🎄✨ TEMPS de Nadal Alcúdia 2025–2026
From 4 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 · Alcúdia & Port d’Alcúdia
Alcúdia welcomes the festive season with a rich programme of Christmas culture, family events and beloved Mallorcan traditions — spread across the historic walled town and the Port. Expect book talks and cinema evenings, Christmas markets, visits to Santa, Matines with the Song of the Sibil·la, children’s countdown celebrations, the Sant Silvestre races, and a magical Three Kings arrival by sea.
Here are the key highlights to save (with the main times and locations):
🎬 Culture & Talks
Thu 4 Dec · 18:00 · Biblioteca Can Torró
Cinema Lliure Talks: Salve Maria screening + discussion with Aina Calleja (moderated by Marta Hierro).
Also opening: Black & white photography exhibition (19 photos) by Jean Marie del Moral, curated by Miquel Àngel Ballester.
🗓 Open until 4 January.
Fri 12 Dec · 17:30 · Biblioteca Can Torró
Book presentation: Acotar, una guia il·lustrada by Beatriu Colom.
Mon 15 Dec · 19:30 · Can Fondo
Book presentation: Desde la autoridad del fracaso (Dr. Sixto Ruiz Olivares).
Fri 2 Jan · 19:00 · Can Fondo
Book presentation: Primera mirada: una forma fàcil d’aprendre fotografia by Sebastià Torrens.
✨ Christmas Lights Switch-On
Fri 5 Dec · From 19:00 · Porta del Moll
Official welcome to Christmas, surprise show, and lights switch-on — followed by hot chocolate and ensaïmada for everyone.
🎶 School Carol Festival
15–19 Dec · Various venues
XXXV Mostra Escolar de Nadales across Alcúdia and the Port.
(Attendance and schedules depend on each school.)
🎅 Visit Santa’s House
Sat 20 & Sun 21 Dec · Porta del Moll
Bring your letter to Santa and enjoy games and children’s performances.
- Sat: 10:00–13:00 & 17:00–19:00
- Sun: 10:00–13:00
🕯️ Christmas Eve Matines & The Sibil·la
Wed 24 Dec
A deeply rooted Mallorcan tradition featuring the Sermó de la Calenda and the chants of the Angel and the Sibil·la.
- 18:00 · Sant Jaume Church (Alcúdia)
- 20:00 · Mare de Déu del Carme i Sant Pere (Port d’Alcúdia)
🏛️ Second Christmas Day & Festa de l’Estendard
Fri 26 Dec
- 12:00 · Sant Jaume Church: Solemn mass (Sant Esteve)
- 13:00 · Sala (Town Hall): Official reception with hymns, Banda Municipal & Mayor’s Christmas message
- 19:00 · From the Town Hall to Porta del Moll: Festa de l’Estendard with xeremiers, manifesto reading, La Balanguera, hot chocolate, and a popular ballada (OCB).
🎆 New Year in Alcúdia
👧 Children’s Midday Countdown
Wed 31 Dec · 11:00–13:00 · Passeig Pere Ventayol
Music, entertainment, photocall, kids’ party packs and “campanades” with Lacasitos at 12:00.
🏃♀️ Sant Silvestre Races
Wed 31 Dec · Plaça Carles V (Porta del Moll)
Free registration via Elitechip (deadline: 30 Dec, 20:00)
- 16:00 · 2.5 km
- 16:30 · 7.5 km
🎉 New Year’s Eve Night Party
From 23:45 · Passeig Pere Ventayol (Envelat)
Big-screen countdown + live music: Val Nou, Mercurio Retrógrado, DJ David Van Bylen.
👑 Royal Pages & Three Kings
Sat 3 Jan
- 17:30 · Port d’Alcúdia (Varador Passeig Marítim): Royal Pages arrive on horseback + candy rain + letter collection
- 18:30 · Alcúdia (Porta del Moll): Royal Pages arrival + candy rain + letter collection
Mon 5 Jan · Three Kings Arrival
- 18:15 · Port d’Alcúdia: Kings’ landing at the old pier + start of the royal parade
- 19:30 · Alcúdia (Porta del Moll): Arrival in town + living nativity adoration + official reception & City Key handover
- From 20:30: Gifts delivered house to house (registration required via the Auditori d’Alcúdia, open 1–23 Dec).
Tue 6 Jan · Epiphany & Kings Concert
19:00 · Sant Jaume Church
Traditional Three Kings concert by the Municipal Band of Alcúdia.
🛍️ Christmas Markets (Mercadet de Nadal)
Sat 6 Dec · Alcúdia (Passeig Pere Ventayol & Mare de Déu de la Victòria)
Sat 13 Dec · Port d’Alcúdia (Passeig Marítim)
Stalls, attractions and workshops + live music from 18:30.
Both days include a mini-train service (16:00–20:00) connecting Alcúdia and the Port.
