Next Events: Depart of the Vuelta (Cycling Tour to Spain)

Next 23rd of August The Vuelta will depart from Jerez, where will carry out a team time trial in the city streets. The event will begin at 19:00

Next Events: "Flamenco's Fridays

1st, 8th, 15th and 2nd of August As the last years, the city council organizes the Flamenco's Fridays. It is an event in which all the Fridays of August there are performances of flamenco in a monumental place of the city, the Alcazar of Jerez.

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Grand Prix Weekend activities

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Grand Prix Weekend activities


During the Grand Prix Weekend, and even before, Jerez de la Frontera, stores and motorcycle clubs prepare a lot of activities and events.

City Hall's Activities:


·         25th April: Painting contest Repsol-Jerez circuit. With the aim of celebrating the 20th anniversary of Repsol-Honda in the Jerez Grand Prix, the students of Jerez's schools between 8 to 11 years old have painted drawings. Finalists will exhibit their drawings in the City Hall.
Also, Repsol will exhibit beside the drawings, the motorcycles of the six pilots that won the world championships with Honda-Repsol.
The motorcycles will be:
o   Honda NSR 500,  Mick Doohan
o   Honda NSR 500, Alex Crivillé
o   Honda RC211, Valentino Rossi
o   Honda RC 212 V, Nicky Hayden
o   Honda RC212 V, Casey Stoner
o   Honda RC213V, Marc Márquez
The drawings will be exposed in the City Hall's yard, from 25th of April to 30th of May, from 11, 00 to 13, 30 and 18, 00 to 21, 00.
·         27th of April: 2nd concentration of "Classic Car Grand Prix Week". The concentration will start at 11, 00 hour at Jerez Circuit, where participants will formalize the inscription. Around 11, 30 hour, all the cars will go to the parking of the Jerez's fair to start a route by the main streets of the city. One hour later, approximately, all the cars will finish in the Plaza del Arenal where the cars will be exposed to the public.
·         30th of April: Awards of painting contest Repsol-Jerez circuit. 30th of April at 16, 30 will choose the winners drawings and will give awards to the winners.
·         1st of May: Presentation of the book "The Merced's Grand Prix, urban races in Jerez". The act will be the 1st of May, at 18, 00 hour, at Jerez Circuit's Museum. Jaime Alguersuari (editor and ex-pilot) and others pilot will assist to this event.
·         3rd of May. It will be the "big day" of the weekend. From the morning, the following streets, Porvera, Larga, Cristina, Mamelón and Armas will be closed as motorcycle parking. At 18, 30 hour will start the "First Merced Grand Prix Memorial". During this event, many old competition motorcycles will be exposed to the public. This event will place at Cristina Square where a truck will be used as stage and the motorcycles will turn round at the square at low speed. 20 motorcycles will participate and some pilots who won the world championship. This event, also, will have interviews, autograph, bike extreme exhibitions... From 20, 30 at Rafael Rivero and San Andrés squares and Porvera Street will start several concerts that will last until late at night.

Shuttle bus from Jerez to the Circuit

Price: 2€ each way
Departure from: Minotauro roundabout.
Friday 2nd of May:
Departure: 12,00 / 13,00 / 14,00 /15,00 / 16,00 / 17,00 / 18,00 / 19,00 / 20,00 / 21,00/22,00/23,00
Comeback: 12,20 / 13,20 / 15,30 /16,30/ 17,30 / 18,30 / 19,30 / 20,30 / 21,30/22,30/23,30
Saturday 3rd of May:
Departure: 12,00 / 13,00 / 14,00 /15,00 / 16,00 / 17,00 / 18,00 / 19,00 / 20,00 / 21,00/22,00/23,00


Comeback: 9,20 / 12,20 / 13,20 / 15,30 /16,30/ 17,30 / 18,30 / 19,30 / 20,30 / 21,30/22,30/23,30

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