The sea of piques at the XXXIV Camariñas Lace Exhibition will fill Easter

The City Council of Camariñas today announced the long-awaited program of the XXXIV Camariñas Lace Exhibition of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, which will be held from Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 April and which, with the motto 'A sea of piques', seeks to highlight the strong connection that exists in the town between the sea and lace, nature and tradition.

This intention has already been reflected in the poster and promotional video, pieces created with the aim of reflecting, in a visual story, the effort and beauty of the two fundamental pillars of the town, lace and the sea, weaving a narrative that speaks of daily work, dedication and love for the land, highlighting the hands that care, create and transform.

One of the main novelties of this edition is the premiere of a new concept, that of the 'Emerging Brand', an initiative that aims to help emerging designers, who have participated in an edition of the New Designers competition and who continue to promote Camariñas lace through their work, to consolidate themselves as a brand. It will be integrated into the competition's fashion shows but will not be eligible for the prize. 

The parades of this thirty-third edition will be: Great Designers, some already consolidated and other new; New Designers; Artencaixe artisans; the new parade of Emerging Firms; the International Delegations; the PequeEncaixe, and the Senior Lacemakers.

Calendar of the XXXIV Camariñas Lace Exhibition

The opening of the thirty-fourth edition of the Mostra will take place on Wednesday, April 16 at 3 p.m., at which time the traditional meeting of lacemakers and lacemakers from the Costa da Morte will begin, in which students from municipal nursery schools will also participate. The opening ceremony with the authorities will be at 4:30 p.m. Then, from 6 pm, the first fashion shows will begin: the youngest of the 'PequEncaixe' will be in charge of stepping on the catwalk for the first time, followed by the Great Designers. In between, A performance by Daughters of Cassandra will liven up the catwalk. 

During the five days the signatures of the category of 'Great Designers', which will be revealed in the coming days, They will take to the catwalks at the Mostra to show off their lace creations. 

The 'ArtEncaixe' parade, which continues to gain ground in the programming, will premiere on Thursday, April 17, at 12:45 p.m. The artisans, who will also be getting to know each other in the coming days, will arrive from different parts of Galicia to demonstrate that lace is versatile and can be adapted to different materials. 

That same Thursday, April 17, the participants in the XXXI New Designers Competition in which a total of 4,500 euros in prizes will be distributed and a total of 41 young people who are taking their first steps in the world of fashion will participate. On Friday the 18th at 8:30 pm the meeting between great and new designers will be held and on Sunday the 20th, from 5:00 pm, the jury's decision will be announced. 

The big news of this edition is the 'Emerging Brand' parade, will be shown for the first time on Thursday, April 17, and will be repeated on Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19. 

Once again, the international delegations will return to the Mostra. On Friday the 18th at 12:45 pm, the first parade of the 'International lacemakers' delegations'. They will repeat on Saturday the 19th at 6:00 p.m. 

One of the most anticipated moments of the Festival are the fashion shows. 'Small box'. The girls and boys from the Municipal Schools create their own lace throughout the school year to later design the dresses and parade in the Show. They become lace makers, designers and models. 

The same thing happens in the parade of 'Senior Lacemakers of Camariñas' which will take place on Sunday the 20th at 7:30 p.m. during the closing ceremony of the event and in which residents of the municipality show the public the creations they have made throughout the year. 

Daughters of Cassandra, Budiño, Soledad Vidal, Rocío Camaño, David Amor and other outstanding actions of the program

This year, attendees will be able to enjoy the music of the Vigo duo Fillas de Cassandra (Wednesday 16th at 6:00 p.m. during the inaugural parade of the Mostra), the concert 'Cantares Atlánticos' by soprano Soledad Vidal and Aurelio Viribay (Thursday 17th at 8:15 p.m.); or the performance of Rocío Caamaño (Friday 18th at 4:45 p.m.). The closing concert of the Mostra will be given this year by Budiño (Sunday 20th at 7:30 p.m.). 

Furthermore, continuing the tradition of recent years, they will be able to laugh out loud with David Love and his monologue 'Love is in the air' that will take place on Saturday, April 19, at 8:30 p.m. on the catwalk itself. 

During the five days, the folklore of the villages will be heard in the pavilions of the Mostra, mixed with the sound of chopsticks. groups Abrindo Rejo, Golpe de Mar, Con toda en banda, Vaiche Boa, Mar Devalado de Camelle Association and As Cansorriñas AssociationAlso the VIII Coral Meeting in which the Santa Cecilia Polyphonic Choir of Coristanco, the Alecrín Polyphonic Choir of Brión (Ferrol) and the Brisas do Mar Choir of Camariñas will participate (Sunday 20 at 12:30 p.m.).

The event will be used for presentation of books and publications such as 'Men and Women of Salt and Iron' by Xesús Búa (Thursday 17 at 12:00), 'Cantareiras' by Icía Varela and Xosé Manuel Varela (Thursday 17 at 12:30), the guide 'Camariñas, a sea of lace' by Xan Fernández (Friday 18 at 12:15), the new edition of 'El Cementerio de los Ingleses' by Alfonso de Sas (Saturday 19 at 11:40), and the book 'Mar de Ardora, Mar de Galicia' by photojournalist Ana García (Saturday 19 at 12:00).

The closing ceremony of the XXXIV Camariñas Lace Exhibition will take place on Sunday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.

'Gourmet among laces'

The City Council will repeat this year at the XXXIV Camariñas Lace Fair of the Provincial Council of A Coruña the 'Gourmet among laces', a space dedicated to the food sector in which sales stands to the public can be installed.

This new area, which will also house the Mostra bar, will have a special environmental decoration and will have a space with tables and chairs so that the public attending the Mostra can taste the products they buy right there.

Throughout the exhibition there will also be gastronomic tastings of powder, by Frigoríficos de Camariñas (Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.) and turbot, by Stolt Sea Farm (Saturday, April 19 at 2 p.m.).

There will also be craft demonstrations and parents will be able to leave the little ones in the Children's Park with qualified monitors.