October 10 to 13 Annual fair in Caravaca de la Cruz 2024
Live music, a fairground, gastronomic events, an antiques market and a children's fairground in Caravaca
The city of Caravaca de la Cruz offers a wide range of activities over the weekend of October 10 to 13 as it enjoys its annual Feria, an event which is traditionally associated with cattle farming and agriculture and to which records first allude in 1573, but which has grown to encompass gastronomy, a fairground, an antiques market and various live music shows.
The gastronomy event is a chance for local restaurants to show off their finest dishes in the Paseo de la Corredera, while the children’s fairground is being held at the Francisco Fernández Torralba sports complex from Thursday October 10 until the end of the weekend of the National Day of Spain, which falls on Saturday October 12.
Meanwhile, throughout the weekend the gastronomic “Las Cocinas del Jubileo” event is held, along with various artisans’ markets, concerts and of course the children’s funfair.
The program for the 2024 Feria de Caravaca de la Cruz includes the following:
Thursday October 10
17.00 to 23.00: Children’s fairground at the Francisco Fernández Torralba sports complex.
Friday October 11
10.00 to 21.00: Farm vehicles and machinery fair on Gran Vía and Avenida de la Constitución, official opening ceremony at 12.00.
10.00 to 14.00: Gastrolandia, a gastronomic gymkhana for children in Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz.
17.00 to 23.00: Children’s fairground at the Francisco Fernández Torralba sports complex.
19.30 to 23.30: Las Cocinas del Jubileo, a Jubilee Year gastronomy fair in the Paseo de la Corredera.
23.00: Live music from Estopa tribute act Estopaos in the Paseo de la Corredera.
Saturday October 12
10.00 to 21.00: Farm vehicles and machinery fair on Gran Vía and Avenida de la Constitución.
10.00 to 21.00: Antiques and second-hand market with live music and various activities in Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz.
11.00 to 23.00: Children’s fairground at the Francisco Fernández Torralba sports complex.
12.00 to 16.00 and 19.30 to 23.30: Las Cocinas del Jubileo, Jubilee Year gastronomy fair in the Paseo de la Corredera.
13.30: Yusi Dsl live in concert in the Paseo de la Corredera.
16.30: Guiriband live in concert in Plaza Tuzla.
21.30: Callejón del Sastre live in concert in the Paseo de la Corredera.
22.00: Volando Voy, an equestrian spectacle by Santi Serra Camps at the bullring. Click here for further details.
Sunday October 13
10.00 to 14.00: Farm vehicles and machinery fair on Gran Vía and Avenida de la Constitución.
11.00 to 22.00: Children’s fairground at the Francisco Fernández Torralba sports complex.
Further information about Caravaca is available from the tourist office (Plaza de España, 7, telephone 968 702424, email turismo@caravacadelacruz.es <turismo@caravacadelacruz.es).
Or for more local information, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today.
Address
Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and sahres boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
