Festivals in Zierbena
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of Zierbena, municipality of Vizcaya, in Basque Country.
Local festivals of Zierbena
Zierbena tiene referencias festivas vinculadas a San Roque, San Román and the Virgen del Puerto, in addition to cultural and sporting activities associated with the port, to rowing, to the neighbourhoods and to the surroundings of La Arena. The specific programming must be checked each year in the municipal agenda or programme.
- Name of the municipality's festivities: local festivals and celebrations linked to San Roque, San Román and the Virgen del Puerto.
- Main celebration day: San Roque is celebrated on 16 August; San Román and Virgen del Puerto are employer references of the municipality, with programming that must be verified every year.
- Usual duration: Municipal festive programmes usually organise events for several days around the main date of each neighbourhood or dedication.
- Usual places: La Cuesta, El Puerto, La Arena, the surroundings of the San Román church and municipal or port spaces according to the current programme.
- Associated traditions: religious events, popular activities, music, sports, maritime atmosphere, neighbourhood meetings and events linked to the port identity of Zierbena.
- Who participates: City Council, local associations, neighbors, crews, families, sports clubs and visitors.
- Local public holiday: It has not been verified in an official source valid for 2026 within this isolated task; It must be checked in the official work calendar of the City Council or Bizkaia before affirming it.
- Other cultural events: municipal agenda, sports activities, rowing, katxete bowling and proposals related to the coast and the port.
- Otras ofertas culturales: church of San Román, hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Puerto, hermitage of San Ignacio de Loyola, Puerto de Zierbena, sculpture paying tribute to the men and women of the sea, Itsasondo work and landscape of Punta Lucero.