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🌈👑 This weekend is packed with activities: the CalPride celebration, the election and proclamation of the 2025 queens, guided tours of the old town, beach Zumba, craft markets… and much more! Check out the full schedule!

📅 Saturday, June 28
📍 Plaza Mayor
🕤 9:30 p.m. – Start of the event

A total of 33 young women from Calp, aged 18, are competing for the title of Festival Queen, and 26 girls, aged 8, for the title of Children’s Queen.

🎉 The election will take place through a lottery draw in the presence of a notary.
🎤 Gala hosts: Irune Aguirre and Marcos Maguire

A large runway will be set up and 1,800 chairs will be available so that residents and visitors can enjoy this special night.

More information:

 📰📰 Here you can consult the press dossier with the news articles that the media have published about Calp.

📆 July 2, 3 and 4.
👉 At the University Venue of Calp – Casa Nova.
General fee: €105.00.
The first 25 people to pre-register will receive discounted rates.

Calp hosted yesterday the gala celebrating the 30th anniversary of the creation of CREAMA (Consortium for the Economic Recovery and Activity of the Marina Alta), an event that brought together institutional representatives, technical staff, and members of business associations and organizations from across the region.

The event began with a speech by Carlos Pastor Ventura, provincial deputy and president of CREAMA, who stated:
“Today we celebrate three decades of joint work, public service, economic revitalization, and proximity. CREAMA has stood by the people, structuring the region by embracing diversity—beyond political colors and ideologies. This is a project driven by people, and that’s what makes it unique.”

CREAMA’s general manager, Rosario Donderis, added:
“We’re celebrating 30 years, and we’ve proven that we’re no longer a utopia, but a real and tangible presence in the Marina Alta—helping people integrate into the job market, supporting business growth, and connecting people with projects, making possible the small miracle of reaching agreements every day.”

The gala featured several discussion panels revisiting the history and evolution of the Consortium through personal testimonies from CREAMA’s staff, users, and partner entities.
Lola Orihuel, general manager of CREAMA from its foundation until 2015, recalled:
“When we held meetings and saw politicians from different parties and such diverse municipalities, I thought we’d never reach agreements. But everything turned out to be very easy because there was a genuine willingness to make it work.”

Ana Sala, mayor of Calp and current president municipality of CREAMA, emphasized:
“We have come to realize that only by working together can we improve the well-being of our businesses and our people—by strengthening regional cohesion and building a network that has allowed us to grow.”
She also announced that the governing board has agreed to award this year’s 'Jaume Pastor i Fluixà – 9 d’Octubre' prize to CREAMA.

The event concluded with a speech by Toni Pérez, president of the Alicante Provincial Council, who highlighted CREAMA’s innovative nature:
“Thirty years ago, some were already speaking of the goals now outlined in the 2030 Agenda. They were betting on building a common project of territorial cooperation and institutional efficiency—putting people at the center of our action. Politics is meaningful when it helps people grow, and that is the powerful message that CREAMA offers us today.”

In its three decades of activity, CREAMA has achieved impressive figures:

Over 700,000 people assisted

€73 million managed (over €5 million from European funds)

85 regional development projects implemented

A network of 9 local agencies (Dénia, Xàbia, Calp, Teulada-Moraira, Benissa, Gata de Gorgos, Pego, Pedreguer, and now again El Verger, which has rejoined the network)

Yesterday’s event was a tribute to commitment, networked collaboration, and a shared vision for regional development—and to the people who, over the past 30 years, have made CREAMA a benchmark in local progress, built on solidarity and mutual trust.