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Balance more than positive, it is what made Tuesday by the Councillor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martinez, and the director of Cultures, Fulgencia Plazas, the newly just 22 edition of the festival La Mar de Músicas, this year dedicated to Sweden, and it has exceeded the figures for the previous year.

According to the mayor, attendance has been both massive concerts like the rest of parallel activities around 42,000 people in total, compared to 40,000 last year, and a story in ticket sales, recaudado175.000 euros have been in the last year were 150,000, representing an increase of 12 percent.

But beyond the economic figures, added David Martinez, the important thing is that the city is full of life, music, Sweden, activity and cultural diversity.

And one of the hallmarks of this festival is precisely that it is not only music, shows culture from all points of view, of a country, in this case Sweden, as recalled the director of Culture, who has also had words of thanks for Francisco Martin, responsible for the programming of the Sea of ​​Music, currently on medical leave.

In total were 48 concerts (7 of them have put the sign no entries), 13 literary quotations, 4 workshops, 10 films screened, 8 exhibitions and other activities.

Among them, the mayor of Culture has highlighted the good reception given to the new Mar de Barrios, who has had the participation of thousand people in José María Lapuerta, or full appraisals of La Mar de Letras, and the quality of art exhibitions distributed by several municipal areas.

Finally, David Martinez alluded to save money compared to last year as alpresupuesto the town hall for the festival, ahorrocifrado 170,000 euros, as it has grown from 690,000 to 520,000 euros, a reduction of costs that has not meant lower quality of the performances.

At the moment, still you can not announce which will be you elpaís invited to the edition of the Sea of ​​Music 2017, although it is already known that it will not be European, plus sections of La Mar Chica and La Mar de Barrios will be enhanced .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena