San Isidro 2016: what to do in Madrid?
San Isidro is coming, an important date in the Madrid calendar. The capital of Spain dresses and gets pretty before one of its most important parties. Gigantes and cabezudos, concerts and many other activities unfold through the streets of Madrid to the delight of their neighbors and visitors. That's why we offer you this collection of events so you do not miss anything in this San Isidro 2016.
San Isidro 2016 in the Plaza de la Villa
On May 13 start the festivities of San Isidro with a parade starring giant and bigheaded. This peculiar march will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza de Santo Domingo and will go through the streets of Madrid to Plaza de la Villa. A walk that to the sound of the bells waits to wake up the laughs of the assistants while they are also accompanied by the chulapos.
Later At 20:00 h, Santiago Auserón will give the opening speech at the Plaza de la Villa. The former leader of Radio Futura will officially open these festivities with this speech. Once the San Isidro 2016 has been inaugurated, the artist will give a concert with other artists ranging from Cuban musicians to jazz performers. A good way to start these days to the rhythm of these notes.
San Isidro 2016 in the Plaza Mayor
An ideal place to taste the typical donuts of San Isidro with children and family. The fools, the lists, the French ones and those of Santa Clara, that's what they're called, are the Shortbread that accompany all the locals in their day and a delight for tourists. In the Plaza Mayor you can find many places to try and buy them.
- Saturday 14 at noon in the central Plaza Mayor welcomes the chulapos to dance the chotis, typical dance of Madrid. An opportunity to learn with your own this original dance that only requires a tile for your choreography. This same day from 20:00 the young people will be able to enjoy a concert by Abraham Mateo in the Plaza Mayor, a concert in which Fangoria will also be present. An activity where both old and young will find a reason to go.
- Already on May 15, the Plaza Mayor welcomes the homage to San Isidro of the different Regional Houses of Madrid. The different communities of Spain pay homage to the patron saint of the capital of our country. A curious offering that you can not miss as it is an act of brotherhood where you will see the representatives of each region with their typical costumes. An event where the Asturian bagpipes are interspersed with the ruffles of the Andalusian costumes.
- Monday the 16th at 12:00, to finish, in the Plaza Mayor will take place the thirty-second edition of the Madrid dance festival. An act that will range from Castilian dances to jotas or fandangos. An event that unites the folklore of Madrid in what refers to dance. The bolero school in Madrid will also be present on this day, an opportunity to get to know this dance that Goya himself represented in his paintings.
Celebrations in the San Isidro Prairie
This area is the epicenter of all activities in San Isidro, events ranging from parades to chotis.
- Friday, May 13 They begin these days with a Cervantes storyteller at 5:30 pm that will delight the little ones and that will bring the little ones closer to the distinguished author of the literature of our country on the 400th anniversary of his death. The Cervantes year also has its place in the San Isidro 2016.
- Saturday, May 14, Those who come to the San Isidro Prairie will be able to enjoy the chotis and pasodobles at 13:00 and even try to dance them. Later, at 7:00 pm and continuing with the Cervantes year, the storytellers will once again take up the figure of the author of Don Quixote to bring it closer to the little ones.
- The big day of San Isidro, on Sunday 15, this area is dressed as a castiza to celebrate the day of the patron saint of Madrid. At 10:00 a.m.orn parades of giants and bigheaded will travel this meadow, an event followed by several dances typical of Madrid. So that nobody has to return to his house at lunchtime, at one o'clock in the afternoon, cocido madrileño will be distributed.At 4:30 p.m. the folklore of the capital of Spain returns to be the protagonist with several performances of traditional groups with which the chulapos will take the afternoon session in the prairie of San Isidro.
- Monday, May 16, the prairie of San Isidro closes these festive days with several events. Around midday a fun body music workshop will be organized, followed by a didactic concert of "Fun Music" and an invitation to dance the chotis at one o'clock in the afternoon. For those who endure until midnight, the pyrotechnic spectacle that will mean the closure of San Isidro 2016 is destined.
Damián Montero
