January 2 The New Year concert of the Lorca Symphony Orchestra

A traditional welcome for 2026 at the Auditorio Margarita Lozano in Lorca

A traditional New Year concert along the lines of the world-famous one offered every year by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Austria is being held by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Lorca on Friday 2^nd January at the Auditorio Margarita Lozano, starting at 20.30.

Alongside the orchestra, conducted by Ginés Martínez Vera, are the choirs of the José Ibáñez Martín secondary school and the Andrés García Soler and San José primary schools, as well as the Nuria Guevara Dance Studio, and the programme includes festive season favourites by Johann Strauss, Shostakovich, Gounod and Bizet, as well as selection of popular movie theme music in order to please all members of the audience.

Tickets for the concert will become available online here at 15 euros and can also be purchased at the box office of the Teatro Guerra (card payments only).

For more local events, news and visiting information contact the tourist office at the Palacio de Guevara (telephone 968 441914) or go to the home page of Lorca Today.