Extremadura International Folk festival

The event programme lasts ten days and is made up of around eight overseas folk groups, three acts from Spain as a whole, and ten or twelve from Extremadura itself. The festival is organised by the "Extremadura" Chorus and Dance Association. It comes to a perfect end with the "Gala of the Nations", where all the participants take part.

Portugalete and Basque Country International Folk Festival

Eight or nine groups from different countries take part every year. The event is centred around the town of Portugalete, the venue for the first four days of the festival. ...

Pau Casals International Music Festival

This event offers a full programme of concerts, with special emphasis on chamber music, particularly performances by prestigious cellists. Pau Casals was born in 1876 and had a passion for music from childhood. ...

Classical Theatre Festival in the town of Olmedo

Every July since 2006, this festival in Olmedo has served as a showcase for a range of works of classical theatre. The performances take place at the Corrala del Palacio del Caballero and the San Pedro Performing Arts and Music Centre. ...

Fire festivals for the summer solstice in the Pyrenees

The festivals take place around the midsummer solstice, a magical time of year which is marked in the Pyrenees with rituals centred around fire. Depending on the traditions of each village, the participants come down from the highest point carrying flaming home-made torches (fallas), drawing shapes in the air with fire, dancing, or lighting a ...

Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival

For one month both in this theatre and others, among them the Antigua Universidad Renacentista, the Patio de Fúcares, the Teatro Municipal and so on up to over twenty places will host a diverse international programme of performing and visual arts. ...

Pirineos Sur. International Festival of Cultures

This amazing event is considered to be one of the most charming international summer festivals in Spain. What's more, all the different cultures have a chance to meet and mingle in a range of additional activities such as exhibitions, workshops, film, gastronomy, children's games and street performances by companies from around the world. ...

San Javier International Jazz Festival

It has evolved into one of the most important cultural events in the Murcia region, and has achieved national and international importance. Every year the festival brings the public the most significant figures of the jazz world, as well as artists from other musical genres such as blues, soul, bossa nova and funk.

Canary Islands International Jazz and More Festival

The programme includes performances from musicians who range from promising newcomers to leading national and international figures. The event also includes seminars, master classes and jam sessions.

Lo Ferro International Flamenco Singing Festival

Great artists, promising newcomers, and fans of the flamenco singing known as "cante" all gather together for this festival every year in Lo Ferro to enjoy great flamenco in the August nights. One of the most emotional moments of the festival is the performance of the Flamenco Mass, with singing and dancing.

Windsurfing: World Championship of Sotavento

The world's best windsurfers are to compete over ten days at Sotavento Beach, on the island of Fuerteventura, for this event on the Professional Windsurfing Association (PWA) international calendar. The area designated for the competition is renowned worldwide for its winds, making the sport a real spectacle.

Nights at the Botanical Gardens

Summer nights in Madrid offer an opportunity to enjoy a unique experience thanks to the concert programme at the Complutense’s botanical gardens. Each year, well-known Spanish and international artists, alongside new contemporary music talents, perform in this wonderful natural setting, where the limited places and the position of the stage ...

Ávila Mediaeval Festival

Dozens of local and international craftsmen, musicians and minstrels, falconers and archers, knights who joust on foot with swords and on horseback in tournaments, decorated balconies and shop windows, street theatre and entertainment... ...

Segorbe Patron Saint's Day Fiestas

Segorbe , in the province of Castellón, celebrates its patron saint's day festivities, in honour of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, de Loreto y de la Cueva Santa, between August and September. ...

Buitrago del Lozoya's Medieval Fair

For three days at the start of September, the town of Buitrago del Lozoya travels back to the Middle Ages when it organises a mediaeval fair inside its walled enclosure, and recreates the customs and traditions of the period. ...

European Conference on Jewish Culture (Segovia)

The programme includes solo and guided visits to monuments, as well as exhibitions, conferences, concerts, recitals and food sampling, all aimed at offering the general public an overview of the richness and interest of the Jewish culture.

Sailing: Príncipe de Asturias Trophy

It is an excellent chance to discover the seafaring tradition in this part of northern Spain, while you enjoy an important regatta. It takes place over three days in the waters of the Baiona, Vigo and Pontevedra estuaries.

The Festival of Nuestra Señora del Rosario Bull-running in Cuéllar

The daily bull-running is the most eagerly awaited moment of the festivities. The event begins on the last Sunday in August and last five days, although the festivities actually start on Saturday afternoon, with the official announcement in the Plaza Mayor. ...

Virgen de la Guía Fiesta

Llanes , in Asturias, celebrates the Virgen de la Guía patron saint’s fiesta in September. The most noteworthy part of the event is the nocturnal procession on 7 September. Hundreds of women accompany the statue of the patron saint on its route, wearing the classic Spanish mantilla. Children make a floral offering to the Virgin (the “ramu”). ...

Moors and Christians Festival, Villena

14 "comparsas" (musical groups) take part in the festivities, half of whom belong to the Moorish side and the others to the Christian side, and they go on a pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of “La Morenica”, as she is known in Villena. ...

La Mare de Déu de la Salut Festival

The fiesta of La Mare de Déu de la Salut in Algemesí dates back to the 13th century and is one of the most unique celebrations in the province of Valencia. The theatre, dance and music of these fiestas are part of a tradition handed down from generation to generation. ...

Vogue Fashion's Night Out

For one night, more than 200 shops in the centre of Madrid open their doors to offer large discounts, live music, shopping, catwalks, photo sessions, the presence of famous models and designers, and limited edition items. The new autumn-winter fashion collections are also presented during Vogue Fashion's Night Out.

Old Music Week

Every year this event attracts lovers of this genre to the beautiful Roman city of Estella, located at the heart of the Way of Saint James pilgrim’s route. The programme of concerts features top musicians, chamber ensembles and soloists of international prestige specialising in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music.

Hay Festival Segovia

Readings, talks and debates about books and literature will take place over four days in various venues around the city. The Hay Festival is also expanding its programming by offering exhibitions, concerts, film screenings and other cultural activities, making it a true festival of the arts.

Exhibition: PhotoEspaña

Over half a million people gather every year for this event which transforms Madrid in the capital of photography during almost two months. An unmissable occasion to discover the latest innovations and the photographic projects, videos and art installations by the most outstanding national and international artists.

Cycling: Tour of Spain

Participants in the event cover more than 3,200 kilometres divided into 21 stages - flat, against the clock, and mid- and high-mountain. The Tour of Spain passes through a host of towns around the country to finish in Madrid, on a city circuit between Paseo de la Castellana Avenue and Plaza de Cibeles Square. ...

Virgen de Ermitana patron saint's day fiesta

In September, Peñíscola, on the coast of Castellón, commemorates the Virgen de la Ermitana. The most outstanding element of these fiestas are the danses, traditional dances that are the pinnacle of the town’s devotion to its patron saint. These are age-old dances that evoke the village’s warrior and peasant traditions. ...

Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend

International Sephardi Music Festival

This event was originally known as the Festival of the Spanish Jewish Network, “Sephardic Paths”. It is a meeting point where the public can get a deeper understanding of the different traditions of Sepchardic culture. Concerts of the musical genre by Spanish and international artists alternate with talks and conferences about this people. ...

Hiking festival

This is an opportunity to discover this hiking paradise with itineraries that take in some of the loveliest spots in La Palma. Among the most highly recommended routes are the route of the great cliffs, the rum route, the cheese route and the route known as the route of the Sistine Chapel of the Atlantic. ...

Princess of Asturias Rally

International Festival “Live the Magic”

On the one hand, there are the gala shows held at the Auditorio Ciudad de León; and on the other, magic travels through numerous points of the city with multiple exhibitions on the street and in cultural spaces. There is also a magic school, with free workshops for kids and teenagers. ...

Deià International Music Festival

The programme for this prestigious event takes in a broad array of concerts, with many soloists, groups and composers, from both Spain and overseas. The shows take place at different venues in Deià and Valldemossa, such as: the old estate of Archduke Louis of Hapsburg, Miramar Monastery and Deià Church.

Open House Madrid

In total, there are more than 140 emblematic spaces such as the Zarzuela Hippodrome, the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the White Towers, the Banco de España, the Madrid Stock Exchange or the Casa de la Villa, which visitors can enjoy, both with on-site guided tours and virtual tours, to discover the transforming power of architecture in the city. ...

San Sebastián International Film Festival

The festival is one of the most prestigious and internationally recognised in Spain, and big names in film, both actors and directors, have attended to present their films, making for a glamorous, cosmopolitan atmosphere. ...

El Vítor Procession

It commemorates the arrival of the relics of Saint Turibius at his birthplace, in a procession called El Vítor, where residents of the village walk with flaming torches, made of grape skins, from the saint’s house to the shrine. ...