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September 1 and 2 WineFest pop-rock festival in Jumilla

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Two evenings of live music in the first edition of a new open-air pop-rock festival

September 1 and 2 WineFest pop-rock festival in Jumilla A new event has been added to the annual calendar of Jumilla in 2023 with the inaugural WineFest music festival taking place on September 1 and 2, shortly after the annual fiestas which coincide with the first grape harvests of the year.

In one sense, the new event commemorates the 50^th anniversary of the Fiesta de la Vendimia, which is held every year in August in Jumilla, while in another it brings the chance to enjoy top class live music to a wider audience than the limited numbers who can be accommodated at wineries during the Música Entre Vinos season.

Top of the bill at the first edition of WineFest, which is being held at the La Hoya sports centre, are the groups Funambulista and Nunatak, but other well-known artists are taking part over the two evenings, starting at 18.00:

Friday September 1: Funambulista, Miss Caffeina and Malafe

Saturday September 2: Efecto Pasillo, Nunatak and Pol 3.14

Tickets are priced at 25 euros for either evening of 40 euros for both and can be purchased online here.

For more local events, news and visiting information go to the home page of Jumilla Today.

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Plaza del Rollo, 1 30520 JUMILLA

Tel: 968 780 237

Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.