Neil Diamond fans can enjoy an evening of classic hits when tribute performer Rees brings The Neil Diamond Experience to Lo Crispin Tavern & Beer Garden in Algorfa on Saturday, September 12.

The show will celebrate the songs of one of the world’s most successful singer-songwriters, with a set drawing on a career spanning decades.

Neil Diamond classics will fill the Lo Crispin beer garden

Audiences can expect familiar favourites including “Sweet Caroline”, “Cracklin’ Rosie”, “Love on the Rocks”, “Forever in Blue Jeans”, “Song Sung Blue” and “I Am… I Said”, alongside more from Diamond’s extensive catalogue.

The evening takes place in the beer garden, with meals served from 7:00 PM before the tribute show begins at 9:00 PM.

Rees will take audiences through some of the songs that made Neil Diamond an international star, with the Saturday night performance offering fans the chance to hear many of his best-known hits together in one show.

€15 ticket includes an evening meal and tribute show

Tickets cost €15 per person, including a meal and the show.

Meal choices include scampi with chips, peas and tartare sauce; gammon steak with chips and peas; or lasagne with chips and garlic bread.

Ice cream is included for dessert, while vegetarian alternatives include lasagne, curry and Mexican-style pizza.

A children’s menu will also be available for youngsters aged 12 and under, allowing families to attend the evening together.

Meals will be served from 7:00 PM, giving diners plenty of time to eat before The Neil Diamond Experience begins at 9:00 PM.

Bookings are open for the September 12 performance in Algorfa

Lo Crispin Tavern is open Monday to Sunday from 11:00 AM until 11:30 PM.

The venue is located at Avenida de las Naciones 55A, Algorfa.

With dinner included in the €15 ticket price, the September 12 event combines an evening meal with a full tribute to the music of Neil Diamond in the venue’s beer garden.

For bookings and further information, call (+34) 966 924 828 or email locrispintavern@hotmail.com.

Costa del Sol fundraiser Alan Boardman has given his Fun Quiz for Charity a new regular home at Christy’s Irish Gastropub in Fuengirola. Tuesdays at 2.30pm is the slot, handy for just after lunch and fancy a giggle that also pays for something useful.

Seeing how popular Alan’s quizzes are, Christy’s have already talked him into hosting the quiz weekly, on a temporary trial basis during September. That is quite a jump from the old every-other-week rhythm at Fibbers in Torreblanca and Dixie’s in town. Alan still writes every round himself, in that slightly cheeky style regulars already know and love. Someone did leave an English quiz book behind the bar, which is a rum find in an Irish pub, but he will not be nicking questions from it. He has been doing this long enough not to need to cut corners.

Small price for great causes in the heart of Fuengirola’s social scene

Entry is still €2 a head. Every euro goes to a registered local cause. Alan rotates the beneficiary between an animal charity and one that helps people. Past quiz pots have gone to Pawsawhile Dog Rescue, ADIMI in Mijas, SEARCH in Coin, El Vuelo de las Libelulas, Last Chance Animal Rescue and Cudeca. Right now the pot is for Aristochat, the Mijas Costa cat shelter, which takes in abandoned cats and finds them forever homes.

Christy’s is right in the middle of Fuengirola at Calle Olleria 20, an easy stroll from the Paseo. Staff are the same familiar faces week in, week out, and the covered terrace is private, air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter. First quiz day they sat 40 without a squeeze and still had room for latecomers. Sightlines are good and the sound carries, so nobody is craning round a pillar.

Perfect timing after a morning at Fuengirola market

Hungry types can sit the Tuesday roast first. It is a smaller plate than the Sunday roast that made the pub’s name, but it is only €9.95, with the main menu still available. Coffee, tea and soft drinks are on if 2.30pm feels early for what many call the best Guinness in town.

Jenny Boardman keeps the books tidy. Alan and Jenny post the accounts on their Facebook pages so anyone can see the cash went where they said it would. Same idea as his Mijas walking tours, which have now passed €30,000 for 27 local charities.

Turn up as a four or on your own for the now legendary fun quizzes for charity; Alan will park solos with a friendly table. Tables for food: WhatsApp Christy’s on +34 620 226 911.

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