Live music at Xirinbala

July is a great month to discover and enjoy Benissa, a town in Spain’s Costa Blanca north. This place filled with history has a beautiful historic city centre, a breathtaking coast and an unparalleled calendar of cultural activities in July 2011.

-          La Mar de Cine —we would call it “an ocean of films” in English: Season of outdoor film screenings at Fustera beach every Thursday at 22:00 h. Free admission. These will be the screened films in July (all of them with audio in Spanish): You will meet a tall dark stranger (14^th July), 3 metros sobre el cielo (21^st July) and Tangled (28th July).

-          III Tapas Crawl Benissa, from 8^th to 31^st July, Monday through Friday. On Fridays, the Sifasol music band will play. Tapa + drink: €2. These are the participating bars and resturants: bar Restaurante Tapas Vizcaino, Restaurante Casa Eusebio, bar Trinquet, Pizzería L’Orenga, Cervecería Restaurante Bon Gust, bar La Xarradeta, Fusión bar, bar Los Faroles, bar Restaurante El Rebost, bar La Picaeta, Cafetería Pastelería Plaça 5 Dolç i Salat, El Nou Chaplin, bar Cafetería L’Esplai, Café Tropic, Heladería La Jijonenca.

-          Xirimbala kiosk’s summer nights at Baladrar cove. It is located on the Moraira-Calp road. This is one of the most typical, authentic and special corners on the coast. It is perfect to enjoy a good breakfast by the sea, listen to live music on Mondays night, have an Argentinian BBQ on Thursdays night, broiled sardines on Fridays night, tapas menus, full moon parties, etc. Chek out their website here.

-          Bloc and street parties in Benissa: There is a party almost every weekend:

• Partida Pedramala, 15^th to 17^th July.
• Party at Benimarco, at partida San Jaime, from 23^rd to 29^th July.
• Party at Santa Ana, on Tuesady 26^th July.
• Party at Lleus from 29th to 31st July.

This is a great month to discover Benissa, a very special town in Costa Blanca north with a popular kitchen, a coast with dream coves and a cosmopolitan and medieval historic city centre, all this mixed with a comprehensive calendar of cultural, leisurely and food events and activities.

Fiestas in Benissa for this Summer 2010

During the months of these Summer  holidays in the town of Benissa you will find a great number of leisure activities and festivals to take part in. Some of which  are celebrated in parts of town and on the beaches and coves.

- Here are some of the dates of interesting events taking place in Benissa for the month of July:

- From the 9th  to the 11th of July the Barrio de San Antonio festival: with street party on Friday, “Sobaquillo” dinner on Saturday the 10th  and then the performance of the orchestra Colors. Sunday the  11th  at 10:30 the traditional procession of San Antonio, mass and giant paella for all.

From the 16th to the 18th of July:  Local Festivals of Pedramala

- From the 16th to the 18th of July  Pedramala Local Festival:Friday the dinner of the brotherhood and a musical performance. On Saturday the  XXVI Championship of Brisk  at 18:00 and a grand ball at 21:00. On Sunday  Mass at 11:00 am, and evening dinner followed by a dancing party.

From the 23rd to the 29th of  July :  Benimarco The San Jaime Fiestas

- From the 23rd to the 29th of  July Local Fiestas of Benimarco ( San Jaime): On Friday the 23rd  game of hand ball at 19:30 to be followed by a dinner and the performance of a popular  Cabaret group. On Saturday a large festival and performance of the orchestra Ebony. The day of San Jaime they will be celebrating a  Sunday Mass at 11:00 am. Later a rooster  race at  13:30 and a  humorous parade 18:30 h. The grand ball with the music of the orchestra Jamaica at 23:30. The paella contest will be held on Monday at noon and in the evening there will be a street party.  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 19:00 bull running in the streets.

July the 26th Fiestas of the Santa Ana Area:

- July 26th Fiestas in Santa Ana,  the yearly  pilgrimage to the hermitage and picnic at 18:00 hours. At 20:00  dance with orchestra.