Apr 14 - Spring Festival Programme Of Events
Spring Festival 2015 Programme of Events
May
Friday 1st May
11am to 12 Midnight
May Day Celebrations
Organised by the Gibraltar Cultural Services
Featuring 2013 X Factor Winner Sam Bailey, Jet Stream, Headwires, Another Day, Heritage, Super Wookie, Santos Choir, Art in Movement, Urban Dance, Kristian Celecia, DJ No Limits Entertainment and a Fun Day for all the Family
Casemates Square
Saturday 2nd May
10am to 3pm
Arts & Crafts Market
Casemates Square
Classic Vehicle Static Display
Organised by the Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association
John Mackintosh Square
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
Tuesday 5th to Friday 15th May
10am to 6pm
Art Exhibition by James Foot
Fine Arts Gallery
Casemates Square
Entrance Free
For further info please contact the Fine Arts Gallery on 20052126 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th May
7pm
Gibraltar’s Dance Nationals
‘Selecting Gibraltar’s National Team’
Organised by the Gibraltar National Dance Organisation
John Mackintosh Hall
Qualifier to select the dancers who will represent Gibraltar at the forthcoming IDO European Championships to be organised in our homeland in October 2015
Tickets priced at £7 per session
On sale at the On Pointe Dance Shop as from Thursday 23rd April 2015
For further information please contact email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 7th and Tuesday 12th May
Gibraltar Festival for Young Musicians
Organised by Allegro Music Productions
Thursday 7th May 9:30am – School Festival Day: Ince’s Hall Theatre
Friday 8th May 9:30am – Choir workshops & choral class adjudications: Ince’s Hall Theatre
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May – Instrumental adjudications: The Convent ballroom
Monday 11th May – Elena Cobb Jazz adjudications 4pm: The Convent ballroom
Tuesday 12th May – Gala Concert 7pm: The Convent ballroom
Tickets for Thursday – Monday priced at £3
Tickets for Gala Concert on Tuesday 11th priced at £10
Tickets on sale at the door
For further information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit our website www.gibfym.com
Saturday 9th May
10am to 3pm
Arts & Crafts Market
Casemates Square
11am to 1pm
Calpe Band
Lobby of Parliament
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
9pm
Gibraltar International Song Festival
Featuring: Bjorn Again (Abba Tribute Band)
Tercentenary Sports Hall
Tickets priced at £10 from the Gibraltar Tourist Board (Casemates office)
For further information please visit www.gibraltarsongfestival.com or contact John Jones at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday 12th May
7pm
Bidding for World Heritage Status – the story so far
Museum Lecture by Dr Geraldine Finlayson GA
John Mackintosh Hall Theatre
Entrance Free
Friday 15th May
8pm
Project Choir
Organised by Santos Productions
John Mackintosh Hall Theatre
Tickets priced at £15
For further information please contact email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday 15th May
8pm
Gibraltar’s Got Talent - Auditions
Organised by Ideal Productions
Ince’s Hall Theatre
Season Tickets for the whole series are priced at £20
Tickets on sale via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; via their website http://idealproductions.wix.com/idealproductions or at Music Corner
For further information please contact email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 54026013
Saturday 16th May
10am to 2pm
Lions Club of Gibraltar
Awareness Day
Lobby Parliament
10am to 6pm
Gibraltar International Classic & Vintage Car Rally
Organised by the Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association
Casemates Square
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
Tuesday 19th May
8pm
A Celebration of Opera
St Michael’s Cave
Arranged on behalf of the Ministry of Culture by the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society
Tickets at £20 on sale as from Monday 20th April 2015 from Sacarello’s Coffee Shop, Irish Town and the Silver Shop at 222 Main Street or directly from the Society by telephone on + 350 200 72134
A limited amount of tickets at £10 for Senior Citizens and Students available from the John Mackintosh Hall reception
Ticket price includes a return shuttle service from the Public Market and opposite the Cable Car as from 6:30pm
Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st May
8pm
Zarzuela – ‘La Boda de Luis Alonso’
Organised by Santos Productions
John Mackintosh Hall Theatre
Tickets £5 from the John Mackintosh Hall Reception
As from Tuesday 5th May 2015 from 10am to 2pm
Sale of tickets limited to 10 per person
For further information please contact email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday 20th May
7.30pm
Art Lecture by James Allen
‘Calligeofigueresque’ an Introduction to Islamic Art and Design’
Organised by the Gibraltar Decorative and Fine Arts Society
O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel
For Further information please contact Claus Olesen on 20002024
Friday 22nd May
9:30pm
Fighting Leukaemia with Fashion
Fashion show in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research
Ince’s Hall Theatre
Tickets priced at £10 on sale from Karess Zammitt on 54003234
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May
The Gib Fringe Festival
Alameda Open Air Theatre
Times: 7:30pm and 9pm (Fri) 7pm and 8:30pm (Sat) and at 3pm on Sunday
Featuring: Britain’s finest comedy by Andrew Doyle and Scott Capurro. Concerts by Gibraltar’s own talent Paddy Taylor and the Bloody Lovelies from Australia and an awesome family and kids show with face painting on Sunday
Tickets prices range from £7 to £20 with Under 4s are free; Family specials and group prices available. Tickets can also be purchased at the door or from https://gibfringe.yapsody.com/
For further information please contact emails: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website: www.gibfringe.com
Saturday 23rd May
10am - 6pm
Museum Open Day
Gibraltar Museum, Bomb House Lane
Free Entrance
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
Friday 29th – Sunday 30th May
Gastronomy on the Queensway Quay
Organised by The Queensway Quay Restaurant Group
Queensway Quay
Live bands and live cooking stations
Entrance Free
For further info please contact Robert Rae on telephone 20045665 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./
Friday 29th May from 6pm to 10:30pm
Saturday 30th May from 12noon to 10:30pm
Sunday 31st May from 4pm to 10:30pm
Saturday 30th May
9.30am onwards
Annual Heritage Painting Competition
Organised by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust
The Theme for 2015 is the North Front and its environment
Registration to take part on the day from 9.30am to 12noon on site
For further information please contact the Heritage Trust on their website: www.gibraltarheritagetrust.org.gi
10am – 2pm
Cancer Research UK Charity
Lobby of Parliament
10am to 3pm
Arts & Crafts Market
Casemates Square
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
8.30pm
Steve Hogarth in Concert
St Michael’s Cave
Organised by Gib Media
Tickets priced at £20
On sale at Music Corner (Main Street) and www.buytickets.gi
Shuttle from Grand Parade from 7:30pm
For further information please visit www.gibmedia.gi
June
Monday 1st to Friday 5th June
(School performances only)
Young Shakespeare Company
John Mackintosh Hall Theatre
Tuesday 2nd June
7:00pm
‘Dante in Gibraltar’
Lecture by Charles Durante with sketches by Kristel Turner
John Mackintosh Hall, Charles Hunt Room
Entrance free of charge
Wednesday 3rd June
4.30pm
Short Story Competition Prize Giving
At the Charles Hunt Room
All Winning stories will be printed in The Gibraltar Chronicle
Friday 5th June
8pm
Gibraltar’s Got Talent Semi-Final
Organised by Ideal Productions
Ince’s Hall Theatre
Season Tickets for the whole series are priced at £20
Tickets on sale via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; via their website http://idealproductions.wix.com/idealproductions or at Music Corner
For further information please contact email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 54026013
Saturday 6th June
10am to 3pm
Classic Vehicle Static Display
Organised by the Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association
Casemates Square
11am to 2pm
Book Crossing Day
Organised by the Gibraltar Cultural Services
Lobby of Parliament
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
Tuesday 9th June
7pm
Pots, places and people: an archaeologist’s journey
Museum Lecture by Ms Sue Davies OBE
John Mackintosh Hall Theatre
Entrance Free
Saturday 13th June
10am to 2pm
Awareness Day – Energy and Water Efficiency
Organised by the Department of the Environment
Lobby of Parliament
For further information please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10am to 3pm
Arts & Crafts Market
Casemates Square
12 noon
Re-enactment Society march to Casemates Square
Tuesday 16th June
6.30pm
Spring Visual Art Exhibition
John Mackintosh Hall
Official Opening & Prize Giving
Wednesday 17th to Friday 26th June
9am to 9.30pm
Spring Visual Art Exhibition
John Mackintosh Hall
Free Entrance
Friday 19th June
8:30pm
‘Dance Show’
Organised by the Mediterranean Dance School
John Mackintosh Hall
Tickets priced at £10
On sale at the On Pointe Dance Shop.
For further information please contact email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 54013520
Tuesday 16th – 18th June
Gibraltar World Music Festival 2015 ‘Khamsa’
Organised by Gibraltar Productions
Tuesday 16th 8:30pm - Leisure Cinemas
Award winning documentary ‘Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from the Mellah’by Moroccan film maker Kamal Hachkar.
Wednesday 17th June 7:00pm – Commonwealth Park
‘Le Souk’ A street event for Gibraltar to discover the sounds, smells and colours that Morocco can offer at its best.
Thursday 18th June 8:00pm – St Michael’s Cave
‘Convivencia’ Concert
Featuring - Dhafer Youssef, Tunisian Oud player, vocalist and composer.
Tickets on sale at 92 Irish Town as from 20th April
Tickets priced at £30 and £25 for senior citizens and students
Ticket price are inclusive of shuttle to the cave. Shuttle starts at 7:00pm from Elliot’s way and Public Market. Further information available from 20068899 or www.gibraltarproductions.com and info@gibraltar productions.com
Saturday 20th June
FESTIVAL FINALE
7pm to 1am
CALENTITA
Organised by Word of Mouth for the Ministry of Culture
A Celebration of Gibraltar’s Multi-Cultural Community
Casemates Square
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