Malaga Theatre Festival 2012

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The 24th edition of the Málaga Theatre Festival will feature four world premieres among the total of 13 shows they present, in addition to a monologue of Asunción Balaguer, classics like La Celestina and masked theatre.

For a month - from January 13th to February 11th 2012 - the Cervantes and Echegaray theatres in the capital will be the venues for a festival to be inaugurated with 'Macbeth' by Ur Theatre run by the new director of the National Classical Theatre Company, Helena Pimenta.

    The Panic Theatre of Fernando Arrabal, two works by El Brujo and the American Cirque Style will be other highlights of this event, which will feature performances in unusual spaces.  All complemented by parallel activities such as workshops, seminars and staged readings.

Apart from the Theatre Festival there is of course much more to enjoy in Malaga and surroundings. You can rent your car at AurigaCrown´s offices in Malaga next to the bus/train station or at the airport, and this way all nice places that surround Malaga are within easy reach. You can of course think of the beaches, the Jardines de la Concepción Gardens just outside Malaga, El Chorro and Sierra de las Nieves natural parks for beautiful hikes and other nice beach towns like Fuengirola and Marbella. Of course Malaga itself has a great cultural offer, museums (among other the Picasso Museum and birth house) and monuments.

For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

Experience the Migas Festival in Torrox (Malaga)

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. Providing options for visits that are within easy reach with a rental car, nice routes, places to visit and from where to start. In this article some cultural tips when visiting Malaga, the Axarquia and the Torrox Migas Festival.

Every year, on the last Sunday before Christmas, many visitors come to the beautiful, whitewashed town of Torrox, near Malaga, to join the typical Christmas celebration. In Torrox that means 2000 kilos of flour, 500 litres of olive oil and small pieces of chorizo in order to make ¨Fried Breadcrumbs¨ that are cooked in huge cauldrons at the main square.

There are lots of the local ´migas´ to try, served free, together with a glass of local wine and a tapa. There is music, dancing, a great ambience to get to know this typical Andalusian peasant dish.

When: 18 Dec 2011 (annual)
Where: Torrox (Malaga)
Cost: Free
Opening Hours: From 11.30am

Torrox  is situated in the beautiful region of the Axarquia in Andalusia, about 45km from Malaga city. A picturesque place that lies on the scenic Route of Sun and Wine, which follows a route of towns and villages in the Axarquia in a landscape of sun and vineyards.

The town is located just 4 kilometres inland and is a popular tourist destination during the summer for those looking to stay in more traditional surroundings, yet be close to the attractions of the more modern Torrox Costa.

The Axarquía is excellent for hiking and several companies now run walking holidays. Horse trekking is also very popular here. The landscape is riven by deep valleys lined with terraces and irrigation channels that date back to Muslim times.

The area enjoys a typically Andalusian climate, being very hot during the summer and temperate during the winter. The residents enjoy around 2,800 hours of annual sunshine.

All in all a great place to enjoy some typical dishes, sun and beautiful surroundings. You can conveniently rent your car directly upon arrival at Malaga airport or next to Malaga train station and easily get there. For more information on our fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

A retrospective by Alberto Giacometti at the Picasso Museum in Malaga

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The Picasso Museum presents Alberto Giacometti (Alberto y Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris). ¨A Retrospective¨, an exhibition that shows the different stages of the artistic career of one of the most prominent artists of the past century. His work is key to understanding the development of avant-garde and the subsequent evolution of contemporary art, nevertheless, he is an unclassifiable author. This project challenges the reductionist view that has often been considered the work of this creator. The exhibition is available from October 27th until February 5th 2012 at the Picasso Museum in Malaga.

The Picasso museum in Malaga, the birthplace of the artist, was funded by the Junta de Andalusia with the support of Picasso´s heirs, and is the fulfilment of a lifelong dream of the artist. One of the world's many Picasso museums, it opened in 2003 in the Buenavista Palace, and has 155 works donated by members of Picasso's family, pieces that cover "all the creative periods of the artist's work", and include creations from his youth to those which he signed at the end of his life.

Picasso Museum902 44 33 77
Palacio de Buenavista San Agustín, 8
Malaga

Admission Fee: Collection 6.00 €
Exhibition 4.50 €
Combined entrance 8.00 €

Advance purchase of tickets by phone: 902 36 02 95.

Opening hours:

Tuesdays -Thursdays, from 10:00 to 20:00.
Fridays - Saturdays, from 10:00 to 21:00.
Sundays and Holidays 10:00 - 20:00.
Alberto Giacometti exhibition: 27.10.-05.02.

Apart from this great exhibition there is of course much more to see and to do in and around Malaga. Cultural visits in Malaga, Marbella, Granada, Seville, or some days of relax on the beach, hikes in nature, all within easy reach with your rental car.

You can conveniently rent your car directly upon arrival at Malaga airport or next to Malaga trains station. For more information on our fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

Great Night of Blues - Tribute to Route 66 in Malaga

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Some of the most prominent bands of Malaga get together to perform a deserved tribute to Route 66, the jazz and blues club in Fuengirola which remained in frenetic activity between 1995 and 2002, and to Steve Themonk, the director and responsible for the success and popularity of the place which he ran brilliantly.

Route 66 was much more than just a club with live concerts. In those years, it was the shelter and promoter of genres hitherto neglected or avoided and consequently became a space for the consolidation of soloists and combos that went beyond the local scope. Route 66 made room for veterans like Richard Ray Farrell or the Lito Blues Band and to novices at that time as El trio del Saco and Mama Kin. All these and many more will meet for a memorable evening, a can't-miss for blues fans.

Tribute to Route 66: Lito Fernández, Richard Ray Farrel, Mama Kin, El Trío del Saco...When: Jueves 29 de diciembre
Time: 21:00

Where: Teatro Echegaray
Address: c/ Echegaray, 6 Malaga

Tel.: 952 22 41 00

Apart from the Great Night of Blues there is of course much more to enjoy in Malaga and surroundings. You can rent your car at AurigaCrown´s offices in Malaga next to the bus/train station or at the airport, and this way all nice places that surround Malaga are within easy reach. You can of course think of the beaches, the Jardines de la Concepción Gardens just outside Malaga, El Chorro and Sierra de las Nieves natural parks for beautiful hikes and other nice beach towns like Fuengirola and Marbella. Of course Malaga itself has a great cultural offer, museums (among other the Picasso Museum and birth house) and monuments.

For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

Cirque du Soleil in Malaga!

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The show presented by Cirque du Soleil on this occasion is called Joy. This is the third time the circus comes to Malaga. This time the site chosen for the presentation of Joy is the Martin Carpena Sports Palace.

Joy is presented as a carnival, whose main theme is the struggle to regain freedom and the abuse of power. A mixture of contortion, acrobatics, balancing acts, clowns, synchronized trapeze and juggling.

More than nine million people in over 50 cities in the world have enjoyed the Cirque du Soleil, now you can enjoy the show in the city of Malaga. 

53 artists from 17 nationalities form part of the presentation of Joy which will have a total of 11 numbers that consist of a mixture of jazz, tango, pop and klezmer, accompanied by musical instruments like the accordion.
Do not miss the classic Cirque du Soleil, Joy, internationally recognized and seen by more than 9 million people around the world.

Venue: Sports Palace J.M. Martin Carpena, Malaga.
Address: Calle Miguel de Mérida Nicolich, Málaga.
Date: From Thursday December 1st until Sunday December 4th 2011.
Time: 17:30
Ticket prices: € 30 / € 62.

Apart from the Cirque du Soleil there is of course much more to enjoy in Malaga and surroundings. You can rent your car at AurigaCrown´s offices in Malaga next to the bus/train station or at the airport, and this way all nice places that surround Malaga are within easy reach. You can of course think of the beaches, the Jardines de la Concepción Gardens just outside Malaga, El Chorro and Sierra de las Nieves natural parks for beautiful hikes and other nice beach towns like Fuengirola and Marbella.

Of course Malaga itself has a great cultural offer, museums (among other the Picasso Museum and birth house) and monuments.

For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

XXV International Jazz Festival in Malaga

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The XXV Malaga Jazz Festival will feature 13 concerts and projections 7A new edition of the International Jazz Festival of Malaga will be held next November, this time with a strong European flavour and established artists such as jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, pianist Randy Weston, soul singer Bettye LaVette and the Portuguese heterodox singer Maria João. The festival is held from November 7th till 13th 2011.

As a new feature at its twenty-fifth edition the Malaga Jazz Festival will present the incorporation of a series of films of directors like Louis Malle, Coppola, Woody Allen, Anthony Mann or Trueba that are strongly related to this genre and in which you can hear soundtracks from 'cool' by Miles Davis to swing, Latin jazz or the echoes of the great guitarist Django Reinhardt.

All concerts will be held at the Cervantes and Echegaray Theatres, while the film projections can be seen at the Movie theatre Albéniz. The schedule is designed in such a way that true fans can attend at the three places consecutively: Albéniz, Cervantes and Echegaray. The latter, as in the previous edition, will be transferred into a jazz club where you can enjoy the concert and a drink.

Tickets can be purchased by phone and Internet, with the exception of tickets for the screenings, which will be by invitation and will be made publicly available soon.

Programme Cervantes TheatreErnesto Aurignac Quartet
Randy Weston and His African Rhythms Trio
Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Bettye LaVette
Roy Hargrove Quintet
Maria João
Metropolitan Jazz Band in Prague & Eva Eming

Programme Echegaray TheatreIrene Lombard
Sarah Quist Quartet
Sandro Schneebeli's Boogaloo Quartet
Rosa Ruiz Jazz Quartet
For Free Hands
BalkaNova

Prices vary between €7 and €60 depending on the artist, seats and location.

CERVANTES THEATRERamos Marín s/n. 29012 Málaga
Box office, Monday through Friday (except holidays)
from 11.00 to 14.00 h. and from 18.00 to 21.00h.
Saturdays (except holidays), from 19.00 to 20.00h. or until beginning of the concert.
Sundays and holidays (if there is a concert)
one hour before the start of the concert.

ECHEGARAY THEATREEchegaray 6. 29015 Malaga
Box office, Monday through Friday (except holidays)
from 11.00 to 14.00 h. and from 18.00 to 21.00h.
Saturdays (except holidays) from 11.00 to 14.00h. and 19.00 to 20.00h. or until beginning of the concert.
Sundays and holidays (if there is a concert)
one hour before the start of the concert.

TELEPHONE SALES - Unicaja UniTicket
Telephone 902 360 295 - 952 076 262
Monday to Sunday from 8.00 to 22.00h.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Telephone 952 224 109

Apart from the Jazz Festival there is of course much more to enjoy in Malaga and surroundings. You can rent your car at AurigaCrown´s offices in Malaga next to the bus/train station or at the airport, and this way all nice places that surround Malaga are within easy reach. You can of course think of the beaches, the Jardines de la Concepción Gardens just outside Malaga, El Chorro and Sierra de las Nieves natural parks for beautiful hikes and other nice beach towns like Fuengirola and Marbella. Of course Malaga itself has a great cultural offer, museums (among other the Picasso Museum and birth house) and monuments.

For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

XII Wine & Denomination of Origin fair in Torremolinos

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The Wine & Denomination of Origin Fair in Torremolinos is one of the most anticipated encounters of the Costa del Sol, where professionals and wine lovers will find a range of possibilities to do business as well as to enjoy learning and tasting workshops. The event will take place at the Conference and Exhibition Centre in Torremolinos from November 12th to 14th 2011.

There will be an extensive programme of presentations by recognized professionals, Mediterranean Food Conferences, wine tasting trainings, exhibition and tasting of cocktails made with wine from Andalusia, contest and handing over of the Palacio Awards, a Special Audience Award, the Best Young Andalusian Sommelier Competition from the most prestigious hotel schools of Andalusia.

Details of the event:
Website: The Wine & Denomination of Origin Fair in Torremolinos
Venue: Conference and Exhibition Centre Torremolinos
Web Listing: Palacio de Congresos Torremolinos

Fees: General public: 3 euros including five tasting tickets. Professionals: free
Visitors: about 5,000

The wide world of wine will open its doors to professionals and amateurs in a conference where cuisine and sommeliers, regulatory boards, major wineries and denominations of origin will not be missing, both national and international, among others:

D.O. Málaga y Sierras de Málaga; D.O. Utiel-Requena D.O. Cava ;D.O. Ribera del Guadiana; Vinos de la Tierra Láujar-Alpujarra; D.O. Navarra; D.O. Valencia; D.O. La Mancha; D.O. Condado de Huelva; D.O. Ribera del Duero; D.O. Montilla-Moriles; D.O. Málaga, D.O. Rioja; D.O. Rueda; D.O. Priorato; D.O. Alicante;   D.O. Campo Borja; DD.O. Rias Baixas, Priorat, Penedés, Cigales; Jerez–Vinos Tierra de Cádiz;  D.O. Cariñena; D.O. Dehesa de Extremadura: D.O. Montsant, etc.

Apart from the fair related events, there is of course much more to see and enjoy. Torremolinos offers a vibrant and lively town with great beaches, entertainment, an aquatic park (Aqualand), a crocodile park, a golf course (Parador de Golf Torremolinos/Malaga) and is of course perfectly situated on the Costa del Sol to visit other attractive cities like Malaga, Marbella, Granada or Seville.

With your rental car, all sites are within easy reach. You can conveniently rent your car directly at Malaga airport or train station. For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

X International Opera Festival Marbella

The tenth Marbella Opera Festival has been presented by the Delegate of Culture and Education, Carmen Diaz, the president of the José Banús Masdeu Foundation, Pilar Calvo and Sanchez de Leon, Candido Fernandez, and will be held in the Theatre Ciudad de Marbella ¨City of Marbella¨ from August 3rd to 6th. The direction and artistic realization is in charge of the International Opera Company Concerlirica. The Delegate of Culture and Education emphasized that "the festival is the highlight of the summer's cultural agenda" and that "after nine years of success in Marbella the festival has become one of the most important in the province, which also bodes well for this tenth edition. "

The X Festival has a very special programming that has been achieved through the involvement and efforts of the Banús Foundation. It is also noteworthy that all previous editions had always been sold out, furthermore this year's Opera Festival will feature three top-level performances and a lyrical gala with internationally recognized tenors, sopranos and baritones. Candido Fernandez, meanwhile, thanked the cooperation provided by the city of Marbella and also recalled that since the launch of the first Opera Festival in 2000, they have already organized a total of 46 operas, and with this acquired experience, which has led to once again offering the best operas in the Teatro de la Ciudad de Marbella.

The program, the performaces will take place at 22:00 hours and will include:
• Wednesday, August 3rd: "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi.
• Thursday, August 4th: "La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini.
• Friday, August 5th: "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini.
• Saturday, August 6th: "Lyrical Gala Tenth Anniversary" presented by Laura Valenzuela and Jose Luis Uribarri.

The ticket prices range from 20 to 25 euros for the Lyrical Gala and from 30 to 40 euros for the opera performances, you can purchase tickets at El Corte Ingles ticket sales, or at the box office up to 5 minutes before start of the performances.

Car Hire AurigaCrown recommends this musical event you can enjoy apart from so many other visits in and around Marbella. All sites are within easy reach with you rental car: for more information, prices or to book your car directly, please visit our website. We have offices at Malaga airport and in Marbella.