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Rock With Laughter Guitar Festival
MALAGA will be hosting the second Pepe Romero Guitar Festival which runs through September with a selection of free and paid for concerts.
It’s organised by the European Guitar Foundation which was founded in 2016 by the Spanish soloist Vicente Coves and aims to highlight the roots, tradition and values of the Spanish guitar on an international basis.
The fact that Malaga City has become one of the most important artistic centres in southern Spain with such cultural icons as Pompidou, Thyssen and the Picasso Museum makes it the ideal location for this homage to the Spanish guitar.
14 as tickets for his original two shows on October 13 and 14 have already sold out.
Visit https://www.buy tickets.gi/events/daraobri ainsowherewerewe600 to reserve tickets costing £35 plus booking fee and including shuttle bus.
Then on November 10 it’s the turn of Jason Manford who will be performing two shows also at St Michael’s Cave at 7.30pm and
10.30pm as part of his new ‘Like Me’ stand up tour. Tickets which are also £35 can be obtained from the same source as the Dara Ó Briain tickets.
A man of many talents, he is a radio presenter, singer, charity fundraiser, host of TV quiz shows, musical and panto star and of course stand up comedian who has won several awards and was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the
Edinburgh Festival.
Coincidentally both Jason and Dara respond to a sad tweet from an actress at this year’s Edinburgh event when she reported that just one person had turned up for her show.
Both commiserated and recorded that they had suffered similar shocks but said that this is how one learns the tools of the trade and how to cope with disappointment.
Arguably, second in status only to Segovia, Pepe Romero was born in Malaga in 1944 and, together with his brothers Celín and Ángel Romero, formed the Romero Quartet and by the 60s after performing at Carnegie Hall they were named The Royal Family of the guitar by no less than the New York Times and 60 years on, the quartet still performs.
The concerts that are due to take place start on Thursday September 21 with an 8pm appearance by Pepe Romero himself at the Unicaja Concert Hall Maria Cristina with tickets costing €20 per person.
The following day at 9pm Daniel Casares will appear with the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra at the Gibralfaro Castle, Plaza de Armas performing the Concert for Aranjuez and El Amor Brujo also at a cost of €20.
At noon on Saturday September 23, there is a free concert at Patio de Banderas of the City Hall of Malaga featuring talented young guitarist Ausias Parejo.
Visit https://malagaguitarfestival.com/programa.php for full details of all of the concerts throughout the month and how to purchase tickets.
