AUGUST

The battle of the Moors and Christians in Pollença is the most important event of the feast of Our Lady of the Angels

2/ LA MARE DE DÉU DELS ÀNGELS / MOORS AND CHRISTIANS Pollença recalls the battle of the townspeople led by Joan Mas against Dragut, the Corsair. There is no shortage of mesclat, a strong alcoholic drink, during the fiesta.

6/ SANT SALVADOR On August 6th one really should visit Artà for the celebrations of Sant Salvador. 15/ MARE DE DÉU D'AGOST O MARE DE DÉU MORTA The feast day of the Mother of God of August or the Dead Mother of God is celebrated in Caimari, Campos, Esporles. Es Molinar (Palma) and Sineu. 16/ SANT ROC The saint is carried in a parade accompanied by the dancing cossiers in Alaró. In Porreres, the fiestas last eight days

Sant Salvador. Artà.

20/ ROMERIA DE SANT BERNAT On August 20th, the procession of the Romería of Sant Bernat from Plaza Cort in Palma to the Monasterio de Sant Bernat in El Secar de La Real is held.

24/ SANT BARTOMEU In Sóller, the fiestas get off to a start ten days early. The Vall de Sóller Literary Prizes are awarded. There are competitions of skill with the slingshot and races. In Alcùdia the Festa de les Llanternes is held (Fiesta of the Lanterns), in which the children of the town parade singing traditional Majorcan songs carrying lanterns made of melons or water melons. In Capdepera, there are concerts, folk dancing and drama in the open-air. There are also fiestas in Consell, ses Salines and Jornets. In Montuïri the cossiers dance outside private houses and bars, in exchange for presents given to them by the townspeople.

28/ SANT AGUSTÍ In Felanitx cultural and religious acts are held in addition to a famous series of concerts. The "cavallets" of the municipality come out to dance.

SEPTEMBER

FIRST SUNDAY / LA BEATA IN SANTA MARGALIDA The main event in the fiestas in Santa Margalida is the parade, in which the young people of the town take along earthenware jugs for the demons to break at the feet of the Blessed One.

8/ BIRTH OF THE VIRGEN MARÍA This is the fiesta of the patron saint of Maria de la Salut. One highlight are the contests of gloses (usually humorous improvised songs and verses often of a satirical nature). Costitx also celebrates their main fiestas on this day.

SECOND SATURDAY / FAIR OF THE MELON AND FESTA DES SEQUER
The Fair of the Melon (Fira des Meló) is held in Vilafranca de Bonany and the Festa des Sequer in Lloret de Vistalegre, with figs and other produce on show from dry (unirrigated) land.

12/ DIADA DE MALLORCA All the towns and villages of Majorca commemorate the oath made by King Jaume II in 1276 to respect the Carta de Franqueses i Privilegis of the Kingdom of Majorca, which became the basis for jurisdiction in the country. On the same date, but in 1229, the Catalan troops led by King Jaume I disembarked in Santa Ponça.

LA VERMADA IN BINISSALEM The biggest fiesta of the municipality of Binissalem is la Vermada (grape harvest), in the last week of September. Along with wine, fideus de vermar (a dish with pasta noodles) are consumed. Each year an offering is made to the Virgin of Robines.

The Festa des Vermar in Binissalem, meeting place for lovers and caretakers of the vine