Parties ‘to be given and sold’

The province of Lleida inaugurates a long weekend today, thanks to the long holiday weekend, full of major festivals to coincide with the celebration of Mare de Déu d’Agost. In total, there will be more than fifty towns that will be enjoying their fairs these days. Most of them started yesterday afternoon and evening and will end on Sunday.

In Arbeca, the scheduled events began with a call by Milva Vilalta and a performance by the Esbart Dansaire Arbeca. There was also a night of entertainment to the rhythm of urban music by Figa Flawas. For his part, Albesa previously held an event on Tuesday evening, organizing a visit to see the tears of San Lorenzo. The official opening of the festival was scheduled for yesterday, with a parade, a popular dinner, a call by the town’s walking group and a night full of music. for the main festival. This was also the case for Cubells, who organized a trip that ended with a popular dinner. In towns like Àger, the celebration was carried forward even further, with a program that opened on Monday. However, it wasn’t until yesterday that the pace of the events accelerated significantly with the commentary, the opening fireworks and hi-fi stop at the social centre. Another town that started its festival was Organyà, in Alt Urgell, where a procession was planned, called by the priest Ramon Balaguer, who to run and popular dinner mentioned entrepanada. And in Llimiana, there was the presentation of the book “Quan sonava la siren”, by Manel Gimeno, and the proclamation, among other activities These are just a few examples of the dozens of cities that celebrate, and that looking to the sky for the threat of storms that could affect the planned events.

The Colla Gegantera de Solsona, in the most controversial Gràcia festivals

The presence of Colla Gegantera at Carnival Solsona will be at the main festival of the Gràcia region of Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ “war. ” between the Cultural Coordinator of Colles and the Colla Vella de Diables. The festivals, which started yesterday, will not host the usual focal points because of these differences between the organizers, which were not resolved yesterday, but quite otherwise, since it was also decided to cancel popular cultural activities in addition to the Solsona “colla” and day the tower of man.