July 11 and 12 Las Noches del Camino music and gastronomy festival in Caravaca de la Cruz
Duncan Dhu, La Casa Azul, Xoel López and Marwan top the bill at the 2025 festival in Caravaca
After the huge success of the “Noches del Camino” concerts in Caravaca during the Holy Jubilee Year of 2024 it has been decided that the event will be repeated, with this year’s bill-toppers including Duncan Dhu, La Casa Azul, Xoel López, Enemigos Íntimos, Don Fluor and Marwan.
“Las Noches del Camino” is taking place on July 11 and 12, having last year been named the Best New Festival in Spain on account of its blend of live music, cultural heritage and gastronomy. The stars of the 2025 edition are all well-known to followers of Spanish pop music, and it has been confirmed that Duncan Dhu, La Casa Azul, Xoel López, Enemigos Íntimos y Don Fluor will perform on the main stage at the “Recinto Festero” on Saturday 12th July, along with another leading artist whose identity is yet to be confirmed.
The previous night the star of the show is Marwan, a Palestinian singer-songwriter now based in Madrid. He will be performing outside the castle at an event which also includes a celebration of the gastronomy of north-western Murcia.
Last year’s three Noches del Camino nights were attended by a reported total of more than 10,000 people and the hope is that this success can be repeated in 2025.
Tickets go on sale at midday on Thursday April 3 on the nochesdelcamino.es website, with specific links for the Marwan event and the Saturday show.
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Address
Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and shares boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
