos commemorates the fights which took place in the Middle Ages, at the time in which the Murcian town was a border area with the Reino Nazarí of Granada. “Kábilas” (places of Moorish side) and Christian groups walk in file with sultans and kings, wearing their best costumes and making people getting up from their seats at the rhythm of spectacular Moorish marches and amazing choreographies
The thundering sound of the galloping horses, the beauty of the embroidered robes, the music, and of thousands of people dressed in white and red, make that the whole city changes.
CARAVACA DE LA CRUZ
Más info en:caravacaenfiestas.com/
June 14th - 15th
Air Show 2025 40th Anniversary at San Javier
This had become a fixtures into the Spanish calendar that everyone looks forward to. Attracting huge crowds to one of the largest aeronautical shows on the planet. The event can be seen over whole of Mar Menor area.
The event is expected to attract more than 500,000 people. It appears that the air show will take place over the beaches of Santiago de la Ribera , next to the air base.
This event, which will be the most important in Europe, will bring together international patrols in an unprecedented spectacle
July 19th - 27th
The Sea of Music Festival in Cartagena
Experience an explosion of art, culture and entertainment in Cartagena. Every July, artists from all over the world come together in the port city with the celebration of the La Mar de Músicas festival. Don't miss the opportunity to attend this unique event, which also has an added bonus, as it is held in places in the city where you can enjoy leisure and culture with incredible views of the Mediterranean. Don't miss out!
Ramon Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center
Jacinto Benavente, 7
30203 Cartagena
Telephone 968 12 88 13
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