A wide and varied programme of activities will animate Eivissa until
next August 13, due to the celebration of the "Festes de la Terra".
The first fiesta, Santa Maria, will be held on Tuesday August 5.
The programmed events for that day are the traditional Triathlon on the
Talamanca beach, the mass in the Cathedral followed by the performance
by the Colla de Vila in the square of the Cathedral and the performance
by
Lucrecia, the star guest
for this year, that will take place in the Parc Reina Sofia.
The second fiesta, Sant Salvador, will be held the following day, Wednesday
6 and will include the traditional tribute to the people of the sea, with
a mass at 8 p.m. in the church of Sant Elm, followed by the 'act of the
corsarios' and a show by the
Colla
de sa Bodega on the fishermen's quay. The "Concert de la Terra",
by the Cor i Banda Simfònica Ciutat d'Eivissa will end the day in
the Parc Reina Sofia.
And the third fiesta, Sant Ciriac, will take place as usual on August
8. In the morning there will be the mass and procession in the chapel
of Sant Ciriac and in the evening a popular picnic in the Puig des Molins.
The
programme
of events, that can be consulted in PDF format, includes many other
proposals such as concerts of the "IV Festival Opera Night" on August 10
and 13 in the evening in the Town Hall cloister, or the show "Your mental
power" by the magician
Anthony Blake
in the evening of the 12th in the Parc Reina Sofia.