Villena will celebrate this weekend, Between 16-18 September, The XXXI of the Folklore Festival, which is one of the most important events in the province of traditional dance and music and brings together national and international groups in three days after the pandemic.
this Cultural Council Member Elena Benitez“We can repeat this festival, which has become a great opportunity to promote the traditional culture and folklore of our country and other places,” he expressed his satisfaction.
for your share Festival director José Ayelostated that the three days allowed him to present different content. Among them “El Diluvi” by Foia de Castallaa band that saves folklore without giving up rooting and adapting music to the presentit allows the youngest to discover this kind of music and dance.
Ayelo thinks the “identity mark” of the Villena competition is that all participating groups can perform their dance on one stage. Chapi Theatre.
invited groups
Festival schedule from tomorrow to Sunday Grup de Cors i Danses de Biar, Tarancón’s Folkloric Group “Caño Gordo” and Folkloristische VereenigingA veteran organization from the Netherlands, founded in 1932. With them and as it has become a tradition, Villena Dance Group.
The festival will start with the performance of “El Diluvi”, one of the musical groups. folk music markers of the current Spanish scene who will present their show to the public “Kim Fandango!”. Will be on the porch of Casa del Festero in an action public and free.
The program will continue on Saturday with a parade of invited groups and a subsequent official reception at the Plaza de Santiago. Chapi Theater is the stage where the first Gala of the Festival will take place.
On Sunday, September 18, events will move to the Las Virtudes area, with an opening parade and a second Festival Gala in the pine forest of Las Virtudes.