Festivals in Viveiro
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of Viveiro, municipality of Lugo, in Galicia.
Viveiro local festivals
The Viveiro municipal agenda publishes local events and festivals. In 2026 there are, among others, the Festivals of San Xoán de Covas, las Festas de San Pedro and Resurrection Fest. The official tourism website also highlights the Holy Week in Viveiro within the tourist essentials of the municipality.
- Name of the municipality's festivities: Holy Week of Viveiro, Festas de San Xoán de Covas, Festas de San Pedro and other parish and cultural celebrations published by the Council.
- Main celebration day: For Covas, the municipal programme places the 24 June as the central day of San Xoán, with solemn mass, procession and musical programming.
- Usual duration: The Festas de San Xoán de Covas 2026 are announced from 23 June to 26; San Pedro 2026 days announced 26 and 27 June. Holy Week takes place during the week of religious events and processions.
- Usual places: Covas, Campo da Pascua, streets of the urban area, religious and cultural spaces, beaches and event venues according to the annual programme.
- Associated traditions: great lumeirada, street parade, sardiñada, mass, procession, festivals, popular music, activities for all audiences and Holy Week processions.
- Who participates: Council, parishes, musical groups, festival commissions, neighbourhood, families, visitors, brotherhoods and cultural entities when the programme contemplates it.
- Local public holiday: A specific local working day has not been set here because it was not verified in an official source in force during this edition; must be reviewed in the official work calendar for the corresponding year.
- Other cultural events: Resurrection Fest, Feira Renacentista, programming of the Pastor Díaz Theater, Música Nas Parroquias and events published by the municipal agenda.
- Otras ofertas culturales: historic centre, Holy Week, San Roque viewpoint, Pozo da Ferida, Souto da Retorta, Praia de Covas, augmented reality tourism and routes around the estuary.