San Juan Bonfires in Jávea
As the city of Alicante celebrates, the town of Jávea is not far behind when it comes to celebrating in traditions that every year brings together thousands of local and foreign.
Check below the first week programming for this festival:
Tuesday June 14
19:30 h: Parade leaded by the fiesta’s Queen and her Court.
21:30 h: Opening speech and celebration kicks off.
22:00 h: BYO Dinner to Constitution Square. Free beers and soft drinks.
00:30 h: Songs to the images of San Juan.
01:00 h: Mobile Disco in Constitution Square
Wednesday June 15
19:00 h: Bulls release and herds of Nazario Carrascosa Ibañez.
20:00 h: Poker Tournament
00:00 h: Street bullfight
02:30 h: Free Mistela and traditional
Thursday, June 16
16:00 h: Football Championship at the town Sports hall.
18:00 h: Opening of the XVI International Festival
19:00 h: Entry of cows and bulls at the town’s streets.
22:00 h: Theatre Night : “LO QUE FA FER LA FAM”
00:00 h: Release of white, red and black cows
02:00 h: Disco until 4:00 h. in the bullfighting ring.
Friday June 17
16:00 h: Football Championship at the Sports Hall.
17:00 h: Semifinals Valencian ball game in the Xàbia Ratchet.
18:00 h: XVI International Festival events.
19:00 h: Release of cows and a bull
22:00 h: Concert by Union Musical Catarroja and Centro Artístico Musical de Xàbia in Reina Sofía park
00:00 h: Livestock Exhibition
02:00 h: Disco until 4:00 h. in the bullfighting ring.
Saturday June 18
08:00 h: traditional wake up call
09:30 h: Barbecue for everyone in the Bonfires Committee bar
17:30 h: XVI International Festival events.
19:00 h: Parade from the Portal del Clot to the Constitution.
21:30 h: BYO Dinner and performance of the orchestras Reina Sofía Park
00:00 h: Performance by the orchestra Montecarlo in Constitution Square.
Mobile Disco: DJ’s Hector Comas, Alex Now, Dario Nunez and Jose Coll, until 6:30 pm, in the morning.
Sunday June 19
10:00 h: Traditional wake up fallowed by kids’ activities: Inflatable and puppets for all children.
17:00 h: Release of fighting bulls
00:00 h: Bull fight
02:00 h: Disco until 4:00 h. in the bullfighting ring.