The herbs ibicencas, the dance flamenco and several artists of the island will be the protagonists of the festivities of es Pratet, which are celebrated this week. In addition, the City Council of Ibiza will install a large screen in the neighborhood square to broadcast the final of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament to be played by the Spanish national team this Sunday.
Although the festivities are officially held from Friday to Sunday, there is a kick-off scheduled for today at nine o’clock at night, as a preview. “There will be a small demonstration in the square of what we do with flamenco teacher Miguel Barranco, who teaches us all year round at the association. Apart from Spanish dance, he also teaches us Fitflamc, which is a flamenco gymnastics. Every year, when the course ends, we give a demonstration,” explains Cárcel.
On Friday at 8 p.m. there will be a workshop of Ibizan herbs by Margarita Prats, who every year invigorates this activity. “Everyone is waiting for this workshop, people like it very much and it is important because traditions should not be lost. We must take care of the things of the land,” says the president of the association. Then, at nine o’clock, there will be a performance by the artist Marc Riera, who, later, shortly before midnight, will be responsible for putting an end to the day by going on stage again. Before, at 22.15 hours, will be the turn of the singer Belma Céspedes and, just an hour later, Miguel Barranco and his company.
On Saturday from eight o’clock in the evening Dj Turbina will be responsible for putting the music to start warming up engines. At nine o’clock it will be the turn of the group Flamenco Ibiza and, two hours later, of Canallas del Guateke until the end of the night. On the last day, Sunday, there will be performances by Dj Turbina, Julian Baena Ariza and Los Corleone, also from 8 pm. At first it was planned a concert by the Orquestra Simfònica Ciutat d’Eivissa and the singer Verónica San Juan in tribute to Rocío Jurado, but finally it has been postponed to enjoy the final of the Eurocup with a big screen in es Pratet and for both events do not overlap. The City Council is looking for new dates for this concert, depending on the availability of the musicians.
That same night there will be a free ‘sopar a la fresca’ for over 65 years associated with the group of neighbors of es Pratet and 12 euros for the rest. The menu includes salad, fideuá, drinks, dessert. Every day there will be churros and bar service with hamburgers, sausages, sandwiches or potatoes (and other similar products), all with popular prices.