{"id":320880,"date":"2026-06-04T08:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/events\/san-juan-bonfires-2026-the-great-night-of-the-crema-and-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-festivities\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:29:22","slug":"san-juan-bonfires-2026-the-great-night-of-the-crema-and-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-festivities","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/events\/san-juan-bonfires-2026-the-great-night-of-the-crema-and-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"San Juan Bonfires 2026: The Great Night of the Crem\u00e0 and the Closing Ceremony of the Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big day is here, and it\u2019s the highlight of the Hogueras de San Juan festival.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Date:<\/b> Wednesday, 24 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>13:00:<\/b> <i>Association of Giants and Bigheads<\/i> (traditional parade).<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0,1\">\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>7th Session of the Masclet\u00e1s Competition<\/i> in Plaza de los Luceros, set off by Pirotecnia Hermanos Sirvent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>8.00 pm:<\/b> <i>Official Mass<\/i> at the Co-Cathedral of San Nicol\u00e1s.<\/p>\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<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>00:00 (Midnight):<\/b> <i>Launch of the monumental palm tree<\/i> of fireworks from the summit of Mount Benacantil, by Pirotecnia Hermanos Ferr\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p role=\"presentation\"><b>Next (After the palm tree):<\/b> Start of the <i>Nit de la crem\u00e0<\/i>. The fire will begin to be lit at the Official Bonfire located in the Town Hall Square and will then gradually spread to the rest of the city\u2019s festival districts. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big day is here, and it\u2019s the highlight of the Hogueras de San Juan festival. Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2026 Programme and Timetable: 13:00: Association of Giants and Bigheads (traditional parade). Route: Calle de Altamira, Rambla de M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Avenida de Alfonso X El Sabio. 14:00: 7th Session of the Masclet\u00e1s Competition in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":320818,"template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[784,735,732,728,1992],"class_list":["post-320880","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\/320880","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\/320880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320880"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicanteturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=320880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}