The festivities do not end in August, even if everything already has the taste of reunion with customs. The beginning of September is, in Arganzuela and its surroundings, more traditional and multifaceted, a place of rejoicing, dancing, decibels and partying under a sun that is said to be declining.
On the sign, several names invite you to go to the Madrid Río esplanade between Thursday 5 and Sunday 8. Celtas Cortos, María del Monte, Los Manolos or Azúcar Moreno. Music recorded in the guts for the farewell to summer in the traditional universe of festivities.
Like all festivals, those of Arganzuela, where a toothpick in the glass of wine illustrated the ownership at the time of the taverns attached to the slaughterhouse, pay homage to the Virgin of the Port; Thus, the typicality of Madrid says goodbye to the Almudena, and the party-goers say goodbye with the arrival of autumn.
To give the reader some context, on September 5, at 10:00 p.m., and at the Explanada Madrid Río, The Golden Age of Spanish Pop will play chords of nostalgia and celebration in an era that does not bother, despite the reminders, with a repertoire that even the youngest know by an infused science. On the same day, and at the Casa del Reloj Cultural Center, at 7:00 p.m., the 38th edition of Painting and the 16th edition of Photography of the Arganzuela Awards will be inaugurated.
It goes without saying that music is the protagonist. As always and as never. On the 6th, at 10:00 p.m., Friday, and on the same stage of the Explanada de Madrid Río fairgrounds, the legendary Pucelana group, Celtas Cortos, will unleash their bouquet of songs that, over time, have become intergenerational. And a detail: on April 20, 1990, the Arganzuela slaughterhouse was still in full meat production.
On Saturday 7th, in the same area, the air of the diffuse bagpipes of the Pucelano group will be replaced by guitars, marshes and Catalan rumba. A great day of music with the performance, at nine o’clock and at the place of performances, of María del Monte and her elaborate diffusion of the Sevillanas. An hour before, Los Chisperos de Arganzuela will pay for the Madrid event. Two hours later, on the same Friday and in the same place, Los Manolos will come to certify that 92 have not remained either during this year of grace or in Barcelona.
It will be Sunday, September 8 at noon and from her hermitage, mass will be celebrated before the procession of the Virgen del Puerto. During those hours, I am a mouse who will offer a family concert. The stage will not be empty of artists until at 8:00 p.m. the winner of the neighborhood musical contest performs as a prologue to the show of the Salazar sisters, the Azúcar Moreno, who at 9:30 p.m. will demonstrate that summer can be reigned supreme consecutively, year after year, without concessions to time or the fashions of the moment.
The last click of heels of the inhabitants of Badajoz will practically give way to the fireworks that will close the summer in the capital. The powder has spread in the natural vault of Manzanares. Pyrotechnic climax.
Alongside faith and music, sport will have a place on Saturday at nine in the morning, with the unmissable role of the XXXIII Popular Race of La Melonera: in its categories of 10.5 kilometers, and in the courses adapted to the smallest. . Competition and joy for the end of summer.
