Find one of the best itinerant food and drinks fairs with live music and activities from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April in Mutxamel’s El Canyar de les Portelles municipal park.

Entrance to the ‘food truck’ fair is free of charge and there will be trucks from different countries.

This amazing street food market offers a varied gastronomic offer at affordable prices.

There will be a live music as well as activities for kids.

Timetable

• Friday: from 18:00 to 00:00.
• Saturday: from 12:00 to 00:00.
• Sunday: from 12:00 to 19:00.

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Over the following weeks, the streets of many towns will be filled with fun, music, masquerade, processions, dancing and other activities to celebrate this long-awaited annual festival.

See this list of some towns celebrating Carnival:

Alicante (from 25 February to 1 March)

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Alcoy (5 March)

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Benidorm (from 26 February to 1 March)

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Calpe (26 February)

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El Campello (26 February)

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Elche (26 February)

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Ibi (26 February)

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Mutxamel (25 February)

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San Juan de Alicante (26 February)

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Santa Pola (25 February)

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San Vicente del Raspeig (25 and 26 February)

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Torrevieja (from 4 February to 6 March)

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Relax and enjoy the peace of this welcoming and exclusive spa located in a unique setting on the Costa Blanca.

“Spa & Beauty Hotel Bonalba Alicante” consists of a spa with a heated pool with two built-in hydromassage jets, jacuzzi, sauna and Turkish bath.

You can also try some of the treatments in its wide programme, such as relaxing, draining and slimming massages, and facial, body and beauty treatments.

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This weekend, 17-19 January, marks the celebration of this festivity in many Costa Blanca towns.

One of the most curious traits of this festival, also known as San Antón, is the blessings of pets and other animals.

Fire also plays a key role with mascletás (load explosions), fireworks and bonfires. In addition, music, parades and traditional meals are a must in the celebrations.

Among the many celebrations, the ones in Canals, Valencia, Alicante, Mutxamel, Sagunto, Benissa, Pego, Teulada and Villena stand out.

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Visit Alicante, Denia, El Campello, Mutxamel, Sant Joan and/or Sant Vicent del Raspeig from 13 to 29 September to join the fun of the circus festival.

In this 10th edition, ‘Circarte’ continues with the aim to impulse and promote contemporary circus to the general public.

This year ‘Circarte 2019’ programme features thirty shows from twenty five local, national and international companies who will travel and perform a variety of disciplines.

This edition offers activities such as the ‘Gran Gala de Circo’, where different companies will join forces, the ‘Gala temática Circarte 2019 En Femenino’, composed only of women, or ‘in Tarsi’, a show of great artistic and technical quality that won various awards.

Also, parallel activities are scheduled such as round tables, meetings, exhibitions, screenings or a ‘Family Circus’ workshop.

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The race takes place on Sunday 7 April starting at a circuit next the Dog park in Mutxamel (Alicante).

‘Can we run’ is a different kind of race, where dog owners and their pets run together. This race is held raising awareness on animal care and spending time outdoors.

Participants will be able to complete a 1.5 km walk (walking category) or run for 3 km (runner category).

Other activities programmed for the day are obedience lessons and discdog and agility exhibitions.

‘Can We Run’ will donate 30% of registration proceeds to Nhara de San Vicente del Raspeig association.

Programme

• 10:00: Start Runner category.
• 10:45: Start Walking category.
• 11:15: Awards.
• 11:45 – 12:15: Adoption Dogwalk.
• 12:15 – 12:45: Presentation and demostration ‘UCAN de Alicante’.
• 12:45 – 13:15: Presentation ‘ECOS’ and its functions.
• 13:15: Exhibition of ‘Disc dog and popular obedience lesson’ with Germán Rabasco. Exhibition of ‘Obedience lesson and agility with humans” with Agility Gos.

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The event, which combines gastronomy, art and entertainment, will take place from 5 to 7 April in the Canyar de les Portelles Park in Mutxamel (Alicante).

Entrance to the fair is free of charge and there will be twelve vintage ‘food trucks’ from different countries with a varied gastronomic offer.

At the same time, a design market will be set up with 30 art stalls.

There will also be live music (The Liverpool Band, Dingolondango Swing and djs), lindy hop dances as well as activities and workshops for kids, and a monologue by the well-known comedian José Corbacho.

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Timetable

• Friday: from 18:00 to 00:00.
• Saturday: from 12:00 to 01:00.
• Sunday: from 12:00 to 23:00.

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Club de Golf Bonalba is located in the shelter of the Sierra de Bonalba, overlooking the sea. This course was designed by Ramón Espinosa.

The course offers players an enjoyable 18-hole 72-par course, with 6096 meters off the yellow tee and 5329 meters off the red.
Nestled among typically Mediterranean vegetation, with generous greens yet tricky because of the amount of movement they have in them, and they are ever protected by strategically placed bunkers.

Club de Golf Bonalba is a challenge for all golf lovers, one that will have you using all 14 of the clubs in your bag. While the peace and tranquillity of the surroundings, meanwhile, will help ensure you spend a dream day in golfing heaven.

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17 January marks the day this celebration takes place in many Costa Blanca towns.

During the festival all types of pets are blessed, this is followed by mascletás, fireworks bonfires, music, parades and traditional food.

Some towns that celebrate this are:

Canals (from 16 to 18 January)

To mark this date, one of the highest bonfires in the world (standing at around 18 metres) is set up in front of the church of the municipality. This bonfire is burnt on 16 January followed by a parade with ‘festeros’ on horseback handing out thousands of toys.

Valencia (from 16 to 17 January)

To conmemorate this day, Valencia’s Sagunt neighbourhood organises a popular food market and a traditional animal parade. The previous day at 21.30 a bonfire will also be burnt.

Alicante (from 18 to 20 January)

Alicante will hold a traditional fair with ‘porrate’ stalls (an outdoor traditional product fair). The fair will be installed around the Plaza de Toros. Animals will receive a traditional blessing and there will also be parades, paellas, costume contests, chocolatada and horse riding exhibitions.

Mutxamel (from 19 to 20 January)

The festival starts of on 19 January with children’s games, parades and correfocs. Animals will receive a traditional blessing on 20 January followed by parades, horse rides, food tasting, raffles, mascletá and fireworks.

Sagunto (from 18 to 20 January)

There will be a whole series of performances, children’s games, animation, correfocs, parades, concerts and a bonfire in the town’s Plaza Mayor.

Benissa (from 18 to 20 January)

In addition to a traditional market (‘porrat’) and animal blessings, the town hosts a livestock fair, a fun fair and a very complete set of cultural and sport activities.

Villena (from 17 to 20 January)

Festivities take place around the Emita de San Antón, with a traditional parade and blessing of animals, food, tastings, gymkhana all wrapped up with a concert.

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Visit Alicante, Denia, El Campello, Mutxamel, Sant Joan and/ or Sant Vicent del Raspeig to join the fun in this 9th edition of the festival.

This years ‘Circarte 2018’ programme features fifty artists from twenty local, national and international companies who, over three weeks, will travel and perform a variety of disciplines such as floor, aerial or duo acrobatics, juggling, play with objects, contortion, Cirque du soleil tricks, clowns or balancing acts. Many times along with dance, theatre and live music.

‘ Circarte’ continues to grow adding more and more locations and activities with the aim to impulse and promote contemporary circus to the general public.

This edition offers activities such as the ‘Circ d’Ací Circus Gala’, where 10 Valencian companies will join forces, or the ‘Punto y Coma’, an eccentric comedy show that won the OFF Circarda Award 2016.

But its not just sitting and watching, this year the public will also be able to have their own circus experience with family workshops to learn some basic circus techniques or adult master classes on acrobatics with cloth.

Although most shows are free or use the pay after show system whereby the audience pays what they consider fair once the show is over, it is recommended to reserve your spot for indoor shows.

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