El Pas de la Casa Hosts Festa Major June 27-29 with Family Fun and Safety Campaign
The Andorran parish's annual festival offers fishing contests, cultural workshops, foam parties, live music, and family meals across three days. Organizers emphasize safety with campaigns against excessive drinking and for inclusive spaces.
Key Points
- Activities center on Plaça de l’Església, including fishing contest, market, workshops, music, and parties.
- Saturday features hamburguesa meal (€2), Castellers workshop, bubbles, pétanque, and evening DJs.
- Sunday offers Holly and foam parties with live music; Monday ends with Sant Pere mass and Vibrand performance.
- Comú d’Encamp promotes safe festivities via responsible drinking awareness and Punt Lila service.
El Pas de la Casa will celebrate its Festa Major from 27 to 29 June, with most activities centred on Plaça de l’Església and a programme designed for all ages.
The event begins on Saturday with a traditional fishing contest at Abelletes lake and a market in the main square. A popular hamburguesa meal follows at midday, with tickets priced at €2. The afternoon highlights family-oriented cultural activities, including a workshop by Castellers d’Andorra, giant bubble games, a children’s snack session and a pétanque competition. The evening features a covers band performance by Campikipugui and a set from DJ Marc Montalvo.
Sunday centres on participatory events like a Holly party and foam party, complemented by live music from covers group Freyjà and progressive rhythms by DJ Renzo.
The festival closes on Monday 29 June with a traditional Sant Pere mass at noon, a communal aperitif and additional festivities. Vibrand will perform at 2pm to end the celebrations.
A full schedule is available online.
Organizers from the Comú d’Encamp are running the “Fem que la festa sigui un espai segur per a tothom” campaign throughout the event, an initiative first launched at Encamp’s Festa del Poble. It promotes responsible alcohol consumption, risk prevention and healthy, inclusive celebrations. Key elements include public awareness efforts to curb drinking, the Punt Lila service at major evening events to create discrimination- and violence-free spaces, and calls for respect toward neighbours and the environment.
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