<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - mobofesto]]> 10 <![CDATA[Maria Jaume: "I miss Mallorca more and more each day"]]>

The Mallorcan singer Maria Jaume published this Friday San Domingo Forever (Halley Records), a tribute to her hometown, Lloret de Vistalegre, and its patron saint, Sant Domingo: "I miss Mallorca more and more each day," she stated in an interview with Europa Press. This is her fourth studio album and is her "most personal" and most conceptual to date, with 15 songs that blend pop and traditional sounds, using the town's main festival night as a common thread, the singer explained.

]]> <![CDATA[Mobo, when talent grows culture]]> The first takeaway from the organization's announcement that Mobo is ending is that nothing lasts forever. Especially not if it's good. The festival, which a group of young people decided to launch in 2017, had achieved an extraordinary level of success and was a benchmark for quality music. It wasn't just one of those events held to assert ourselves and say that local things, in this case music, are doing well. It was doing well. And it was doing well because Mobofest was able to believe in the music produced in the Canary Islands, which, as it turns out, is of exceptional quality today. But someone had to do it and program it. In a place where a mix of provincialism and self-loathing often leads us to undervalue local initiatives, music, productions, and everything local, Mobofest has demonstrated over the years that the island scene is brimming with talent.

]]> <![CDATA[Mobofest says goodbye]]>

The latest edition of Mobofesto It will take place on July 23, 24, and 25. This was announced on Friday by the festival organizers, who also announced the end of the project that began in 2017.

]]> <![CDATA[Mobofest will receive 20,000 euros from the Ministry for its next edition]]>

Vicenç Vidal, a member of parliament for the Sumar MÁS party, announced on Saturday a €20,000 grant from the Ministry of Culture for the Mobofest festival. In a press release, Vidal explained that, through his negotiations, he secured a €20,000 grant from the Ministry of Culture, headed by Ernest Urtasun, for Mobofest, recognizing "its excellent work in consolidating a festival conceived and implemented decades ago." Vidal added that this support for Mobofest "is part of a broader package of direct aid to projects and organizations in the Balearic Islands that strengthen the region's culture in a democratic and globally inclusive way, such as the Obra Cultural Balear, CineCiutat, and Casa Planas." The MÉS representative for Mallorca, affiliated with the Sumar Parliamentary Group, added that, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, the idea is to consolidate "a plan to support Balearic culture."

]]> <![CDATA[Mobofest closes with another success in terms of audience and music]]>