FIRA POLLENÇA 2008 / POLLENSA FAIR 2008

This is, more or less, a full listing of stuff. One or two things are open to interpretation of translation (from Catalan), which are noted. Some events have been excluded as they are really of marginal interest at best to a non-local audience. Note that there are also sports events cracking off over the weekend. The information provided says little about the actual fair in the sense of stands etc. There has typically been a thing with animals on the Sunday, for instance, but the programme doesn't list it. There will be all sorts of crafts and other stuff to look at and the hours of the fair are listed below:

Friday, 7 November:

(The fair runs from 17:00 to 22:30.)

17:00: Opening of the 25th fair. Place: Cloister of San Domingo.

20:00: Exhibition of Mallorcan and Andalusian painting. Place: Centre Andalús.

21:30: Concert by the Pollensa music band. Place: Monti-sion church.


Saturday, 8 November:

(The fair runs from 10:00 to 14:00 and then 16:00 to 22:00.)

(There will be a fruit and veg market in the Plaça Major both Saturday and Sunday)

09:30: The eighth mountain race "Muntanya del Tomir". Starts from the foot of Son Grua and arrives in the Plaça Seglars at 11:30.

11:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 / 20:00: Children's bouncy castles. Place: Plaça de Ca les Monnares.

16:00: Battle of the notes (or conceivably also of the "cocks"), but it seems to be some sort of rap contest. Place: Sports centre.

16:30: Procession with the drum and bugle band.

17:00: Chocolate and more chocolate for kids. Place: Plaça de Ca les Monnares.

19:00: Exhibition in honour of Miquel Llabrés. Place: Pollensa museum.

20:00: Performance by the group "U Musics Joglars" (trumpet, trombone, whistle, tambourine, percussion and pipes). Place: Monti-sion church.


Sunday, 9 November:

(The fair runs from 10:00 to 22:00; there may be the same break as Saturday but it doesn't state this as such.)

10:00: Arrival of the local big-wigs. Place: Plaça del Monument.

10:00: Entertainment for children with a climate theme from the government's environment ministry and therefore at their stand.

10:00: Demonstration of the bow hunting of wild goats and a gastronomic sampling (of the goat presumably). Place: Can Conill.

10:00: Skate competition. Place: Carrer Marqués Desbrull.

10:30: Exhibition by the Pollensa school of trial, which presumably means trial biking. Place: Carrer Cecili Metel.

11:00: Procession.

11:30: Educative "spectacular" about glass recycling. Place: the Mallorca council's environment stand in the Via Pollentia.

12:00: Catwalk Valnou - well that's what it says; could be models showing off stuff from the Valnou shop, or it could mean something completely different, especially as - Place: Jardins Joan March.

16:00: Yet another procession.

17:00: Popular dance. Place: Carrer Marqués Desbrull.


Monday, 10 November
(No special events, or there appear not to be, so just the fair, stands and exhibitions.)

(The fair runs from 10:00 to 14:00 and then 16:00 to 22:00.)