Festivals in Sariñena

Local festivals of Sariñena

The main celebration of Sariñena is the major festivals of San Antolín, with central day 2 September. Municipal information highlights the procession, the mass and the performance of the local dance group, declared a Festival of Tourist Interest in Aragon since 2011.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: major festivals of San Antolín.
• Main celebration day: 2 September, San Antolín.
• Usual duration: Recent programmes concentrate events for several days around 2 September; In 2025 the municipal agenda published holidays from 1 September to 6.
• Usual places: Plaza de España, Plaza de San Salvador, parish church, historic centre, fairgrounds, town streets and club spaces.
• Associated traditions: procession, mass, Sariñena dance, pastorada, moving of sticks and swords, battle between Turks and Christians, fight between Good and Evil, sayings, Aragonese boto bagpipe, ronda jotera, inaugural parade, proclamation, rocket, fire bulls, round of rocks, chicken race, popular dinners and festivals.
• Who participates: City Council, local dance group, El Casino cultural association, Group of Peñas, local groups, joteros, families, neighbourhood and visitors.
• Local public holiday: the Official Gazette of Aragon states 2026 for Sariñena the 15 May, San Isidro, and the 2 September, San Antolín. These local business days are not equivalent to the entire holiday period.
• Minor festival: el 15 May, San Isidro Labrador, with a pilgrimage to the hermitage of Santiago, departure from the Plaza de El Salvador, floats with poplar branches, baturra mass, distribution of buns and wine, dance and jota.
• Other cultural events: Carnival, Holy Week, Laguna Day, Wetlands Day, the FEMOGA fair and activities linked to the Cartuja de las Fuentes.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Sariñena Lagoon, Nature Interpretation Centre, Charterhouse of Nuestra Señora de las Fuentes, La Laguna Museum, heritage of the urban area and municipal cultural programming.