The municipality of Murchant is preparing to experience a weekend full of activities on the occasion of its Medieval fair and marketwhich will take place on November 8 to 10.
This annual festival, which has already become a reference in the regionbrings together neighbors and visitors to enjoy a varied program including traditional events, exhibitions and medieval-inspired shows.
The program starts on Friday November 8 with the awards ceremony of the “Tomasz Watorsky Memorial” photo rally at the Maison de la Culture, an event which will include the screening of the winning photos and a performance by the “Ixeya” group. This first day serves as a prelude to a weekend full of activities for all ages.
The main course arrives Saturday November 9 with the Transhumance Exhibitiona tradition that allows participants to witness the arrival of livestock in the municipality, culminating in Calle Mayor, where much of the day’s activities will be concentrated. This event connects participants with the rural customs of the region and highlights the value of preserving ancestral practices such as transhumance.
Saturday, the IV Medieval Market and Fair in the Basiano Placettewhere from 11:00 a.m. the sales stands will open and the parades with medieval characters will begin.
The fair will feature a wide range of activities, including a magic showTHE forge a sword at the forge, participatory children’s theater, live music and belly dancing, promising an immersive experience in medieval times. At nightfall, visitors will be able to participate in a children’s fightwatch torchlight parades and enjoy a fire show with live music, dancing and folk burning.
Additionally, during the day there will be a popular cuisine with cider house menu at the sports center, which includes traditional entrances, grilled steaks and kupela ciderand will end with a performance of DJ “Lokura Kachopo”. At night, the celebration will take place at Fueros Squarewhere a festival of the “Nueva Era” orchestra and a distribution of bread, wine and nuts will take place.
He Sunday November 10the party will continue with the auroras in the streets of the group of Auroros “Virgen del Rosario”, followed by a distribution of free toasts in the streets. Fueros Square. The day will also include a Solemn Eucharist and procession in honor of the Holy Christ, accompanied by fanfares of bugles and drums, and will end with a play at the House of Culture.
With a combination of activities for all ages, Murchant offers a weekend of immersion in medieval culture and local traditions, inviting everyone to participate in a unique experience that saves the history and folklore of the region.
MEDIEVAL FAIR AND MURCHANTE MARKET PROGRAM
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8
7:00 p.m. Awards ceremony for the Murchante VI Memorial Thomasz Watorsky Photographic Rally 2024, at the House of Culture.
It includes the projection of photos of the finalists and winners of the Competition, as well as the performance of the “Ixeya” group.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9
‘V EXHIBITION OF TRANSMUMANIA’ ending with C/Mayor.
09:00. Welcoming riders and lunch (€5), in the industrial zone of Carrilabarca.
10:00. Departure in search of cattle towards the town of “La Torre”.
10:30 a.m. Unpacking and start of the visit.
1:15 p.m. Entrance to the town, via the Campos de Enanzo winery slope, ending at C/ Mayor (approximately at the Cooperativa bar).
Organized by: Rociera Murchantina Association – Collaborated by: Murchante Town Hall
‘IV MEDIEVAL MARKET AND FAIR OF MURCHANTE’ on the Placeta de Basiano.
11:00 Opening of sales stands and parade of strange characters
11:30 a.m. Tell stories for all audiences
12:00 p.m. magic show
12:30 p.m. Forge a sword in the forge
1:30 p.m. Participatory theater for children “the witches”
2:30 p.m. Live music and belly dancing
3:00 p.m. Stop
5:00 p.m. Reopening of the market and arrival of the forest beings
5:30 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition of instruments of torture and capital punishment machines
6:00 p.m. Children’s participatory battle
7:00 p.m. magic show
7:30 p.m. Live music and participatory dance workshop
8:30 p.m. Torchlight parade
8:35 p.m. Fire show with live music, dancing and popular burning
3:00 p.m. Popular cuisine “Cider house menu” at the Sports Center.
Menu: Starters of ham and loin, cider chorizo, cod omelette, grilled steak, quince and walnut cheese, bread, water, kupela cider and coffee.
Price: €32. Ticket sales: From October 14 to November 1, at the Sports Complex. Limited places. Possibility of reserving places by club.
Restoration: Trikitzotx
Includes a bar counter and a performance by DJ “LokuraKachopo”.
6:00 p.m. Mass and general rosary in honor of the Holy Christ, in the church ‘Ntra. Mme de l’Assomption’.
6:30 p.m. Concentration of cornet and drum groups ‘VI Memorial Pío J. Martiaritu’ Parade by the CCTT Group San Pablo de Zaragoza, the CCTT Ntra Group from Coma de Paterna (Valencia) and the CCTT Group ‘Ntra. Mrs. de la Asunción’ de Murchante.
Route details: Departure from Plaza de los Fueros, C/ Mayor to “El Paretón” and return to Plaza de los Fueros.
Next, a performance from the three participating cornet and drum groups.
Organized by: Association Tambour Murchante – Collaborated by: Murchante Town Hall.
8:00 p.m. Lighting of the bonfire, in the Plaza de los Fueros, with the collaboration of ‘Familia Lorente’, Popular Murchantinos 2024.
Then, roasted sardines for the children, provided by APYMA.
00:00. Verbena show, by the “Nueva Era” orchestra. Fueros Square.
01:00. Distribution of bread, wine and nuts, in the Plaza de los Fueros.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10
07:30. Auroras through the streets, led by the “Virgen del Rosario” aurora group accompanied by the “Santa Cecilia” Rondalla.
10:00 a.m. Free distribution of toasts, in the Plaza de los Fueros, by the “Garlic Toast Brotherhood”. Until 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. Solemn Eucharist in honor of the Holy Christ, in the church ‘Ntra. Mme de l’Assomption’. – The procession will then take place, with the intervention of the Music of the CCTT Ntra de la Coma de Paterna (Valencia), the Music of the CCTT ‘Ntra. Mme de la Asunción’ de Murchante and the Murchante Music Band.
1:30 p.m. Show by Txistularis de Murchante, in the different areas of the bar. – Organized by: Association Murchante Txistularis.
7:00 p.m. Theater play “It’s raining cows”, by the Boga-Boga Company, at the Maison de la Culture. Price: €6.
Ticket sales: www.murchante.es. Ticket office, from 45 minutes before.
