ARCHIVED - 2022 Aguilas Jazz Festival takes music lovers by storm
Tickets are still available for the last night of jazz in Águilas on August 26
This year’s Águilas Jazz Festival is proving a great success, and following the brilliant concert given last weekend by the American singer Carole Alston there is a sense of great expectation for the final event of the season, featuring the Cotijazz Big Band on August 26.
Carole Alston was accompanied by a superb quartet of musicians on saxophone, piano, bass and percussion, and performed a series of classic hits originally associated with stars such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong: the song “What a Wonderful World” was performed as a tribute to commemorate the 121st anniversary of the artist’s birth. During the evening the atmosphere of a New Orleans club was recreated in the Plaza de Antonio Cortijos, following up the very well-received concert by the Potato Head Jazz Band the night before.
The climax of this year’s festival is also in the Plaza de Antonio Cortijos on Friday August 26 and tickets are still available at 15 euros each from the Bacantix website, from the Águilas Archaeological Museum, the Casa de la Cultura or from the Café Bar Sol y Mar.
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Address
Tourist Information Office, Plaza de Antonio Cortijos, s/n. 30880-AguilasTel: 968 493 285
Oficina de Turismo de Águilas
Águilas boasts 28 kilometres of coastline, with many fine, sandy beaches, sheltered coves and unspoilt natural beaches. It is a great summer favourite with Spanish holidaymakers, so always has a superb programme of concerts and activities throughout the summer, as well as the biggest carnival in the Region of Murcia, 40 days before Semana Santa (Easter.)
Throughout the year it also has a number of museums and historical attractions, a castle with fabulous views overlooking the bay and several other points of interest, all of which make it an good place to visit for days out. Throughout the year the tourist office runs monthly guided tours and the route of the railways, which explores the railway history of the town.
The tourist information office is located in the Plaza de Antonio Cortijos, just a short walk from the sea front and Plaza de España, a cool, shaded space in which to enjoy a coffee.
More information about Águilas including beaches, what to see, what's on and tourist information can be found on ÁGUILAS TODAY
Opening Hours Tourism Office Águilas
16th September to 30th April 2019
Monday to Saturday: 10.00 to 14.00 and 17:00 to 19:00
Sundays and bank hollidays: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
CHRISTMAS
24th and December 31st: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
December 25th, 1st and 6th January: Closed
CARNIVAL
Carnival Saturday: 10.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00 h.
Carnival Sunday: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
Carnival Monday: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
Shrove Tuesday: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
Piñata Sunday: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
EASTER
Thursday and Friday: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
MAY, JUNE AND FIRST HALF OF SEPTEMBER
Monday to Friday: 09.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00 h.
Saturday: 10.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00 h.
Sundays: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
JULY AND AUGUST
Monday to Friday: 09.30 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 21.00 h.
Saturday: 10.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 21.00 h.
Sundays: 10.00 to 14.00 h.
