Lebrija celebrates its Flamenco Week from November 14 to 17

Flamenco Week comes to Lebrija from Saturday, November 14 to Tuesday, November 17, with International Flamenco Day, commemorated on November 16, as its central axis. The programme has been announced by the Ayuntamiento de Lebrija. The opening will be on Saturday, November 14 at 20:00 at the Teatro Municipal Juan Bernabé, with «Empaque», by the company Chicharrón Circo Flamenco. It is a show for the whole family that blends the languages of flamenco and circus. The performance is discounted for Amigos del Teatro and for audiences aged between 6 and 16. Tickets can be purchased at the Casa de la Cultura and on the Giglón sales platform.

On Monday, November 16, International Flamenco Day, there will be two performances of «Planeta Flamenco», by the company De Luna Flamenca, at 10:00 and 12:00 at the Teatro Municipal Juan Bernabé. They are part of the Abecedaria programme, aimed at schools, and combine theatre, oral tradition, music, singing and dance. Also on the 16th, at 12:00, the Casa de la Cultura will host a lecture organised by the IES Bajo Guadalquivir with the collaboration of the Lebrija-born singer José Valencia. In the afternoon, at 17:30, the Plaza de España will be the setting for a flashmob by the students of the Escuela Municipal de Música y Danza Juan Luis Galán Ojedo. From that same day, an exhibition of works by Kaveyo can be visited in Sala 92 of the Casa de la Cultura, in which the local artist offers his personal view of some of the recipients of the Caracol de Oro, the highest distinction awarded by the Caracolá lebrijana. Flamenco Week will conclude on Tuesday, November 17 at 18:30 with the placement of two new tiles in the corridor of the Centro del Flamenco, dedicated to the guitarist Curro Vargas and the singer Malena Carrasco. For the show on Saturday the 14th, tickets are on sale at the Casa de la Cultura and on the Giglón sales platform.