Archives for Cervera

42nd International Music Festival of Cervera (la Segarra)

The Cervera International Music Festival originated in 1981 and has become more and more consolidated, year after year. It stands out for the prestigious performers that it is able to attract and for the ability and passion of its artistic management to conduct research, develop its knowledge, and combine different musical styles and formations. The festival fills the town of Cervera with numerous concerts by soloists, chamber musicians, small ensembles, bands, choral groups and symphony orchestras.
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Calendars: culture.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: summer.
Venues: Cervera (XL Festival internacional de música de Cervera).

“Carnaval de Secà” – Cervera (la Segarra)

During the day, there will be enjoyable activities for children, a “txaranga” (drum and pipe band), “correbarra”, great carnival street procession, percussion, and wind instrument concert… And at night, concerts and a festival for young people.
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Calendars: family tourism and festivals and fairs.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: summer.
Venues: Cervera (Carnaval de Secà).

Theatricalised Visit to the University of Cervera (la Segarra)

Theatricalised visits, organised by Alea Teatre, starring the sculptor Jaume Padró and the Chancellor of the University, who will treat visitors as if they were students and tell them about the construction of the university, university life at that time, and the subsequent uses of the building. Visit at 12 pm. By prior booking.
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Calendars: culture.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: spring.
Venues: Cervera (Visita teatralitzada a la Universitat de Cervera).

Bread and Cereal Fair, Sant Isidre Fair – Cervera (la Segarra)

The Fair of Sant Isidre is a gastronomic and multi-sector exhibition. Cervera has always been closely connected to the world of the small-holder farmer as it is located at the nerve centre of La Segarra, in a predominantly agricultural area. For this reason, the fair is held in honour of Sant Isidre, the patron saint of small-holder farmers. At the fair, visitors will also find exhibitions, tourist routes, talks and exhibitions, etc. 
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Calendars: festivals and fairs.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: spring.
Venues: Cervera (Fira del pa i del cereal).

13th Easter Festival of Cervera (la Segarra)

The Easter Festival affirms the distinctive and characteristic personality which derive from it being dedicated to Catalan classical music and everything that surrounds it. In a year in which the 50th anniversary of the death of Pau Casals is being commemorated, Cervera’s Easter Festival could not forget this milestone. Two common threads run through this year’s programme: the music and life of Pau Casals and the work of exiled and émigré musicians from different periods. In this edition, visitors will find 10 productions that crystallize in 15 concerts given at different points in the town of Cervera. There will also
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Calendars: active tourism, culture, family tourism, festivals and fairs, gastronomy, and nature.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: spring.
Venues: Cervera (11è Festival de Pasqua de Cervera).

The Passion of Cervera (la Segarra)

More than two hundred extras will stage the “Passion of Cervera”, which is one of the oldest in Europe and has been declared a Treasure of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Catalonia and Andorra. It has been performed in Cervera for more than 500 years. Although customs change, the essence of human relations has remained the same, from the medieval period to the 21st century: violence, corruption associated with power, suicide, stoning, and the sentencing to death of an innocent prisoner.
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Calendars: culture.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: spring.

The Passion of Cervera

Over two hundred characters bring to life “The Passion of Cervera”, one of the oldest events of its kind in Europe, which has been declared a Treasure of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Catalonia and Andorra. The performances in Spanish will take place at the Great Passion Theatre from 10 am to 2 pm.
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Calendars: active tourism, culture, family tourism, festivals and fairs, and gastronomy.
Comarques: Cervera and La Segarra.
Campanyes: winter.
Venues: “La Passió de Cervera” (The Passion of Cervera).