With clear intentions of continuity, in order to reach audiences of all ages and serve as an instrument for promoting the city, comes the Festival WeekendDjCartagena, free event held on 24 and 25 April at the Esplanade Puerto, playing music from 7 pm to 2 am, with the end of the First National Competition for Young Dj, inclusive.
Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, and the coordinator of the festival, Cristina Hurtado, have been responsible for the presentation Tuesday of the event with the collaboration of the City and, according to the mayor, has exceeded our expectations, just born and their impact has been enormous and, although initially devised for young audiences has ended reached all ages.
Meanwhile, Cristina Hurtado, who reiterated the free nature of the event, explained the structure of the festival, in two days, with two totally different environments.
Friday is primarily focused on the youngest, while Saturday may live in an authentic harbor Remember 80¿ / 90¿.
Also, Friday 24 the end of the first Competition for Young Dj, whose semifinals take place in the English Court of Cartagena will be held, the first was the 11 and the second will be the 18th of this month.
Have been over fifty models which have been received from across the country and twenty Dj selected to fight for one of five places in the finals.
There have been young Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Navarra, Albacete, Teruel or Valladolid also of Cartagena and the rest of the Region of Murcia.
Along with the finalists on Friday three renowned Dj act of Cartagena, Alex Dj (Sports Bar), Dani Groove (Magic Cris) and Pedro Egea (Soho).
The poster also includes a laser show Ruben Calderon Galaser and the new sensation of dance music in Spain, Lil J, who will present the disc you just published a White and Black label and which insurance Copara the charts of country.
The finale will put the Cartagena Dj Valdi, one of the best in Spain and working on the program El Hormiguero Antena 3. This Dj quoted market just released a compilation, also under the seal of White and Black, which and is number 1 in the charts.
On Saturday 25 will be the turn for the nostalgic.
The esplanade of the dock will become a huge disco 80s and 90s The poster includes DJs of the time as Alberto López, who once came to play at Space Ibiza, Jose Sanchez, who worked at Charlie Brown or Weekend, Miguel Muñoz, who spent much of his youth in the mythical Olympia, Dj Julito, vocal music specialist dance of the 90s, Juan Francisco González, director of OM Radio and has worked many years in numerous clubs of the region, including the missing Ghótica, and Juan Pedro Hurtado, who started in 40 Principales and has worked in clubs like Charlie Brown, the Molino de La Aljorra and La Maja de Fuente Alamo.
And cerra night and the festival, from Barcelona reach the legendary Tony Peret, the author of known Max Mix, the success of each summer.
Peret, one of the most renowned speakers in Catalonia, still active and delight the audience with a very commercial repertoire.
WEEKENDDjCartagena walked just a month ago and has acquired dimensions that have exceeded expectations in the first year.
First by the number of participants in the contest Dj and then by the number of registered on their website, which in this short time has been visited by surfers from sixteen different countries visited.
The festival has an official newspaper, La Opinión, which is collecting all the information generated and moved to its readers all the news as they occur.
Also a radio, OM Radio, which will broadcast via its frequency, 97.1 the festival, which also can be heard on their website ( www.omradio.es ) allowing the event reaches every corner of the world.
And as it is intended that the event will become a tourist attraction, the Hotel Nh Cartagena, one of the sponsors, offers a discount to those who come to see the festival and are staying at the hotel.
Being a totally free event with the aim of making Cartagena one of the great references Dj music, the festival is financed by sponsors.
So, have collaborated City of Cartagena, UPCT, Estrella Levante Dimovil, El Corte Ingles, Ricardo Fuentes, Hotel Nh Cartagena, Lhicarsa and DISTRIBAT, are the main sponsors, but also have added a number of partners without whose help it would been impossible.
It is Port of Cartagena, Murcia Costa Calida, Jimsa, Huertas and Cava, De la Rocha Tatto, Mayor Supplies, Retramur, Magic Marketing, Paintings Britz, The Old Warehouse, JJL east or Fritter stalls Tofy.
All information on this event is available on the web www.weekenddjcartagena.com
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena