Festivals in Ses Salines

Local festivals and culture in Ses Salines

The most notable patron saint festivities in the centre of Ses Salines are the Festes de Sant Bartomeu. The 2025 municipal programme was published by the City Council and places the celebration from 13 August to 6 September. For the 2026 business year, the official calendar of the Government sets in Ses Salines the 24 August: Sant Bartomeu as a local festival, in addition to the 17 January: Sant Antoni.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Festes de Sant Bartomeu de Ses Salines.
• Main celebration day: 24 August, Sant Bartomeu.
• Usual duration: The official 2025 programme was extended from 13 August to 6 September, so it combines previous events, patron's day and subsequent activities.
• Usual places: Ses Salines core, Plaça Major, municipal spaces and town streets indicated each year in the programme.
• Associated traditions: proclamation, family activities, music, popular events, sports proposals, neighbourhood meetings and cultural programming organised around Sant Bartomeu.
• Who participates: City Council, local entities, associations, neighbors, families and visitors, according to the municipal programming each year.
• Local public holiday: en 2026, the Government of the Balearic Islands publishes for Ses Salines the 17 January, Sant Antoni, and the 24 August, Sant Bartomeu. For the Colònia de Sant Jordi there are the 17 January and the 23 April, Sant Jordi.
• Other cultural events: municipal agenda, November activities on health, coexistence and equality, Music School and Musical Theater, Municipal Auditorium and library programming.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Ses Salines Romà, self-guided tour, talaiotic and post-aiotic heritage, and tourist content of Ses Salines and Colònia de Sant Jordi.