Luz Casal will light up Christmas in Torremolinos, which will be illuminated with 1.3 million LEDs.

Singer Luz Casal takes over from other figures in Spanish music, such as Pasión Vega and Diana Navarro, and will be the Star of Christmas in Torremolinos this year. The Avilés-born artist, known for songs like 'No me importa nada' and 'Entre mis recuerdos,' will be responsible for switching on the extraordinary lighting that the City Council has planned for the holidays, featuring more than 1.3 million LED points, a system that provides greater energy efficiency and savings and is less harmful to the environment.

The Christmas lights include arches, signs, figures, and holiday motifs distributed in La Carihuela, Bajondillo, El Pinillo, Cantarranas, Montemar Alto, Parque Torremolinos, Cortijo de Cea, Los Álamos, the central area, El Calvario, Los Palacios, Playamar, and various developments and roundabouts.

There will be three-dimensional figures in Vicente Aleixandre and Blas Infante squares, Marifé de Triana boulevard, and Isabel Manoja avenue. There will also be structures resembling almond trees, approximately 4 meters in size, in Pizarro passage, La Nogalera, Costa del Sol square, where there will also be a 20-meter tall tree, and Chiriva, among others. Decorations will also be present in Andalucía or Pablo Ruiz Picasso squares.

On the day led by Casal, next December 6, there will be an inaugural parade starting from San Miguel square at 7:00 PM. It will reach Costa del Sol square, where students from the Torremolinos Dance Center 'Carmen Crespo' will perform, and at 8:00 PM Luz Casal will symbolically press the switch of the artistic lighting, as a prelude to her performance.

Following this, it will be the turn for the 'Familia Ballesteros' flamenco zambombá on Palma de Mallorca avenue. At this same location, the Christmas Market will be set up, remaining until January 2.

On November 27, the tree created by the Torremolinos Crocheters Association will be inaugurated in Blas Infante. The event will feature the participation of the Music Band with vocal students from the Municipal School of Music and the LGTBIQ+ Choir.

As for the Municipal Nativity Scene, it will be at the Isabel Manoja Community Development Center, and for its opening on December 4, the choirs of San Miguel, the Brotherhood of El Rocío, and the pastoral of Calvario will perform.

Proposals

The City Council has planned a program with more than 60 activities starting on November 23 and extending until January 5, with the Three Kings Parade, involving associations, collectives, brotherhoods, and fraternities from the municipality.

Among the proposals, the Solidarity Toy Run, a motorcycle route through the municipality to collect toys for those in need, an initiative by the Komando Amimoto Association on December 13; the Roscón de Reyes Route starting on December 20; the Christmas Market at the Cristo Resucitado parish, promoted by Cáritas, and plans organized by the Brotherhood of Dolores, the Brotherhood of Marineros Virgen del Carmen de la Carihuela, the Brotherhood of El Rocío de Torremolinos, the Brotherhood of San Miguel Arcángel, the San Juan Bautista Parish Group of Montemar, and the Brotherhood of Calvario, in addition to the Spanish Association Against Cancer.

For the little ones, Christmas workshops for creating postcards at the Cristo Resucitado Parish.

The councilor for Events, José Manuel Ruiz, highlighted that the program "is designed so that all residents of Torremolinos, no matter their age, can join in the celebration of Christmas and enjoy the great atmosphere generated in our city."