Festivals in Zurgena

Local festivals of Zurgena

The municipal website highlights the festivities in honour of San Ramón Nonnato as a patron saint celebration of Zurgena. It also publishes references to the festivals of La Alfoquía, to the Festival of El Palacés and calendars of summer cultural activities.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Festivals in San Ramón Nonnato in Zurgena; La Alfoquía festivities as a prominent celebration of the population centre.
• Main celebration day: San Ramón Nonnato is celebrated on 31 August; The Alfoquía usually links its festive programming to mid-July, with municipal reference to activities until 16 July en programas recientes.
• Usual duration: several days around the end of August and beginning of September for San Ramón; several days in July for La Alfoquía, according to the municipal programme each year.
• Usual places: Zurgena's urban area, municipal spaces, streets and squares of the municipality; in La Alfoquía, public spaces in the centre and its neighbourhood surroundings.
• Associated traditions: municipal festive programming, cultural, sports and leisure activities, neighbourhood coexistence, religious events and proposals for families and visitors according to the festival book published each year.
• Who participates: City Council, neighbors, local associations, families, visitors, cultural groups and municipal organisation and security services.
• Local public holiday: A current official list of local public holidays in Zurgena for 2026 has not been located in the query carried out, so a specific municipal public holiday is not stated here.
• Other cultural events: The municipal agenda has published references to the Ginés Parra Interpretation Centre, to festivals in centres such as El Palacés and to activity calendars for July, August and September.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Clock Tower, La Alfoquía, old railway station, surroundings of the Almanzora River and cultural resources linked to the artist Ginés Parra.