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20a Trobada de Puntaires a Sant Cugat del Vallès (Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia)
Organizers:  l’Associació Cultural Castilla La Mancha / Centro Castellano-Manchego
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015
Time: Starts at 17:30
Place:  L’Hort de l’Abat – Jardins del Paga-li, Joan
Website: http://tinyurl.com/pm448yu http://tinyurl.com/ntzrwr2
Information: Maria 936615958

This is part of the Festa Major de San Cugat which runs from June 26-29, 2015. Information from the city and from the ACP is a little conflicting, but not too much.

XIX Encuentro de Encaje de Bolillos “Ciudad de Tarazona” (Tarazona y el Moncayo, Zaragoza, Aragon)
Organizers:  Asociación de Bolilleras de Tarazona
Collaborators: Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Tarazona y Diputación de Zaragoza
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015
Place:  Parque Pradiel
Website: http://tinyurl.com/njfyz5d
Information: Milagros, 658 94 28 00

Very little information on this event, so I’m taking most of it from past years.

IX Encuentro de Encajeras, Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (Segovia, Castile and León)
Organizers:  la Asociación Foro Local, Pl. del Matadero, 41000 San Ildefonso (Segovia)
Excmo. Ayuntamiento Real Sitio de San Ildefonso
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015
Time: 10:30 to 14:30
Place:  Paseo de la Alameda
Websites:  http://tinyurl.com/qyydcds
Information and Registration: Angela – 608605312, Isabel 608944678
isabelcabrejas@yahoo.es
Registration due June 13, 2015.  Registration fee is 2 EUR, with an additional 10 EUR for the meal.

Agenda:
10:30  Welcome reception
11:00 to 13:30 Demonstrations
13:30  Prize drawing
13:30  Fellowship meal

Real Sitio de San Ildefonso is also known as La Granja de San Ildefonso.  About 300 lacemakers are expected.

22a Trobada de Puntaires, Arenys de Munt (Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia)
Organizers: l’Associació de Puntaires d’Arenys de Munt
Ajuntament d’Arenys de Munt
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2015
Time: Starts at 17:00
Place: la Plaça de l’Església
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/qfdhgsb http://tinyurl.com/ppkopcr
http://tinyurl.com/nwfvpkc
Information and Registration: Dolors 973939258, Montse 669494234

This event is part of the XVI Fira de la Cirera d’en Roca (Cherry Festival) in Arenys de Munt, and it is also tied in with the Sant Joan activities. It draws about 300 lacemakers.  There is also a crafts fair. The town has a beautiful lacemaker statue.

XI Trobada de Boixeteres, Alquerías del Niño Perdido (Plana Baja, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana)
Organizers: el grup de boixeteres PLA REDÓ
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2015
Time: Starts at 10:00
Place: Al recinte del mercat
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/o8y6hrb
Information: Ayuntamiento – 964 592 000

This is part of the XXX Aniversario de la Segregació Municipal in Alquerías. There is surprisingly little information on the web about the event, so I’m taking most of this from last year’s schedule.

VIII Encuentro de Encajeras de Carrión de Calatrava (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha)
Organizers: la Concejalía de Cultura y la Concejalía de la Mujer
la Universidad Popular de Carrión de Calatrava
Collaborators: la Diputación Provincial de Ciudad Real
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2015
Time: See Agenda
Place: Parque Municipal de Carrión de Calatrava
Websites:  http://tinyurl.com/nlne5v9
Information and Registration: Number of places is and registrations will be approved in the order they are received. Unfortunately no information on how to register is given.

Agenda:
18:30  Reception in the Parque Municipal for the participants
19:00 Bobbinlace demonstrations
20:30  Closing fellowship meal and souvenir presentation

This is part of the XXVI Semana Cultural de Carrión de Calatrava which runs from June 13-27, 2015. The Universidad Popular de Carrión de Calatrava has bobbinlace courses, and will also be exhibiting other crafts from their courses and workshops at this event.  Over 300 participants are expected.

VI Encuentro de Bolillos, Requena (Requena-Utiel, Valencia,Valencian Community)
Organizers: a Asociación de Bolillos, Manualidades y Labores Artesanales de Requena
la concejalía de cultura del M.I. Ayuntamiento de Requena
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 13:30  (from last year)
Place: el segundo tramo de la Avenida de Arrabal (from last year)
Websites:  http://tinyurl.com/prtjldo
Information and Reservations: Amparo Ferrer 697740549 ,
Carmen Martínez 962300437, Amparo Hernández 626013317
Please make reservations by June 6, 2015, there are only 300 places available.

This should not be confused with the VI Encuentro de Asociaciones de Requina which ran June 2-3, 2015, and also had some bobbinlace demonstrations.