Framed within the celebration acts of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the gypsy people to the Iberian Peninsula, this Saturday, June 21, a great concert will take place in the Square of the Pilar from Zaragoza whose main protagonist will be the renowned Bailaor Farruquito. It will be in a free show on the stage next to the Goya Fountain that will begin at 8:00 p.m. and to which the start of tour of the Catalan Flamenco Big Lois reggaeton will follow.
More than 3,000 people celebrate a historic Pentecost in the Plaza del Pilar de Zaragoza
Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya, known as “Farruquito”, is grandson of the famous flamenco dancer Farruco and is the current reference of the saga. This will not act alone. Will come to Saragossa From the hand of his son, the singer Juan “El Moreno” and his mother, the dancer “La Farruca”.
In this sense, this Saturday’s concert in Zaragoza will be an opportunity to see three dance generations of the admired Saga Farruco, accompanied in addition to an cast of first -level artists and musicians such as Manuel de la Nina, Mari Vizarga and Pepe de Pura or El ñoño and Ane Carrasco.
Flemish event poster that will take place this June 21 in Zaragoza
For its part, Big Lois will land in the Aragonese capital with its “Flow Giant Tour 2.0” tour, a proposal of urban flamenco that is revolutionizing the Spanish music scene. This second proposal of the night will mix flamenco with the energy of the reggaeton and the flavors of the sauce with the personal touch of the “flamenco flow”.
For both artists, as explained by the music promoter Luis Escudero, to act in the Plaza del Pilar is an honor, more in the framework of this celebration that neither of them wanted to get lost.
Show that commemorates the arrival of the gypsy people
Precisely, the initiative forms the special program of activities organized this year by the House of Cultures and Gypsy Entities on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Gypsy People in the Iberian Peninsula.
The event has been presented this Monday at the City of Zaragoza
“In the end the flamenco and the contributions that the gypsy people have made to cultural wealth, not only from the city, but of all Spain, was recognized by UNESCO in 2010 including it in its representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,” recalled the Minister of Social Policies, Marián Orós. “Without the gypsy people Zaragoza would not be the city that is,” he said, although he has recognized that “there is still work to do.”
