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Oliver neighborhood celebrates again with parades, concerts and a giant community paella

Oliver is celebrating. The Zaragoza neighborhood is holding its main festivities through this Sunday, September 13, with the festival tent and fairground as meeting points for four days of music, children's activities and events for all ages.
Oliver neighborhood celebrates again with parades, concerts and a giant community paella

The proclamation with a "neighborhood heart," street parades and big-head processions lead a program that also includes a community paella, workshops, giant figures, dulzaina players and marching bands. Trio Tal Kual, Duo Kelale and the Malaje band will provide the music before a final firecracker display on the esplanade of Parque del Oeste.

FULL PROGRAM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

- Throughout the day. Children's Day, with discounts on rides at the fairground.

- 6:00 p.m. "Let's run!", a children's cart-racing activity in the festival tent.

- 6:00 p.m. Opening of the festival tent and fairground.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

- 6:30 p.m. Proclamation, "A proclamation with a neighborhood heart," delivered by Camisetas Verdes from the neighborhood.

- 7:00 p.m. Grand street parade and big-head procession with DJ Testa.

- 7:30 p.m. Book presentation by Manuel Antonio Navascués of his work "The Mountain of Crystal Tears" at the Vientos del Pueblo Municipal Library.

- 9:00 p.m. Musical performance by Trio Tal Kual and a lucky draw in the festival tent.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

- 11:00 a.m. Whip-making workshop and big-head exhibition in the festival tent.

- 11:30 a.m. "Let's dance!" Zumba activity at the Parque del Oeste amphitheater.

- 12:30 p.m. Regional dances with giant figures and dulzaina players from the Casetas Comparsa in the festival tent.

- 2:30 p.m. Community paella and lucky draw in the festival tent.

- 4:30 p.m. Coffee concert with Duo Kelale in the festival tent. Music will continue afterward.

- 6:30 p.m. Big-head procession through the neighborhood streets accompanied by Charanga Espartanos.

- 10:00 p.m. Performance by the Malaje band and lucky draw in the festival tent.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

- 11:00 a.m. Veteran big heads in the streets with Charanga Moncayo. The procession will set off from the festival tent.

- 12:00 p.m. Children's show, "The Cook of Time!" by Asociación Ilógica, in the festival tent.

- 12:00 p.m. Show for adults, "Neighborhood Things," at the Manuel Vázquez Guardiola Civic Center.

- 1:30 p.m. Vermouth and a tapa at a popular price in the festival tent.

- 5:30 p.m. Big-head procession accompanied by Charanga Espartanos, starting from the Manuel Vázquez Guardiola Civic Center.

- 8:00 p.m. First big-head trimming contest in the festival tent.

- 9:00 p.m. Closing fireworks display on the esplanade of Parque del Oeste.