Calpe will celebrate its patron saint festivities in honour of its patron saint, the Virgen de las Nieves, starting this Thursday, 31 July. One of the most traditional and heartfelt celebrations in the town begins, organised by the 2025 festivities committee and Calpe Town Council.
From 2 August, the municipal swimming pool will be temporarily closed to carry out various maintenance and improvement works on the facilities. The swimming pool will reopen on 1 September with classes and free swimming, although on 28 and 29 August the facility will be open exclusively for registration for the new season's courses.
Calpe will celebrate a new edition of the Calpe Pop Festival on August 15 and 16, which this time will feature stellar performances by Nacha Pop and El Drogas, who marked an entire era of Spanish pop and rock with their songs, as well as the trendy Catalan duo that has revolutionized urban music, Figa Flawas.
Friday, 25:
• Exhibition "Baños de la Reina, the Roman footprint." Until December 30. Museo del Coleccionismo
• Exhibition Bitter Almonds by Andrea Chessa until July 30 in the exhibition hall of the Ajuntament Vell.
• 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Exhibition "Llúria, Lords and Ladies of the Earth." Casa de Cultura.
• 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Craft markets. Calle Alemania (Arenal-Bol beach) and Plaza Mediterráneo (Fossa beach).
• 8:00 PM. Concert by the "Coral Ifach & Joves Cantors d'Ifach." Casa de Cultura.
On Monday, Calpe hosted the first ‘Calpe Drumt’ with great success, an innovative musical event that brought the spirit of Belgium's famous ‘Kortrijk Drumt’ to the Costa Blanca.
Calpe Town Council has signed, for the first time, a collaboration agreement with the Institut d'Estudis Comarcals de la Marina Alta (IECMA), a reference entity in the research and dissemination of the cultural, historical and natural heritage of the region.
Today, the Governing Board approved a proposal to restrict parking on Gabriel Miró Avenue starting next week in order to improve traffic flow and facilitate access to the town's shopping area.
The Calp Town Council, through the Equality Department, has joined the new Co-Responsible Plan, an initiative promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Equality that aims to facilitate the reconciliation of family and working life through educational, recreational and care projects aimed especially at families with children.