The presenter, actor, comedian and announcer from Zaragoza, Luis Larrodera, will be the maintainer of the XLIX National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo de Bembibre, which will be held on March 19 in the Manuel Marqués Patarita pavilion. The musical note will be borne by the artist Pastora Soler, who will present some of the [...]
After a year of hiatus due to the pandemic, the National Festival of Exaltation of the Botillo recovers the characteristic activities such as the ‘Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo’ (Pinchos Days), the Agro-food Fair and the cultural week. […]
Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo already has the official image of the forty-ninth edition, which will be held on March 19. The jury chose the work signed by Susana Gomes, winner of the Festival del Botillo poster contest for the second consecutive year. […]
The growing number of cases of Covid-19 at the beginning of the year and the consequent worsening of the pandemic situation has made us rethink the celebration of the XLIX National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo, initially scheduled for next February 19. We understand that it is not prudent to think that within a [...]
The Department of Culture, Festivities, Tourism and Commerce of the Town of Bembibre has called the poster and literary contests of the XLIX Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo, with a significant increase in their economic amount. On the one hand, the poster contest prize raises the amount to 500 euros, compared to [...]
Bembibre’s Botillo Festival has a website, www.festivaldelbotillo.com, to promote botillo’s cultural and gastronomic event. It is a dynamic site that will be updated periodically in order to give information about each edition. […]
Bembibre will celebrate its National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo next year, after being cancelled last February due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Bembibre Town Council launched in August its calling for public tenders in order to arrange the catering services, decoration and supply for marquees, anticipating that the health emergency would maintain a [...]
T The XXXVII Gastronomic Days of El Bierzo are already underway. With thirty restaurants in the region and one in Valdeorras, this event will offer the public the most relevant products of the land. An edition that was attended by the scientist Saúl Ares, chairman of this Botillo Festival edition. Ares did not overlook his [...]
Bembibre participated last May in the so-called ‘World Map Challenge’, an Ecovidrio initiative to stimulate recycling. The challenge was overcome. It involved increasing the amount of recycled glass by 10% for May and June. The municipality got its prize: five containers vinyl with representative elements of the municipality. The big surprise has been that the [...]
The Cante de las Minas International Festival (La Unión, Murcia) has recognized the relevance of Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. The festival was awarded with the Pencho Cros in the Gastronomy category. This event, which has just turned 60, is focused on the spread of flamenco art and mining songs. Bembibre’s Botillo [...]
