Festival of San Pedro in Rojales Weekend 28th/29th June 2014

We now have some details about the San Pedro fiesta in Rojales (Information from the Ayuntamiento de Rojales).

Here are the details for the weekend of Saturday 28th June and Sunday 29th June events in Rojales 2014:

Saturday 28 June 2014

At 8pm. Flowers presented in honour of San
Pedro.

Then the fiesta procession starts from the Rojales Health Centre in
the following order:

Tuareg, Piratas, Benakíes, Contrabandistas, Almohades, Bereberes, Capitanes, Abanderadas.

There will be music and dancing in the Bereberes Kábila (Captains 2014) after the procession.

Sunday 29 June 2014

FESTIVAL OF “SAN PEDRO APOSTOL”,
PATRON SAINT OF ROJALES

Daytime events:
Giants and large heads will be parading round the streets all day with a musical band of dulzaina (little clarinet) and drum.

At 9:00 a.m. The Band of “La Lira” parading round the streets. There will be a tribute to the senior citizens of the town on the route, which is arranged by the moors association “Almohades”. All the Moors and Christians Associations are invited to take part.

At 11:00 a.m. On the “Malecón del Soto” promenade by the river, there will be children’s games, bouncy castles, handicrafts, origami, balloons and painting faces.

At 8pm. Holy Mass in honour of San Pedro, attended by the Authorities and the Queens of Fiestas, the Captains and the Flag Bearers.

At 9pm There will be a Solemn procession in honour of San Pedro and at the end of the procession there will be a spectacular firework display.

Sounds fabulous Jan. thanks for the info.

Hi, I've just seen a link on a facebook page & here's a break down of the whole lot - hopefully will help
http://www.rojales.es/wp-content/upload ... s-2014.pdf

Sara19 wrote:Hi, I've just seen a link on a facebook page & here's a break down of the whole lot - hopefully will help
http://www.rojales.es/wp-content/upload ... s-2014.pdf

That's great!

Thanks for this it should be great,

Hi all,

Do any of you wonderfully helpful members know if there is a map of the route for Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June? I haven't yet explored Rojales so wouldn't have a clue

Just downloaded the calendaring actos festivos (link supplied by Sara19 thanks) this information is great. I can now see that the fiesta starts on the weekend of the 28 June with the storming of the castle taking place on the Thursday 3 July, summer carnival parade on Friday 4 July & the Grand Parade of Moors & Christians takes place on Saturday 5& Sunday 6 July. Thanks for this information.

Sara

That's great! Thanks for posting this link, going over this day week

EnglishRose wrote:Hi all,

Do any of you wonderfully helpful members know if there is a map of the route for Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June? I haven't yet explored Rojales so wouldn't have a clue

Hi,
Rojales is quite a small town and it's very easy to see the route that the procession takes, by all the chairs lining the streets (there is a charge by the council to use the chairs). However, you can take your own fold up chairs or if there early enough you can sit on the walls all along the river or on the bridge which has some concrete seating but that generally fills up quickly.

From the entrance to the town from the Benijofar area, there is a main street (Avda de las Cortes Valencianas) and the procession starts by going down this street all the way to the main bridge that goes over the river. Then the procession goes over the bridge and into the town on the other side of the river, where it finishes.
It's easier to park outside the town and walk in, as it can be difficult getting out of Rojales at the end of the evening.

Jan.