Schedule of the Fiesta de los Juanillos in Cádiz 2024

The Ayuntamiento de Cádiz has revealed the poster for the Fiesta de los Juanillos, which will take place on the evening of June 23. Deputy Mayor for Fiestas and Carnaval, Beatriz Gandullo, and Councillor for Participación Ciudadana, Loli Pavón, alongside Carlos Marcos, representative of the Asociación de Artesanos del Carnaval de Cádiz, presented the new features of this edition, which will feature for the first time the collaboration of the local carnival creators' group.

Gandullo announced that the Carnaval artisans will contribute by creating three ‘juanillos’, which will be on display throughout June 23 at Plaza de la Catedral and will be burned at 23:00 to close the celebration. These works, which will not take part in the traditional contest, are titled: ‘El monstruo de la inflación se come nuestros ahorros’, ‘UGT, Unión Galáctica de Trabajo’ and ‘Los okupas del Faro de las Puercas’.

As for the traditional contest organized by the Ayuntamiento de Cádiz, there will be six participants, three in extramuros and three in the historic center. The burnings will begin at 18:30 at Plaza del Aviador de Loreto with the proposal from the Asociación de Vecinos Campo de la Aviación.

At 19:15, the ‘juanillo’ of A. VV. Tacita de Plata will be burned on calle Bulería, and at 20:00 it will be the turn of the Asociación Gaditana de Personas con Discapacidad Física “Agadi” at Plaza Real Hospital de la Reina (Segunda Aguada).

Next, at 21:00, the ‘juanillo’ of A. VV. Murallas de San Carlos will burn at Plaza de España, while the association Gades La Viña, under the slogan “La Viña tiene castaña”, will burn theirs at 21:45 at Plaza Manolo Santander.

The contest will conclude with the bonfire scheduled at Plaza Fray Félix at 22:30, presenting the entry from the Asociación de Cargadores Sebastián Pérez ‘San Juan Chato’. The burnings will be enlivened by charanga brass band performances.

The jury will award three prizes, worth 1,000, 500 and 300 euros, respectively.

Councillor for Fiestas, Beatriz Gandullo, stated: “We wanted to promote this celebration, where we will be able to enjoy a total of nine ‘juanillos’. A tradition that highlights Cádiz creativity and humor, and that forms part of our identity.”