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This year’s Semana Flamenca de Alhama de Murcia festival, now renamed SFAM, begins on Wednesday 25th September with the first of four evenings of free music and dance featuring the Aula de Arte Juan Ogalla and Kimaya.
The Aula de Arte Juan Ogalla is a local flamenco academy in Alhama named after the renowned dancer Juan Ogalla, aiming to preserve true traditions of the genre throughout the Region of Murcia.
Kimaya, on the other hand, performs one of the many new styles of flamenco featured in this year’s SFAM festival, and while he continues to use the staples of percussion, guitar and vocals, he is influenced by the theory that all gypsy (and therefore flamenco) roots lie in the Indus valley in India. The theory proposes that the genre reached Europe via Persia in the 14th and 15th centuries, and the Marathi is the true native language of flamenco.
The evening at the Teatro Cine Velasco begins at 21.00 and although admission is free of charge prior booking is required through an “invitation” system online here.
For more information about Alhama, including news and upcoming events, visit the local tourist office or go to the home page of Alhama Today.
Alhama de Murcia Tourist information office is located on the edge of the Plaza de la Constitución, just a few metres away from the underground car park and the Town hall of Alhama de Murcia.
The tourist office offers free guided audiotours in English which take visitors around the historical sites of interest in Alhama. These be loaned at any time, although allow an hour and a half to complete the tour, and when loaning the audio equipment visitors are asked to leave passports or ID cards with the tourist office.
The office also carries a full range of leaflets for the archaeological museum of Los Baños, which is built around the historic spa which gives Alhama its name, and the mountains of Sierra Espuña, which is also an important area within the municipality of Alhama. Areas such as El Berro and Gebas have a number of interesting routes which can be followed and there are several picnic areas and good walking routes within the Sierra Espuña natural park.
The tourist office also carries leaflets for the many cultural events and fiestas which take place in Alhama throughout the year, including Los Mayos, Semana Santa, Christmas,the Romería of La Candelaria and the Auto de los Reyes Magos in El Berro.
For more local information, including news and forthcoming events, visit the home page of Alhama Today.
