The mayor of Culture and Celebration of the City of Lorca, Rosa Medina and the Director of "All Art 2008," Gines Bayonas have offered this morning the final data after the end of the festival, most notably the presence of more than 65,000 people to the various events organized from April to July period of the contest.
Rosa Medina has expressed its satisfaction with the final result, commenting that "has been a success, not only for the festival, but at around the same as hotels in the city over the weekend concerts have been almost no availability, since 75% of admissions have been made outside the municipality of Lorca, having also increased by 10% of consultations with the Office of Tourism. "
The Councillor for Culture has been referred to as "the Bob Dylan concert with 6,000 people, the Lorca Rock with 5,500 attendees, the show hosted by Estrella Morente and Dulce Pontes with 3,500 spectators and Loreena McKennitt's event and was attended by 3,000 fans have been the busiest events in public. "
For his part, Director of Art 2008 All added that "All Arts for Children has had an attendance of 4,675 people, taking into account that the shows were some whose capacity was limited to 75 people because of their format and minor public three years, having attended practically all the village schools and districts, while in the Spring Film were 3,500 attendees, including opening and closing it. "
Gines Bayonas continued saying that "the audience to all letters, including concerts and conferences has been of 1,645 people, being the largest of Joaquín Sabina y García Montero with an attendance of 1,000 people in La Merced, while Teasol were 7,000 people, which enjoyed ten street performances. "
In closing, Bayonne has highlighted the high level of public participation Lorca "concerts that have taken place in different spaces have gathered an average of 2,000 people and 1,000 Calderón in Market Square, while the Palacio de Guevara have been the limit of its capacity is 250 people. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca