Free entry in the Social Scene and Updates sections of the Costa Blanca News are now available only to non-profit making organisations (charities!) The only way for professional entertainers to get a mention is to pay for it.

I do notice that some are getting free publicity though they are very profitable concerns. Clearly your face fits or it doesn?t. It helps too if your event is to the north of Alicante. Hellooooo The residents south of Alicante don’t pay 1.80? a copy also? 

The CBN doesn?t seem to realise that 1)  Entertainers are finding it particularly tough and are non-profit making: you try living on what these poor buggers earn. 2)  The charities are doing very well thank you. A glance through the local newspapers reveals that Costa Blanca?s entertainment is focused almost entirely on fund-raising charity events. Why is everything free to them? It creates a far from level playing field. No wonder we can?t attract tourists ? or keep professional entertainers. 3) The Costa Blanca being what it is lives - or dies on entertainment / leisure activities.

Anyway, here is yet another reason (and opportunity) for an enterprising forum to step in and fill the gap whilst providing a desperately needed public service. Imagine the ?clicks? if everyone starts logging on to a forum see who is on and where?

have you read what you have posted, can you imagine commotion if the Costa Blanca News started charging charities to advertise what’s on, entertainers do get paid, whatever the amount, they are a business, charities are there to help those in need, may be you might need a charity one day, so you know whether to go, you will find it in the Costa Blanca News.