August 1 Olga y los Ministriles at the A la luna de Barranda festival in Caravaca

The 20th edition of the festival brings folk traditions from all over Spain to the north-west of Murcia

The “A la luna de Barranda” season of open-air concerts is being held for the 20^th time this year at the Ethnic Music Museum in the village of Barranda, on the high ground of the north-west of Murcia in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, with a series of five open-air evening concerts which bring the sounds of folk traditions from various parts of Spain to an audience who are entertained entirely free of charge.

The first of these concerts is on Saturday 1^st August at 22.00 (with the doors to the patio of the Carlos Blanco museum opening at 21.15) and features a performance by Olga y los Ministriles from the northern region of Aragón. Led by Olga Orús and Salvador Cored, they have released six albums since 2009, although in some ways their career stretches back even further as the two core members were previously with Hato de Foces, who performed more than 1,000 times in such diverse nations as France, Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Malta, Monaco, Turkey and Mexico.

Admission is free of charge until no more space remains available on the patio!

The “A la Luna de Barranda” festival is arguably one of the best-established annual events in the north-west of Murcia, while the Museo de la Música Étnica–Fundación Carlos Blanco Fadol contains one of the finest and most complete ethnic musical instrument collections in Europe, with items from at least 145 countries collected and preserved since it opened in 2006.

For more local news, events and visiting information contact the local tourist office (telephone 968 702424) or go to the home page of Caravaca Today.