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IV Concentración de Bolillos Romangordo (Cáceres, Extremadura)
Organizers:  Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Romangordo
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time:  See Agenda
Website: http://tinyurl.com/h3nmjc3  http://tinyurl.com/zfh8pvh
Information and Registration: 927576581 info@romangordo.org
Registration fee is 6.00 EUR, including food and gift.

Agenda:
10:30  Reception for participants and welcome from authorities
11:00  Beginning of work
13:30  Exhibition and End of Work
14:00 Meal

This is part of the XII Ruta de los Ingleses in Romangordo, which runs from May 13-15, 2016.

22a Trobada de Puntaires a Vilassar de Mar (Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia)
Organizers: Associació de Puntaires del Passeig
Centre Centre Cívic Lluís Jover
Regidoria de Cultura
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: Starts at 9:30
Place: la plaça de l’Ajuntament i el carrer Sant Pau.
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/jp27o9d
Information: Ajuntament 93 754 24 00, Puntaires del Passeig, 93 759 02 38

Between 9:00 and 12:00 you can visit an exhibition of work of local lace schools in the plenary hall of the City Council.

Trobada de Puntaires, Castell de l’Areny  (Berguedà, Barcelona, Catalonia)
Organizers:  Ajuntament de Castell de l’Areny
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: Starts at 10:00
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/h224aez
Information:  Ajuntament 938 238 025

There is also a Fira d’Artesania associated with this event.  This is a very small town (pop=74) and there’s little information about the event.

XXIII Trobada de Puntaires a Calafell (Tarragona, Catalonia)
Organizers:  Agrupació Recreativa Cultural de Calafell (A.R.C.)
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: Starts at 10:00
Place: Al Pg. Marítim de St. Joan de Déu (entre C/St. Pere i C/ Mallorca)
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/hzz7rhr
Contact:  Evelyn, 654045549 (from last year)

XXI Trobada de Puntaires, Salou (Tarragona, Catalonia)
Sponsors: Grup Dones de Salou
Collaborators: Ajuntament de Salou
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Place: Primer tram del Passeig Jaume I
Hours:  10:00 to 13:00
Website: http://tinyurl.com/zpurtnb
Information: 630983287 / 606952797 (from last year)

XVI Encuentro Nacional de Encaje de Bolillos de Santa Cruz de Bezana (Santander, Cantabria)
Sponsor: Asociación Cultural Santa Cruz
Ayuntamento de Santa Cruz de Bezana
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: 10:00 to 14:00
Place: Pabellón Municipal Polideportivo de Santa Cruz de Bezana
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/zvumczw
Information: ayto. Santa Cruz de Bezana 942 58 00 01

Agenda:
10:00  Welcome and registration
10:30 Inauguration of the XVI Encuentro
12:10 Traditional song and dance
12:30  Exhibition of drawings from the workshops of the Asociación Cultural Santa Cruz
13:00 End of the Encuentro, with gift distribution to participants
14:00 Fellowship meal.

This event is part of the Primavera Santa Cruz 2016, which runs from April 29 to May 15, 2016.  Over 700 lacemakers are expected, some from southern France.

XVII Trobada de Puntaires Castellserà (Lleida, Catalonia)
Sponsor: les Puntaires de Castellserà
l’Associació Cultural “Lo Perot”, l’Ajuntament de Castellserà
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015
Time: Begins at 10:00
Place: La Plaça Sitjar
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/zbmd5yt
Information: 973 610 005, ajuntament@castellsera.cat

This is part of the XII Festa del Bandoler in Castellserà  which runs May 14-15, 2016.  The Festa relives events at the end of the XVI century, and the bandit culture of the area.

XIX Trobada de Puntaires, Aitona (Segrià, Lleida, Catalonia)
Organizers: Puntaires d’Aitona
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Hours:  Starts at 10:00
Place: Pavelló Poliesportiu
Website: http://tinyurl.com/hpgnqg8
Information:  Sra. Càndida 973 784 391 / 645 929 775 (from last year)

The other event on the poster has to do with bowling.

III Trobada de Puntaires de Les Terres de l’Ebre a Santa Bàrbara (Tarragona, Catalonia)
Organizers:  l’ajuntament de Santa Bàbara
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Time: Starts at 10:00
Place:  La Plaça de l’alcalde Cid i Cid
Website: http://tinyurl.com/jfchdj4
Information:  Ajuntament – 977 71 70 00

This event is part of the Festivitat de Sant Gregori a Santa Bàbara which runs from May 13-15, 2016.