Leisure and Culture

Central Market to be filled with music, art, poetry and free workshops in a new cultural program

In the coming days, the Central Market will become a place where visitors can not only buy fruit, pickles or fish from its various stalls, but also attend a poetry recital, watch an artistic street parade with a soprano or design a fabric bag in a free workshop. “Half and a Quarter. Art at the Central Market” is the new cultural initiative that residents of Zaragoza can enjoy from September 17 to 20, according to the market’s social media accounts.
Central Market to be filled with music, art, poetry and free workshops in a new cultural program

Art, music, poetry, performances and live workshops will fill the space in the morning and afternoon from Thursday through Sunday. Various artists will create live murals and group exhibitions to fill the venue with color. There will also be concerts, poetry recitals and street parades featuring poets and sopranos who promise to surprise attendees.

A key part of the program will be the free workshops, which have limited places, so registration is required on the Central Market website. One of them will take place on Saturday, September 19, at 6:30 p.m. and will involve designing and painting a fabric bag. It will be led by David Feroce.

The other will focus on gastronomy and is titled "Cooking feeds the body and art feeds the imagination." It will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 20. Visitors walking through the market will be able to watch a live mural being created by the artist Harsa. The process will begin on Thursday, September 17, at 12:30 p.m., and 24 hours later, on Friday, the completed mural will be officially presented.

In addition, various Aragonese artists will take part in a group exhibition that will fill this emblematic Zaragoza venue with color.

FULL SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

12:30 p.m. Artist Harsa begins painting the mural (the process can be viewed) 7:30 p.m. Exhibition opening with all the artists 8:00 p.m. Musical performance by pianist Clara Gil

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

11:00 a.m. Artistic-poetic street parade with poets and soprano 12:00 p.m. Collective artistic intervention 12:30 p.m. Presentation of Harsa’s mural 7:00 p.m. Art and Gastronomy talk by Sergio Muro 8:00 p.m. “Hunger for Art” performance by Sergio Muro

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

11:00 a.m. Artistic-poetic street parade with poets and soprano 12:00 p.m. Collective artistic intervention 6:30 p.m. David Feroce workshop “Paint and design your fabric bag” Registration on the Central Market website. 8:00 p.m. Musical performance by Chavi García & Lucio Cruces

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

11:00 a.m. Juan Carlos Callejas workshop "Cooking feeds the body and art feeds the Imagination". Registration on the Central Market website. Limited places. 12:30 p.m. Poetry Recital at the Market 1:30 p.m. Exhibition closing

*Opening hours for the group exhibition: Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.