The percentage of female participation in the groups scheduled for this year's festival doesn't even reach 22%, a figure that, even so, slightly exceeds the 15.87% of last year's edition. These are figures that members of the MU.MA.RE (Revolutionary Mallorcan Women Musicians) collective have been analyzing since May 2024 and sharing on their Instagram profile. "It's true that there's a slight increase from one year to the next, but it doesn't seem to be a consequence of the Palma City Council implementing gender parity policies. Women's participation barely exceeds 20%, so the increase seems rather fortuitous," they told ARA Baleares. Regarding the issue of parity—and understanding female participation as that of women and gender non-conforming individuals—sources from the collective state that their assessment of the lineup is negative, "especially when we're talking about the city's most important popular festival and a cultural event in which a significant amount of public money is traditionally invested."

"Orange alert for rain," the General Directorate of Traffic has issued this Thursday warning of the risk of skidding and flooding on the Sóller road following the rainfall that occurred during the morning.

There are images that become iconic with the passage of time. Today, Mallorca bears little resemblance to the one immortalized in 1987, 38 years ago, by a tourist postcard from the Barcelona-based publishing house Fisa Escudo de Oro. It was on a corner of the road that formerly ran through Vilafranca de Bonany. Five elderly people are seated, a man and four women. One of them isn't looking at the camera because she's concentrating on her embroidery. At the top of the back wall hang two posters announcing a rally by the PSM (Nationalist Left), on May 29th. It's to commemorate the European elections. Below are four more from the album. Take by Tomeu Penya, a native of the town. On the right, remains of an old advertisement for El Fary at the Palma Auditorium on May 8 stand out. Some witnesses, direct or indirect, are also present. One of them is Catalina Mestre Jaume, 76. She is the daughter of the couple on the left, Sebastià Mestre Bauçà and Aina Maria Jaume Jaume. because, after finishing work outside, he would often stop for a while. One day, a man passing by asked to take a photo.