Summer gets all the attention, but autumn is when Mallorca’s seasonal calendar really shines; grape harvests, historical re-enactments, sweet fairs and the island’s biggest agricultural show, spread from September to the end of November. There is a fair somewhere on the island almost every weekend, most celebrating what the town grows or makes, from paprika in Felanitx to olives in Caimari and wild mushrooms in Mancor de la Vall. You’ll see many of them called a Fira de Tardor, which simply means autumn fair.
Whether you’re here for a week or live on the island all year, the fairs are the excuse you need to get out and explore. They take you to villages you might otherwise drive past, with streets closed to traffic, local produce to buy, animals to see, often giants and dancing in the square, and plenty to eat as you wander around.
Our picks: the fairs & Fiestas not to miss
If you only make it to a few, these are the ones we’d plan around. In September, the Festa des Vermar in Binissalem for the grape battle. In October, the Fira d’Alcúdia for its Romans and Gladiators, the Fira Dolça in Esporles for a village centre given over to all things sweet, and the last of the Llucmajor fairs for the livestock show. In November, Dijous Bo in Inca, one of the largest fairs on the island, and the Fira de s’Oliva in Caimari, with the old village olive press to explore. Most have plenty going on for the kids too, from funfairs and pony rides to farm animals, craft workshops and giants.
A few things to keep in mind; fairs can get very busy, usually from mid-morning, so it’s worth arriving early. Parking is often on the edge of town, so plan for a bit of a walk in. A pushchair is handy for that walk, but a carrier makes life easier on cobbled, hilly or crowded streets. For children, some of the bigger fairs have pop-up fairground rides, while the smaller village fairs often have farm animals, pony rides and a square to run around in.
Updated for 2026 – The local town halls (Ajuntament) tend to publish the full program one to two weeks ahead, so check the official link before you set off.
September: the grape and melon harvests
September opens with Santa Ponça re-enacting King Jaume’s landing and Vilafranca’s melon weekend, then Binissalem’s grape harvest takes over until the end of the month.
Festes del Rei en Jaume, Santa Ponça
26 August-6 September
Santa Ponça re-enacts King Jaume I’s 1229 landing on its own beach: a medieval market, a fire parade with the Dimonis de Calvià, a full historical re-enactment and fireworks over the bay to close. The medieval market and the Trobada de Gegants are the gentlest parts of the program for small children; the Nit de Foc and the re-enactment itself draw bigger, louder crowds.
Ajuntament de Calvià →
Festa des Vermar, Binissalem
4-27 September, 60th edition
Binissalem’s grape harvest festival, running since 1965: a mass grape fight, a grape-treading contest, a float parade, wine tastings from the DO Binissalem bodegas, and a harvest dinner of traditional noodles. The Batalla de Raïm on 19 September is the one children remember (old clothes and swimming goggles); the wine-focused events are for the adults. Binissalem sits on the Palma-Inca train line, so no car needed.
Our full guide to the Festa des Vermar →
Ajuntament de Binissalem →
Festa des Meló, Vilafranca de Bonany
5-6 September
Vilafranca grows melons and gives them a whole weekend: a Saturday night market with lanterns carved from melons and a fire show called the Melofoc, then the Sunday fair with a heaviest melon contest and tastings. The town hall runs children’s lantern-making workshops in the days around it.
Ajuntament de Vilafranca de Bonany →
More fairs in September
October: Romans, sweets and Spooks
October opens with Alcúdia’s Roman market and closes with Nit de les Ànimes, and there is a fair every weekend in between. If you’re here for October half term, Llucmajor, Felanitx and Inca all have fair days in the second half of the month
Fira d’Alcúdia
2-4 October
Alcúdia’s fair fills the old town with crafts, food, livestock, workshops and music, plus a Roman market beside the walls with gladiator fights and storytelling. Alcúdia is a major resort town in its own right, so this is an easy one to combine with a normal day at the beach.
Ajuntament d’Alcúdia →
Fira Dolça, Esporles
Sunday 4 October, 20th edition
Esporles, in the Tramuntana foothills, turns its centre over to Mallorcan pastry for the day: ensaïmades, crespells, coques, ice cream and chocolate, alongside a cooking demonstration, folk dancing and a mobile play centre for children. The evening before brings the separate Dolça Nit de l’Art, with wine and pastry tastings and live music. It is a small village, so go early for parking and take cash.
Ajuntament d’Esporles →
Fires de Llucmajor
25 September-31 October, 480th edition
Llucmajor has held its autumn fairs since 1546. The two days to know are the Tercera Fira on Sunday 11 October, when a gathering of giants parades from Passeig de Jaume III to Plaça d’Espanya from 10h, and the Darrera Fira on Sunday 18 October, the big agricultural day, with a livestock show from 9h, falconry and a sheepdog display at 11h30.
Ajuntament de Llucmajor →
Fira des Pebre Bord, Felanitx
Sunday 25 October
Pebre bord is the paprika that gives sobrassada its colour, and Felanitx marks the pepper harvest with a fair through the town centre: local produce and craft stalls, giants and pipers, sheepdog demonstrations and fairground rides.
Ajuntament de Felanitx →
Nit de les Ànimes and Halloween
Saturday 31 October, with Tots Sants on Sunday 1 November
Halloween has arrived on Mallorca, but the island’s own tradition is Nit de les Ànimes, the Night of the Souls: families light candles, visit cemeteries and share sweets in memory of loved ones. Towns including Alcúdia and Palma put on free family events.
Our Halloween guide →
Two autumn traditions to look out for
Les Verges (20 and 21 October): the week bakeries and street stalls sell bunyols, small fried doughnuts.
Tots Sants (1 November): Look out for rosaris ensucrats, the sugar rosaries strung with candied fruit (moreoften sweets), hanging in bakery windows, alongside bunyols and panellets.
More autumn fairs in October
November: Dijous Bo and the mountain villages
November fairs move inland and uphill, to Inca and the villages at the foot of the Tramuntana. Its often a wonderful time to get out and explore the island but best to bring layers and a wet-weather plan just in case.
Fira d’Època, Inca
7-8 November
Inca’s third autumn fair turns the town centre into a medieval market, with costumed parades, a castle dragon, falconry and a medieval circus on the Sunday. A highlight for kids is the free medieval horse show (Espectacle Eqüestre Medieval) in the plaça de Toros, on Saturday at 16h30 and on Sunday at 12h and 16h30.
Ajuntament d’Inca →
Fira de Tardor (Pumpkin Fair), Muro
14-15 November
Muro’s long-running autumn fair took on a pumpkin theme in 2007 and it’s stuck: wine, crafts and food stalls, with pumpkins as the centrepiece and a competition for the biggest.
Ajuntament de Muro →
Dijous Bo, Inca
18-19 November
Inca’s big autumn fair, held on the third Thursday of November and one of the largest on the island. The town centre fills with stalls, from tractors and native black pigs to olive oil, cheese, ceramics and Mallorcan embroidery. It starts the day before, on Dimecres Bo, which usually brings the traditional market, a livestock show, fairground rides and a children’s area, with the official opening in the evening and live music late into the night. Inca is on the train line from Palma, so you can leave the car at home.
Ajuntament d’Inca →
Fira de s’Oliva, Caimari
21-22 November
Caimari sits at the foot of the Tramuntana, surrounded by olive groves, and has celebrated the harvest with its own fair since 1998. Stalls sell olive oil, olives, bread and olive-wood crafts, and the old village oil mill, Sa Tafona, opens to show how it was made. There’s also horse riding for the kids behind the church.
Ajuntament de Selva →
Fira de la Mel, Llubí
Sunday 22 November
Llubí is better known for its capers, but for one Sunday each November, beekeepers from across the island bring honey to taste and buy. Around the town square, you’ll find all things bees, from bee keeping equipment to honey varieties, sweet treats and spots to taste sobrassada amb mel, the traditional pairing of sobrassada and honey. Wander the streets just beyond the square and you’ll find farm animals in pens, and historical farming equipment on display.
Ajuntament de Llubí →
Fira de s’Esclata-sang i de la Muntanya, Mancor de la Vall
28-29 November
The esclata-sang is Mallorca’s prized wild mushroom, and Mancor de la Vall, a small village at the foot of the Tramuntana, gives it a fair of its own each November.
Ajuntament de Mancor de la Vall →
More autumn fairs in November
What to know before you go
- Go in the morning. The fairs with published times open around 10h. Livestock shows start early (9h in Llucmajor). Go early with a plan to be leaving when the crowds arrive around 11h, or go late as parking spaces free up.
- Park on the edge and walk in. Town centres close to traffic on fair days. For Inca and Binissalem, take the train from Palma.
- Carrier over pushchair where possible. Alcúdia is manageable on wheels. Dijous Bo and Esporles are easier without, and be prepared for busy streets and cobbled paths.
- Know what a correfoc is. Devils run through the streets with fireworks and sparks, usually after dark. It is loud and the masks and make up can be scary. Look for a children’s version (correfoc infantil) on the program, and you may want ear protection for young kids.
- Plan a café stop. Public toilets are scarce at village fairs.
- Check the date twice. Programs are published late and can change with the weather. The town hall’s own website or social accounts are the source to trust.
- Mallorca in October with kids →Weather, what’s open and the month’s confirmed events, updated as town halls publish them.
- Mallorca in November with kids →Weather, what’s open and where to stay as the island slows down for winter.
- Halloween in Mallorca →Halloween events for families across the island, added as they are announced.
- Mallorca hotels with indoor pools →Family stays for the October holidays.
- Mallorca hotels for Christmas and winter →Where to stay for a November fair weekend or a Christmas trip.
- Rainy day activities →The back-up plan if the weather turns.
- Getting around Mallorca with kids →Cars, buses and boats.
Planning an autumn trip around a fair
A fair works as one morning of a wider day inland: Caimari with a walk in the Tramuntana foothills, Alcúdia with an afternoon on the beach, Binissalem with lunch at a winery.
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