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Village summer festivals in Majorca

14 | 06 | 2016

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The summer is almost here and in Majorca summer means “fiesta”.

Local festivities, events and activities of all sorts are the best way to enjoy summer nights in Majorca.
The villages of the island are getting ready to make the most of the new season during which the local festivals, as every year, will fill the summer nights with colour, heat and most of all with joy .
Sant Abdón and Sant Senén (30 July, Inca):
The festivities of Inca which honour these two saints last almost a week. It was meant to recuperate the true importance of such celebrations, the activities are based on the participation and getting the village people together. The day of Sant Abdón and Sant Senén counts on various events for all tastes and ages, so that the adults and children can make the most of the time spent together. The most remarkable are children activities, comedy show, the great youth fair and the music Flaix FM festival.
There is a great number of activities and leisure you will be able to participate in; taking a walk in the town, enjoying the luxury automobiles´ exhibition, dancing fair, other shows such as: BMX, graffiti and hip hop, fashion, body art and body paint, DJ concerts, paintings and photography exposition, hippie market, foam party just to mention the most important ones. There is no better way to finish such a day than with a Flaix FM music show which means 12 hours long party on behalf of Flaix Mallorca best DJs and where 15.000 people are expected.
A spectacular, unforgettable day you just cannot miss, you will be able to enjoy Majorcan culture and summer night full of good vibes and music.
The Moors and Christians battle (2-nd August, Pollensa):
The traditional battle between the Moors and Christians is celebrated every 2-nd of August during the festivity of the Patron Saint “Virgin Mary”, the most significant bank holiday of Pollensa within the whole year.
Almost every resident goes out and takes part in a simulation of the battle of wooden swords, the Christians wearing white and the Moors colorful gowns.
The battle begins in the l´Almonia square and finishes in the main square, there are three encounters or fights where the Moors and Christians face each other.
You will have a chance to get to know the culture of the zone enjoying the unique ambience and making the most of summer fiesta in Majorca.
Fiesta des Vermar (date due to confirm, Binnisalem):
Say goodbye to the summer season in Binnisalem, the area which becomes a great fiesta zone during the last two weeks of September celebrating the end of the grape harvest. The event attracts people from all over the island offering all sorts of attractions such as wine tasting, pressing grapes´ competition or grape launching contest. And that is not all, you will also find various exhibitions, “ball de bot” – typical Majorcan dance, parades of carriages related to wine world…
Come to Binnisalem and enjoy its culture and amusing atmosphere which you will only find in this little great place.