{"id":65851,"date":"2023-11-23T20:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/el-encendido-de-las-luces-de-navidad-en-palma-2023-sera-el-23-de-noviembre\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:06:46","slug":"the-christmas-lights-switch-on-in-palma-will-be-on-november-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/the-christmas-lights-switch-on-in-palma-will-be-on-november-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas lights switch-on in Palma: traffic cuts and diversion of bus lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Christmas lights switch-on show in Palma this year 2023 will be held on 23rd November, the day before ‘Black Friday’. More than 400 kilometres of garlands and 3,026 light installations will adorn the trees and streets of the municipality until after Sant Sebasti\u00e0. The Ajuntament has announced traffic cuts and diversion of bus lines from 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Palma will turn on the Christmas lights one day before Black Friday, that is, on Thursday the 23rd of November. The budget, both for the switch-on show and for the installation and inspection of the Christmas lights throughout the municipality, amounts to 1.23 million euros. This year the budget for putting up the lights has been increased by more than 100,000 euros compared to the previous year due to an increase in the number of installations and to replace obsolete material.<\/p>\n

Program of the lighting on<\/h2>\n

The main event will take place in the Pla\u00e7a de la Reina. It will include a series of performances and shows in different locations around Palma to invite the public to attend the event, which this year has magic and light as its main themes.<\/p>\n

Thus, three parades have been scheduled with more than 70 artists, including giants, acrobats, jugglers, horses and dragons of light, among others. They will leave the Parc de Sa Feixina at 6:30 p.m., Pla\u00e7a de Cort at 7:00 p.m. and Pla\u00e7a Joan Carles I at 7:15 p.m.<\/strong> They will meet up again in Pla\u00e7a de la Reina, where a show will begin at 7 p.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year the symbolic act of switching on the lights will be carried out by the Monti-sion Solidaria Foundation<\/strong>. This is a social entity that offers comprehensive help to people, from psychological support, legal advice or administrative procedures to the delivery of food, toys or clothes to families at risk of social exclusion.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udca1 Here you can consult the programme for the lighting of the lights for 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"encendido<\/h2>\n

Traffic cuts and diversion of bus lines<\/h2>\n

The Local Police will proceed this Thursday to cut off several streets in the centre of Palma from 5.30 pm<\/strong> onwards.<\/p>\n

They will be the following: Joan Carles I in the direction of Born, Jaume III with Protectora, pla\u00e7a de la Reina, Antoni Maura with Aduanes. Also carrer Victoria with Palau Reial, Conqueridor with Tous i Maroto, Conqueridor with Pelaires and Soledat and, finally, Uni\u00f3 with Riera.<\/p>\n

As for the diversion of buses, the EMT has scheduled the following lines to be diverted in both directions from 5.30 p.m. until midnight<\/strong>:<\/p>\n