D*na Festival Reveals Its Most Artistic And Creative Edition Yet

On Saturday September 27 and Sunday September 28, Denia’s Marineta Cassiana promenade will erstwhile again big nan D*na Festival, curated by three-Michelin-starred cook Quique Dacosta. Now successful its eighth edition, nan show transforms nan seafront into a vibrant shape wherever gastronomy interacts pinch music, creation and culture, presenting cuisine arsenic nan “eighth art” alongside literature, cinema, dance, architecture and music.

This year’s programme promises an acquisition that goes beyond nan plate, pinch workshops, concerts, exhibitions and inclusive activities.

The Sea Stage will bring together starring chefs specified arsenic Jordi Roca (Girona), Amaury Bouhours (Paris) and Marcos Morán (Asturias), alongside Valencian figures for illustration Borja Susilla (Jávea), Giuseppe Vono and Gonzalo Silla (Valencia).

Two stages for creativity

A item of this version will beryllium nan Creative Cities Stage, gathering chefs from Mérida (Mexico), Tsuruoka (Japan), Nkongsamba (Cameroon), Zahlé (Lebanon) and Parma (Italy). They correspond UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, joined by impermanent metropolis Ibiza and big metropolis Denia, which this twelvemonth celebrates its 10th day arsenic a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.

Workshops and experiences

Visitors tin actively return portion successful culinary discovery. The Aqualia Space will connection hands-on workshops pinch chefs, while nan Liquid Universe Space explores wines, oils, coffees and vermouths done tastings, cocktails and latte art. The Kitchen Space focuses connected section traditions, from artisan crystal pick pinch Álvaro Verdú to gluten-free cooking pinch David Ariza and Acecova.

Other highlights see 8 astatine nan table, an accumulation by Aprosdeco showcasing productivity by group pinch intelligence disabilities, a dedicated gluten-free abstraction and sunset vessel trips combining nutrient tastings pinch unrecorded music.

Along 500 metres of seafront, an open-air marketplace will characteristic farmers, fishermen, bakers, winemakers and artisans from nan Marina Alta and beyond, joined by section bars and restaurants offering tapas.

All artists are welcome

The motto of this edition, All artists are welcome, underlines that each trade is simply a shape of creation — from fishermen and farmers to chefs and families. This accuracy besides inspires nan festival’s campaign, narrated by Quique Dacosta, which places gastronomy alongside nan 7 classical arts.

“D*na Festival will beryllium nan gathering constituent betwixt nan arts, gastronomy and our people,” said Dacosta. “Once again, Denia will go a gastronomic epicentre of celebrated hedonism.”