The weekend is presented in summery Extremadura and full of refreshing leisure initiatives. During these days, the region will be dotted with plans for all tastes and ages. Theater, concerts, dance, gastronomy and lots of laughter will complete an agenda starring San Isidro, since the pilgrimages in his honor will be held throughout the Extremaduran community.
In addition to this traditional and popular event, Pantomima Full will perform in Badajoz, the comedy duo formed by Rober Bodegas and Alberto Casado who will fill López de Ayala with laughter. Bird and nature lovers will be concentrated in Cáceres, since these days host its XII Bird Festival. Mérida, for its part, will have a very tasty weekend as it will celebrate Callejeando Food Fest, an appointment with ‘food trucks’; while in Plasencia the star proposal is ‘The Ages of Man’, since this is the first weekend in which the public will be able to enjoy this exhibition.
But there is much more. Join me in this review of the main activities!
The Cultural Area room of the English Court offers a family workshop on ‘scrapbooking’ taught by Vanesa Fraile Velardo, from Lilium Arts, for boys and girls from 6 years old. In it they will learn about ‘scrapbooking’ and its possibilities while designing and creating their own mini photo album. The activity will be held Friday at 6:00 p.m.
This Friday continues the 13th cycle of ‘Flamenco in the Plaza Alta’ in Badajoz. On this occasion the spectators will be able to enjoy the show ‘Pequeña Algaravía’, in which the bailaora Carmen la Parreña will perform accompanied by Paulo Molina and Ismael Solomando on cante, Antonio Santiago on guitar and Morito Suero on percussion. The performance has been delayed to 9:00 p.m. due to the heat.
Without leaving the musical chapter, this Friday the last concert of the XIII Cycle of Current Music will be held by the saxophone quartet Kebyart Ensemble. The show will be at the MEIAC at 8:30 p.m. In the repertoire they include the absolute premiere of a work by the Extremaduran composer Natalia G. Iglesias, commissioned by the National Center for Musical Diffusion (CNDM).
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The main course in the theatrical field will come from the hand of Pantomime Full, which will fill López de Ayala with laughter on Saturday. Starting at 9:00 p.m. Rober Bodegas and Alberto Casado, the comic duo that interprets subtle and hilarious archetypes in short videos massively shared on social networks, will bring their absurd, agile, direct and brief humor to this scene in Badajoz.
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A day later, on Sunday, this same space will host a concert by the Portuguese Youth Symphony Orchestra. The appointment will be at 7:00 p.m.
In Badajoz a festival of board games takes place this Saturday. It will take place in the passage of San Juan, with free access.
This weekend the capital of Badajoz will also celebrate the pilgrimage of San Isidro. On Sunday, after mass, the procession of the saint will begin through the fields surrounding the hermitage, which will also feature an exhibition of folklore from Extremadura.
Caceres
Theater and music among birds
Cáceres continues with its spring leisure agenda. The city celebrates this weekend the XII City of Cáceres Bird Festival, which returns after the cancellation of its last two editions due to the pandemic. It will take place from Friday to Sunday and there will be no shortage of technical conferences, the photographic marathon or the guided ornithological routes.
The Grand Theater hosts several shows. On Friday comes ‘What we owe ourselves’, from the company Cómicas Crónicos Producciones. In this proposal, which starts at 8:30 p.m., five thirtysomethings meet again at the funeral of their school teacher, a nostalgic and key figure in their lives. What they end up doing there is confronting what they were and what they thought they would one day become. The function thus becomes a tribute to the important work of primary school teachers and how their teachings mark people’s lives.
A day later, on Saturday, this space will be filled with the music of Second, who will present their new album ‘Flores Imposibles’. The concert starts at 8:30 p.m. The music will continue the next day at the Gran Teatro with the Cáceres Provincial Council Symphony Band, which presents Pop with the family, within the Educa Symphony cycle. It is a new live music show to enjoy with the family with the best of eighties and nineties pop. The performance will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Merida and province
Gastronomy with a lot of rhythm
Gastronomy, sports and rock will fill the leisure agenda of Mérida this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the Callejeando Food Fest Mérida 2022 festival is held in the Parque de la Argentina, a gastronomic and recreational event dedicated to quality street food and leisure in which a dozen food trucks from all over Spain will offer the visitor a wide variety of products and recipes. Throughout the weekend a series of activities aimed at all audiences will be scheduled, such as musical performances, exhibitions, workshops and classes, children’s actions, etc. The schedules will be Friday, from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m., Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., uninterrupted.
The play ‘Madrecita del alma querida’ will be performed in the Sala Trajano. The appointment will be this Friday at 8:30 p.m.
Next Saturday, the Los Milagros aqueduct will host a new edition of the ‘Music Run’ whose circuit will consist of a totally urban 7-kilometre route, which will pass through some of the city’s main monuments, starting and finishing at the aqueduct of The miracles.
In the afternoon-evening it will be the turn to enjoy the music. The López de Ayala park will become the stage for the Marymita Rock Festival on Saturday, which will consist of a series of concerts with local, regional and national bands that will offer tributes to artists and bands such as Loquillo, La Guardia or Europe. The festival will be opened by Fuckings Covers with a tribute to 80’s rock; followed by En Guardia, with a tribute to La Guardia; Rock The Night, with a tribute to Europe; Rosie in Hell, with a female tribute to AC/DC; Cadillac Solitario, with a tribute to Loquillo; closing the Fitomanía event, with a tribute to Fito.
Don Benito will once again hold his usual spring concert and will do so on May 14 with a performance by Ana Mena. The singer from Malaga will perform at the ‘Alcalde Mariano Gallego’ multipurpose bullring.
The Extremadura Orchestra says goodbye to its season in Villanueva with ‘Exceptional in the face of adversity’. It will be this Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the Palacio de Congresos. The concert will be directed by Marzena Diakun and tickets are priced at 8 euros.
Valdivia, a minor entity of Villanueva de la Serena, will host the first edition of the Ciruelas Music Festival on Friday, in which artists of national relevance such as Sergio Contreras, Nyno Vargas, Moncho Chavea and Original Elias will participate. In addition, the opening act will be the Extremaduran Kike Luna and the DJs Alex Pinto and Joel Durán.
Herrera del Duque hosts these days its XII Livestock and Agrotourism Fair of La Siberia. The businesses and professionals, the environment and the activities make this event a huge attraction for all audiences. This market has established itself as a reference event in the region and in the region, betting on the valorization of the livestock and agri-food sector, valuing local and regional resources as a sign of sustainable development of the territory.
This weekend is also the XXIII Alconchel Trade Fair, which will feature children’s shows, musical performances and a skewer roll.
The province of Badajoz will also be filled with the pilgrimages of San Isidro, which returns to various Badajoz municipalities after two years of the pandemic. Master’s Fountain,
Singing Fountain,
castuera,
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Villafranca,
Zalamea de la Serena,
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monastery,
The Saints of MaimonaQuintana de la Serena, among other towns, will be filled with acts in honor of the patron saint of the fields.
Plasencia and province
Sacred art, theater, music and puppets
It is the first weekend in which the public can visit the exhibition ‘The Ages of Man’, the most important event from the cultural, tourist and economic point of view that has taken place in recent decades in the city. An exhibition that, under the title of Transitus, collects for the first time pieces of sacred art from Extremadura in the cathedral of Plasencia, transformed to be released as a large exhibition space.
Far beyond this sacred display, Plasencia also offers theater and music. The Alkázar Theater hosts this Friday at 8:30 p.m. Black Comedy. A day later, on Saturday at 12 noon, it will be the turn of the puppets and marionettes with the show ‘Las Cotton’.
On Sunday, the Alkázar will host a concert for peace. The ‘Ciudad de Plasencia’ Music Band and the ‘Música Maestro’ Foundation Symphony Orchestra will offer a program starting at 12:30 p.m. in which there will be zarzuela, pasodobles, variety music… and all accompanied by symphonic music .
The Gabriel y Galán theater in Trujillo hosts this Saturday the performance of ‘Alfonso X, laltima cantiga’, by María de Melo Producciones.
Rincón del Obispo, a district of the municipality of Coria, is experiencing its most floral weekend. Celebrate this Friday and Saturday
Flower Festival.
The singer and composer of Cuacos de Yuste,
Sergio Cepedawill perform on May 13 at the Avenida de Jaraíz de la Vera theater-cinema to present his new solo album ‘ Tengo que decírtelo’.
Miajadas arrives on Saturday
Grand Prix, which will be held in the Space for Young Creation. The facilities will host fun activities from 6:00 p.m. in which people between 14 and 35 years old can participate.
In the Sierra de Gata, the V trail ‘As Ellas’ is held on Saturday, within the Extremadura Online Championship, both individually and by clubs. It will be 30 kilometers and 2,200 meters of positive elevation gain.
This Friday and Saturday the Villa de Jarandilla de la Vera Theater Contest continues. It is celebrated in the house of culture.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.