FIRA DE TARDOR - SA POBLA 2008 / AUTUMN FAIR - SA POBLA 2008

This is an abbreviated list of things happening at the fair, which have more interest for a non-Mallorcan audience. The main events take place over the weekend of 29-30 November when there will be various "sub-fairs" showing cars, agricultural machinery, ecological produce and potatoes, as the potato is the theme of the fair. Most events centre on the market square and the Plaça Major (which are not the same thing in Sa Pobla).

Saturday, 22 November:
12:00: Opening of the "mediaeval market".

17:00: Meeting of the "giants" accompanied by the Banda d'es Migjorn Gran (which I guess translates as the great south-wind band) and featuring a "dance" in the market square before arriving at the Plaça Major.

21:30: A concert by pipe-players ("xeremiers"). Place: the town church.

24:00: Concert with groups "Petit" and "The Unfinished Sympathy". Place: Plaça Major.

Sunday, 23 November:
09:00: Gathering of pipe-players. Place: Plaça Major.

10:00: Market of second-hand instruments. Place: Plaça Major. Followed by a procession with the pipe-players.

18:00: Performance by a group for children's entertainment. Place: Plaça Major.

20:00: Concert "d'Upupa Epops" (no idea what this is). Place: Congregation. Entrance: 2 euros.

Friday, 28 November:
21:00: Wine-tasting. Place: Sala Rex.

Saturday, 29 November:
17:00: Inauguration of the fair with the presentation of the mascot to celebrate the international year of the potato. Place: Plaça Major.

19:30: Culinary sampling of dishes made with potatoes - also fritters and wines. Place: the Graduate school. Entrance: 2 euros.

20:00: Popular dance. Place: Plaça Major.

Sunday, 30 November:
10:00: Carriage competition and exhibition of horses. Place: in Carrer dels Traginers in front of Can Cirera Prim.

19:30: Concert by the Municipal Music Band and the Sa Pobla Choir. Place: town church.