ARCHIVED - July 18 Eliades Ochoa and Youssou N’Dour top the bill on the fourth night of La Mar de Musicas in Cartagena
Live music from Spain, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Senegal at various venues in Cartagena
After the disruption of the Covid pandemic over the last couple of years the La Mar de Músicas international music festival returns to Cartagena in the early summer of 2022, with a series of 41 artists performing between July 15 and July 23 at various venues in the city. The featured nation at this year’s event is the Dominican Republic.
On Monday July 18 the schedule is as follows:
13.00: Adiós Noviembre (Spain) are natives of Cartagena and offer this concert on home territory in the Real Club de Regatas. Tickets 5 euros.
20.00: Alex Ferreira (Dominican Republic) is returning to this country after last year’s sell-out tour of Mexico and Spain to present his new album, “En lo que llega la primavera”. His free concert is in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
21.30: Eliades Ochoa (Cuba) is one of the stars of the renowned Buena Vista Social Club and has won various Grammys related to the album, which is considered one of the finest of all time and which was nominated for an Oscar. His traditional Cuban ballads include Chan Chan, Dos Gardenias and Quizás, Quizás, Quizás and he performs in Cartagena in the patio of the CIM building. Tickets are priced at 15 euros.
23.00: Youssou N´Dour (Senegal), one of the superstars of African music who has been awarded the special La Mar de Músicas prize in 2022. Accompanied by the Super Étoile de Dakar he has developed “mbalax”, the most popular music of Senegal. This will be his sixth appearance at La Mar de Músicas, this time at the Auditorio 'Paco Martín' in Parque Torres. Tickets 30 euros.
The full program for the 2022 La Mar de Músicas festival in Cartagena can be seen here.
For more forthcoming events in the Region of Murcia visit the What’s On section of Murcia Today.