The annual festival of the Rei en Jaume is celebrated in Santa Ponsa, Calvià from 27th August to 16th September. The festival celebrates the successful landing and conquering of the Moors in Mallorca by King Jaime I in 1229.
This year, the festive programme consists of more than 60 cultural, leisure and traditional activities such as concerts, exhibitions, nit de foc, medieval market, thematic fiestas, parades, traditional dancing, cross swimming, etc.
Highlights include a parade of giants, DJ sessions at the weekends, a ‘night of fire’ followed by a foam party, and a medieval market where you can sample all sorts of curious food and drink offerings. The star of the show comes on Saturday 11th September, when a re-enactment of the landings and the battles take place on Playa Grande beach & Calo d’en Pellicer beach, with the final battle being held on Santa Ponca beach. Expect firecrackers and much rejoicing! Fireworks mark the closing of the fiesta in the evening of Sunday 12th September.
Organized by the Department of Culture, Rei En Jaume Awards are divided into 9 categories: Plastic Arts, Plastic Arts Artists of Calvia, Comic, Investigation, Narrative in Spanish, Narrative in Catalan, Spanish Poetry, Catalan Poetry and English Poetry.
As part of the Fiestas del Rei En Jaume during September, are the most prominent events of the contest: the Awards Ceremony Rei En Jaume, the Inauguration of the Exhibition of Fine Arts and the Inauguration of the Comic Exhibition.
Awards Rei En Jaume develop from the Department of Culture Calvia Town Hall, with the collaboration of Taylor Wimpey, Fundación Calvia 2004 and H10 Punta Negra Hotel.
