San Antonio is the most important festival of Sa Pobla, declared Fiesta de Interés Cultural (Festival of Cultural Interest) (FIC) in October 2015 by the Consell de Mallorca. It is also one of the most ancient in Mallorca, linked to ancient pagan fertility rites.
On the night of the 16th, the streets and squares are filled with bonfires where the neighbors roast sobrasada and other typical sausages and where the dimonis (demons) with their characteristic dances are not lacking.
But the program of events takes about twenty days, from January 7 to 26, in which Sa Pobla lives with fervor this holiday that the poblers wear in their DNA and which is characterized by the colors black, red and blue - the costumes of Sant Antoni and the dimonis, the smoke, the smell of gunpowder and the songs full of irony of the glossos with their ximbombas.
On the day of the feast of the saint are celebrated the traditional beneïdes, with their parade of floats and the blessing of domestic animals.
Program:
Monday, January 7
6:30 p.m. Procession of the Novenari de Sant Antoni
19:15 h. Novena de Sant Antoni (from January 7 to 15)
From January 7 to 10
From 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Masks and clubs workshop. Registration: 661 71 02 70
From January 7 to 20
X Mostra gastronòmica de s'Anguila
Tuesday, January 8
5:30 p.m. Rafal. Story telling: 22 minyons. Recommended age: from 3 to 8 years. With inscription
From 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sa Congregació. Workshop of Glosses per la igualtat, by Glosadors de Mallorca
8:00 p.m. Presentation of the book Antoni Cladera Gost, Toni Mandola. Mite i llegenda del futbol pobler als 95 anys del seu naixement, by Joan Payeras Llull, on the initiative of Joan Mateu Caldés
Wednesday, January 9
1:00 p.m. Lobby of the Town Hall of Sa Pobla: Delivery of the premios del Concurs de Cartells per a les Festes de Sant Antoni 2019. Presentation of the winning poster and the new dimoni recovered from the original Colla Vella, which will form part of the first five dimonis
From 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. No i Punt training workshop
8:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. Conference: Recordança de les Festes de Sant Antoni dècada dels anys setanta, by Joan Campaner i Thomàs
Thursday, January 10
5:30 p.m. Rafal. Storytelling: Els contes endimoniats by Catalina Contacontes, by Catalina Valriu. Age: from 3 to 8 years
7:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. Conference: El dimoni a les festes tradicionals de Mallorca. An approximate classification, by the historian Gabriel Mayol
Friday, January 11
7:00 p.m. Plaça Major Demonstration of the Escola Batukada d'Albopàs Infantil
7:00 p.m. Museu Can Planes. Inauguration of the exhibition Espires de foc, by Guillem Vicens
8:00 p.m. Plaça Major Nit Bruixa Infantil 2019. With the performance of the Escola Batukada d'Albopàs Infantil
8:00 p.m. Carrer Major, 23. Inauguration of the exhibition Sant Antoni 31, by Cati Mari Alorda
9:00 p.m. Benvinguda al Clamater: from the Town Hall, street parade to the house of the clamater / a, the person who starts the fiesta of Sant Antoni in Sa Pobla
Saturday, January 12
Throughout the day, until 10 p.m. Plaça Major Exhibition of bestias de fuego.
11:00 h. Museu Can Planes. Exit of the parade of the cabezudos of the children's workshop accompanied by the xeremiers 'els Xirois'
3:30 p.m. CEIP Son Basca. Triada del Campionat de Mallorca from Tir de Fona 2019
IV Cursa Sa Llego Minyona (see program)
XXXVII Sa Llego Solidària (see program)
8:15 p.m. Church. Traditional concert by Sa Coral de Sa Pobla
24:00 h. Plaça Major Correfoc Entrefosc, with the Dimonis and Tamborers d'Albopàs of sa Pobla and the Dimonis of Campanet Escarrufaverros. Torrada at popular prices
Sunday January 13
Plaça del Mercat Sunday market
10:30 h. Bar Jovent. II Exit with Mountain Bike Jovent Riders
5:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. Children's contest of Ximbomba by the escola Festa de sa Ximbomba
5:30 p.m. Parochial church Rehersal of the cantos de oficio de Completas. The choir of Sant Antoni, composed of the parish choir, the coral of Sa Pobla and the coral of Porreres carry out a general rehearsal of the songs
6:00 p.m. Plaça del Mercat Ballda Sant Antoni 2019, organized by the group Marjal in Festa and with the participation of the invited group Arreu
Monday, January 14
7:30 p.m. Can Planes. Lecture: Dimonis, del món clàssic a l'actualitat, by Antoni Janer Torrens
Tuesday, January 15
8:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. Presentation of the first CD of the Escola Festa de sa Ximbomba, with the collaboration of the City Council of sa Pobla and the ACA Foundation
Wednesday, January 16
9:00 h. Placeta de la iglesia. Enramellada i pujada de l'arc, by the obrería de Sant Antoni
10:00 h. Departure of the young people of the town, in front of the Casa de Vila, to look for firewood for the foguerons, according to the old tradition, with the accompaniment of the band of cornets of the brotherhood of Sant Antoni
2:30 p.m. Departure of the Dimonis and Sant Antoni accompanied by the singers. Parade through the squares and streets of the town
6:45 p.m. In front of the City Hall. Ceremonial de la Sanció històrica, a cargo de Arrels Teatre, accompanied by the Music Band of sa Pobla and the xeremiers Xerebiols, giving start to the festivities of Sant Antoni
7:45 p.m. In front of the City Hall. Departure of the Grif Paralympic dimonis, dimonis d'Albopàs, dimonis de l'Obreria and Ajuntament, giants, cabezudos and sa Pobla Music Band to the church
Wednesday, January 16
8:00 p.m. Completas solemnes. With the intervention of the Cor de Sant Antoni and the collaboration of the Choir of Porreres on the occasion of the premiere as the entrance canto of some gozadas written by Josep Obrador Socias and musicados by Joan Melià Mestre, ambassadors of Lull. Directed by Jacint Soberats Payeras and accompaniment by organist Miguel Bennàssar Bibiloni
21:15 h. Plaça Major Traditional dances of the dimonis de la Obreria, accompanied by the singers and dance of the calas de Caparrots and Caparrots Minyons (big heads), accompanied by the Music Band of sa Pobla.
9:30 p.m. Plaça Major XXII Piromusical Spectacle, by Tomàs Ramis (pyrotechnic and musical design) and Pedro Marcé (lighting design)
9:30 p.m. Plaça del Mercat II Fogueró & Glosada popular of sa Negreta-Sant Antoni 2019. Torrada: € 10. Tickets: https://entradium.com/entradas/ii-foguero-i-glosada-popular-sant-antoni
22:15 h. Plaça Major XXXII Trobada de Cantadors i Ximbombers
00:30 h. Plaça Major Ximbombada i Glosada collectiva
Thursday, January 17
10:00 h. Parade by the colla de xeremiers Germans Aloy
11:00 h. Solemn Mass Offering of products of the field and dance by Marjal en Festa. The Tau d'Or will be delivered by la obrería.
12:30 h. Plaça Major Dance of Caparrots and Caparrots Minyons
3:30 p.m. Placeta de la Iglesia. Traditional Beneïdes (blessings of the animals) with the presence of the colla de xeremiers Germans Aloy and la plantada of the giants Antoni and Margalida, of the colla de gigantes of sa Pobla, accompanied by the group of Xeremiers Xerebiols
4:00 p.m. Parade of floats and troupes with the accompaniment of the Band of Cornetes of the Confraria de Sant Antoni and the participation of the dimonis of the Obreria de Sant Antoni
6:00 p.m. In front of the City Hall. Delivery of the float prizes
6:30 p.m. Town hall. Draw for the aspirants to be part of the Caparrots and Caparrots Minyons 2020
Friday, January 18
8:00 p.m. Museu Can Planes. III Nit de l'Esport Pobler
Saturday, January 19
7:00 p.m. Carrer Tresorar Cladera, 36. Concentration of the Dimonis d'Albopàs to start the Revetla de Sant Sebastià in the Plaça Major, with the performance of the Batukada d'Albopàs and the Batukada Juvenil
8:00 p.m. Plaça Major. Torrada i Ximbombada Popular by sa Negreta
Sunday, January 20
Plaça del Mercat Sunday market
7:00 p.m. Sa Congregació. Music: Refree in concert. The singer and composer presents his latest album, La otra mitad. Advanced purchase ticket: € 12. Box office: € 15.
Saturday, January 26
4:00 p.m. In front of the City Hall. Gimcana Sant Antoni. Directed to children from 6 to 17 years old. Registration the same day at 3:00 p.m.