SANT JAUME (AND SANT CRIST) FIESTAS 2010 - ALCUDIA

SANT JAUME (AND SANT CRIST) FIESTAS 2010 - ALCUDIA

(Events all mainly take place in and around the market square. Passeig de Pere Ventayol, Passeig de Mare de Déu de la Victoria and Plaça de Carles V all basically mean the market area. Other locations include the church and by the church, the bullring and Plaça de la Constitució, which is the square in the centre of the old town. Some events take place outside the old town - at the sports hall, the tennis club and the sports beach, all in Puerto Alcúdia.
Note that this year's fiestas coincide with the triennial celebration of the miracle of Sant Crist.)


Saturday, 17 July:
16:00: Finals of street basketball. Passeig de Pere Ventayol (market square).

22:00: Open air cinema "The Days With The Family" (Tres dies amb la familia). Catalan film. Passeig de Pere Ventayol.


Sunday, 18 July:
17:00: Pigeon shooting. At Cap Gros.

21:00: Prayer for the fiestas and welcome. At the Sant Jaume church.

22:15: Concert by the vocal group Cap-pela. In front the of the church.


Monday, 19 July:
20:00: Exhibition of street dance. Passeig de Pere Ventayol.

21:00: Event for pensioners with some "coca" and ice-cream and a performance by the group Scarlatta. Passeig de Pere Ventayol.

(From Monday, tickets for the open-air supper and bingo on 22 July can be bought from the Auditorium, price 3 euros.)


Tuesday, 20 July:
18:00: Children's games - sack races and so on. Passeig de Pere Ventayol.

19:00: Simultaneous chess games. At the Alcúdia pensioners' building.

20:00: Exhibition of modern ballroom dancing. Passeig de Pere Ventayol.

22:00: Open-air theatre. "Per Amunt i Per Avall" (Up and down stairs). At the bullring.


Wednesday, 21 July:
18:00: Finals of indoor football tournament. At the municipal sports hall.

19:00: "Do you have a bike and a helmet'" Children's bike safety, organised by the local police. From the children's park (parc infantil de tránsit) to the Passeig de Pere Ventayol.

19:30: The best-decorated street. A tradition of Sant Jaume is for the streets of the town to be decked out and for the best ones to be judged.

22:00: International folk music and dance show. With Sarau Alcudienc and Fuente Agria (from Castella-La Manxa). Placa de Carles V.


Thursday, 22 July:
19:00 (and to 25 July): world championship of rapid ball. At the tennis club Las Palmeras in Puerto Alcúdia.

20:30: Finals of football tournament. Sports hall.

21:15: Open-air supper and bingo (tickets have to be acquired in advance - see above, 19 July). Passeig de Pere Ventayol.


Friday, 23 July:
18:00: Sant Jaume market. Plaça de Carles V.

19:00: "Open doors" to the Roman ruins of Pollentia.

19:30: The Alcúdia artist Jaume Poma presents his book about Nofre Pons from Sa Pobla. At the Can Torro library, C. Serra.

20:30: Opening of a painting exhibition by Maria Prats. At the Can Torro library. Followed by another exhibition devoted to the eradication of extreme poverty.

22:00: Special concert for Sant Crist. The Alcúdia choir. At the Auditorium. Entrance is free.

23:30: "Roman Alcúdia" night party. With DJs Miquel Rocamir, Juan Campos and Pere Sampol. Plaça de Carles V.


Saturday, 24 July:
10:00: Start of the beach volleyball tournament. On the sports beach in Ciudad Blanca (top of the Bellevue Mile).

10:00: Alcúdia gymnastics trophy. At the municipal gym.

16:00: Start of the chess tournament "Ciutat d'Alcúdia". At the Fundació Torrens building, C. Hostal.

18:00: Children's party with bouncy castles and dance troupe Cucorba. Passeig de Mare de Déu de la Victoria.

18:00. Sant Jaume market. Place de Carles V.

19:30: Opening of the painting exhibition "Un record a en Cézanne". At the Auditorium.

20:00: Start of evening basketball tournament. Sports hall.

20:30: Opening of an exhibition in honour of the Alcúdia artist Miquel Rivera Bagur. At the Can Fondo exhibition room, C. Serra.

23:00: Party with performances by the groups Zona Nord, Stereotypo and L.A. Passeig de la Mare de Déu de la Victoria.


Sunday, 25 July (SANT JAUME):
11:30: Street procession with the Alcúdia music band.

12:00: Sant Jaume mass. At the Sant Jaume church.

13:15: Traditional refreshments at the town hall and prize-giving for the best-decorated streets.

16:00: Finals of the beach volleyball. Sports beach, Ciudad Blanca.

18:00: Sant Jaume market. Plaça de Carles V.

18:30: Bullfight with matadors David Galan, Gomez del Pilar and Alberto Escobar. At the bullring (of course). Tickets on the day or in advance from Bar Fonda Llabrés or the bullring bar.

19:00: Finals of the rapid ball championship. At the Las Palmeras tennis club.

20:30: Street procession from the bullring to the Plaça de la Constitució.

21:30: Special Via Fora (street dramatic reproduction) for Sant Crist. In front of the church.

22:30: Popular dance - ballroom, Latin and Spanish pop rock from the '80s with the orchestras Romàntics and Rodamons. Passeig Mare de Déu de la Victoria.


Monday, 26 June:
11:00: Solemn celebration of the Eucharist followed by the procession for Sant Crist with the image of the saint and veneration. Accompanied by the Alcúdia music band. At the church of Sant Jaume and then the streets.

22:30: Concert by the Alcúdia music band. Plaça de la Constitució.

24:00: Grand fireworks display. Plaça de Carles V.