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AUGUST is HERE !!!   Yes it’s fiesta week in Hondon De Los Frailes (Costa Blanca South). It’s sure to be popular and usually has something for all tastes and ages groups… highlights are the Bands in the Plaza, Firework Fights (yes fights !!!), Water Fight, parades, community activities such as the mass bike ride and much more.

Full Programmes are available from the Frailes Council Offices and local bars or resturants… it’s gonna be busy but most of the evening stuff goes on very late – be warned !!

Here’s a translation of the Frailes Fiesta Programme – not sure how accurate it is (so subject to change) ?

Thursday 27th AUgust

• 6 – 8pm Masks of the World
• 10pm Community Supper (Havana Night) Bring your own Food and Enjoy !!
• 10.30pm Performance by “Costa Blanca Trio”
• 12pm Performane of Ballet of Inma Cortes
• 2am (yes 2am !) Chocolate free for all (by Chocolate Valor)

Friday 28th

• 8pm Music Band of Hondon de Los Frailes
• 8.30pm Offering of flowers to the Virgin
• 12.30am Open Air Dancing to “the King of the Sun”

Saturday 29th

• 10am Music Band through the streets
• 12noon Mass
• 7.30pm Music Bands (Pop, Jazz)
• 8.30pm Grand March through the town with the floats with prizes for the best accompanied by the musical bands
• 12.30am Open air dancing to “Pershing”

Sunday 30th

• 10.30am Grand Pageant with a marching band
• 12 noon Solem Mass for Virgin de Salud sung by Pinoso Choir
• 9pm Procession with the Image of the Patron Virgin  followed by Fireworks
• 12.30pm Open Air Dancing to “Vendetta”

Monday 31st

• 11am – 2pm Entertainment for the children and a tourist train across  Hondon de Los Frailes
• 2pm Giant Paella (buy tickets required from Town Hall)
• 4.30pm – 6pm Water Fight- Get Wet, Wetter, Wettest !! Great Fun !!
• 8pm Mass for the Deceased (I assume this a Church event !)
• 9pm Big Party for The Children
• 12 Midnight Finale !!!  Fireworks Fight (very dangerous – exercise caution)

Well that should keep us going for a while – still cannot believe a small village puts on such a show and effort !! Amazing !!

It’s party time in Hondon Valley. Like so many cities, towns and villages across Spain August is for partying. The Fiestas are usually quite amazing, even small villages set aside funds and resources that help get the community out into the Plazas, singing, dancing and involved in all manner of activities. Including locally…

Religious Festivals / Beauty pageants / Dancing & Live Music / Concerts / Theatre / Raves / Medieval Markets / Fireworks / Bull Runs… and they go on all night if you let them.

Don’t expect to get much work done during August – people have other priorities !!!

ENJOY THE FIESTAS   Ole !!

For such a small village Hondón knows how to party and has put on some truly fantastic fiestas. Some Fiestas are a ‘tour’ that do the rounds of villages in the area BUT MOSTLY Hondon people get truly involved in the Fietsa Spirit. My personal Favourite has been the Hondon Medieval Night / Correfocs … where the whole village is transformed into ‘olde world’ with street entertainers and stalls + a big firework finale. It takes place usually in July or August. It’s worth seeing !

Hondon has many annual festival (big ones over 2 weeks August), some honoring the Virgin of the Snows (religious icon). On August 5 on odd years, Hondón de las Nieves or Aspe organise this festival which has proven to have popular support by the locals of both Aspe and Hondon. People march from all the local village to be entertained with cultural events giving the first fortnight of August a real festivity of color, food, music and dance. We love it !!

You can usually get a program of festivals from the village town hall (Ayuntamiento).

There are also many Cultural Days, which show theater, music, dance, cuisine and sports in late spring or early summer. Hondón de las Nieves also has a Municipal Sports Center which has a public swimming pool, tennis courts, fronton, paddle courts, a soccer field and a restaurant. All this, plus recreation areas, scenic beauty and other holidays, provide visitors a wide range of possibilities for leisure.

One of the biggest summer festival highlights in recent years is the Medieval Festival in Hondon de las Nieves (usually July/August). It’s 2 days of themed markets, crafts, food, events, shows and general firework mayhem to finish off with at Midnight! It seems the whole village and more attends – great fun, great atmosphere and not to be missed. The fireworks are ‘performed’ by Correfocs which roam the villages streets, lights are off and ponding music to accompany the party. Luv it!

Check out the YouTube Video for 2008.