Festivals in Yebes

Local festivals of Yebes

The main festivals of the municipality are linked to San Bartolomé in Yebes and San Jerónimo in Valdeluz. The list of local festivals in Guadalajara for 2026 published in the Official Gazette of Guadalajara includes for Yebes los días 24 August y 2 October as paid and non-recoverable local festivals. In addition, the City Council published that the Valdeluz 2025 Festivities extended for more than two weeks and brought together sports, music, water games, contests, children's activities and gastronomic events.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: patron saint festivities of San Bartolomé in Yebes and Valdeluz festivities in honour of San Jerónimo.
• Main celebration day: 24 August, San Bartolomé, para Yebes; 2 October It appears as a local holiday linked to the 2026 work calendar and the Valdeluz celebrations.
• Usual duration: The patron saint festivities of Yebes usually concentrate several days of programme around San Bartolomé; Valdeluz also celebrates its own festive period in summer, with recent editions lasting more than two weeks according to the municipal agenda.
• Usual places: urban area of Yebes, Plaza Mayor, fairgrounds, municipal spaces of Valdeluz, Mirador del Lago and other points established by the official programme each year.
• Associated traditions: proclamation, children's activities, music, festivals, neighbourhood meetings, religious events, sports proposals, cultural activities and programming of clubs or associations when they appear in the municipal programme.
• Who participates: Yebes City Council, residents of Yebes and Valdeluz, clubs, associations, families, visitors and collaborating entities of the cultural, sports and festive programming.
• Local public holiday: en 2026, the official relationship published for Guadalajara assigns Yebes the 24 August and the 2 October. These days are not equivalent to the entire holiday period, but to local public holidays.
• Other cultural events: The municipal agenda includes cultural and sports activities in Yebes and Valdeluz; Recent references include the Bueyada Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgen de la Soledad, family events in the Plaza de la Libertad and spring activities in Valdeluz.
• Otras ofertas culturales: the surroundings of Valdeluz, AstroYebes and the Yebes Observatory, municipal activities of cultura and sports, outdoor spaces and local programming in the town of Yebes and Valdeluz.