CARNIVAL!!
Carnival in Cartagena – 2nd March
The main Cartagena Carnival parade for 2019 takes place on 2nd March.
Carnival in Cartagena is a large and spectacular event, filling the centre of the city with sounds and colour as the city parties into lent and the countdown to the Easter processions (Semana Santa).
As elsewhere in Spain, the carnival festivities are hosted by the larger than life figure of Don Carnal, the personification of lust, excess and pleasure, who is engaged in continual combat with Doña Cuaresma, the looming shadow of Lent, representing austerity, piety, and denial.
The two clash throughout, with Don Carnal winning the battle and ruling for the pleasures of carnival until he is finally defeated by Doña Cuaresma as we enter Lent and the 40-day run-up to Easter.
Tickets for the main galas are available this year from El Cortes Inglés in Cartagena.
Cartagena’s grand carnival parade begins at 18 p.m. from the Alameda de San Antón and passing throughout the city. The Parade features around 90 floats and over 5000 participants.
Carnival in San Pedro del Pinatar – 1st to 3rd March
San Pedro del Pinatar joins in the celebrations of carnival across the Murcia Region with a gala, entertainment for all ages and a grand adult carnival parade. The main events will take place in a marquee installed on the seafront in Lo Pagan on the Explanada de Lo Pagan n Sunday 3rd March at 1 p.m. Activities for children will take place on Saturday from 11 a.m. onwards in the Plaza de la Constitucion and small gifts are to be given out to children wearing fancy dress.
