What to expect
The campanadas are the twelve chimes at midnight, and in Palma they come from the town hall clock on Plaça de Cort. The clock is known locally as En Figuera, and it is the reason the city celebrates right here: one grape is eaten at each chime, twelve grapes for twelve months of luck. Anyone doing it for the first time quickly realises that it is not about atmosphere but about speed. Twelve chimes take about twelve seconds.
The square starts filling up from about 23:00 and is full by half past eleven. Because Cort is small, the city has for some years set up a second site on Plaça de la Reina, with a big screen showing the clock at Cort and its own stage. From there it is a short walk to the cathedral and the Parc de la Mar, and there is more room, also with children.
After the chimes the night continues: live music or a DJ set plays on both squares. In the 2025/2026 season the programme ended around 01:40 at Cort and around 02:30 at Plaça de la Reina. The city of Palma publishes the programme for the 2026/2027 turn of the year on palma.cat, usually in the second half of December. Who performs changes every year, which is why it is not listed on this page. The format stays the same: bells, grapes, music, finish in the early hours.
The campanadas are the evening part of a day that begins in the morning with the Festa de l'Estendard on the same square. Everything else about the turn of the year, from opening hours on 31 December and 1 January to the customs, is in our guide to New Year's Eve in Mallorca.
Practical tips
- Bring grapes: Peeled, seedless grapes in tins are in every supermarket from mid-December. Nobody manages twelve grapes with seeds in twelve seconds. For small children whole grapes are a choking risk; grape juice or jelly sweets are the usual substitute.
- With children: Plaça de la Reina rather than Cort. More room, less crush, the same view of the clock via the screen.
- Glass and bottles: The city usually bans glass in the festival area and checks at the entrances. Bring drinks in plastic or cans.
- Getting home: This is the hardest part of the night. Taxis are scarce after midnight, and the EMT runs a special New Year's Eve timetable that is published shortly beforehand. If you live beyond walking distance, book your ride home before 30 December. How to do that is in the section on getting home in our New Year's Eve guide.
- Admission: free.
- Alternative: Almost every municipality on the island has its own campanadas in front of the town hall, smaller and with a shorter way home. The programme is on the municipality's website.