On Saturday 8 of June, the City Council of Ondara organizes the IV Fira de la Paraula & la Bona Taula; a proposal that drives for the fourth consecutive year, and that will be held in the Prado, Avenida General Bosch and Plaza de Toros, from 11 to 13: 30 hours and from 16 to 22 hours. The event was scheduled for last April 6, but the weather warnings for that date (with a high probability of rains) motivated the decision to postpone it. As announced in its day, it will finally be held next Saturday, June 8, at the gates of summer, including all the proposals that were framed on the original date, as highlighted by the Department of Economic Promotion and Culture (drivers of the fira).
The IV Fira de la Paraula & la Bona Taula 2019 will include various events: the Book Fair (with local and regional publishers and writers, which will be located on Av. General Bosch); gastronomy with the Soledad 2019 Commission (which will offer local products and typical food from the region); Mercat del Prado de la Terra i Artesania (organized by ACO); the II Fira dels Vins of the Marina Alta in the Prado (which will be a showcase for the wineries and producers of the Marina Alta); musical acts, guided tour, activities for children; and as a climax, the great Spring Concert in the Plaza de Toros with Maria del Mar Bonet and Jonatan Penalba. An endless number of cultural, musical, literary, recreational, gastronomic and oenological proposals, which will be combined to celebrate a great local festival on Saturday June 8 with acts and activities for all audiences.
The IV Fira de la Paraula & the Bona Taula de Ondara is organized by the Department of Economic Promotion and Culture of the City Council of Ondara, with the collaboration of the Soledad 2019 Commission, and the Association of Merchants and Entrepreneurs of Ondara (ACO). The proposal will combine culture, music, literature, proximity, wines, gastronomy, and animation through a global initiative that will be held taking the Prado as a nerve, and will offer a very attractive event for visitors throughout Saturday 8 June, both for the people of Ondara like the rest of the region.
Gastronomy
In the field of gastronomy, the participation of the Soledad 2019 Commission in the IV Fira of the Paraula i la Bona Taula is reflected with the typical bar and food service of the region that will be offered in the Av. General Bosch; with diverse and varied gastronomic proposals of quality, with local and regional product.
Market of the Prado de la Terra i la Artesania
The Mercat del Prado of the Terra i la Artesania, organized by the Association of Merchants and Entrepreneurs ACO of Ondara, will offer products of local commerce, agriculture, and artisans, with a score of stops that will be located in the central area of the Prado. 11 to 22 hours. Embedded in the Mercat del Prado, the June 8 Saturday schedule will include the guided tour of architectural and heritage elements of interest to the 11: 30 hours (by the archaeologist Jordan Lips, with departure to the 11: 30 from the pier of the Meadow). At the 12: 30 and the 18: 30 hours there will be children's games.
Music programming
As for the musical programming of the IV Fira de la Paraula & la Bona Taula, at 12: 30 hours will take place the parade and concert of the Instrumental Ensemble of the Coda Musical Association and Youth Band of the Ondara Musical Union, under the Address of Sebastià Roig Sirerol. And the boys and girls will be able to enjoy 17: 00 hours of an exclusive activity, with the itinerant children's theater “Puff the Magic Dragon” by David Spectacles, through the town center, leaving from Vicent Andrés Estellés.
Book Fair
The Book Fair will be located on Avenida General Bosch, and will feature the exhibition of various stands; with local and regional publishers and writers. A showcase of emerging authors and editors will be offered, with the participation of publishers such as "Dilatando Mentes" (Ondara's editorial devoted to the science fiction genre); "Edicions del Sud" by Manel Arcos; "Lletra Impresa"; "Edicions 96", as well as other publishers and distributors of the Valencian territory. The Municipal Library of Ondara will also participate with its own stand (which will give access to some of its books, giving copies to readers who visit the stand), and in addition, the Local Board of the AECC will mount its stop at the Fira de la Paraula .
II Fira dels Vins of the Marina Alta
The II Fira dels Vins of the Marina Alta will be organized by the City Council of Ondara, with the participation of 14 wineries and producers in the region: Associació Bancals de Vi; Bodegas Teulada (Teulada); Parcent Wineries (Parcent); Bodegas Gutiérrez de la Vega (Parcent); Bodegas Xaló (Xaló); Briga de Xoc (Xaló); Celler Alter from Benimaquia (Teulada); Celler Les Freses (Jesus Pobre); Curii Grapes and Wines (Xaló); Bodegas Fondarium (Ondara); Joan de la Casa (Benissa); M from Alexandria (Teulada); Pepe Mendoza (Alfaz del Pi) and Cabrera Grapes (Benissa). The wine fair takes up the message of the regional fair of 2017, thus giving continuity to the initiative and complementing the original objective of disclosing and positioning a vertebrate product for the region such as wine. The event will take place inside the Prado (in the area of the lateral eyes), from 11 to 22 hours. Wine tastings will be offered that will make known the characteristics of the wines of the region, within the respective booths of participating wineries and producers, proposing a circular itinerary. A Passport of the Wines of the Marina was created for the occasion, which the attendees will buy within the same venue at the price of 6 euros, (includes the relevant silk-screened glass for the event), and which will allow tasting the wines of each winery and so fill the corresponding space designated within the passport. The Fira de Vins will have an original photocall on the Prado dock, set in a terrace with vines.
Concert by Maria del Mar Bonet and Jonatan Penalba
Along with all this, and as a finishing touch to this IV Fira of the Paraula i la Bona Taula, the City Council of Ondara, through its Department of Culture, has organized for the June 8 the Spring Concert in the Plaza de Bulls of Ondara, that will be carried out by Maria of the Sea Bonet, being the one of Ondara of its last concerts of celebration of 50 years in the scenes, and that already has sold more than 1.000 entrances. The Spring Concert will begin at the 19: 30 hours with the performance, first, of Jonatan Penalba, and the 20: 30 will be the moment of the performance of Maria del Mar Bonet. The tickets (at the price of 10 euros tier and 12 euros patio) can be purchased at the Casa de Cultura de Ondara and on the link: https://www.notikumi.com/2019/4/6/concierto-de-maria -of-the-sea-bonet-en-ondara. The opening of ticket offices on the day of the concert will be in the morning of 11: 30 to 13: 30 hours and in the afternoon from 17 to 19: 30 hours.
