Cartagena Festival
The Mar de Musicas Festival will be held in Cartagena between July 4 to 24 at a variety of venues .This festival is regarded as the place to be for art , literature , music and cinema from around the world .This year the highlighted country will be Morocco .Arab , African and European cultures will combine to provide entertainment at all levels .On July 4 it will be the Islamic musical superstar Khaled who will be performing .The rest of the festival will draw upon performers from around the world .Marianne Faithful from the UK and country and Western singer Lucinda Williams from USA.Mercedes Sosa from Argentina will be performing classics such as Gracias a la Vida .
There will be reggae singer Buju Banton , Malian singer Rokio Traore and jazz from Madelaine Peyroux .A full programme will be available in the middle of May .
In 2009 Khaled is supposed to collaborate with shakira on a new albumn .He is a internationally known Algerian singer of what is known as Rai .These songs speak of social issues and it is a type of folk music .
Cartagena Festival
The Mar de Musicas Festival will be held in Cartagena between July 4 to 24 at a variety of venues .This festival is regarded as the place to be for art , literature , music and cinema from around the world .This year the highlighted country will be Morocco .Arab , African and European cultures will combine to provide entertainment at all levels .On July 4 it will be the Islamic musical superstar Khaled who will be performing .The rest of the festival will draw upon performers from around the world .Marianne Faithful from the UK and country and Western singer Lucinda Williams from USA.Mercedes Sosa from Argentina will be performing classics such as Gracias a la Vida .
There will be reggae singer Buju Banton , Malian singer Rokio Traore and jazz from Madelaine Peyroux .A full programme will be available in the middle of May .
In 2009 Khaled is supposed to collaborate with shakira on a new albumn .He is a internationally known Algerian singer of what is known as Rai .These songs speak of social issues and it is a type of folk music .
Costa Blanca News
Five years ago in Alicante ” Class One ” was introduced to the waters of Alicante .This is the Formula One of the water ways .It returns to Alicante in May and June this year .The Gran Premio de Espana begins on May 29 and goes on until June 7.It takes place in the waters off Postiguet beach and eleven boats from eight different countries will be taking part .It is part of the World Offshore Championships .The main race takes place on June 7 with all of the previous days being used to set it all up .It will attract about 15,000 spectators .
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta -Jones will be acting together once again in Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante in May and June .They are filming the story of Salvador Dali and his wife under the direction of Simon West .There will also be some filming in London for the 14 million euro film .
Terra Natura in Benidorm has decided to extend the period during which the unemployed are able to enter the zoo for free .The period has been extended until June 30th .During the Easter period more than 4000 unemployed people took the opportunity to visit Terra Natura .
In Alfaz del Pi the local police force has acquired seven new officers and next week another two will join making the force number up to 41.The council spokesperson has said that this is the policy of the Alfaz del Pi council to continually upgrade the force .It has also purchased a new four wheel drive which will be delivered in the next few weeks .