The Santuario de la Santa de Totana is the main tourist attraction in the municipality of Totana. Thousands of people, arriving from different parts of Spain, as well as many foreigners, visit the hermitage and its surroundings, enjoying unique architecture, splendid paintings, and a natural landscape that makes the complex a truly unique and singular place.

The initiative to create an Organ Festival in the town of Totana responds to the need to reinforce this unique character, which makes it so attractive for tourism, and which allows for economic, social, and environmental preservation development throughout the entire region (comarca).

In addition to the undeniable artistic, religious, and touristic value of the «La Santa» enclave, which is promoted through various activities, and to achieve a greater tourist presence, our festival aims to support greater development of the enclave within the cultural sphere, and more specifically the musical one. We consider it to be underutilized, especially given that it houses one of only two historical organs currently in use in the Guadalentín Valley.

Artistic performances—musical ones in our case—held in unique spaces like this one have proven to be a very powerful tool for touristic development, as they motivate numerous music lovers to discover these spaces through musical events programmed within them.

Following the organ’s restoration, undertaken in 2005 thanks to an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Bishopric of Cartagena, the organ, which had been unused for decades, was played again.

Since then, the organ, which is maintained in perfect condition thanks to the efforts of the Totana Town Council and the Patronato de la Santa, has been used sporadically in several concerts.

Through this festival, the organizers intend to diversify the area’s cultural and tourist offerings by providing a unique festival in the Guadalentín Valley. This will establish a stable annual event for this space, which will showcase and enhance the musical qualities of the organ, featuring high-level organists and groups that will maximize its possibilities, attracting residents of Totana and its surrounding areas to the concerts to enjoy the music, the hermitage, and the privileged environment of Sierra Espuña, where it is located.