Name: Festes del Rei En Jaume — El Desembarco
Start: 2026-08-28
End: 2026-08-28
Location: Platja de Santa Ponça

Festes del Rei En Jaume — El Desembarco

Platja de Santa Ponça

The Festes del Rei En Jaume are Santa Ponça's grand fiesta and the most representative event of the whole Calvià municipality. For about ten days around the early-September landing anniversary, the town commemorates King Jaume I's 1229 arrival with a medieval market, correfocs, giants, pasacalles and concerts — all building to the centrepiece: the desembarcament, a full re-enactment of the landing and the Moors-vs-Christians battle staged across Platja de Santa Ponça. In 2026 the fiesta runs 28 August – 8 September, with the opening speech (pregó) on Thursday 27 August beneath the Creu de Santa Ponça. Around 1,400 costumed members of eleven Moorish and eleven Christian companies carry the traditional acts, the big-Saturday landing and battle re-enactment takes over the beaches, and a fireworks display over the bay closes the festes on the final Sunday.

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WHAT HAPPENS

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The landing re-enactment

Around 1,400 costumed members of 11 Moorish and 11 Christian companies re-stage King Jaume I's 1229 landing and the battle on the beach — the centrepiece of the fiesta.

Medieval market & night of fire

A medieval market of curious food and drink, a parade of giants, a correfoc 'night of fire' and weekend DJ sessions fill the ten days.

Closing fireworks

The fiesta closes with a fireworks display over the bay on the final Sunday evening.

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PROGRAMME

Day by day

Friday 28 August

28 August – 8 September 2026

Opening speech (pregó): Thursday 27 August, beneath the Creu de Santa Ponça

Ten days of medieval market, correfoc, a giants parade, DJ nights and concerts

The Desembarcament — the landing and the Moors-vs-Christians battle re-enactment — staged on the festes' Saturday across Platja de Santa Ponça

Closing fireworks on the final Sunday

GOOD TO KNOW

Before you go

The desembarco starts with the troops assembling at the Creu de Santa Ponça (Creu de la Conquesta) before the parade and the final battle down on Platja de Santa Ponça. In 2025 it fell on Saturday 6 September at 17:30.

The beach fills up fast for the battle, so arrive early to find a spot on the sand or along the promenade.

Entry to the street events, market and beach re-enactment is free; the festival spans roughly ten days around the September landing anniversary.

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Festes del Rei En Jaume — El Desembarco

Platja de Santa Ponça

The full experience

Make a day of it

6 STOPS

6 stops · from €5

WHAT HAPPENS

The shape of it

The landing re-enactment

Around 1,400 costumed members of 11 Moorish and 11 Christian companies re-stage King Jaume I's 1229 landing and the battle on the beach — the centrepiece of the fiesta.

Medieval market & night of fire

A medieval market of curious food and drink, a parade of giants, a correfoc 'night of fire' and weekend DJ sessions fill the ten days.

Closing fireworks

The fiesta closes with a fireworks display over the bay on the final Sunday evening.

FROM THE FLOOR