The Fira de la Sípia 2024, also known as the Fira Nàutica i Mostra Gastronòmica de la Sípia, reaches its 18th edition in April. On Friday the 12th, Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th, visitors who come to Alcúdia’s Passeig Marítim can enjoy all kinds of gastronomic delicacies based on the event’s star product: cuttlefish.
As in previous years, dozens of restaurants are expected to take part in the Fira de la Sípia 2024 in the marquees set up for the occasion in Port d’Alcúdia. Attendees will also be able to visit numerous nautical exhibitors and stroll around the traditional craft and food market. Children will also have the opportunity to take part in children’s activities and workshops.v
Fira de la Sípia 2019. Foto: Ajuntament d’Alcúdia.
Program of the Sípia Fair in Port d’Alcúdia
Friday, April 12
– 19.00 h
– Inauguration of the XVIII Gastronomic Exhibition of Sípia
– Live broadcast of the fair’s opening through Alcúdia Radio 94.7 (www.alcudiaradio.com).
– III Sound of Marine Horns: The marine horns mark the beginning of the XVIII Nautical and Sípia Fair
– Location: Base of Moll Vell (Gabriel Roca Street)
– Craft and food market
– Location: Gabriel Roca Street
– 20.00 – 02.00 h
– Music and Sípia in the restaurant marquee
– Jimmi’s Fantasy (21:00 h)
– Lipstick Groove (23:00 h)
– DJ Rocamir (01:00 h)
– Location: Restaurant marquee (Gabriel Roca Street)
Saturday, April 13
– 10.00 h
– Opening of the fairgrounds
– XVIII Nautical Fair
– Nautical exhibitors
– Display of Civil Guard units (*)
– Underwater activities group GEAS
– Citizen Security Patrol
– Marquee – Workshop of Masters of the Box of the Council of Mallorca
– Stand of the Oceanographic Center of the Balearic Islands
– SOIB and Balearic Marine Cluster Exhibition
– From 10 am to 6 pm. Information point about training actions and job opportunities in the nautical sector.
– Knot workshops (CRN Nautical Center of the Sea) (10:00 h and 11:00 h)
– Professional orientation talk about the nautical sector: “The nautical sector, a sea of opportunities”, by Balearic Marine Cluster (12:00 h)
– Display of radio-controlled boats (Naval Modeling Club of Mallorca)
– Exhibition of poetry and painting: Fishing Verses to the Sea by Carles Campomar and Pep Toni Fernández
– Location: Promenade
– Opening of the craft and food market
– Live broadcast of the music through Alcúdia Radio 94.7 (www.alcudiaradio.com).
– Colorful World Nursery
– Location: Next to the Tourist Office (Promenade)
– Children’s workshops: come and spend some time drawing with sepia ink, learning about the fish in our sea, and more.
– Location: Painted Square
– 11.00 h
– Opening of the restaurant marquee
– Location: Base of Moll Vell (plaza of Gabriel Roca Street)
– 16.30 h
– Party for kids and not so kids with the departure of The Flock of King Jaume with the Villagers of Guinyent and the Giants of Alcúdia accompanied by the xeremiers.
– Departure: Church of the Moll
– 20.00 – 02.00 h
– Music and Sípia
– Retrograde Mercury (21:00 h)
– The Movida Band (23:00 h)
– DJ Kebradu (01:00 h)
– Location: Restaurant marquee (plaza of Gabriel Roca Street)
Sunday, April 14
– 10.00 h
– Opening of the fairgrounds
– XVIII Nautical Fair
– Exhibition and visit of:
– Nautical exhibitors
– Display of Civil Guard units (*)
– Patrol boat of the Maritime Service of the 17th Zone of the Civil Guard.(*)
– Underwater activities group GEAS
– Marquee – Workshop of Masters of the Box of the Council of Mallorca
– Stand of the Oceanographic Center of the Balearic Islands
– SOIB and Balearic Marine Cluster Exhibition
– From 10 am to 6 pm. Information point about training actions and job opportunities in the nautical sector.
– Boat repair workshops (CIFP Nautical l’Embat) (10:00 h and 11:00 h)
– Professional orientation talk about the nautical sector: “The nautical sector, a sea of opportunities”, by Balearic Marine Cluster (12:00 h)
– Display of radio-controlled boats (Naval Modeling Club of Mallorca)
– Exhibition of poetry and painting: Fishing Verses to the Sea by Carles Campomar and Pep Toni Fernández
– Location: Promenade
– Opening of the craft and food market
– Colorful World Nursery
– Location: Next to the Tourist Office (Promenade)
– Children’s workshops: come and spend some time drawing with sepia ink, learning about the fish in our sea, and more.
– Location: Painted Square
– 11.00 h
– Opening of the restaurant marquee.
– Demonstration and display of sea work, we will discover how the nets are seasoned, or longlines are prepared by former fishermen from Alcúdia and the Moll.
– Location: Promenade
– 12.00 h
– Award ceremony “A Life Dedicated to the Sea”
– Location: Town Hall
Marquee
– Presentation of the IV Alcudiamar Trophy – Project Home Balears
– Solidarity regatta for ORC/RI cruisers, benefiting Project Home Balears.
– Location: Alcudiamar Marquee (Promenade)
– Live broadcast “A Life Dedicated to the Sea” through Alcúdia Radio 94.7 (www.alcudiaradio.com).
– 14.30 h
– Music in the restaurant marquee with
– One Man’s Rock
– DJ. Polit
– DJ 2Many Cifre’s
– Location: Restaurant marquee (Gabriel Roca Street)
– 17.00 h
– Children and youth meeting of bot dance schools
– From Aires de la Cala (Puerto de Pollença)
– Revetla de Sant Antoni (Son Ferriol)
– Sarau Alcudienc
– Followed by a popular dance with Sarau Alcudienc
– Location: Varador Square of the Promenade
Official presentation of the Fira de la Sípia 2024 poster
The mayoress of Alcúdia, Fina Linares, accompanied by the councillor in charge of fairs, Azahara Machado, announced the poster for the 18th edition of the Fira Nàutica i Mostra Gastronòmica de la sípia on 18th March.
This is what the 2023 edition was like
In 2023, local chefs once again displayed their creativity in Port d’Alcúdia with a wide variety of dishes, including the classics: grilled cuttlefish, stuffed cuttlefish and black rice with cuttlefish, which were combined with other typical dishes from the island. In the last edition, there were also boat exhibitions, nautical activities and musical entertainment.
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