{"id":320878,"date":"2026-06-04T08:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/events\/san-juan-bonfires-2026-dance-of-alicante-international-folk-parade-and-mascleta\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:28:05","slug":"san-juan-bonfires-2026-dance-of-alicante-international-folk-parade-and-mascleta","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/events\/san-juan-bonfires-2026-dance-of-alicante-international-folk-parade-and-mascleta\/","title":{"rendered":"San Juan Bonfires 2026: Dance of Alicante, International Folk Parade and Masclet\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of St John\u2019s Day, Alicante becomes a melting pot of cultures, music and traditions during its Hogueras de San Juan<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Date:<\/b> Tuesday, 23 June 2026<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Programme and Timetable:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1\">\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>12:00:<\/b> <i>Flower Offering Awards Ceremony<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>13:00:<\/b> <i>Gigantes y Cabezudos Group<\/i> (traditional parade).<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,1,1\">\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Route:<\/b> Calle de Altamira, Rambla de M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Avenida de Alfonso X El Sabio.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>14:00:<\/b> <i>6th Session of the Masclet\u00e1s Competition<\/i> in Plaza de los Luceros, set off by Pirotecnia Hermanos Ferr\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>19:00:<\/b> <i>Dance of Alicante<\/i> around the Official Bonfire, located in Plaza del Ayuntamiento.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>20:00:<\/b> <i>International Folk Parade<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,4,1\">\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Official route:<\/b> Avenida de Alfonso X El Sabio, Rambla de M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Calle de Rafael Altamira, ending at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>10.00 pm:<\/b> <i>Street parties<\/i> in Barracas and the festival areas of the committees.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of St John\u2019s Day, Alicante becomes a melting pot of cultures, music and traditions during its Hogueras de San Juan Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2026 Programme and Timetable: 12:00: Flower Offering Awards Ceremony 13:00: Gigantes y Cabezudos Group (traditional parade). Route: Calle de Altamira, Rambla de M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Avenida de Alfonso [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":320498,"template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[784,735,732,728,1992],"class_list":["post-320878","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-bonfires-of-san-juan","mec_category-entertainment","mec_category-featured","mec_category-festivities","mec_category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/320878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/320878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320878"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=320878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}