Marbella’s 20th Sierra Blanca Flamenco Festival will take place at Teatro Ciudad de Marbella on 21 November, starting at 8pm. Tickets are priced at €20 and are available through mientrada.net or at the theatre box office; the box office accepts card payment only.
The programme includes Antonio Reyes with guitarist Ismael Rueda, Crespo Zapata with Manuel Herrera, Isabel Guerrero with Andrés de la Luz, and Marbella singer Eva Piñero with Paco Lara. The Córdoba-based group Féminas will also perform, featuring Marina Heredia ‘La Negra’ on dance, Alba Martos on vocals, Silvia Brenes on guitar and Aurora Reguera on transverse flute.
The festival is dedicated to Paco Vargas, a former member of Peña Flamenca Sierra Blanca, in recognition of his work promoting and teaching flamenco, the association’s president Juan Recio said.
Alongside the festival, the association’s ‘El cole a la peña flamenca’ programme will run from 16 to 20 November. More than 500 pupils from local schools are due to take part in two daily sessions introducing them to flamenco singing, guitar, rhythm and percussion. A further edition for secondary-school students is planned for the week before Andalusia Day in February.