The third edition of Murmura Festival The event combines quality music, gastronomy, heritage and nature in a setting as genuine as the Alpujarra of Almeria, and this year will take place on May 19, 20 and 21 at Alboloduy, Alcolea, Almócita, Beires, Canjáyar, Fondon, Source Victoria, Laujar from Andarax, Padules y Rágol.
Murmura Festival has carved a niche in the cultural and tourist agenda of the province of Almería in spring, not only for its music, but also for its eagerness to make the experience much more than just attending concerts, including among its proposals professional meetings, guided tours and visits, tastings, musical tastings, family concerts and storytelling.
A few days ago the new edition was presented at a ceremony held in the Patio de Luces de Diputación, which was attended by the vice president and deputy of Tourism, Fernando Giménez; the deputy of Culture and Cinema, Almudena Morales; the director of the festival, Diego Ferrón; the mayor of Alcolea, Antonio Ocaña, a municipality that premieres this year, and Virginia Bosquet, from Bodegas Cepa Bosquet. Also in attendance were mayors and councilors of the participating municipalities and representatives of the wineries in the area.
Diego Ferrón, stressed that this year the festival has twenty musical activities, more than fifteen alternative activities such as guided tours of the wineries where, as he said, "we continue to add entrepreneurs to the festival and new activities that we incorporate this year as showcookings. He also valued that ticket sales are going at a good pace and that in provinces such as Murcia, Malaga and Madrid is arousing a lot of interest.
The mayor of Alcolea, Antonio Ocaña, highlighted the participation for the municipality that this year joins Murmura for the first time, while Virginia Bosquet, from Cepa Bosquet, highlighted the diffusion that Murmura carries out of La Alpujarra, its gastronomy, customs and wines. The presentation ceremony ended with the Almerian singer José Luis Jaén who performed an a cappella song.
The musical proposal is led by one of the most genuine artists of the Spanish popular music as is Kiko Veneno. He will have exceptional companions with the magnificent rock of Quique González, with the soul & rock airs of Morgan, the elegant and danceable electronic music of Iseo & Dodosound, the alternative rock of Maika Makovski or the flamenco of Queralt Lahoz.
The list of bands and artists for the third edition of Festival Murmura is completed with the rockabilly instrumental virtuosity of Los Mambo Jambo, the flamenco of Kiki Morente, the more personal labels of El Jose, Vurro, María de Juan, José Luis Jaén, Blanca Almendrita or César Maldonado and the new and emerging proposals of the virtuosos Gilipojazz, Matsu, Tyrano Banderas and Müsgo, as well as the dj Sesión Taha.
Tickets are available through the website www.festivalmurmura.com, a website where you can consult all the locations, programming and schedules in detail when they are definitively closed.
In addition, the inclusive work of the Music For All Foundation will once again be present at Festival Murmura, making many of the activities available to all types of audiences, regardless of their different abilities, making the event an example of inclusion and equality.
The activities will begin on Friday, May 19, with the official opening in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Alcolea, at 20 hours, which will be followed by a tasting of wines from the Alpujarra and the concert of José Luis Jaén, the contestant who is triumphing in the current edition of the Cover Night program presented by Ruth Lorenzo. On Saturday the complementary activities will begin at 10:30 am with 'Networking Geca' at the Bodega Cepa Bosquet in Fuente Victoria. At 11 am there will be a guided tour of the Cortijo El Cura Winery and Vineyards. At 12 noon, the wineries Cepa Bosquet de Fuente Victoria, Pura Vida de Fondón and Barea Granados de Padules, will be the scene of wine tasting with concerts by Maika Makovski, El Jose and Kiki Morente.
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