Black Music Festival

The event has become a major highlight on the black music calendar, and in various towns around the province of Girona you can hear the rhythms of blues, soul and funk.

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. ...

Santander International Festival

Dance, theatre, music, ballet, opera and recitals in their most traditional, but also their most avant-garde and innovative versions, make up the programme. 30 days in which churches, gardens, palaces and even caves are the stages for some of the most significant artists from different spheres of the performing arts from around the world.

The 8th Centenary of Toledo Cathedral

Athletics: Bilbao Night Running Fest

This unique night race, which has been held in Bilbao since 2009, has established itself as one of the city's main sporting events. The 21-km long race kicks off at San Mamés Stadium and ends at the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, crossing symbolic places, like Euskalduna palace, Arriaga Theatre, the Gran vía or Zubizuri bridge. ...

Kayaking: Sanabria International Regatta

It is a point-scoring event for the Castile-León championship and comprises two competitions: on one side are the one- and two-man regattas, while on the other are the K4 (kayak) and C4 (canoe) regattas. The start point is at Viquiella beach, with a two-lap triangular circuit around the lake.

Moors and Christians Festival, Bocairent

The first week of February, Bocairent, in Valencia, celebrates its festival of Moors and Christians in honour of its patron saint, San Blas. It is one of the oldest Moors and Christians festivals celebrated in Spain. ...

Athletics: Seville Marathon

The route is 42 kilometres and 195 metres long, running through this city in Andalusia . The Olympic Stadium located on the Cartuja Island is the start and finish point. Within the different participation categories established, there are two for people with disabilities.

Santoña Carnival

Its most distinctive feature is the so-called “Trial at the Bottom of the Sea”. It is a theatrical performance that serves as a festive epilogue in which, in the presence of all kinds of ocean creatures, a sea bream who has kidnapped a mermaid for love is put on trial. ...

FETEN. International Performing Arts Fair for Children

The fair is designed for both the general public and performing arts professionals. Works are performed by companies from all over the world, aimed at child audiences.

Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

During Carnival in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, all the streets fill with an explosion of joy, music and colour. During these days of celebration the Carnival Queen Gala is held to select the festival’s main representative from the hundreds of attendees dressed in striking costumes covered with feathers and rhinestones. ...

Barcelona-Sitges International Period Cars Rally

This classic car rally has been held since 1959 and takes place between Barcelona and Sitges. The event attracts genuine museum pieces made between 1900 and 1924. The winners of the contest are not the fastest ones to complete the circuit but the motorists with the most original vehicles and the costumes most in keeping with the period of ...

International Ornithological Tourism Fair

This nature area is a exceptional setting for bird-watching, and a refuge for such emblematic species as the Iberian imperial eagle and the black vulture. The fair also has an exhibition area for companies and institutional associations, as well as a section for manufacturers and distributors of optical goods. ...

Cáceres Classical Theatre Festival

This event aims to showcase quality products and performances of the best classical texts with prestigious companies on the contemporary dramatic scene, and highlight the conjunction between Golden Age theatre, music and dance. ...

Barcelona International Jazz Festival

Performances take place in many different settings, such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditori del Fòrum, the Conservatori del Liceu, and other concert halls. The event attracts prestigious jazz musicians from Spain and around the world. ...

Easter Week in León

León’s Easter traditions date from the 16th century. Over 10 days, the 16 hermandades (lay brotherhoods) organise about 30 processions, as well as musical rituals, concerts, and special sermons. Around 16,000 lay brothers take part in these events, which draw huge crowds of locals and visitors. ...

Easter Week in Sahagún

It is renowned for the magnificent figures paraded, but most importantly for the popular procession led by the only Brotherhood of Jesús of Nazareth in the area. One highly anticipated moment is the Sunday before Palm Sunday (known as “Domingo Tortillero” as it was customary to snack on tortillas in the countryside), when the right to carry ...

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 ...

Easter Week in Ponferrada

The most traditional procession, the Encounter, is held on Good Friday where members of the Jesus of Nazareth Brotherhood journey around the streets to the rhythm of bugles and kettledrums. Alongside the religious tradition, the local custom is to have a typical 'limonada' or lemonade in one of the area's cafés or bars. ...

Easter Week in Viveiro

There are several key events in the Easter Week celebrations in Viveiro that give the religious processions that wind through its streets an exceptional intensity and emotional charge. On Easter Wednesday there is a representation of the Vía Crucis, with the religious float of El Cristo de la Agonía. ...

Tenerife Bluetrail

A challenge for athletes and highly enjoyable for spectators. There are five ways of completing the trail which adapt to the different profiles of the participants, who are given the chance to see Tenerife through routes which run from the sea level to the Teide summit - the highest in Spain. ...

"Semana Negra" thriller-writers festival in Gijón

These are ten days dedicated to detective literature during which visitors can also enjoy concerts, exhibitions, conferences, street markets and gastronomic competitions. Other literary genres are also represented, including the historical novel, science fiction and comics. ...

Equestrian sports: Sunshine Tour

The Montenmedio Riding Centre brings together riders from all over the world in February and March for show jumping and dressage events as part of the Sunshine Tour. There will be international show jumping and dressage events, all in the three-star category.

Tapas competition in Avila

Visitors can enjoy a wide variety of tapas which combine tradition with modernity and are prepared with the finest product of the region. The best recipes for the most discerning foodies.

Las Fallas of Gandía

Gandía's Las Fallas is one of the oldest events of its type in the region. It began in the 19th century as a version of Valencia's Las Fallas. The fallas are sculptural scenes made of flammable materials starring “ninots” (the figures that comprise the scene) and are usually satirical. More than twenty spectacular fallas are built every year. ...

Fallas bonfire festival in Sagunto

Humour, satire and art all play a part in this celebration. The streets are filled with these vast artistic monuments (the 'fallas') made out of wood and cardboard that represent a tongue-in-cheek depiction of current affairs. The festivity consists of a competition to choose the best of these creations. ...

Mérida Classical Theatre Festival

The event is dedicated to theatre, and while the fundamental core of texts are of Greco-Latin origin, the festival is also open to the dramatic arts in general and includes music performances and a film season. One of the event's main attractions is its stunning setting: the Roman theatre dating from the end of the first century B.C. ...

Sierra International Festival

It is meeting point that brings together artists from all over the world, centred around music, dance, and other elements of traditional culture. Dancers and musicians offer a range of different performances for audiences at the festival’s nighttime shows. The event features folk groups from all over Spain and the five continents. ...

Equestrian events: Barcelona International Show Jumping Competition

This equestrian event is also the Nations Cup grand world final: Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final, which will feature participation by 18 national teams from all over the world. The Barcelona CSIO includes an attractive competition programme and is held as part of the Merced Fiestas in the city of Barcelona.

Triathlon: Andalucía Desafío Doñana (the Doñana Challenge)

The participants must complete a circuit of 200 kilometres in a unique natural environment, starting in the streets of the historic centre of Cadiz . On bikes, they ride through some of the loveliest towns in Cadiz; swimming, they cross the Guadalquivir river where it flows through Sanlúcar de Barrameda; and the race continues on foot along ...

Santiago (é) Tapas

Santiago(é)Tapas is the perfect opportunity to discover the gastronomy of Santiago de Compostela through its tapas. It involves numerous bars, restaurants and taverns who all invent new and original creations, which are then judged by the customers. ...

Transgrancanaria: Mountain and trekking ultramarathon

The route of the competition crosses the centre of Gran Canaria island, passing fantastic volcanic scenery for 125 kilometres. The itinerary includes an accumulated change in level of 7500 metres and requires 24 to 30 hours to be completed. ...

Athletics: Sol Half Marathon Magaluf

What began in 1984 as a local competition now welcomes athletes from 24 different countries and three continents who have been among its top finishers. This season is also expected to draw a large field of contenders, thanks to its perfect combination: a city full of high quality tourist services, and a top-flight athletic competition.

International Dixieland Festival

The event focuses on the most traditional aspect of jazz, namely the New Orleans or Dixieland style, which is characterised by three types of melody: ragtime, blues and Europan marches. The main venue is the Metropol Theatre, although performances are also held at other concert halls around the city.

Valencia Cuina Oberta - Restaurant Week

This initiative features the participation of Valencia’s best-known restaurants and is designed to make the best gastronomy accessible to a wide and varied public. Top chefs will prepare a special menu entitled “Cuina Oberta" (Open Cuisine) which will be available at very reasonable prices. ...

“City of Elche” Guitar Festival

This musical event has gone from strength to strength each year, thanks to performances by talented, internationally prestigious guitarists, along with up-and-coming young names that use the festival to launch their careers. ...