Festivals in Linares

Local festivals of Linares

The most representative festival of Linares is the Royal Fair and Festivals of San Agustín. The municipal documentation on local holidays of 2025 establishes as a local holiday the 28 August, Feast of Saint Augustine, and also the 5 August, Festival of the Day of the Virgin of Linarejos.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Royal Fair and Festivals of San Agustín.
• Main celebration day: 28 August, San Agustín.
• Usual duration: The municipal fair bases consulted for recent editions place the celebration around the end of August and the beginning of September; In the 2016 documentary reference it was indicated 27 August to 1 September.
• Lugar habitual: Pisar fairgrounds, Municipal Booth and urban spaces where fair events are programmed.
• Associated traditions: fair booths, musical performances, food honoring the elderly, celebration activities, family programming, neighbourhood coexistence and cultural events linked to the end of August.
• Who participates: Linares City Council, Celebration Area, associations, senior centres, Local Police, Civil Protection, municipal services, neighbors, families and visitors.
• Local public holiday: para 2025, the City Council designated the 5 August as the Feast of the Day of the Virgin of Linarejos and the 28 August as the Feast of Saint Augustine. A date of 2026 has not been used because it has not been located in an official municipal source during this intervention.
• Other cultural events: The municipal and tourist agenda includes activities linked to heritage, music, flamenco, museums, commerce and cultural programming in spaces such as El Pósito.
• Otras ofertas culturales: El Pósito de Linares, Raphael Museum, Chapel and Crypt of the Hospital de los Marqueses, Mining Landscape Interpretation Centre, Monographic Archaeological Museum of Cástulo, Cástulo Archaeological Complex, Andrés Segovia House-Museum and Lagartijo Tavern-Museum.