The Senior Citizens' Carnival will return to the city's 11 districts with parties and costume contests.

The Carnival for Senior Citizens will kick off this Tuesday with a new edition featuring the traditional festivities across the 11 districts of the city, which will take place over the coming weeks and will culminate in the grand finale scheduled at the Teatro Cervantes on February 22. This initiative is driven by the Málaga City Council, through the Department of Social Rights, in collaboration with senior citizen groups and the Citizen's Carnival Foundation of Málaga, aiming to provide this population segment with recreational activities that meet their leisure and free time needs to prevent unwanted loneliness and social isolation.

In last year's edition, 2,400 people participated, with 1,300 attending the district parties (734 participated by dressing up) and 1,100 enjoyed the final gala at the Teatro Cervantes.

At each of these district parties, starting at 5:00 PM, a costume contest will be held, where a jury composed of members of the Citizen's Carnival Foundation will award prizes to the best individual costumes and the best group or pair. Additionally, the traditional carnival dance will also take place. Each party will feature the collaboration of two dance and theater monitor persons linked to the project of workshops for senior citizens organized by the City Council along with the association Prosalud in all districts.

Regarding the costume contest, the winners from each district will move on to the final at the Teatro Cervantes (Saturday, February 22, at 5:30 PM), where the best costumes of the Carnival for Senior Citizens of 2025 will be chosen. Additionally, the gala will feature performances by the winners in the categories of murgas and comparsas from the Official Carnival Contest of Málaga 2025, who will dedicate their performance to the senior citizens that afternoon.

Schedule

The district programming will start tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, with the party at Cruz del Humilladero (Guadalmedina Senior Social Center) and will continue on Wednesday 29th at the El Perchel Social Center (Central district) and on Thursday 30th at the Virgen del Rosario de Santa Rosalía Senior Center (district Campanillas). Activities will resume next week with parties at the Senior Social Center of Ciudad Jardín (Tuesday, February 4), the Bailén-Miraflores District Municipal Board (Wednesday 5), and the Puerto de la Torre Social Services Center (Thursday 6).

The festivities will move on Tuesday, February 11, to the Eastern District Social Services Center, while Wednesday 12 will be the turn for seniors from Teatinos (Generation of 33 Senior Association) and Thursday 13, for those from Palma-Palmilla (New Spring Senior Association). In Carretera de Cádiz, the meeting will be on Tuesday 18 at the La Raíz Senior Social Center, concluding on Wednesday 19, Tuesday 30 at the Multi-Use Center of Churriana.

Moreover, it's worth mentioning that the promotional poster for the Carnival for Senior Citizens of 2025 was created by José López Jaime, from the Málaga Este Senior Association, whose work was selected from the proposals submitted by students from various painting workshops offered in the districts, as part of the program of free workshops for senior citizens organized by the Department of Social Rights in collaboration with Prosalud. Currently, there are 93 workshops on various themes (painting, dance, theater, crafts, choir, photography, yoga or body expression, among others) that are being developed through the Plan for Active Aging Promotion with the participation of a total of 2,320 students.