“Junio, Julio, Agosto” when the festivals take place.
     In late June is the first of the summer festivals, Fiesta of San Juan, staged in Ciudadela. This is the most spectacular festival when el Jaleo takes place with horse racing, jousting, dancing in the streets, fireworks, and everyone stays up all day and all night. It has been happening this way since the reign of Alfonso III in the late 13th century.
     The last fiesta of the season takes place in September and is in Mahón. The summer is over. The tourists are gone. Menorcans build a huge bonfire, and after having to deal with tourists all summer, they burn one in effigy.
     They do have a sense of humor.