Purissima Xiqueta 2009 Fiestas Calendar in Benissa

A month of fiestas in Benissa. On the last weekend of April Benissa’s ‘semana grande’ fiesta begins, although events start on Friday 24 April. check out the ‘Puríssima Xiqueta’ 2009 Benissa Fiestas Calendar and make sure you don’t miss a single event.

- Friday 24 April: Crowning Ceremony
22.30 Crowning Ceremony of the Queen of Fiestas 2009. Once this has finished, performance by musical group Orquesta EVASIÓN

- Saturday 25 April: Day of the Tribute
10.30 Children’s Park, Dolores Piera roundabout.
13:00 ‘Entrada de la murta’ (streets strewn with myrtle along which the processions pass) with the Benissa association of horse riders, accompanied by the Horns and Drums band and the "Pere Bigot" Colla de Xirimiters band.
19.30 Floral tribute to Puríssima Xiqueta
00.00 Fireworks display by Caballer fireworks company
00.30 Performance by singer NENA DACONTE

- Sunday 26 April: Day of Puríssima Xiqueta
11.30 Mass and sermon in honour of the Patron Saint, sung by the Benissa Choral Society conducted by Javier Santacreu
14.00 Fireworks display by Caballer fireworks company in Paseo Dolores Piera
19.00 Mass and procession. Once finished, huge fireworks display
00.30 Music by ‘Orquesta MUNDIAL’

- Monday 27 April: Day of ‘el Riberero’
13.30 Floral tribute laid at RIBERERO monument.
14.00 Fireworks display by Caballer fireworks company, in Paseo Dolores Piera
18.30 Procession of horse-drawn carriages
00.00 Singing of ‘salve’ to ‘la Puríssima’, in the former residence of Joan Vives
00.30 Fireworks display by Caballer fireworks company
01.00 Performance by ROSARIO FLORES
02.00 Symbolic handover of the Staff of Office to the mayor elected for the ‘Els Fadrins’ fiesta celebrations

- Tuesday 28 April: Day of ‘Els Fadrins’
18.30 Comical Horseback Procession
19.00 Music and drama by Scurasplats Company of Players
23.30 Rock concerts by SIDECARS, BOIKOT and PORRETAS