Mallorca events: What's on from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September
Water and melon fights, the fabulous La Beata procession, Jimmy Carr in Palma, the closing concert for the Pollensa Festival ... .
Mixing jazz and classical in Manacor
From Minorca, Marco Mezquida graduated from the Catalonia School of Music in 2009 and embarked on a career as a pianist that can't be pigeonholed, as he is capable of moving seamlessly from genre to genre.
Presentation for the 61st Pollensa Festival, Mallorca
The presentation at Sant Domingo.
Pollensa Festival will have seven concerts in August
The first concert will be on August 6.
The classical emphasis hasn’t always been reflected in the posters
The classical emphasis hasn’t always been reflected in the posters
The Pollensa Festival presentation
The Pollensa Festival presentation.
Spotlight North: The Pollensa Festival - sixty editions later
Philip Newman, a British violinist is attributed with having been the festival’s founder.
Lifestyle
What's on in Majorca 25-30 August
Mallorca Live Festival continues in Magalluf; final concerts for the Pollensa and Sa Pobla festivals; more concerts for the Port Adriano season. Just some of this week's events.
Northern Spotlight
Construction of Alcudia photovoltaic plant to begin
Complete guide of events for the north this weekend and next week and all local news of the area.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 20-26 August
Fiestas for Sant Bartomeu (Saint Bartholomew the Apostle), featuring Soller's impressive demons Esclatabutzes with this year's correfoc spectacular "Malson" (Nightmare). Fireworks in Capdepera and Ses Salines. Puerto Pollensa's Bye Bye Summer on Saturday. The Pollensa Festival continues - two concerts this week. The Tony Hadley concert at Son Amar on Friday has been cancelled.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 14-20 August
One of the craziest of all fiesta occasions is the Mucada in Sineu on Monday. The famous duck swim of Can Picafort and one of the most spectacular of fireworks displays on Tuesday. Massive evening/night of events in Porreres on Wednesday, including demons' fire-runs (also in Alaro). Fiestas elsewhere in the likes of Cala San Vicente and S'Illot. An absolutely packed week.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 7-13 August
Fiestas in the likes of Cala d'Or, Cala Ratjada and Can Picafort. In Llucmajor, the "cavallets cotoners" dance for Santa Candida on Sunday. The Pollensa Music Festival and Sa Pobla Jazz Festival continue. Michael Bolton plays Palma on Saturday.Please note that fireworks displays are subject to possible cancellation because of the weather conditions. Notifications are being made on a daily basis.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 31 July-6 August
The Moors and Christians in Pollensa on Wednesday evening (and in Sant Elm on Friday night). The Sa Pobla Jazz Festival starts with the Ernie Watts Quartet this Monday; there are concerts every evening. The Pollensa Music Festival kicks off on Saturday. It's the Tramuntana Rocks Festival all-nighter in Esporles on Saturday, and another all-nighter is on Friday in Can Picafort - the Nit de l'Auba is perhaps the most legendary of Majorca's summer fiesta night parties. In Port Adriano on Friday, they're loving the '90s with Ace of Base, Snap! and others.
Entertainment
Committee to run the Pollensa Festival
The decision to form the committee has been driven by the need to reunite diverse musical tastes and to define a long-term project.
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