Valencia Las Fallas

[jugglermatt1]

Just to give super advance warning of one of spains most famous festivals , Las Fallas , Valencia 16-19th March .
Promises to be quite a hot one , what with the burning of huge carnival floats , the newly arriving summer and all the other fun that can be had . The buskings OK too , and there is always the surrounding towns of Sagunt and Denia who also have their version , if the police throw us out .
Easter falling in the middle of April promises to be full of fun in Andalucia , with Sevilles feria Abril , falling , well in April .

[Rich Potter]

Been there. Done that. (1999). My personal experience was meager hats. Very little paper.

I was doing my comedy/juggling show in Spanish, but didn't have an amp or a big, tall unicycle. Crowds were into it, but hats were less than half what I was used to in other parts of Europe.

It is a great 24-hour party festival though. My favorite moment was running into a guy at about 4 am on the street (streets still packed!) and he was saying to everyone who passed by (in Spanish), "Excuse me, I'm real drunk, and I forgot where I parked. If you see my car, please let me know where it is."

I found there was very little competition and getting a crowd was pretty easy. Finding a pitch was pretty hard because the best places are off limits because of events, or just way too heavily trafficked.

--Rich

[jugglermatt1]

Just enough time to get the airplane booked and head off to Valencia .For their big party party .Starting on the 12ish with the big night being the 19th March . Theres camping sites open for the adventurers , errm and we will be there , all excited .
Dont expect large hats or paper money , but youll be sure to do well .We will be heading down the coast terrorising the locals for a while after , being in Granada for Easter .Be aware that as Granada is so good , theres already a mounted mafia , and all newcomers will be treated badly .

[jugglermatt1]

Just found out through idle gossip that theres another festival in Castellon following Las Fallas in Valencia .
Castellon being a smalish city near the sea not far from Valencia , which makes it two weeks of unpure scandalous fun , in my reconing .Oh yes , and in was 24degrees in Valencia yesterday .

[The Groovy Guy]

Heh Matt, just found this post .lol ... so forget the massage i sent you. you have just told me. lol ... maybe will come up to Valencia instead.

be cool

Groovy Guy

[jugglermatt1]

Head to Valencia , Its a bit of a no no city as far as busking is concerned , but during the fiestas the cops lay low .
And yes , Benidorm is a big black hole what with all the corruption monopolys mafias and such like , theres no room for the small guys .
Now is the time that the birds are flying North , as the climate is warming the Northerners . The police are Absolutely no problem in , Basque country , Galicia , Asturias , Cataluņa (stay out of Barca ) , The Interior , Granada (problems for hippies ), Andalucia .See you in Valencia ,good luck.

[The Groovy Guy]

Hi Matt man, cool news there thank you. We are doing some hotel shows down here in Benidorm so thngs are ok here. but old town Beni was a nite mare when i first got here. Do a show get stoped, wait --- do a show get stoped --- wait do a show get niked .loolo ... what a joke.

We are going to Denia for the festival there then may be up to Valencia. We have a friend, Spainish Lawer here who lives in Denia so she has checked and all things look groovy in Denia.

See you in Valencia maybe.

Groovy guy

[The Groovy Guy]

Hi Matt, just one more thing, why stay out of Barcelona? ... because it has been worked to death or has somthing new happened there that i ont know about.?

cheers Groovy guy

[jugglermatt1]

Its basically that its been worked to death , and people tend to get trapped there , It happened to me . Not that theres anything wrong in that , Its just that summers coming , and bigger bags of money are available .Try Castellon after Valencia , Then think about Easter .After that , think about the Basque Country , but more on that subject later .Oh , yes , and Denia has their version of Las Fallas, so its a good time to be there also .