Twice a week on Tuesday and Sunday market stallholders
from all over the island arrive at Alcudia. Fruit, vegetables,
clothes , footwear, flowers, handicrafts,…bring colour
and joy to the market. It´s advisable to walk round
Alcudia any day of the week all through the year. There
are shops for all tastes: clothes, footwear, pastries, newspapers,etc.
Alcudia organises its annual Fair during the first weekend
in October. The streets become an open- air exhibitions
of industrial and commercial items, handicrafts and agricultural
machinery. During the Fair several cultural activities as
such as Majorcan dances exhibition, the L´Estol del
REi en Jaume a pair of gigantic carnival figures parodying
local public figures parade around the streets.
The most popular Festes of Alcudia are:
Sant Antoni and Sant sebastia
These two saint´s day festivals are held in Alcudia
on the 17th and 20 th of January respectively, and the traditional
foguerons or bonfires are lit in the streets. Local custom
blends religious and pagan rites in this celebration of
the winter solstice.
In the afternoon of the 16th a colla or pair of devils
are released from the town hall, and together with Sant
Antoni Abat they insure a lively celebration
Easter week
Religious processions are held on Maundy Thirsday and Good
Friday in Alcudia as in most of the Mediterranean region.
Easter Week culminates on Easter Sunday with the Encontre
or reunion procession, known locally as els tres botets.
Sant Pere
The holiday feast of Sant Pere, patron of sailors, is celebrated
on the 29th of June. Boats are decorated and accompany a
statue of Sant Pere in a maritime procession around the
bay. A large number of cultural activities and games are
held in the port the previous week.
The holiday feast of the mother of god de la Victoria is
held on the 1st and 2nd of july in the hermitage of that
name. In the evening, there are public dances and the Municipal
Band concert. Mass is celebrated with a floral, offering,
followed by games and races for young and old.
Sant Jaume. The 25th of july is Sant Jaume,
patron saint of alcudia. The festivities last a week and
a large range of activities are offered: musical concerts,
fair and dance, theatre and exhibitions as well as religious
ceremonies.
Every three years on the 26th of July a procession with
the Sant Crist is held which commemorates the miracle that
occurs in 1507 when, according to local tradition, the statue
sweat blood putting an end to a long drought.
On the night of the 24th of August Alcudia´s youngest
residents take to the streets with lanterns made out of
melons and watermelons while singing traditional Majorcan
folk songs.
