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Festes Majors de Sant Jaume 2026 (Ondara)

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Festes Majors de Sant Jaume 2026 (Ondara)

Ondara celebrates its Festes Majors de Sant Jaume (Saint James the Apostle) from Friday 17 to Sunday 26 July 2026. Ten days with an opening speech packed with pyrotechnics, bous al carrer every day, the Rock & Moll nights, the popular dinners, the quintades and the main day of Sant Jaume (25 July). The festivities continue in the hamlet of Pamis (31 July – 2 August).

At a glance

Dates17 – 26 July 2026
WhereOndara (Marina Alta)
Main daySaturday 25 July (Sant Jaume)
Must-seesOpening speech and pyrotechnics (17 Jul) · Bous al carrer (daily) · Quintades Infantils (24 Jul) · Sant Jaume (25 Jul)
PriceFree

Practical information

  • Bous al carrer: runnings and releases almost every day; follow the instructions of the safety staff.
  • Pamis: the hamlet holds its festivities from 31 July to 2 August (paellas, open-air dances and pilgrimage).
  • Getting there: Ondara is right by the N-332 and the AP-7 (exit 62).

Programme subject to possible changes by the organisers. Some schedules come from local press and are subject to confirmation in the official programme of the Ajuntament d’Ondara. Sources: local Marina press and festival committees (2026).

Programa día a día

🍽️Gastronomía🎊Tradición🐂Bous a la mar🎵Música🧒Infantil🚴Deporte•Otros⛪Religioso

Friday 17 July

Opening
  1. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  2. 🎊23:45Collecting of the Quintà Fanecaes (Xaranga Me'n Fot) to the town hall
  3. 🐂00:00Opening speech, xupinàs, pyrotechnic show, hanging of the Sant Jaume painting and first running of the bulls and release of cows📍 Balconada del Ajuntament
  4. 🎵00:30Mobile disco📍 Aparcament de la piscina
  5. 🎵01:30Grand open-air dance (Seven Crashers orchestra)📍 El Prado

Saturday 18 July

  1. 🧒12:00Children's water show
  2. 🚴18:30Professional pilota📍 Trinquet
  3. 🐂19:00Running of carretons
  4. 🐂20:00Running of the bulls
  5. 🎵20:30Rock & Moll
  6. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  7. 🐂00:15Running and release of cows

Sunday 19 July

  1. 🧒11:30Water park
  2. 🐂19:00Carretons
  3. 🐂20:00Bulls
  4. •21:00Giant screen: 2026 World Cup final
  5. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  6. 🎵00:30Mobile disco

Monday 20 July

  1. 🎊11:00Partides de cau
  2. 🚴17:00Pilota📍 Trinquet
  3. 🐂20:00Bulls (5 bulls)
  4. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  5. 🎵23:30Karaoke contest

Tuesday 21 July

  1. 🧒12:00Water park
  2. 🚴17:00Pilota📍 Trinquet
  3. 🐂20:00Bulls
  4. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  5. 🎵23:00Concert📍 C/ Sant Jaume
  6. 🎊00:30Musical bingo

Wednesday 22 July

  1. 🚴17:00Children's pilota
  2. 🐂19:00Carretons
  3. 🐂20:00Exhibition and bulls
  4. 🍽️22:00Popular dinners
  5. 🎊23:00Humorous rally
  6. 🎵00:30Mobile disco

Thursday 23 July

  1. 🧒12:00Children's climbing wall
  2. 🚴18:30Professional pilota📍 Trinquet
  3. 🐂20:00Bulls
  4. 🍽️22:00Paella contest
  5. 🎵00:00Open-air dance

Friday 24 July

Quintades Infantils
  1. 🧒11:30Slides
  2. 🧒18:30Gathering of the children's Quintades📍 C/ Carlos Arniches
  3. 🎊19:00Entrance to the square with musical entertainment
  4. 🎵23:00Nit de Rock
  5. 🐂00:15Running and release

Saturday 25 July

Sant Jaume · Main day
  1. 🎊08:00Despertà (Quintà)
  2. 🍽️14:00Peñas and quintades lunch (with DJ)📍 Edifici El Prado
  3. 🎊19:00Cercavila📍 C/ Sant Jaume
  4. 🐂19:30Entrance of the quintades to the bullring and release of young bulls
  5. 🎵20:30Rock & Moll
  6. 🍽️22:00Dinners and dinner in the Plaça Major
  7. 🎵00:30Open-air dance

Sunday 26 July

Santa Anna · Closing
  1. ⛪12:00Santa Anna mass
  2. 🍽️14:00Housewives' lunch (with DJ)📍 Edifici El Prado

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