Weekend plans: from Almossassa to Deep Purple with a stop at the Llerena fair

Autumn opens with lively leisure proposals in Extremadura. A Badajoz returns to the Amossassa party as we enjoyed it before the pandemic and on Sunday the Bicycle Day will take place. This weekend Deep Purple performs in Mérida, Stone’s main course; Llerena is at parties; Zafra is already living his favorite and Cáceres resumes programming at the Gran Teatro.

The Almossassa festival returns this Friday with the opening of the Arab market in the Plaza Alta at 11:00. This edition recovers the festive part of the celebration of the founding of the city, and which adds two novelties: the Carnival song contest dedicated to Ibn Marwan and the incorporation of the Plaza de la Soledad to the celebration stages. The epicenter of the party will be the Plaza Alta which, from Friday to Sunday, will be transformed into an Arab souk. There will be a hundred stalls between artisans, tea shops and food stalls. The market will also extend to the Plaza de San José and will open from 11 in the morning. Check the entire program here.

On Friday, at 9:00 p.m., in the Plaza de San Andrés you can enjoy the free concert by Suso. The recital ‘Baladas & boleros’ is part of the Ciudad Encendida program.

The López de Ayala Theater hosts this Saturday a show by the Jesús Ortega flamenco center. It will start at 8:30 p.m. and the price is 12 euros.

On Sunday Badajoz will recover the Bicycle Day. In its 35th edition, those who wish to participate can register for free until Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Check the route here.

Raquel Palma and Javier Herrera at one point in the play

The Gran Teatro opens the season with the Extremaduran production ‘Camerino’, written and performed by Raquel Palma and Javier Herrera, on Friday at 8:30 p.m. On Sunday at 12.00 there will be a tribute from the Asociación Musical Cacereña to the members and colleagues who are no longer there. Nicolás Bernáldez, Paula Rubio, David de Rueda and Chloé Bird will perform.

Also on Friday there will be a screening at the Filmoteca at 8:30 p.m. On this occasion, ‘Ninjababy’ (Norway, 2021), within the Cinema and Youth cycle. On the other hand, the Maka concert at the equestrian venue, which starts at ten o’clock at night.

On the sports agenda, this Friday highlights the VIII International Tourism Basketball Trophy Province of Cáceres. The meeting will start at the Multiusos at 8:00 p.m. and Cáceres Patrimonio and the Eléctrico FC de Ponte de Sor will test their strength. Tickets will be free for children under 10 years and cost 5 euros for the rest.

In the Public Library this Friday the conference ‘Decrease and collapse’ takes place, organized by Ecologists in Action and given by Carlos Taibo. In the same venue the next day there will be a tribute to Purificación Claver. Both appointments will begin at seven in the evening.

Double offer also at Helga de Alvear. On Friday there will be a commented visit to Cristina Lucas’s exhibition, ‘Patterns’ (7 pm), and on Saturday a creative workshop for children entitled ‘The yoga of the minimum gesture’ (12 pm). In both cases it is necessary to register in advance.

This Friday in the Boogaloo room there is a concert by Schizophrenic Spacers (9:30 p.m.) and on Saturday in El Corral de las Cigüeñas the Plasencia pop-rock group ‘La neighbor of the sixth’ (6 p.m.) will perform.

One more appointment for Saturday, the day of coexistence in the Paseo Alto on the occasion of the festival of San Francisco de Asís. There will be children’s confinement, different traditional games and musical performances.

The legendary British band Deep Purple offers a concert at the Teatro Romano.

In Mérida, Deep Purple arrives this Friday at the Roman Theater. The legendary British hard rock band is one of the highlights of the Stone & Music Festival.

Also on Friday, musicians Gene García and Pedro Calero will offer a jazz concert at 8:30 p.m. at the Santo Domingo Cultural Center. Admission is free until full capacity.

On Friday at Sala Trajano you can enjoy ‘Medea a la deriva’, a play by Maltravieso Teatro based on the graphic novel by Fermín Solís. It starts at 8:30 p.m. and tickets cost 5 euros.

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In terms of sports, the Guadiana section of the El Prado road hosts this weekend the Master Feeding World Championship. A dozen teams from nine different countries will compete. There will be delegations from France, Austria, Hungary, England, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Belgium. More than 130 participants will spend the weekend on the river bank.

On Saturday Cantautaria organizes a charity gala at the Alcazaba Cultural Center starting at eight o’clock to help the boy Odín. He is three years old and was born with a brain malformation. Funds will be raised with tickets, which cost five euros.

“Let’s have fun!”, a show that can be enjoyed this Saturday in the Sala Trajano.

Also on Saturday, the Sala Trajano hosts (starting at 8:30 p.m.) the amateur theater show “Let’s have fun!”, a theatrical musician proposal for the entire public. The rhythm and fun don’t falter for an hour with songs and dances for all ages. The Jarancio company show includes animations with the public, puppets, and a team of actors and dancers. Free admission prior collection at the box office.

On Saturday, the V Cofrade Evening is celebrated in the regional capital. It will take place in the Park of the Church of Los Milagros, starting at 1:30 p.m. There will be music and dancing and the delivery of the Horquilla de Oro 2022 Award. In addition, there will be a paella tasting and a bar with popular prices and children’s activities.

In Plasencia, this weekend there is cinema and music. This Saturday, at the Alkázar theater, the musical show ‘Rumbo a Oz’ will take place, by the groups ‘Y de Repente Teatro’ and ‘Rue Plumet’, who will star in a theatrical concert, with a tour of Broadway music.

In addition, until December the Plasencia Cathedral exhibits the exhibition ‘Transitus’, the XXVI edition of The Ages of Man. The sample exhibits 180 pieces of sacred art. On the other hand, until January, the Pérez Enciso Ethnographic Museum exhibits ‘Soles que tratrap la luz’, by Rosario Serrano.

Llerena is at a fair. This Friday the children’s group Artistas will perform at 5:00 p.m. and the Maremagnum Show group will perform at 12:00 p.m. On Saturday, it will be the turn of Noche Coplas, at 5:00 p.m., and at 12:00 p.m., Maremagnum Show and La Banda West return. On Sunday there will be children’s musical theater (16 hours). In addition, at 8:00 p.m. the group La Banda West. On the other hand, this day will be Children’s Day and Fair Without Noise. Therefore, there will be special discounts on attractions from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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This weekend the edition number
51st of the Almendralejo Grape Harvest Rally, to which 85 vehicles have been registered. The Motor Club Almendralejo organizes the oldest race in Extremadura motorsport and one of the favorites for drivers and co-drivers from various autonomous communities, which is valid for the Extremadura Rally Championship.

The Imperial Theater
Don Benito hosts this Saturday the show
‘In the trunk of memories‘. It is a charitable initiative in favor of the Afribrodón association, the Association of Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue of Don Benito. Tickets cost 5 euros.

Zafra warms up engines for its International Livestock Fair and this Saturday hosts the XLI San Miguel Fair Athletics Cross and the XI Athletic March. The tests, which will have about 300 participants, will start and finish in the Plaza de España, starting at 5:15 p.m.

In addition, this Friday there will also be a concert by the Municipal Band of Zafra, on the occasion of the XXVII Bullfighting Proclamation by Primitivo Rojas. On Saturday comes the preferred concert of the group ‘La Frontera’ and the RockStar Coverband tribute band at the Municipal Booth (10 pm).

In
The Saints of Maimona, the group from Extremadura Sentimiento Loko offers a concert this Friday, at 9:30 p.m., at the Monumental Cinema Theater. Admission is free until full capacity. Also in Los Santos, the La Estrella Hunters Society has organized a hunting tour in the Sierra de San Cristóbal for this Saturday, starting at 10 am. 25 targets will be shot per participant and there will be trophies for the six best shooters.

On Sunday the I Petanque Tournament Battle of
The Albuera. Some 40 couples are registered to play at El Palenque through the international Swiss system.

In
Trujillo are held until Saturday
Historical Colloquiums of Extremadura. The convent of La Coria hosts the exhibition of papers, with their corresponding debates. On Saturday will be the award ceremony in its different categories.

Orchards of Souls start preparing for your parties. The main courses will arrive at the beginning of October, but this weekend the first acts will already take place: the chupinazo, music, recreational activities for the kids and different sports tournaments, including the Valfermoso festival and the Virgen del Rosario cross.

This Saturday the Vostell Museum in
Mismatch of Cáceres close your cycle of music. Carlos Cotallo Solares and members of the Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa and Frames Percussion will explain the details and contents of the musical proposals that they will later defend live. The event will take place at 8:30 p.m. and admission is free until full capacity is reached.

A
Coria the has arrived
exhibition of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) ‘We are soldiers’. The exhibition, which includes photographs and material used by the military, can be visited until October 3.

In
Ahigal the 21st edition of the National Dog and Hunting Fair will take place. There will be an exhibition of falconry birds, t-shirt painting, rifle shooting, showcooking, as well as a dog show with various categories.

The Provincial Council’s program ‘Culture creates Tourism’ ends this weekend in Brozas. The program includes a market for healthy and artisan products, music or batucada parades, a mobile planetarium, small-format music concerts, street theater or dance, a captive balloon, theatrical literary visit, craft workshops and literary showcooking.

In
Jaraiz de la Vera Extremedanza is celebrated with shows, workshops and excursions.

In
Torrejoncillo The XI edition of the Ultra Artisan Trail will take place on Friday. It starts at eight in the morning from the Portezuelo municipal building. There will be several tests: the ultra, the trail and the 17-kilometre cross. In total, 230 people will participate. As parallel activities there will be a tapas route, a photography contest and a children’s workshop.