Festivals in Tobarra

Local festivals of Tobarra

The best-known celebration of Tobarra is its Semana Santa, closely linked to the playing of the drum and the Tamborada. The municipal Holy Week page highlights the Good Friday Blessing at Calvary, the drumming and the Drum and Holy Week Museum; Castile-La Mancha Tourism presents the Tamborada as an experience that occupies the streets of the municipality and recommends consulting the official programme every year.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Holy Week and Tamborada de Tobarra; San Roque, San Antón and the religious festivals of May also stand out.
• Main celebration day: Holy Week culminates in Easter Sunday; in 2026 the 5 April. San Antón tiene su festividad el 17 January and San Roque the 16 August, with recent municipal programmes around 14 August-21.
• Usual duration: Holy Week occupies Passion Week; The beating of the drum is traditionally associated with 104 horas from the afternoon of Holy Wednesday until the end of Easter Sunday. The San Roque festivities have been scheduled in recent years for several days in August.
• Usual places: streets of the urban area, Plaza de España, Calvario, processional routes, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sanctuary of Cristo de la Antigua and Virgen de la Encarnación, San Antón neighbourhood and municipal spaces for festive programming.
• Associated traditions: drumming, processions, Good Friday Blessing, ascent to Calvary, closing of the drum beat, groups of drummers, floats in San Roque, novenas, pujas, wheelbarrows, blessing of animals and popular neighbourhood events.
• Who participates: City Council, Association of Holy Week Brotherhoods, Association of Friends of the Drum, brotherhoods, groups of drummers, neighbors, clubs, local associations, families and visitors.
• Local public holiday: para 2026, the resolution published in the Official Gazette of Albacete number 138, of 26 November 2025, includes for Tobarra the days 19 and 25 March. This information is not equivalent to the entire festive period nor does it replace the municipal programming for Holy Week or San Roque.
• Other cultural events: municipal programming for Holy Week, drum events, activities for San Roque, Carnival, San Antón, district festivals and cultural calls published on the bulletin board or on the municipal website.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Museum of the Drum and Holy Week, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sanctuary of Christ of Antigua and Virgin of the Incarnation, Monument to the Drum, Monument to the Nazarene, Park of Cultures, Saladar de Cordovilla and Alborajico Wetland.

Detailed information on individual celebrations:

• Holy Week in Tobarra