MURO FAIR 2015

Friday, 13 November
9pm: Wine fair and cheeses. Twelve bodegas plus small supermarkets, deli and biscuits. Music by Allegro Música, Convent Cloister.

Saturday, 14 November
5pm: Act to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Muro Ethnology Museum. Plus the pipers Es Reguinyol and folk group Revetla d'Algebelí. Placeta Carrer Gloria. Also, children's party. In front of the town hall.
6pm: Children's demons' correfoc fire-run. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
6.20pm: Lanterns' procession. From Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
7pm: Competition for pumpkin lanterns. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
7.30pm: Draw to join the Sant Antoni demons. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
8.30pm: Muro food show. Pumpkin-themed: salads plus pork and cod. Pastries and desserts. Wines. Prices: 3 euros per salad; 1.50 euro for dessert and for wine. Music from Jorge Neila Jazz. Convent Cloister.

Sunday, 15 November
Gastronomy route through the day: Eleven bars/restaurants with pumpkin specialities.

10am: Day of the Muro Ethnology Museum. Open doors until 2pm.
10.30am: Town hall authorities arrive at the fair accompanied by the pipers. At different locations (all close by in the centre of the town): food stalls, toys, artisan crafts, Mallorcan produce, sausages, cheeses, plants and flowers, Sa Pedrera demons and local culture.
12.30pm: Pumpkin competition. In front of the town hall.
4.30pm: Concert - Unió Artística Murera Band of Music. In front of the town hall.
6pm: Folk dance with Revetla d'Algebelí. In front of the town hall.
7.30pm: Line dance. In front of the town hall.

MURO - SANT JOAN FIESTAS 2015

Friday, 12 June
7.30pm: Prégon opening speech for the fiestas followed by concert by the Miquel Tortell Choir and the choir and orchestra of the Muro School of Music. Convent Cloister.

Saturday, 13 June
10.30am-2pm: Water party park. Free water attractions for the whole family. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
11am: Trial bikes exhibition. Plaça Sant Martí.
3.30pm: Cycling races. From Plaça Sant Martí.
5pm-4am: Malafama Festival. Local groups and DJs plus acts from Murcia and Bilbao. Bullring. Fifteen euros (half price for Muro residents).
7.30pm:  Show cooking followed by tapas and local cuisine. Convent Cloister. Free entrance.

Sunday, 14 June
8pm: Concert by the Youth Band of Music. Convent Cloister.
10pm: Correfoc, fire-run by the Demons de sa Pedrera. Bullring.

Monday, 15 June
9pm: Open-air supper. Folk dance and pipers. Registrations have to be made in advance with the town hall. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Tuesday, 16 June
7pm: Children's party with the group Cucorba. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Wednesday, 17 June
9pm: Evening of running and cycle races for children. Music from Unió Artística Murera. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Friday, 19 June
6pm-9pm: Keep-fit activities - Zumba for kids and adults; Spinning. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
9pm: Tapas route. Eleven bars/restaurants.

Saturday, 20 June
10am-8pm: Aquatics party for children. Open-air pool at the sports centre. Free.
12 midnight: "Flower Power", three DJs plus "A Kind of Magic", Queen tribute band. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Sunday, 21 June
7am: Wake-up procession. From the Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
12 midday: Selection of bulls for the bullfights. Bullring.
6.30pm: Bullfights. Prices from 25 to 70 euros.
10pm: Concert, a tribute to Joaquin Sabina. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Monday, 22 June
10pm: Concert by Los Javaloyas. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Tuesday, 23 June
7pm: Beach volleyball at the bullring.
10pm: Party for Sant Joan. Performances by Trio Vintage and Orquestra Galatzó. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Wednesday, 24 June (Sant Joan)
11.30am: Firing of rockets and procession by dignitaries with pipers, giants and big heads. From the Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
12 midday: Mass. Sant Joan Baptista parish church.
10pm: Concert by Danny Daniel. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
12 midnight: Fireworks display. Sa Riba.

MURO - SANT FRANCESC SPRING FAIR 2015

Friday, 10 April
21.00-23.30: Tapas and pinchos route. Twelve bars/restaurants. Free mini-train to get around on.
23.30: Pre-Carabassamba Festival. Bar Intensiu.

Saturday, 11 April
10.30: Carabassamba Festival - Workshop.
17.00: Carabassamba Festival - Gathering in the Plaça del Convent, street procession by batucada and samba drum bands.
19.00: Mass with songs by the Miquel Tortell Muro Choir. Convent church.
19.30: Opening of the artisan crafts fair. Convent cloister.
20.00: Folk dance with Revetla d'Algebelí. Plaça del Convent.
21.00-23.30: Gastronomy route of bars and restaurants.
24.00: Lowering of the rabbit from the soapy pole. Plaça del Convent.

Sunday, 12 April
The Fair
From 09.30
Artisan craft, hand crafts and photography - Convent cloister.
Muro traditions and customs - Convent cloister.
Plants and flowers - Plaça del Convent.
Balearic produce and products - C. Gaspar de Bono.
Animals (including horses, canaries, pigs) - Avda. Santa Catalina Thomàs.
Trial bikes, game birds, agricultural machinery - Avda. Santa Catalina Thomás.
Toys - C. Santa Anna.
Old bikes, SEAT 600s, Vespas, cars (classics in front of the town hall) - C. Joan Carles I.
Fruit and vegetable market - Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
10.30: Dignitaries visit the fair accompanied by the pipers Es Reguinyol and the giants of Muro.
10.30: Show and contest - Ca de Bou (Mallorcan dog).
12.00: Societat Lírica i Musical de Benissa (Valencia) and Unió Artistica Murera. Plaça Sant Martí.

EASTER 2015 - Alcúdia, Campanet, Muro, Pollensa, Sa Pobla

Services and events for Holy Week in the north of Mallorca. Image used here is from the programme for Muro's celebrations.
Timings are those given by the relevant town halls with the exception of Pollensa; the schedule for Pollensa and Puerto Pollensa comes from Radio Pollença and from the Anglican Church for its services. No information provided by Santa Margalida; hence, there is none here.

Holy Thursday, 2 April
Alcúdia
19.00: Celebration of the Last Supper.
21.00: Procession.

Muro
19.00: Mass.
21.30: Solemn procession.

Pollensa
19.00: Mass for the Last Supper.
21.00: Procession of blood followed by celebration of Easter.

Puerto Alcúdia
19.00: Celebration of the Last Supper.

Sa Pobla
21.30: Procession.
24.00: Holy hour, Casa Santa (Franciscans).

Good Friday, 3 April
Alcúdia
19.00: Celebration of the Passion and the Death of Christ.
21.00: Procession.

Muro
9.30: Procession of Christ the blood.
19.00: Celebration of the Passion.
21.15: Descent and procession.

Pollensa
18.30: Liturgy for the Passion and the death of Christ.
21.00: Descent and procession of the crucifix. Calvari steps. Sermon for the solitude of Mary Magdalene.

Puerto Alcúdia
11.00: Hora Santa - Holy hour.
19.00: Celebration of the Passion and the Death of Christ.

Puerto Pollensa
14.00: Good Friday service, St. Andrew's Anglican Church.
18.00: Liturgy for the Passion and the death of Christ (Catholic).

Sa Pobla
17.30: Liturgical celebration of the death of Christ.
21.30: Descent and procession.

Saturday, 4 April
Solemn vigils for Easter
19.30: Puerto Pollensa.
20.00: Puerto Alcúdia.
22.00: Alcúdia, Muro, Pollensa, Sa Pobla.

Easter Sunday, 5 April
Alcúdia
09.00: Procession of the Discovery followed by solemn celebration of the Eucharist.
12.00: Mass.
20.30: Mass.

Campanet
11.00: Procession of the Discovery.

Muro
11.00: Procession of the Discovery. Solemn mass.
19.00: Mass at the Convent Church.
21.30: Mass at Sant Joan Baptista Church.

Pollensa
11.30: Procession of the Discovery and solemn mass for the Resurrection.

Puerto Alcúdia
10.30: Procession and solemn mass.
20.00: Mass.

Puerto Pollensa
18.00: Easter Day Eucharist. St. Andrew's Anglican Church.
19.00: Solemn mass.

Sa Pobla
09.00: Procession of the Discovery.
11.00: Mass at Crestatx.

Easter Monday, 6 April
Campanet
16.30: Festival of the Pine. Search for a pine, accompanied by pipers and with snacks.
20.00: Concert by the Cadenza Quartet at Sant Miquel Church.

Muro
Picnic at the Sant Vicenç Ferrer hermitage
10.00: Rockets fired to announce the pilgrimage.
11.00: Mass.
12.00: Children's entertainment.
15.30 / 17.00: Folk dance and music.

Pollensa
Day of the "Puig" on the Puig Maria
11.30: Children's entertainment.
12.30: Solemn mass at the sanctuary with the participation of the pipers Xeremiers Orats and Aires de la Cala.
15.30: Song of the "salve" (hailing) in celebration of the Virgin Mary.

Tuesday, 7 April
Alcúdia
Picnic at La Victoria
13.00: Celebration of the Eucharist followed by lunch.

Campanet
10.00: Image of Sant Crist in procession with pipers from the Plaça Major.
11.00: Mass presided over by the Bishop of Mallorca.
12.30: Folk dance.
14.00: Rice lunch.
16.30: Children's entertainment.
18.00: Climbing of the pine by the "quintos" of the town.

MURO - SANT ANTONI 2015

Sunday, 11 January:
10.00-14.00: Meeting and parade of giants from the Convent to the Plaça Comte d'Empúries plus caparrot big heads and human castle.

Friday, 16 January (Sant Antoni Eve):
09:30: Demons and Sant Antoni set off for visits to local schools accompanied by the Muro pipers Es Reguinyol.
17:00-19.30: Bonfires competition. Judges visit the bonfires, accompanied by the Es Reguinyol xeremier pipers.
19:45: Demons leave the Convent cloister accompanied by the Unió Artística Murera band, pass through squares of the town until arriving by the town hall.
20:15: Demons and Sant Antoni dance in front of the town hall, accompanied by Es Reguinyol xeremier pipers and music band.
20:45: Lighting of the bonfires, fire-run by the demons de Sa Pedrera and fire spectacular.
22.00: Dance music concert by Duo Pacha, Pep Toni and Arco Iris. Senior citizens's rooms.
22.30: Traditional music by Revetla d'Algebelí and Germans Martrorell plus folk dance. In front of the church.
23.30: School of ximbomba. In front of the town hall.
23.30: Rock and contemporary music concert. One Vision, Bubotes, DJ Hermoso. Plaça de Sant Martí.

Saturday, 17 January (Sant Antoni):
11:30: Rockets and then procession with pipers and giants.
12:00: Solemn mass with songs from the Miquel Tortell de Muro choir.
15:00: Gathering and then blessing of the animals.

Sunday, 18 January:
10.00: Trial bike contest and exhibition of mini motos. Sports centre.

MURO - SANT JOAN 2014

Thursday, 12 June:
19.00: End of course concert by students at the Miquel Tortell school of music. Convent church.

Friday, 13 June:
19.30: Oration for the fiestas followed by performance by the Miquel Tortell choir and orchestra. Convent cloister.
23.30: Fire-run. Takes place in the bullring. Free entrance.

Saturday, 14 June:
10.30-14.00: Water park party. In front of the town hall.
21.30: Horse show. At the bullring. Free entrance.

Sunday, 15 June:
21.00: Concert by the Unió Artística Murera band. Convent cloister.

Monday, 16 June:
21.00: Open-air supper and folk dance with Revetla d'Algebelí and pipers Es Reguinyol.

Tuesday, 17 June:
19.00: Children's party with Cucorba. Plaça Major.

Wednesday, 18 June:
21.00: 40 Voltes races for children. Music from Unió Artística Murera. Plaça Major.

Friday, 20 June:
20.30-23.30: Tapas and pinxos route.
23.00: Concert with bands, artists,DJs: Anònims, Daltonic, B2B Mjee, Pasajero, IT and Clown, Valtònic. Plaá Major.

Saturday, 21 June:
10.00-20.00: Aquatic party at the municipal swimming-pool.
19.00: Menorcan horse show. Bullring. Entrance 10 euros adults, five euros children.
19.30: Solemn mass for Corpus Christi followed by procession.
24.00: Flower Power - DJs Juan Campos, Gaspar Sampol, Blascos and Tina Turner tribute.

Sunday, 22 June:
12.00: Selection of bulls for bullfight.
18.30: Bullfight.
22.30: Performance by Cap Pela. Plaça Major.

Monday, 23 June:
20.00: Beach volleyball tournament in the bullring.
22.00: Party with performers Pep Toni and Arco Iris. Plaça Major.

Tuesday, 24 June (Sant Joan):
11.30: Procession of floats, accompanied by the pipers Es Reguinyol and giants Joan and Toni. From Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
12.00: Mass for John the Baptist. Chants by the Miquel Tortell choir.
22.00: Performance by Chenoa (Spanish-Argentinian singer). Plaça Major.
24.00: Pyromusical fireworks display. Sa Riba finca.

MURO - SANT FRANCESC SPRING FAIR

Friday, 25 April:
21.00-23.30: Tapas route and tapas contest.

Saturday, 26 April:
16.00: Sa Riba run.
18.00-22.00: Pictorial exhibition of Muro parish. Convent church.
18.00-19.00: Carabassamba Festival. From the Plaça del Convent.
19.00-24.00: Batucada groups. Plaça Sant Martí.
19.00: Mass with the Miquel Tortell Choir. Convent church.
19.30: Artisan craft fair. Convent cloister.
20.00: Folk dance with Revetla d'Algebelí. Plaça del Convent.
21.00-23.30: Tapas route.
00.30: Party with groups Societat Anònima and Pirates Pirats. Plaça Sant Martí.

Sunday, 27 April:
The Fair.
Convent cloister: Artisan craft fair and exhibition of Muro culture.
Plaça del Convent: Plants and flowers.
C/. Gaspar de Bono: Balearics products.
Avda. Santa Catalina Thomàs: Animals exhibition, sheep-shearing, horses, canaries, archery,
C/. Santa Anna: Stalls and toys.
C/. Joan Carles I: Renewable energies, classic cars, Seat 600 cars.
Plaça Sant Martí: Motor bikes.
Plaça Comte d'Empúries: Fruit and veg market, Vespas and classic bikes.
Also ...
Agricultural and industrial machinery
Birds of prey demonstration (falcons, eagles).
10.00: Bike trial championship. Sports centre.
10.30-13.30: Muro police dog unit demonstrations.
11.00: Pets' parade and contest.
12.00: Dog training.

19.00: Concert by the Unió Artística Murera band. Plaça del Convent.

MURO - Sant Jaume 2013

Not a major fiesta in Muro, but a day devoted to hunting and animals.

Sunday, 21 July:
08:00: Hunting trip at the Es Cós finca.
12:00: Departure from the town hall building to Es Cós.
12.15: Traditional races for children and adults. With entertainment by the Muro pipers Es Reguinyol.
Then cattle, pony and horse races.

MURO - Sant Joan Fiestas 2013

Thursday, 13 June:
19:00: Concert by students of the Miquel Tortell School of Music. Place: Convent church.

Friday, 14 June:
21:30: Oration for the fiestas by the children's troupe Cucorba. Followed by performances by the Miquel Tortell Choir and the Miquel Tortell Orchestra and School of Music Choir. Convent cloister.

Saturday, 15 June:
10:30-14:00: Water park party. In front of the town hall.
21:30: Sant Joan horse spectacular. Bullring.

Monday, 17 June:
21:00: Open-air supper and popular dance with Revetla d'Algebelí and the pipers Es Reguinyol.

Tuesday, 18 June:
21:30: "40 Voltes" (40 laps) celebration. Races for children and bike races. Musical accompaniment by the band of music Unió Artística Murera.

Wednesday, 19 June:
19:00: Children's party with Cucorba. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Friday, 21 June:
16:00-22:00: Treasure hunt for over-12s. Sports arena.
22:30: Fire run by the Demons de Sa Pedrera de Muro. Convent cloister.
21:00-24:00: Tapas route.

Saturday, 22 June:
10:00: Aquatic treasure hunt party. Ages 6-10, 11-16 and 16+. Swimming pool at the sports centre.
19:00: Concert by the Música Unió Artística Murera and Banda de Música de Marratxí bands. Convent cloister.
00:30: Flower Power. Abba tribute plus DJs Juan Campos, Gaspar Sampol and Xavi Reina. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Sunday, 23 June:
12:00: Selection of bulls for the bullfight. Bullring.
19:00: Bullfight with Roberto Armendariz, Juan Bautista and El Capea.
22:30: Performances by Orquestra Tramuntana, Victoria Maldi and Jaume Anglada. Plaça Comte d'Empúries.

Monday, 24 June (Sant Joan):
11:30: Procession of floats, accompanied by the pipers Es Reguinyol and giants Joan and Toni. From Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
12:00: Solemn mass, organ recital by Mario Duella and hymns by the Miquel Tortell Choir.
22:00: Special performance of "Merche". Plaça Comte d'Empúries.
24:00: Fireworks at Sa Riba.

(Note that there are other events taking place, such as sporting ones, that are not listed here.)