Natural Cider Festival, Nava

The Cider Festival, the most emblematic event of the year in the town of Nava in Asturias, takes place over the second weekend in July, and the preceding week. Celebrated for the first time in 1969, all sorts of cultural activities connected with the region’s favourite drink take place during the festival. ...

Autumn Fair

Madrid has a great bullfighting tradition that has made its season into one of the most important in the world. The Autumn Fair, with a programme of six bullfights, stands out among the city’s most important bullfighting festivals, along with the San Isidro Fair and the Madrid Region Mini-fair.

Las Carantoñas de Acehúche

The fiesta is held over two days on or around 20 January, the feast day of Saint Sebastian. It reenacts the moment when wild animals received the saint after his martyrdom, with several key figures in the ceremonies. ...

Botillo (local cured meat) Festival

This fiesta is held in the town of Bembibre (León province). It began its history in 1973 during a procession that is held every seven years known as the Saint’s Outing. Each February (may vary according to Easter date) since then, it has been traditional for all the restaurants in the region to offer “botillo” on their menus for a week. ...

Fiesta of the Cuadrillas in Barranda.

A total of around 15 groups from all over Spain take part in the event. Throughout the morning the groups take up their positions around the squares and streets, where they sing and dance in the midst of the crows of onlookers. ...

San Juan del Monte Festivities

It is a festivity that dates back to the Middle Ages. Its numerous acts end on Monday with a large procession to a place called La Laguna, where there is a shrine dedicated to the saint. About thirty-five million people participate in it. The highlight is the "Blusa Song Festival". Local “ochotes” (small choirs) take part in this festival. ...

Villarrobledo Carnival

The streets are full of joy and partying in Villarrobledo those days. The celebration starts on Thursday with the "arrival of the Juanes" - characters dressed up with masks with a crow's beak, and wolf's claws as shoes. They are in charge of starting the festival. ...

Orujo Festival in Potes

It was first celebrated in 1984, and today takes place on the second weekend in November. During the festival, visitors can experience the spectacle of a public distillation of "orujo", before sampling it in the streets of the town. ...

La Bañeza Carnival

The festivities start on Saturday evening with the grand Carnival dinner, the opening speech and the presentation of the Queen and Muse, which give way to the "Night of Sparks". People wear costumes ands gather in the Plaza Mayor to wait for the chispazo mayor (great spark). ...

Pig slaughter in Burgo de Osma

They recover an ancient tradition rooted in many of the region's rural areas: entire families would gather around a table to sacrifice a pig. This ancestral ritual – in which hams, black pudding, chorizos, sirloins and other cured meats and sausages were made by hand – was a social, bond-affirming day. ...

Fiestas of San Antón and the International “Noche de San Antón” Urban Race in Jaén

“Fiestas Juradas” of San Miguel Arcángel

The reenactments of the British disembarking on Gran Tarajal beach and the battle on Mount Tamasite, and the pilgrimage procession in honour of the saint, are the three most important moments in the Fiestas Juradas (sworn festival) of San Miguel Arcángel de Tuineje. ...

August Fair

In August, Xátiva, in the province of Valencia, celebrates the oldest fiestas in the Region of Valencia. This traditional event dates back to the 13th century, a privilege granted to the town by king Jaime I. ...

Navia Estuary Swim

In August, Navia, a coastal village in Asturias, holds its Estuary Swim, a prestigious international event which attracts swimmers from all over the world, but especially from Europe. ...

Feast day of Our Lady of Rosario de Luarca

The procession, known as the Saleo de la Virgen del Rosario is the high point of the celebrations in this little village in Asturias. The statue of the Virgin is carried out to sea by boat, escorted by a flotilla of small craft all sounding their sirens in a festive way. ...

Local Fiestas

Music, sports competitions and fireworks are some of the ingredients of Ibiza's traditional Patron Saint's day fiestas. There are activities for people of all ages. These include a tribute to corsairs and seafaring people, along with folk exhibitions. As always, the city's God Medal is awarded on the first day of the celebrations.

Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Fiesta

The day of the Asunción is when the offering is given to the Virgin, performed by the major-domo in the Plaza Mayor, in the presence of the inhabitants of the 'mountain villages, in traditional costume normally worn at fiestas. ...

Reading of the Song of Roland

This historic event of 778 is commemorated orally every year in this recreation. It is an original way to enjoy listening to one of the most beautiful epic poems of the period, which ultimately made the name of Roncesvalles famous all over Europe.

Natural Cider Festival, Gijón

One of the high points of the festival is when thousands of people gather on the beach, and 30,000 litres of cider and 10,000 glasses decorated with the festival logo are distributed, and a photo is taken to commemorate the event. ...

Asturcón Horse Festival

The festivities begin in the morning with an open-air mass, and continue throughout the day with a dance competition, brass bands, bagpipe bands and a communal meal laid on by a local social club. Then there is a display of riding and dressage, which includes marking all Asturcón colts born that year.

Feast day of Our Lady of Rosario de Agüimes

This festival, which takes place in the town of Agüimes in Gran Canaria, attracts a multitude of visitors each year, as it brings one of the oldest Canary Island traditions back to life. ...

Sagrada Familia and Santísimo Cristo patron saint's day fiesta

La Vall d’Uixó, in Castellón, holds its patron saint’s fiestas in October, starting with the proclamation of the queen of the fiestas and her court. The programme of events includes: bullfights; sporting, cultural and musical activities; competitions; exhibitions of period cars; a medieval market; fireworks and open-air dances, along with ...

Saffron Festival

Consuegra, in Toledo, celebrates the Saffron Festival in late October. Its goal is to introduce the traditonal culture of Castilla-La Mancha through its food, crafts, history and customs. The event includes a very diverse set of activities, beginning with the proclamation of the Dulcinea and her Ladies in Waiting. ...

Week of the Zarzuela

During it, the town's residents —along with the numerous professionals and fans of this style— interpret diverse works at different points of the city. There are also events held at schools as an introduction to zarzuela and a series of acts aimed at promoting this genre.