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Oliver neighborhood festivities return with parades, concerts and a communal paella

Oliver is preparing to take the celebrations to the streets. The Zaragoza neighborhood will celebrate its main festivities from Thursday, September 10, to 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 festivities return with parades, concerts and a communal paella

The proclamation with a "neighborhood heart," parades and big-head figure processions will headline a program that also includes a communal paella, workshops, giant figures, dulzaina players and marching bands. Trio Tal Kual, Duo Kelale and the band Malaje will provide the music before a fireworks finale 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 parade and big-head figure gathering 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 lucky card in the festival tent.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

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

- 11:30 a.m. "Let's Dance!" Zumba activity in 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. Communal paella and lucky card in the festival tent.

- 4:30 p.m. Concert café with Duo Kelale in the festival tent. The music will continue afterward.

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

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

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

- 11:00 a.m. Veteran big-head figures in the streets with Charanga Moncayo. The procession will leave 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, "Things from Our Neighborhood," 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 figure procession accompanied by Charanga Espartanos, leaving from the Manuel Vázquez Guardiola Civic Center.

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

- 9:00 p.m. End-of-festivities fireworks on the esplanade of Parque del Oeste.