The party at Gran Teatro Falla de Cádiz keep going. Six other groups taking part in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups take to the stage of the Cádiz Coliseum today (COAC). In this eighth session of the preliminary phase of the contest, they come from different parts of the autonomous community, outside the borders of Cádiz, the city where the Carnival is celebrated like nowhere else.

Of the more than 100 groups participating in this phase, in the session this Tuesday, January 15, a troupe from Tarifa and another from Almodóvar del Río (Córdoba) will take the stage, while two of the day’s chirigotas come from Seville : one from Alcalá de Guadaíra and the other, from San José de la Rinconada. Of course, today’s is a session without quartets; It is normal, considering that this year only five are participating.

Who performs today, Tuesday, January 16, at the COAC

  • Chorus: ‘The Feast of Fools’ (Student Choir)
  • Comparsa: ‘The footprint’ (Comparsa de Tarifa)
  • Chirigota: ‘The joy of my house’ (Chirigota de San José de la Rinconada, Seville)
  • Comparsa: ‘The amulets’ (Andy Morales, Raúl Gálvez and Toni Cruz)
  • Chirigota: ‘Mine is worse’ (Chirigota de Alcalá de Guadaíra)
  • Comparsa: ‘The last song’ (Comparsa de Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba)

Where to watch the COAC preliminary phase

All the Cádiz Carnival contest It is held at the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz, with an audience (of course). But the truth is that seeing it live is quite complicated: tickets for the COAC usually fly, both those that are on sale in person at the box office and those that are sold on-line. However, there is another way to follow this phase (and some of the others) of the contest.

Onda Cádiz Carnival, for example, broadcasts sessions every day, which start at 8:00 p.m. and last, as a general rule, for about four hours. The Exact session length depends on number of clusters (during the week, like today, for example, only six groups usually participate) and the time it takes for each one to pick up and place what is necessary on the stage, where the entire show is displayed. props of each one.