CAN PICAFORT FIESTAS DE LA MARE DE DEU - AUGUST 2007

Here is an abbreviated list of events that occur during the annual Can Picafort fiestas.

3 August:

22:00 - Outdoor “supper”, with DJ Monty. Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

4 August:

23:00 - “Fire Run” with the devils, accompanied by the Colla (Gang) de Semenrefum. Place: Leaves the sports hall and then arrives in Plaça Cervantes. PLEASE TAKE CARE: this is what it says it is - a fire run.

5 August::

19:30 - Procession with the Cornet Band of Can Picafort.

6 August:

18:00 - Sandcastle competition. Place: Club Gregal (Main Beach).

20:00 - Treasure hunt for 14 year-olds and above. (Really for locals only. Teams of five. Bookings on 3 August morning at the Municipal Building ). Place: Plaça Cervantes.

22:00 - Outdoor cinema. “Cars”, director John Lassiter (in Catalan). Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

7 August:

22:30 - Ball de Bot (traditional folk dance and music) with the groups Revetlla d’Algebelí and Música Nostra. Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

8 August:

17:00 - Performance by Quintet Urfé (Cuban music). Place: Civic Centre, Via Suissa 50.

18:00 - The Greasy Pole (climb). Place: Moll Antic (old pier).

22:30 - Outdoor cinema. “Spiderman-3” (in Catalan). Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

9 August:

22:30 - Foam party with mobile disco. Place: Plaça Cervantes.

10 August:

24:00 - The Till Dawn Party. DJs Superpitcher, Diego Ortega, Paco Garcia and groups No Lo Sabemos and Dinamo. Place: Sports arena.

11 August:

12:30 - Regatta. Place: leaves Moll Antic (old pier).

19:30 - Ecology Night Fair with music from Tomeu Penya and the Orquestra Géminis. Place: Plaça Cervantes.

12 August:

12:00 - Regatta: Place: leaves Moll Antic (old pier).

19:00 - Competition for the mascots of Can Picafort. Place: Plaça Cervantes.

23:00 - Night of humour, with performance of “Metro Sexual”. Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

13 August:

22:30 - Folk night with the groups Oxalis and Capricho Español. Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

14 August:

10:00 - T-shirt painting (children). Place: Plaça Cervantes.

23:00 - Concert with groups Romàntics, Orquestra Tramuntana and Pelucón Flowers. Place: Plaça de sa Residencia.

15 August:

20:00 - Mass. Place: Church Verge de l’Assumpcio.

24:00 - Grand fireworks display and “piromusicals”. Place: Plaça Cervantes.