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The most multitudinous Sea of ​​Music to date.
For the 24th edition of the Cartagena festival some 47 thousand people have passed.
A festival that hung the "sold-out" poster in almost half of its paid concerts.
10% more has been collected in the sale of tickets compared to the previous edition and has once again become one of the national information points during the 9 days that the edition dedicated to Denmark has lasted.
The Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena, organizer of the festival, has already begun the efforts for the 2019 edition, when the festival will celebrate its 25th edition.
"La Mar de Músicas has turned its eyes on its 24th edition to Denmark as the guest country." The musical program, the main engine of the festival, featured 9 concerts by Danish groups out of a total of fifty and their parallel activities, whose importance is possibly the The largest of any Spanish festival, gathered around Denmark ten films, four exhibitions, seven halls, and ten literary talks.All united has made La Mar de Músicas the largest cultural event that has been done in Spain around Denmark " has signaled the councilman of Culture, David Martínez Noguera.
In addition, the music made by women has had a prominent role in this edition, and is that for years La Mar de Músicas is the festival that has bet more on the presence of bands led by females in its programming;
this year, forty percent.
"The commitment of La Mar de Músicas with equality has gone further and this edition has taken a step forward, we have put in place specific measures of prevention and action against sexual harassment and aggression." The festival also and for the first time has had measures of sustainability "has indicated Martínez Noguera.
"The cultural diversity and the discovery of new sounds are the hallmark of the festival, and this is how it will continue." The festival embarked on a different path from the rest of the festivals 24 years ago and its idiosyncrasy for the figures we handle year after year, certify which is a success ", declared the Councilor for Culture.
The festival has been collected by the main media of our country.
A festival that has been news media in all national media, counting today with 19 appearances on national TV, 34 on radio, more than 300 in print and 800 in web pages, according to the company Kantarmedia.
A festival of records, since it is the edition that more money has collected at the box office, 10% more than last year.
It has also gathered thousands of people in their activities with free entry.
The historic center has lived a "plenazo" every day, being the squares of the City Hall and Plaza San Francisco, as well as the Paseo del Puerto, filled every day.
The festival hung the "no tickets" poster at the concerts of Ruben Blades, Morcheeba, Texas, Alba Molina, Salvador Sobral, El Niño de la Hipoteca, Fatoumata Diawara and The Human League.
"There are concerts that would have sold twice as many tickets if we had bigger spaces, but La Mar de Músicas has a lot of its essence in the stages it has, and that's what it has to do." This edition the festival premiered a new space, the courtyard of the Old CIM, which has been praised by the public, "said the Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena.
According to the sale of Internet tickets and after the city of Murcia, where they have sold 20 percent of them, has come public from Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Alicante, Seville, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Canary Islands, Granada, Bilbao, Cordoba, A Coruña, San Sebastian, Zaragoza ... and tickets have also been sold in Denmark, France, Ireland, England, Switzerland, Belgium ...
In La Mar de Cine this edition was done for the second year a section dedicated to musical documentaries in the mornings, being the evenings for the projections of the Danish film cycle "Beyond Lars Von Trier".
The Sea of ​​Art has all its exhibitions open until August 31, except the exhibition of Danish architecture, which on Saturday was the last day of visit.
The festival offers this opportunity to see the exhibitions calmly after these days of so many activities within the festival.
La Mar Chica has gathered more children than ever in its workshops.
Since the organization of the festival is already studying the extension of this "festival for the children of the house" with new activities to include workshops and concerts.
The Sea of ​​Letters has brought to the Cartagena public multiple points of view on Danish literature thanks to the varied range of guests and activities included in its program dedicated to review the contemporary literature of Denmark.
Almost five hundred people have enjoyed this edition of the space that the festival offers to the lyrics of the invited countries.
It is already working in the next editions.
During the festival, several embassies have visited to prepare the next years of the festival, which will be unveiled when the collaboration routes are closed.
Source: Agencias
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