Feslalí 2026
Programme
of activities
A month full of activities for everyone
Feslalí 2026 offers a diverse programme, designed for participants to enjoy the municipality from multiple perspectives. Throughout February, Alcalalí will host: hiking routes to discover the natural and agricultural landscape; educational activities and field trips to learn about the carob tree and its environmental and productive value; craft workshops where tradition, creativity, and sustainability go hand in hand; cultural and gastronomic competitions, such as the fast-painting contest or the carob-based sweet treat competition; the Fira d’Oficis i Productes de la Terra (Traditional Trades and Local Products Fair), featuring local products, live music, and activities for all ages; and children’s shows and musical performances that will turn the streets of Alcalalí into spaces for gathering and community life.
Sunday the 1st
“The carob tree: an identity crop forming part of the landscape and collective memory of the municipality”
10.00 am – Departure from the town square
Getting to know the carob tree
Field trip with the “SAT Llauradors d’Alcalalí” (Farmer’s association).
12.00 pm – Ethnological Museum
(C/ Porxe, 33)
Talk on “Recovery and viability of the commercialisation of the carob” by Jaume Mora Pedrós, economist, native of the Marina Alta, based in London.
1.00 pm – Ethnological Museum
(C/ Porxe, 33)
Tasting of products made with carob.
Saturday the 7th
08.30 am – Departure from the town square
Ornithological hiking route.
Scientific bird-ringing workshop and bird watching
Circular route · 5 km · Elevation gain +60 m · Low intensity · Non-accessible itinerary. Approximate duration: 3 h. Limited places
We discover the fascinating world of birds with Mateo’s help, a local ornithologist who carries out bird censuses at different times of the year thanks to the scientific ringing technique.
We will observe birds in the different ecosystems of the town: the cropland and the river and forest areas. Participants will be divided into 2 groups, the first one taking part in the scientific ringing while the second one takes part in an interpretive walk in search of birds and after that the other way around.
10.00 am – Ethnological Museum
C/ Porxe, 33
Ceramic workshop (“Esgrafiat”): The Carob
Participants will experiment with clay and the carob tree, its flowers, and its leaves.
You can decorate your own piece. Once the workshop is finished, each piece is fired and glazed, and can be collected a few weeks later.
Workshop duration: 1 hour 30 mins.
Limited places
12.30 pm – Ethnological Museum
C/ Porxe, 33
Handmade soap workshop with carob
We propose to recover and value traditional knowledge for making homemade soap from natural and everyday ingredients, just as our grandmothers did, promoting sustainability, cultural memory, and cooperative work.
Each participant creates and takes home their own handmade soap.
Workshop duration: 1 hour 30 mins to 2 hours.
Limited places
Sunday the 8th
From 8.30 to 2.00 pm
Urban centre and surrounding area of Alcalalí
II Quick Painting Contest “Feslalí. February is Alcalalí”, in collaboration with ADAMA
The objective of this contest is to foster artistic creativity and promote the dissemination of the landscape, urban, and cultural heritage of Alcalalí through pictorial works made in situ and in a limited time. You can consult the rules on the site www.feslali.com
Registration: until Saturday the 7th, via the site www.feslali.com or on Sunday the 8th from 08.30 to 09.30 am at the Ethnological Museum (C/ Porxe, 33)
10.00 am – Departure from the town square
Ethnobotanical walk
Circular route • 4.5 km • Elevation gain + 60 m • Low intensity • Accessible itinerary • Approximate duration: 3 h • Limited places
We recover traditional and forgotten uses of wild plants while learning to identify and differentiate them.
12.30 pm – Music on the square
Pentatonic
Funk and jazz repertoire
“Mig Any” (Mid-Year Celebration)
The “Festers of Sant Joan” celebrate the mid-year point of the patron saint festivities of Sant Joan de Mosquera and Crist de la Salut.
12:00 pm – Bar service and traditional snacks
2:00 pm – Putxero lunch for everyone
Price: €14.00. Includes: rice, putxero (traditional stew), drink (water and wine) and dessert
Ticket reservations: Whatsapp +34 650 464 498 / +34 626 944 836 / +34 608 670 313
Ticket sales: Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25; Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the square.
3:30 pm – Afternoon musical gathering
Saturday the 14th
08.00 am – Departure from the town square
Interpretative hiking route “Coll de Rates. PR-CV 425”
Circular route · 10 km · Elevation gain + 400 m · Moderate intensity.
Non-accessible itinerary · Approximate duration: 4 h 30 min. · Limited places
This hiking route mostly follows trails that guide us through the landscape and agricultural heritage of Alcalalí, reaching the “Coll de Rates” viewpoint where we will enjoy an incredible panoramic view of the Pop Valley.
In collaboration with the Trail Penya Talaia Mountain Club.
12.30 pm – Ethnological Museum
C/ Porxe, 33
“Marina Valleys Tour Guide”
Presentation of the guide by the author Joan Elies Andrés i Serer.
The “Marina Valleys” Tour is a 128 km circular mountain route with 5,670 m of elevation gain, passing through one of the most unique natural and cultural sites in the Mediterranean.
1.00 pm – Town Square
Paella lunch
Reservation:
• Instagram: @c.m.t.penyatalaia
• Email: cmtpenyatalaia@gmail.com
Organised by: Club de Muntanya Trail Penya Talaia.
Sunday the 15th
10.00 am – Departure from the town square
Hiking route “The aromas of Alcalalí”
Circular Route • 7 km • Elevation gain +130m • Non-accessible itinerary · Limited places
In our mountains, we find many species of aromatic plants.
We will learn to identify them through touch, smell, and sight, discover their uses and virtues, and learn their common names.
It is a sensory experience that activates olfactory memory.
12.30 pm – Town square
II Carob sweets contest
The carob tree is once again the protagonist in Alcalalí 🌿🍰
To celebrate the 10th Edition of Feslalí “February is Alcalalí”, the Alcalalí Town Council is organising the Carob Sweets Contest, a gastronomic proposal that invites you to rediscover this fruit so rooted in our landscape, history, and agricultural identity.
Carob has been a traditional crop in Alcalalí for generations.
Today, thanks to its culinary versatility, natural properties, and value as a sustainable product, it once again holds a prominent place in both cooking and the town’s future projects.
This contest is also part of the Feasibility study on the commercialisation of the carob in Alcalalí, which focuses on gastronomic transformation and added value as keys to its revaluation.
What does the contest involve?
Participants must prepare a sweet in which carob is an essential ingredient, whether in the form of flour, paste, or syrup.
Both creativity and gastronomic quality, as well as the link to tradition and local products, will be valued.
To facilitate participation, the Town Council will provide 300 grams of carob flour to each registered person.
Prizes
Three prizes will be awarded, each consisting of a €75 voucher to be spent in Alcalalí shops:
· Prize for the tastiest sweet made with carob
· Prize for innovation and creativity with carob
· Prize for tradition and local product
Free registration on the site www.feslali.com until February the 10th.
If you love baking, want to experiment with local products, or simply want to be part of an initiative that values our agricultural and gastronomic heritage, we encourage you to participate.
👉 Carob has a past, present, and future in Alcalalí… and it also tastes sweet!
Feslalí 2026
Crafts and land prodcuts fair
On February the 21st and 22nd, as part of the 10th edition of “Feslalí. February is Alcalalí”, Alcalalí will host the Crafts and Land Products Fair.
The main objective of the event is to value the landscape, local products, and traditional crafts as identity elements of our territory.
The fair will feature more than 30 stands where visitors can purchase local and km 0 products. Additionally, the space will be dedicated to the practice and exhibition of traditional crafts, turning the plazas and public spaces of Alcalalí into meeting points for cultural and musical dissemination.
Saturday the 21th
11.00 am – Town square
Opening of the Crafts and Land Products Fair with “muixeranga”, accompanied by shawm and small drum.
12.00 pm –
Lindy Hop and Jazz class by the La Marina Lindy Hop swing school.
Come and take your first swing steps – no experience or partner needed, just a desire to have fun!
This playful and cultural proposal will turn the squares and streets of Alcalalí into meeting spaces through dance and live music.
1.00 pm – Placeta Nova
Live music with “Fusta i Jazz”
The group “Fusta i Jazz” will offer a repertoire that combines the elegance of jazz with an organic sound, aligning with the values of tradition and proximity that define the Fair.
4.00 pm – C/ Solo
Floral workshop for children
By Mascarena Garden
ROCKLALÍ
Space dedicated to live music that turns the plaza into a generational meeting point.
3.30 pm – Diània, an acoustic pop cover duo.
5.30 pm – Moa3s (Jean Jass). Musical performance with a two-hour repertoire of covers and original songs.
Diània
La Marina Lindy Hop
Fusta i Jazz
Moa3s (Jean Jass)
Sunday the 22nd
Palm craft workshop
Crafts and Products of the Land Fair
El Monstre Petorro
Slidebous Vegas
From 11 am to 6 pm – Casc Urbà
Opening of the Crafts and Products of the Land Fair
12.00 pm – C/ Solo
Palm craft workshop
By the “Palmes i Llata” Cultural Association
Registration on the site www.feslali.com. Limited places
We recover the artisanal use of palm for making baskets, hats, and other items. We value folk wisdom and the natural resources of the Valencian drylands. This educational and cultural proposal invites participants to connect with our identity and discover a future model based on respect for the landscape and traditional agriculture.
12.30 pm – Placeta Nova
Children’s performance with “El Monstre Petorro”
A magical and musical children’s show where a monster tries to scare but suffers a noisy fart, transforming fear into laughter and joy.
It is a modern proposal aimed at audience fun.
3.30 pm – Town square
Music with “Slideboys Vegas”
With an energetic and rigorous live performance, “Slideboys Vegas” will offer a repertoire of blues and rock & roll classics, providing an authentic sound that invites the celebration of live musical culture.
6.00 pm – Conclusion of the Fair
On weekends during Feslalí
Medieval Tower
Visiting hours: from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm