Programme announced for Javea’s San Joan Festival

The Bonfires of San Joan in Javea will have a packed programme of events this June.

Running from Friday, June 6 until Tuesday, June 24, the programme is a spectacular display of local culture, food and fire. The festival of San Joan is almost always accompanied by bonfires but at Javea they have a whole list of events to turn the month of June into a visitor’s paradise.

The first events start at the beginning of June

Key events include choosing of the festival Queens on June 6 and June 7, there are processions leading to Plaza de Constitucion and the festival regalia worn by the Queens and their courts is not to be missed.

From June 15 to June 18 there will bull running events from 7pm in an arena purposely built for the event in Placa del Convent. There will also be musical shows like an ABBA tribute.

The unmissable fogueras will combine art and fire

On June 19, the burning of the fogueras begins, the fogueras are beautifully made temporary art displays; statues that encapsulate something from the region or an iconic character. Two of them will be burnt on June 19 with Foguera del Centro del Dia Santa María de Betania in Placeta del Convent being burnt at 11am and then a procession by the Queens and their court to the decorated streets of the old town leading to the burning of the Foguera del Asilo Hermanos Cholbi. A concert from 10.30pm will follow, with live acts and a DJ. The larger Fogueras will also be placed just after midnight in the Plaza de la Constitucion and Plaza de Portal del Clot.

On June 20, at 2pm in Parque Montaner there will be a giant paella that everyone in Javea is welcome to partake of and at 7.30pm the beautiful flower offerings to San Juan begin and will blanket the Plaza de la Iglesia.

June 23, is the night of the bonfires, Nit del Focs, with fire jumping, a correfocs or fire procession and huge bonfires in Plaza de Constitucion.

June 24 is the Day of San Joan and from 7.30pm to after midnight the remaining fogueras are burnt, a float parade takes to the streets, there is live music and a musical firework display too.

To see this more on this spectacular event visit the full programme on the Javea Town Hall website.

Discover more about Costa Blanca events and festivals here.