A solidarity cannon will ignite the fuse of Big Donostiarra Week this Saturday
The traditional cannon launched from the City Hall will be starring the Food Bank and the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association this year. Representatives of Donostia Festak have offered a press conference to give details of the start of the Big Week.
A cannon starring theFood Bank and the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association will ignite this Saturday the fuse of the Big Week parties in San Sebastian, with 387 events over eight days in about 30 streets and squares of the city.
Representatives of Donostia Festak, together with some of the protagonists of the first day of the festivities, have today offered a press conference in Donostia to give details of the start of the Big Week.
After the blue white confetti that falls on the attendees of this multitudinary event, the San Sebastian festivities will be colored with the Holi Fest .
Inthis event, brought from India, participants dance and dust each other's colors. Aitana Grandes, DJ Troti and Lorea Intxausti will be the masters of ceremonies. They have promised "a lot of fun." They have advanced the presence of firefighters to "clean" the street and "water" the attendees.
The 60th anniversary of the fire contest
The festive program retains its greatest classics, such as the International Fireworks Competition, which celebrates its 60th anniversary with a special edition in which seven award-winning fireworks houses (four Spanish, two Italian and one German) will be responsible for lighting the skies of San Sebastian.
In addition, the pyromusical show that will close Big Week will be special, with three live songs by\u00A0 Izaro, Janus Lester and the txaranga Joselontxos, followed by a laser show in the bay.
Pirate boarding
In Sagüés Leire Martinez La The former singer of Van Gogh Oreja will offer a concert in which pirates who have to navigate between the pier and the beach of La Concha on rafts built with drums or mattresses will continue to party, along with other classics of parties such as gastronomic contests and giants and heads.
The City Council will strengthen its campaign against male violence during the Big Week holidays andtwo purple areas will be operational. In this regard, the Mayor of San Sebastián, Eneko Goia, wants all citizens to have a "festive" Big Week in which "all people can enjoy it on an equal footing".
Outside the program, in addition to the three taurines of Illumbe , the cultural offer of San Sebastián will be present in different venues, including the theatre Victoria Eugenia, where Fernando Guillén Cuervo will present until Sunday a reinterpretation of the classic of Agatha Christie, 'Witness of the Prosecution', with the direction of Fernando Bernués.
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