Festivals in Benicasim

Saint Anthony, Saint Agatha and Saint Thomas of Villanueva

Benicàssim opens its patron calendar with San Antonio Abad y Santa Águeda. Fire and gastronomy mark their traditions: lighting bonfires, blessing animals, sharing coqueta, floral offering, procession of cars and floats and dance in the square of the Agrupació Folklòrica El Cremaller. The Festival Commission, queens, festeros and festeros, clubs, local associations, the Santa Cecilia Musical Union and neighbors of several generations participate.

The municipal programme 2026 had a duration of ten days, from 16 January to 25. He placed the mass and the patron's offering on the 17th, the Día de las Peñas on the 18th and the massive Día de las Paellas on the 23rd. Their places were the Plaza de la Constitución, the church of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, the streets of the centre and the festival grounds.

In September the festivities are usually celebrated. Santo Tomás de Villanueva, with a central date on the 22nd. Its programme brings together religious, cultural, gastronomic and bullfighting events, as well as children's and club activities. As of this update, the City Council had not published the full September 2026 programme; For this reason, start dates, concerts or celebrations taken from previous years are not attributed to that edition.

Los 2026 local public holidays son el 17 January, San Antonio Abad and Santa Águeda, and the 22 September, Saint Thomas of Villanueva. They are specific local working days, different from the duration of festive programmes. Sources: programme and tradition of the Benicàssim City Council y 2026 work calendar of the Generalitat Valenciana.