ALCUDIA - PUENTE ASUNCIÓN / ASSUMPTION WEEKEND 14-15 AUGUST

Sunday, 14 August:
Fiesta del Mar: Free watersports activities on the beach by Vanity Golf Hotel, Puerto Alcúdia. To participate, obtain a leaflet from tourist offices or hotels and present this at the information centre (between 09.00 and 11.30) by the hotel in order to get a ticket.

From 12.00. At Hidropark, Ball de Bot (12.00-12.30), Kids' treasure hunt (13.00-14.00), Mallorcan buffet (12 euros), Zumba dance in the water (15.15-16.00).

Bullfight: 18.00. A "novillada" bullfight (young bulls and apprentice matadors). The bullring in Alcúdia town, price 30 euros, tickets from the bullring bar or Fonda Llabres in Plaza Constitución, Alcúdia.

Orange fiesta: 22.30. On the beach by Vanity Golf Hotel, chill-out and dance DJs, especially for the over-30s. Wear orange!


Monday, 15 August:
22.00: Concert by the Alcúdia music band. By the Red Gate and the bullring. Free.

FIL D'ARIADNA - Interdisciplinary arts and mythology festival, Pollensa, Puerto Pollensa, Cala San Vicente

Thursday, 11 August:
19:30: Opening of all exhibition rooms. Performance by the singer Mar Cortès with bass player Josep Sina. The terrace of Can Llobera, Pollensa.

21:45: Performance of "Prometheus", directed by Saeta Hernando on the beach in Puerto Pollensa with accompaniment of the drums of the demons group Ka de Bou.

24:00: Welcome oration to the festival by Malena Estrany, councillor for culture. Drums in the Plaça Major, Pollensa and then Prometheus at Can Llobera (the performance appears to move from the port to Pollensa town).


Friday, 12 August:
19:30: Mallorcan folk music with Tomeu Cerdà and U Músics Joglars at La Tafona de Ca'n Reiet, Pollensa.

21:30: The FIL chamber orchestra. Cloister of Sant Domingo, Pollensa.


Saturday, 13 August:
19:30: Performance by Magdalena Seguí and theatrical monologues. Martí Vicenç foundation.

21:30: Parade of mythological fashion. At the Micer Studio, Pollensa.

22:30: The singer Damià Oliver performs at the Club Pollensa.


Sunday, 14 August:
11:30: Greek parades at the weekly Pollensa market.

19:30: Saxophonist Santiago Bo at 8Ulls in Puerto Pollensa.

21:00: Intervention by Kirsty Duffield (whatever this means). Puerto Pollensa beach.

22:00: The music duo Superlipopet and video projection at the Miguel Capllonch cultural centre, Puerto Pollensa.


Monday, 15 August:
20:30: Video projection by Jaume Orejuela at Can Moixet, Pollensa. Athenian agora in squares in Pollensa and on the steps of the Calvari.

22:00: Poetry reading with accompaniment by guitarist Juanjo Cerdà and the duo Superlipopet. La Caixa, Pollensa.


Tuesday, 16 August:
19:30: Children's colourful maze in the Plaça de Ca les Munnares, Pollensa.

20:30: Performance of the Pandora's Box by Ishmaelle López at 8Ulls, Puerto Pollensa.

21:30: Performance on the terrace of Can Llobera and video projection in the Plaça Vella, Pollensa.

22:00: Concert by Jazz'ta Quartet. Miguel Capllonch cultural centre, Puerto Pollensa.


Wednesday, 17 August:
19:30: Performance of "Penélopes", Vincent Fouillat. Old pier in Puerto Pollensa.

22:00: Video projection onto the Miguel Capllonch cultural centre, Puerto Pollensa.


Thursday, 18 August:
19:30: Children's dance and concert by the FIL chamber orchestra. Cloister of Sant Domingo, Pollensa.

21:30: Performance and then video projection at the Pension Bellavista, Puerto Pollensa.

22:00: Concert by Jazz'ta Quartet. Miguel Capllonch cultural centre, Puerto Pollensa.


Friday, 19 August:
19:30: Street dance with Bettina Inés Truffat.

20:30: Performance in the Joan March gardens in front of the Cloister of Sant Domingo, Pollensa.

22:00: "Ariadne and the Labyrinth of the Minotaur". Performance and also video projections and DJs at the Miguel Capllonch cultural centre, Puerto Pollensa.


Saturday, 20 August:
20:30: "The Return Of Prometheus". Performance at the Cala Barques in Cala San Vicente. With drum accompaniment from Ka de Bou and dance with public participation and then acoustic concert.


Sunday, 21 August:
19:30: Athenian agora along the Paseo Anglada Camarasa and pine walk in Puerto Pollensa.

22:00: Concert of Mestizo Art System and end of festival party at the Cloister of Sant Domingo, Pollensa, with percussionist Marce Ventura, batucada Sandungueros Samba Club, Drago i els Dargonets and Jazz4Trip.

POLLENSA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL - 2011

The fiftieth Pollensa Music Festival runs from the start of July to the end of August. All concerts are staged in the Cloister of Sant Domingo in Pollensa town.

Concerts start at 22.00. Tickets can be bought from the tourist offices in Pollensa and Puerto Pollensa

Saturday, 2 July:
Opening concert "Don Pasquale" by the Symphony Orchestra of the Balearics and the Choir of the University of the Balearic Islands. 45 / 35 euros.

Saturday, 9 July:
José Mercé. One of Spain's leading flamenco singers. 45 / 35 euros.

Friday, 15 July:
Noa. She is an Israeli singer who draws on influences as diverse as Paul Simon, jazz, classical and pop and who has performed with artists such as Stevie Wonder. Her latest work has been a fusion with Yemenite songs. 45 / 35 euros.

Saturday, 6 August:
Hang Nguyen. Vietnamese female guitarist - classical. With Joana Pons piano. Music by Vivaldi, Granados and Rodrigo. 30 / 20 euros.

Saturday, 13 August:
Chamber Orchestra of the National Theatre of Prague. Music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Dvorak. 35 / 25 euros.

Saturday, 20 August:
Fabián Carbone. Argentinian bandoneon and tango musician who has performed with symphony orchestras. 30 / 20 euros.

Wednesday, 24 August:
Borodin Quartet. Moscow-based string quartet. Music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Brahms. 30 / 20 euros.

Saturday, 27 August:
Leonidas Kavakos. Greek classical violinist considered to be one of the finest of his generation. With Enrico Pace on piano. Will play music by Beethhoven. 30 / 20 euros.

POLLENSA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010

POLLENSA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010

Saturday, 3 July:
22:00: Ara Malikan Ensemble (works from the likes of Khatchaturian and Dvorak). 38 / 28 euros.

Saturday, 10 July:
22:00: Carlos Nuñez. Brazilian folk. Carlos Nuñez (bagpipes and flutes); Niamh Ni Charra (violin and concertina); Pancho Alvarez (bouzouki); Xurxo Nuñez (percussion). 42 / 32 euros.

Sunday, 18 July:
22:00: Chucho Valdés and the Afrocuban Messengers. 38 / 28 euros.

Wednesday, 4 August:
22:00: Capella da Camera (Mozart, Bach, Mendelssohn). 35 / 25 euros.

Saturday, 7 August:
22:00: Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (piano). 38 / 28 euros.

Wednesday, 11 August:
22:00: Berlin Chamber Orchestra (Haydn and Mozart). 42 / 32 euros.

Saturday, 14 August:
22:00: María José Montiel (mezzosoprano) with Miquel Estelrich (piano). Tribute to composer Miquel Capllonch. 30 / 20 euros.

Wednesday, 18 August:
22:00: Trio Parnassus (Hummel, Beethoven and Schumann). 30 / 20 euros.

Saturday, 21 August:
22:00: Joaquín Achúcarro (piano). Celebration of Chopin. 32 / 22 euros.

Wednesday, 25 August:
22:00: Leipzig Quartet (Beethoven, Janacek and Schumann). 30 / 20 euros.

Saturday, 28 August:
22:00: The Swingle Singers (music as diverse as Nick Drake, Gershwin and Bach). 40 / 30 euros.

Tickets from the tourist offices in Pollensa and Puerto Pollensa and from the festival office next to the cloister of Sant Domingo in Pollensa town, the location for all concerts. Tickets can also be purchased up to an hour before concerts at the cloister ticket office.

IBIZA SUMMER FESTIVAL - PUERTO ALCUDIA

Sunday, 27 June:

From 10:30am. At Hidropark, Puerto Alcúdia, a whole host of DJs plus live act as part of the Ibiza Summer Festival. Tickets in advance, 12 euros plus t-shirt from Hidropark.

DON JAUME EL CONQUISTADOR - POLLENSA

Were it not for the fact that this in Catalan, it sounds like great entertainment. Still maybe even if you don't know the lingo...

Friday, 26 September: The "Juglares del Reino de Mallorca" (minstrels - or players - of the kingdom of Mallorca) will perform the musical reading and drama of the comic history "Don Jaume el Conquistador". Dating back to the 1860s, this work was performed in 1978 in Barcelona, about which it was said that it was: "dirty, erotic, scatological, rude, irreverent, obscene, stupid, vulgar, offensive and scandalous". Sounds fantastic. Don Jaume, by the way, is King Jaume I, the great liberator of Mallorca.
Place: Cloister of Saint Domingo, Pollensa. Time: 21:00.

* Information here in translation from an entry in the very fine http://www.culturapollensa.com.

POLLENSA EVENTS INTO SEPTEMBER

Firstly, there is an additional date for the final performance at this year's Pollensa Music Festival. And it is ...

Sunday, 31 August:
22:00: Gospel - Craig Adams and the Voices of New Orleans. Place: Saint Domingo Cloister, Pollensa. Prices: 30.00 / 40.00. Tickets available from tourist offices in Pollensa and Puerto Pollensa.

Friday, 5 September:
22:30: Club Zazou dance with black humour. Place: Saint Domingo Cloister, Pollensa. Free.

Friday, 12 September:
22:00: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff; the cantata based on the mediaeval poems. Place: Saint Domingo Cloister, Pollensa. Price: 25.00. Tickets available from tourist offices in Pollensa and Puerto Pollensa.

Saturday, 13 September / Sunday, 14 September:
Fira del mar. Sea fair. Puerto Pollensa.

ALCUDIA JAZZ 2008 - REMINDER

A reminder that the Alcúdia Jazz season starts this Friday with the invitation-only Skunk Quartet gig. Here is the listing again:

Friday, 29 August:
Skunk Quartet (piano, alto sax, double-bass, drums). Place: Biblioteca Can Torro, C/. Serra. Time: 22:00. Free with advance invitation.

Saturday, 6 September:
Miki Campins Septet (marimba, guitars. flute, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion). Mediterranean-flavoured mix of flamenco, jazz, Afro-Latino, rock and funk. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 13 September:
Pybus Groove Quartet (sax, piano and keyboards, bass, drums). Jazz mix with influences from black American, hip-hop and rhythm and blues. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 20 September:
Deborah J. Carter Quartet - Beatles tribute (vocals, bass, piano and drums). "One of the most exciting jazz vocalists on the current European scene." Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 27 September:
Avishai Cohen Trio (double-bass, piano and keyboards). Influential Israeli jazz bassist. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 20 euros.

Festival season ticket - 45 euros for the four Auditorium concerts; the first 50 subscribers receive an invitation to the 29 August gig.

Information and bookings. Auditorium Alcúdia. Monday to Friday 08:00-14:00. Credit card bookings: (0034) 971 897 185.
www.auditorialcudia.net / auditori@alcudia.net

ALCUDIA EVENTS (Via Fora, Music, Folk dance, Sport) - August 2008

Here is a bunch of things going on in Alcúdia during August. (See also ALCUDIA EVENTS - COMING UP listed here)

Via Fora - Thursday, 7 August; Thursday, 14 August, Thursday, 28 August - Place: in front of the Moll gate, Plaça Carles V, old town. Time: 21:00.

Wednesday, 13 August: Concert for marimba and flute. Place: Biblioteca de Can Torro, C. Serra, old town. Time: 22:00.

Thursday, 14 August: Ball de Bot (traditional folk-dancing). Performance by Sarau Alcudienc. Place: Paseo Marítimo, Puerto Alcúdia. Time: 22:00.

Wednesday, 20 August: String trio concert. Place: Biblioteca de Can Torro, C. Serra, old town. Time: 22:00.

Monday, 25 August and Tuesday, 26 August: Beach volleyball tournament. Place: sports beach by the Hotel Ciudad Blanca, Puerto Alcúdia. Times: from 10:00-19:00.

ALCUDIA JAZZ 2008 / PLAYA DE MURO NIGHT FAIR

ALCUDIA JAZZ
Friday, 29 August:
Skunk Quartet (piano, alto sax, double-bass, drums). Place: Biblioteca Can Torro, C/. Serra. Time: 22:00. Free with advance invitation.

Saturday, 6 September:
Miki Campins Septet (marimba, guitars. flute, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion). Mediterranean-flavoured mix of flamenco, jazz, Afro-Latino, rock and funk. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 13 September:
Pybus Groove Quartet (sax, piano and keyboards, bass, drums). Jazz mix with influences from black American, hip-hop and rhythm and blues. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 20 September:
Deborah J. Carter Quartet - Beatles tribute (vocals, bass, piano and drums). "One of the most exciting jazz vocalists on the current European scene." Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 12 euros.

Saturday, 27 September:
Avishai Cohen Trio (double-bass, piano and keyboards). Influential Israeli jazz bassist. Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 22:00. Price: 20 euros.

Festival season ticket - 45 euros for the four Auditorium concerts; the first 50 subscribers receive an invitation to the 29 August gig.

Information and bookings. Auditorium Alcúdia. Monday to Friday 08:00-14:00. Credit card bookings: (0034) 971 897 185.
www.auditorialcudia.net / auditori@alcudia.net

PLAYA DE MURO NIGHT FAIR

Friday 1 August-Sunday 3 August: There will be a "night fair" with market in Playa de Muro in the evenings.

ALCUDIA EVENTS - COMING UP

Thursday, 31 July:
Via Fora (like son et lumiére). Place: Plaça Carles V, Alcúdia. Time: 21:00

Friday, 1 August:
Theatre - the group La Clota presents "Estima'm una mica". Place: Roman theatre, Pollentia. Time: 22:00

Friday, 8 August:
Theatre - the group La Impaciéncia" with "Radiografies". Place: Roman theatre, Pollentia. Time: 22:00

Sunday, 10 August:
Ballet - The Moscow Ballet with "Giselle". Place: Auditorium Alcúdia. Time: 21:00. Price: 40 euros.

ALCUDIA JAZZ 2008. The first concert takes place on 29 August. The full list of artists will appear shortly.

Information and bookings. Auditorium Alcúdia. Monday to Friday 08:00-14:00. Credit card bookings: (0034) 971 897 185.
www.auditorialcudia.net / auditori@alcudia.net