Culture

🎷 The 1st International Jazz & Blues Festival of Calp culminates tomorrow with a performance by Toronzo Cannon & Blues Band (Chicago, USA), a true blues legend you won’t want to miss. Cannon embodies the untamed and authentic spirit of Chicago blues.

📅 Wednesday 11 (7:30 p.m.) – Toronzo Cannon & Blues Band (Chicago, USA) | €25
🕕 Box office (same day): from 6:00 p.m.
📍 Advance ticket sales: Estanco nº1 (C/ Llibertat, Calp)
💻 Online tickets: https://globalshowtime.janto.es/

ℹ️ More info (WhatsApp): +34 692 72 41 99

🕯️🕯️ Calp celebrates the second edition of “La Nit Encesa” on Saturday, March 7. The historic centre will be transformed into a space filled with magic with the symbolic switching off of public street lighting and illumination by thousands of candles.
🎨 As a new feature, “The Art Street” is launched, where artists will showcase their creative processes live.

Programme:
✨ 6:00 p.m. – Street theatre “KAIMING – Bearer of the Light” (Plaza del Mosquito)
✨ After the show (approx. 7:00 p.m.) – Storytelling “The Tale of the Light” (Old Town Hall)
✨ 8:30 p.m. – Concert by Exótika Cuarteto (Plaza de la Vila)

The Town Council encourages residents, shopkeepers and hospitality businesses to light up balconies, windows and premises with candles, and invites artists to share their talent.

Calp commemorates the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to the European Union with the lecture:
“The European Union from Its Beginnings. United in Diversity”
🎙 Delivered by historian Alberto Hortelano
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕖 7:00 p.m.
📍 Assembly Hall, Seu Universitària de Calp – Casa Nova
An opportunity to reflect on the origins of the European project, its evolution, and the values that underpin it.