The 28th edition of the Manresa Mediterranean Fair, which concludes this Sunday after three days of preliminary performances, was a successful and stimulating experience. Large audiences attended most of the shows, especially along the axis between Plaça Neus Català and Plaça Sant Domènec, with active audience participation in dance-based performances such as La Coixinera. The artistic level was very high. This was expected in the cases of established artists such as Sol Picó and Juan Carlos Lérida, La Venidera, and Cocanha. It was also surprising in emerging artists such as L'Arannà and Alosa, and in the presentation of projects recently launched by Obrador de Raíz, such as Unmarried by Magalí Sare and Bread by Anna Ferrer.

When the curtain rises, Anna Ferrer appears lying on a surface that will later be revealed to be a bakery table. In the background, the names of a family of bakers, the Ferrers, born in 1885, are projected. An hour later, it is the father of the Menorcan singer, Toni Ferrer, who is lying in the bakery, and when the curtain of the Kursaal Theatre in Manresa begins to lower while the applause of the bread resounds, the applause of the audience is heard. What happened before is Bread, the project in which the Menorcan singer explains her relationship with bread and, above all, the complex feelings she must confront because she will no longer continue the family baking tradition. It disrupts the continuity of the roots, and she explains this in the opening performance of the Mediterranean Fair in Manresa, a venue dedicated to traditional bread.

The 28th edition of the Manresa Mediterranean Fair, which began on Thursday and will end on Sunday, offers an artistic program that includes 135 performances and 79 shows, of which 58 (73%) are premieres. This year's theme, The heartbeat of creativity, highlights the work of promoting and supporting creation.

Jordi Fosas (1976) has been directing the Mediterranean Fair of Manresa, an unmissable event to capture the vibrant pulse of musical and performing arts creation related to grassroots culture.Root that speaks to us in the present is one of the slogans I use the most", says Fosas. Raíz, which in its 28th edition, which takes place from October 9th to 12th, grows with artists such as Anna Ferrer, Sol Picó, María, Alondra, Cocanha, Aranná, Gloria Ribera, Bilaka, Cía Voël, Raül Refree with Ni.