Festivals in Almansa

Local festivals of Almansa

The main celebration is Major Festivals of Almansa, in honour of the Virgen de Belén. The City Council describes them as festivities of the 30 April to 6 May, with music, gunpowder, parades and street participation, troupes, festive entities and neighbourhood.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Major Festivals of Almansa, in honour of Our Lady of Bethlehem.
• Main celebration day: 6 May, day of the Virgin of Bethlehem and closing of the main festive period.
• Usual duration: del 30 April to 6 May, seven days of festive programming.
• Usual places: decorated streets, Plaza de Santa María, surroundings of the castle, municipal tent and different urban spaces linked to parades, offerings and popular events.
• Associated traditions: proclamation, children's offering, serenade, offering of flowers, religious acts, procession, gunpowder, music, festive parades, Moors and Christians, troupes, captaincies, nocturnal Moorish Embassy and activities of the Street Festival Board.
• Who participates: City Council, Festive Street Board, Group of Moors and Christians Comparsas, Society of the Virgin, Society of Shepherds, festive districts, comparsas, festive groups, associations, families, neighbors and visitors.
• Local public holiday: para 2026, the relationship published for the province of Albacete fixes in Almansa the 6 May and the 31 August like local public holidays. These public holidays are not equivalent to the entire period of Major Holidays.
• Other cultural events: events related to the Battle of Almansa, programming of the Teatro Regio, Teatro Principal, Casa de Cultura, tourist agenda and sports activities such as the Almansa Half Marathon.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Almansa Castle, Battle Museum, Tourist Office, historical routes, urban heritage, municipal scenic spaces and cultural programming of the city.