The XXXVIII Festival Pardiñas, 4-6 August, will offer a great live music line up, drawing contests, craft and traditional instruments fairs, and even a traditional tavern-song contest in Guitiriz.
Since 1980, the cultural association “Os Xermolos”, dedicated to preserving and spreading Galician culture, has been organising the Festival de Pardiñas, “Feria y Fiesta de la Música y de las Artes” (“Fair and Festivity of music and the arts”) that has recently been named festivity of Galician touristic interest.
This morning, at our emblematic Estrella Galicia beer hall in Cuatro Caminos (A Coruña), we presented the thirty-eighth edition of the Festival de Pardiñas, the longest-running festival in Galicia, which will take place from 4-6 August in Guitiriz.
This morning, Alfonso Blanco, one of the first members of the Asociación Xermolos, was in charge of presenting the festival to the media, and he did so in good company with Davide Salvado, one of the artists that will demonstrate his talent at this year’s edition, and Víctor Mantiñán, SON Estrella Galicia y 1906 Product Manager who, once again has aimed for a unique festival- 100% Galician but with an international outlook.
There are other cultural activities taking place around this music festival, which every year has on its stage local, Spanish and international artists (France, Scotland, Cuba, Portugal…), such as craft fairs, painting and sculpture exhibitions, photography, ceramics, children’s drawings, poetry, narrative, a book fair, or the special Muestra de Artesanos de Instrumentos de Música Tradicional (Traditional Musical Instruments Craftsmen fair).
This year’s Festival Pardiñas will begin on Friday 4 August, with the V Certamen de Cantos de Taberna (V Tavern-Songs contest), one of the most original and curious events that will fill the bars of Guitiriz with the talent of its own inhabitants and serves as the starting point of an event that will combine music, craft, tradition and innovation.
On the afternoon of Saturday 5th, the XXVIII traditional musical instruments fair, another of the differentiating elements of a festival that has successfully known how to bring tradition to the forefront undeniably wrapped in modernity, will open its doors to the public.
A large number of craftsmen will come together at the festival to show their talent to all those present who will also be able to enjoy the XXXVIII Mostra de Artesanía (XXXVIII Craft Fair), a landmark event that has been part of the festival right from the start and that gathers increasing professional and general public interest.
After the opening speech by Antón Corral, the XXXVIII Popular Race will take place, and the concerts will start with Fernando Miereles (Portugal), and will continue with Bloquinho de Xermolos (Galicia), Os Melidaos (Galicia), Quique Escamilla (Mexico), Kalakan & Luis Peixoto (Euskadi/Portugal), Cúig (Eire) and Skandalo GZ (Galicia).
On Sunday, after the aperitif session with the group Vintenbaio, the public can enjoy concerts by Kote Malabar e Os Viqueiras from Ordes at the Instruments Fair, before a speech read by Fina Casalderrey and the prize giving for the XXXVIII Certame de Debuxo Terra Chá (“XXXVIII Terra Chá Drawing Contest”), which has already had over 650 participants from 53 different schools. The evening will see live performances by the big names at this year’s edition such as Abóbriga (Galicia), Davide Salvado (Galicia), Yves Lambert Trío (Canada) and Sacha na Horta (Galicia).
