Festivals in Tineo

Tineo local festivals

Tineo's best-known festivities include San Roque, held in August around Campo de San Roque, and the Vaqueirada in Aristébano. The council also includes the Our Lady of Charity festivities in Navelgas, held in late August and associated with an image brought home by emigrants returning from Cuba.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: San Roque, San Pedro, the Vaqueirada de Aristébano, Feria del Chosco and parish festivals of the council.
• Main celebration day: 16 August for San Roque; San Pedro is celebrated on 29 June; The Vaqueirada usually takes place on last sunday of july.
• Usual duration: San Roque is normally scheduled for several days in August, with events around the week of the 12th to the 18th; Other festivals depend on the annual calendar and each parish.
• Usual places: town of Tineo, Campo de San Roque, surroundings of the San Roque chapel, Town Hall square, Aristébano, Navelgas, Tuña and other towns in the council.
• Associated traditions: events of peñas, pilgrimage, distribution of the bun, music, processions, popular activities, contests, gastronomic celebrations and meetings linked to the cowboy culture.
• Who participates: City Council, festival committees, clubs, neighbourhood and cultural associations, neighbors, families and visitors.
• Local public holiday: A current work date is not stated here without comparing the official calendar of the corresponding year; It is advisable to consult the BOPA or the updated municipal work calendar.
• Other cultural events: Feria del Chosco, Tineo Trade Fair, the Our Lady of Charity festivities in Navelgas and activities connected with gold panning.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Asturias Gold Museum in Navelgas, Obona monastery, Jacobean route of the Primitive Way, Tuña, rural heritage, viewpoints, mountain spaces and gastronomy of western Asturias.

Source for Navelgas

• Tineo Council: calendar of festivals and activities in Navelgas.

See also the general guide to Our Lady of Charity festivals in Spain.