The Rapants
The live debut of the new album by Galician band The Rapants will take place on March 28. The grand opening of Rapants Club, their fourth LP, will be held on the last Saturday of March at the Multiusos Fontes do Sar in Santiago de Compostela.
The band, originally from Muros, has chosen their adopted city, Santiago de Compostela, to present this new work: an album with a very distinctive sound that reflects the group’s evolution while preserving the essence and identity of the “rapante” spirit. With Rapants Club, which will also be released in March, The Rapants dare to experiment. The quartet opens the door to different musical styles and delivers darker lyrics, while remaining committed to danceability, frenetic guitars and memorable choruses, all infused with the naturalness and honesty that define the band.
The opening of Rapants Club will be a major celebration of live music in Galicia, where the “rapantes” will say “jrasias por confiar” (“thanks for believing”) in their project. Joy, good vibes, mosh pits and, of course, intense air traffic will fill the Sar arena on Saturday, March 28, at an event supported by the City Council of Santiago de Compostela. It will be a night in which, in addition to enjoying the band’s new songs, the audience — and especially the “rapants fan juligans” — will “travel to the depths” with the group, vibrating to anthems that define an entire Galician generation.
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Festivals
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The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
Carnival arrives at Área Central with a programme full of music, celebration and tradition.
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 14 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
On the afternoon of February 15, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
A full day of tradition and celebration in Conxo: historical Entroido exhibitions, parades, vermouth session, communal lunch, atranques, ear and pancake contests, folk music session, hat costume parade, and the traditional burning of the Meco. Evening entertainment includes live music and karaoke.
After some time in silence, Raíñas is back — more local, more ours, and entering a new stage full of changes. A night to celebrate drag, the scene, and the desire to keep creating together. If you have been before, you already know what it means; if not, this is your sign. This edition will be hosted by Syndra, guiding the night through fantasy and glamour, joined by Yasmine Lutar and Moira Lutar, drag sisters with different energies but the same lineage. Completing the lineup is Liteah, all attitude and power on stage.
Save the dates February 27 and 28 for the big Sar Entroido, full of music, color, and celebration in the neighborhood. On Saturday the 27th, performance by París de Noia, and on Sunday the 28th, parade of the Xenerais da Ulla. Don’t miss it!
