This is the programming of the August festivities in Madrid: San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma

• Parties The bars of the bars return to the streets during the August festivities in Madrid

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The verbenas start, that unique time in which you can step on beach sand under the cobblestones of Madrid, allow yourself the sixty-

, but

.

"This is what generates these parties, which get us together, enjoy the street, the concerts, the activities, eating well, dancing... And above all, discovering that most authentic Madrid that still exists and that maintains its traditions", the popular

explains to GRAN MADRID from New York, where he was performing his show until yesterday.

The illusionist will be in charge of pronouncing this Friday the opening proclamation of the festivities of San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma, in the

(9:00 p.m.), after landing from the United States.

A task that is "very special and that, of course, will have some surprises" and for which he also boasts of traditional merits: he was born on May 2, Community Day, and is a neighbor in Ópera, so frequent the surrounding neighborhoods.

In fact, he reveals: "As a child I always went to

to look for small gadgets to use in my magic games. I liked to get lost in the streets of

and

and find everything from wonderful shops to charming places.

And these holidays are a fantastic reason to discover them."

Because the uproar of these weeks of commemoration of the saints is unrepeatable.

Blass, who has been one of those who stayed in Madrid during August since he was a child, explains that he

.

And he encourages: "It is a phenomenal time to stretch out the day; to practice the famous afternoon in Madrid and enjoy a few days in the street with friends and family. And with sensational weather, see all the decorations, the lanterns; see how this area of Madrid is transformed during these days and returns to being a bit of authentic Madrid".

Word of a town crier, who is also addressed to those who are enjoying vacations outside the Community: "I would tell them to go away for a while, but to come back. Madrid welcomes everyone and has magic."

As proof, the programming of the

elaborated together with the associations and the neighborhood of the neighborhoods, planned for this almost fortnight of chulapos, neighbors to the fresh one, popular lemonades, music nights, booths of forceful food and late-night fun.

The Madrid magician Jorge Blass.JOSEP GARCÍA

CONCERTS

Each festivity will have neuralgic points, where stellar and massive performances will take place.

Thus, during San Cayetano, singer

(Friday, 11:30 p.m.),

(Saturday, 10:00 p.m.), with her singer-songwriter pop-rock, and

( Saturday, 11:00 p.m.).

During San Lorenzo, the end of the festival in the Plaza de Arturo Barea will be performed by

de

(Thursday 11, at 11:30 p.m.), who will perform both her solo repertoire and chill flamenco songs from her old band , and from Madrid's

(Friday 12th, 11:30 p.m.), with pop-rock versions of Movida and the 90s. Previously,

will perform (Friday 12th, 9:00 p.m.) and the singer-songwriter

, a regular of street music who participated in the program

On the weekend of La Paloma, the protagonists of the night in the Vistillas gardens will be

from Madrid (Saturday 13, 11:00 p.m.) and

(Sunday 14, 11:30 p.m.), who with

and almost two active decades, they repeat another year with their

.

TRIBUTE TO OUR EMY

Nobody like the neighborhood of

and its self-managed celebration since the 1980s to understand the genuine spirit of festivals.

In addition to the traditional lemonade with music (Thursday-Friday 4 and 5, at 8:00 p.m.), they have prepared a

(Saturday 6, 10:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m.).

Died in 2021, the popular neighbor and trans artist

, with her hairdresser at number 17, donned her bata de cola to perform

and other folklore performers during San Cayetano.

CASTILIAN PERFORMANCES

They could not miss the chulapos and chulapas caught to the rhythm of chotis or traditional genres.

Thus, in the Plaza General Vara del Rey, the traditional characters of the Casta, Susana, Maja de Lavapiés, Don Hilarión... (Friday 5, 8:30 p.m.) will be chosen and the singer

will sing (Friday 5 , 10 p.m.) and

, a

with more than 30 years dedicated to the Madrid songbook and a regular at popular festivals.

In San Lorenzo, there will be a chotis 2.0 contest, in the Plaza de la Corrala (Wednesday 10, 8:00-9:00 p.m.), with the good work of the

, while, during La Paloma, the

(Saturday 13, 9:00 p.m.) and will hold its chotis and pasodobles contest (Sunday, 9:00 p.m.).

A chulapa couple dances in the Cava Baja.JAVIER BARBANCHO

FOR FAMILIES

The little ones will not lose gravel either.

In San Cayetano, with the children's concert by

(Friday 5th, 7:30 p.m.) and the puppets of

(Saturday 6th, 8:00 p.m.), and in San Lorenzo, with the theatrical

(Thursday 11 , 8:30 p.m.) and

(Friday 12, 8:00 p.m.).

There will be more music during La Paloma, with the

(Saturday 13, 10 p.m.) and even clowns, with

(Saturday 13, 8 p.m.).

WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The

celebrates its artistic intervention of bollards (Wednesday 10, 4:00 p.m.) in Amparo Street and organizes popular games, petanque tournament and comic book reading in San Lorenzo (Friday 12, 7:00 p.m.).

SOLEMN MASSES

This year the traditional processions (8:00 p.m.) are recovered, in addition to religious acts.

In the parish of

(Sunday 7, 7:00 p.m.), the liturgy in honor of the Italian saint will be celebrated and, in the

, that of San Lorenzo (Wednesday 10, 7:00 p.m.).

The traditional descent of the painting of the Virgin of La Paloma will be in charge of

, a firefighter from the City Council, after the floral offering and mass (Monday 15, from 12:30 p.m.).

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