“Fair of Saint Luke and close of Spain”

a fair “brilliant, inclusive and sustainable” The mayor of Jaén, Agustín González, described this San Lucas fair as a mark of the capital “it is a reason for pride because it looks at the great fairs of Spain on an equal footing, reinforces the esteem of of the inhabitants of Jaén and contributes to the construction of the future,” he said.

The Councilor for Culture, Tourism and Festivals, María Espejo, presented the main 40 activities organized “in which leisure, pleasure and, above all, coexistence will prevail.”

A show which, as he emphasized, “will shine brightly thanks to the 360,000 LED dots which has extraordinary lighting, in addition to the premiere of a three-dimensional blanketwith an extension of 14 meters high by 11.5 meters wide, with a design of floral ornaments. Thus, the place is presented entirely lit by 68 arches: 33 in the stands area, 17 on the fairground slope and 18 on the central promenade.

The fair began this Friday with the inauguration of the extraordinary lighting at noon and this Sunday, October 13, the proclamationin charge of History professor and popularizer Ángel Canteroand the inaugural parade which this year is entitled “Jaén, between legends and universal adventures” which will delve into the legends and adventures of all time, without forgetting the most singular legend: the Lizard of Magdalena.

Fair attractions

It should be noted that all attractions of the fair will have, each day of San Lucas, a same musical tune which will also serve as a security point, that is, if there is an alert, everyone who is in the fair at that time will hear it in unison.

There will also be two children’s days with discounted attractions. Just like last year, in order to make it easier for people with different abilities to stay at the show, the stand will be open. “San Lucas accessible” where all people with reduced mobility will have a place to go and will benefit from different services to facilitate their stay at the show. A stand made possible thanks to the collaboration of the association of cassette players, the Ortopedia García Ferriz company and the Santana hotel industry.

Excerpts from dance and traditional “Chilendrinas”

The dance and dance schools of Jaén will take to the streets with “Jaén en Feria”. Thus, from October 12 to 19, dance performances will take place almost every day in the Plaza de la Constitución. The Palace of the Provincial Council will host the traditional XXII National Meetings of the Art of Bobbin Lace on Sunday October 13.

The municipal band of Jaén will liven up Roldán y Marín street with an extraordinary concert on Sunday 13 dedicated to the bullfighting pasodoble and on Saint Luke’s Day dedicated to the Operetta in rue Bernabé Soriano.

The closing of the Provincial Council will also serve as a stage for the traditional exhibition of chilindrines (humorous caricatures) by the Arco del Consuelo Neighborhood Association on Saint Luke’s Day, Friday 18.

XIIIth Festival

On Saturday October 19, the Alameda de Adolfo Suárez will host a bull run for the little ones in the house. On Sunday October 20, the Plaza de San Ildefonso will host a parade of the XIII Festiband, the festival of Jaén music groups and which will travel the surrounding streets of this central district of the capital according to an itinerary.

The fair will close with the drone show where 400 drones will perform a geometry show in the same Alcalde Alfonso Sánchez Herrera exhibition center.

Musical shows

The Alameda Auditorium will be one of the important spaces that will take center stage with concerts for all audiences such as the plazuela celebrated this Saturday, October 12; the concert of The dead bullfighters and the inhumans, Thursday October 17; The Kanka on October 18 and Camela on October 19 (with almost all tickets sold: more than 2,000). Another space like the Darymelia Theater will host children’s activities “Come to the theater for San Lucas”by Little Clowns.

On Tuesday 15, the flamenco dancer María del Mar Ramírez will delight us with her own company and the show ‘Bailaora’. Ramírez has an extensive training and professional curriculum and has shared the stage with figures from the flamenco world such as Carmen LinaresChano Lobato, Paco Cortés, Manolo Franco, El Turronero, Rancapino, José Heredia “Joselete”, Miguel Angel Soto “Londro”, Sebastián Cruz, etc.

On Thursday the 17th, there will also be zarzuela with “The Pigeon Festival”, by the Andalusian Lyric Theater, and on Friday, St. Luke’s Day, our Theater will host the fifty-second edition of the Pepe Polluelas Flamenco Festival.

On Sunday October 20, it will be the turn of XIIIth Festival, the festival of music groups of Jaén which will offer a tribute concert to Agustín Díez Guerrero, with invited music groups from the Valencian community, the Marine Corps Group of Madrid which will share the stage with the Philharmonic Society of Jaén.

Bullfighting celebration

Concerning the bullfighting festival, it should be noted that on October 19, the right-handed Curro Díaz and Emilio de Justo The bulls of Victorino Martín will fight alongside the rejoneador Diego Ventura, leader of his rank.