Moors and Christians festivities in the San Blas neighbourhood

FESTIVITIES PROGRAMME 2025

  • Thursday, 10th July 2025:
    • 08:00h – Setting up of the different festive barracks
    • 22:30h – Closing of the XIV Ruta de la Tapa Festera
    • 23:59h – Retreta. Starting from the Castle in front of the church along San Juan Bautista, Pintor Gisbert, General Mancha and Soto Ameno, and back to the Castle
  • Friday, 11th July 2025:
    • 19:30h – XI Certamen Entrada de Bandas ‘Antonio Carrillos’ (from the end of Pintor Gisbert street to the Castle)
    • 20:45h – Tribute to the deceased festeros (the Cargos 2025 will lay a laurel wreath to San Blas in memory of the absent festeros). Then the Hymn of San Blas will be performed from the castle
    • 22:00h – Festive dinner in the different barracks
    • 23:00h – Parade nit de L’Olla (Itinerary: from the Castle, Soto Ameno, General Mancha and Pintor Gisbert). Start of the Moorish side
    • 00:00h – Festivities in the different barracks
  • Saturday, 12th July 2025:
    • 08:00h – Diana bando cristiano (Starting at the castle)
    • 09:30h – Festive lunches in the different barracks
    • 11:00h – Parades and visits to the Charges
    • 13:00h – Festive baptisms (Moorish side)
    • 15:00h – Festive meals in the different barracks
    • 20:00h – Grand entrance Bando Cristiano. Itinerary: Baltasar Carrasco, Poeta Garcilaso, Soto Ameno, General Mancha, and Pintor Gisbert Parade order: Caballeros de Montesa (Christian Captaincy 2025), Cides, Caballeros Hospitalarios, Lucentinos, Aragoneses, Templarios, Navarros, Cántabros, Leoneses, Almogávares, Cruzados (Alferecía Cristiana 2025)
    • 00h: 00h – Dinner and Feast in the different barracks
  • Sunday, 13th July 2025:
    • 08:00h – Diana bando moro (Starting from the castle)
    • 09:30h – Festive lunches in the different barracks
    • 11:00h – Parades and visits to the Cargos
    • 13:00h – Festive baptisms (Bando Cristiano)
    • 15:00h – Festive meals in the different barracks
    • 19:30h – Grand entrance Bando Moro. Itinerary: Baltasar Carrasco, Poeta Garcilaso, Soto Ameno, General Mancha, and Pintor Gisbert Parade order: Bedouins (Moorish Captaincy 2025), Black Senegalese, Abbasids, Abbasids, Abencerrajes, Magenta, Black Kabileños, Alfaquíes, Marrakets, Nomads (Moorish Alferecía 2025)
    • 00:00h – Dinner and Fiesta in the different barracks
  • Monday, 14th July 2025:
    • 09:00h – Festive lunches in the different barracks
    • 12:00h – Moorish embassy with Christian battle and capitulation
    • 15:00h – Festive meals in the different barracks
    • 20:00h – Christian embassy with Moorish battle and capitulation
    • 22:00h – Fireworks display
    • 22:15h – End of fiesta
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Date

Jul 10 - 14 2025

Time

00:00 - 23:30

Location

Neighbourhood of San Blas

Organizer

Ayuntamiento de Alicante
Phone
965 177 201
Email
info@alicanteturismo.com
Website
https://www.alicante.es/es
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