Popular festivals in España
Explore the popular and traditional festivals of España, with links to each celebration's history, main events and distinctive atmosphere.
Popular festivals in August
Discover celebrations usually held during August across Spain. Dates are approximate and may vary each year; open each festival page for its traditions, locations and sources.
Romería Vikinga de Catoira
When: first Sunday in August.
Where: Catoira, Pontevedra.
Descenso Internacional del Sella
When: first Saturday in August after the 2nd.
Where: Arriondas and Ribadesella, Asturias.
Fiestas de San Cayetano
When: around 7 August.
Where: Madrid.
Festa do Pulpo de O Carballiño
When: second Sunday in August.
Where: O Carballiño, Ourense.
San Lorenzo Festival in Huesca
When: 9–15 August.
Where: Huesca.
Fiestas de San Lorenzo
When: around 10 August.
Where: Madrid.
Noche de la Alborada
When: 13 August.
Where: Elche, Alicante.
Feria de Málaga
When: mid-August.
Where: Málaga.
Torrejón del Rey August Festivals
When: mid-August.
Where: Torrejón del Rey, Guadalajara.
Amposta Festes Majors
When: around 15 August.
Where: Amposta, Tarragona.
Our Lady of La Paloma Festival
When: around 15 August.
Where: Madrid.
Festes de Gràcia
When: 15–21 August.
Where: Barcelona.
Fiesta de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Luarca
When: 15 August.
Where: Luarca, Asturias.
La Banyà
When: 15 August at 1 pm.
Where: La Torre de les Maçanes, Alicante.
Festes de la Mare de Déu d'Agost
When: around 15 August.
Where: Sencelles, Balearic Islands.
Our Lady of Charity festivals
When: dates vary; several towns celebrate on 15 August or late in the month.
Where: several Spanish towns.
Vilagarcía de Arousa Water Festival
When: 16 August.
Where: Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra.
Molinaseca Water Festival
When: 17 August.
Where: Molinaseca, León.
Bilbao Semana Grande
When: nine days from the Saturday after 15 August.
Where: Bilbao, Bizkaia.
Fiesta del Asturcón
When: third Saturday in August.
Where: Piloña, Asturias.
Descenso Folklórico del Nalón
When: second half of August.
Where: Laviana, Asturias.
San Donato Festivities in Pioz
When: around the fourth Sunday in August.
Where: Pioz, Guadalajara.
Cipotegato
When: 27 August.
Where: Tarazona, Zaragoza.
Batalla de Flores de Laredo
When: last Friday in August.
Where: Laredo, Cantabria.
Guerras Cántabras
When: last weekend of August and first weekend of September.
Where: Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria.
La Cordà de Paterna
When: last Sunday in August.
Where: Paterna, Valencia.
La Tomatina
When: last Wednesday in August.
Where: Buñol, Valencia.
Popular festivals in Andalusia
- Carnaval de Cádiz
Usual date: February or March, before Lent - Feria de Málaga
Usual date: Mid-August - Festival of the Courtyards of Córdoba
Usual date: First half of May - Festivals in San Antón de Jaén
Usual date: Weekend close to 16 January - Holy Week in Cabra
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Jerez de la Frontera
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Rocío Pilgrimage in Almonte
Usual date: Pentecost weekend - Seville April Fair
Usual date: Two weeks after Easter - The Cascamorras of Baza and Guadix
Usual date: 6 and 9 September - Valme pilgrimage in Dos Hermanas
Usual date: Third Sunday in October
Popular festivals in Aragon
- Festivals in San Lorenzo de Huesca
Usual date: 9–15 August - Holy Week in Alcañiz
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Las Bodas de Isabel de Segura in Teruel
Usual date: Third weekend in February - Pilar Festival in Zaragoza
Usual date: Week of 12 October - San Blas and Santa Águeda Festivals in Mequinenza
Usual date: 3–5 February - The Cipotegato of Tarazona
Usual date: 27 August
Popular festivals in Asturias
- America's Day in Asturias in Oviedo
Usual date: 19 September - Asturcón Festival in the Sierra del Sueve
Usual date: Third Saturday in August - Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Luarca
Usual date: 15 August - Festival of the Virgin of the Guide in Llanes
Usual date: 8 September - International Descent of the Sella and Canoe Festival
Usual date: First Saturday in August after the 2nd - Nalón Folkloric Descent in Laviana
Usual date: Second half of August
Popular festivals in Balearic Islands
- Festes de la Mare de Déu d'Agost in Sencelles
Usual date: Around 15 August - Festivals in Sant Joan de Ciutadella
Usual date: 23 and 24 June, con el Dia des Be the previous Sunday
Popular festivals in Canary Islands
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival
Usual date: February or March, before Lent
Popular festivals in Cantabria
- Battle of Flores de Laredo
Usual date: Last Friday in August - Cantabrian Wars in Los Corrales de Buelna
Usual date: Last weekend in August and first weekend in September - Potes Pomace Festival
Usual date: Second weekend in November - Sacramental Auto and Three Kings Parade of Santillana del Mar
Usual date: 5 January - The Vijanera of Silió
Usual date: First Sunday of the year
Popular festivals in Castile-La Mancha
- Carnaval de Villarrobledo
Usual date: February or March, before Lent - Corpus Christi de Toledo
Usual date: Corpus Christi Thursday or Sunday - Holy Week in Bolaños de Calatrava
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Ciudad Real
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Ocaña
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Tobarra
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Our Lady of Charity festivals in Spain
Usual date: Fechas variables según el municipio - San Donato Festivities in Pioz
Usual date: Around fourth Sunday in August - Torrejón del Rey August Festivals
Usual date: Mid-August
Popular festivals in Castile and Leon
- Molinaseca Water Festival
Usual date: 17 August - The Colacho of Castrillo de Murcia
Usual date: The Sunday after Corpus Christi
Popular festivals in Catalonia
- Amposta Festes Majors
Usual date: Around 15 August - Amposta Market Square Festival
Usual date: Mid-May - Balsareny Traginers Festival
Usual date: The Sunday before Carnival - Barcelona-Sitges International Vintage Car Rally
Usual date: March or April - Encamisada de Falset
Usual date: Weekend closest to 17 January - Festivals in Gràcia en Barcelona
Usual date: 15–21 August - Festivals in La Mercè in Barcelona
Usual date: Around 24 September - Festivals in Santa Tecla de Tarragona
Usual date: 14–24 September
Popular festivals in Valencian Community
- Bonfires of San Juan in Alicante
Usual date: 20–24 June - Cocentaina All Saints Fair
Usual date: Around 1 November - Fallas de Alzira
Usual date: 16–19 March - Fallas de Valencia
Usual date: 1–19 March, main days from the 15th to the 19th - Festivals in Magdalena de Castelló de la Plana
Usual date: From the third Saturday of Lent - Festivals in Moors and Christians of Alcoy
Usual date: Around 23 April - Festivals in the Sagrada Familia and the Santísimo Cristo de la Vall d’Uixó
Usual date: Second Sunday in October - Holy Week in Alzira
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Moncada
Usual date: Semana Santa - La Banyà in La Torre de les Maçanes
Usual date: 15 August at 13:00 - La Tomatina de Buñol
Usual date: Last Wednesday in August - Moors and Christians of Villena
Usual date: 4–9 September - Nit de l'Albà or Night of the Dawn of Elche
Usual date: 13 August - Parade of the Three Wise Men of Alcoy
Usual date: 5 January - The Cordà of Paterna
Usual date: Last Sunday in August
Popular festivals in Extremadura
- Badajoz Carnival
Usual date: February or March, before Lent - Bread and Cheese Festival in Zarza de Montánchez
Usual date: 19 January - Holy Week in Badajoz
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Jarramplas de Piornal
Usual date: 19 and 20 January
Popular festivals in Galicia
- Arde Lucus de Lugo
Usual date: Second half of June - Festa do Pulpo de O Carballiño
Usual date: Second Sunday in August - Lalín Cocido Fair
Usual date: The Sunday before Carnival - Rapa das Bestas de Sabucedo
Usual date: First weekend in July - Romería Vikinga de Catoira
Usual date: First Sunday in August - Vilagarcía de Arousa Water Festival
Usual date: 16 August - Xinzo de Limia Entroido
Usual date: The five weekends before Ash Wednesday
Popular festivals in Madrid
- Cervantes Week of Alcalá de Henares
Usual date: Around 9 October - Don Juan en Alcalá
Usual date: Weekend close to 1 November - Festivals in San Cayetano en Madrid
Usual date: Around 7 August - Festivals in San Isidro en Madrid
Usual date: Around 15 May - Festivals in San Lorenzo en Madrid
Usual date: Around 10 August - Festivals in the Virgen de la Paloma in Madrid
Usual date: Around 15 August - Holy Week in Alcalá de Henares
Usual date: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Grace in San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Usual date: Second Sunday in September
Popular festivals in Murcia
- Barranda Cuadrillas Festival
Usual date: Last Sunday in January - Caravaca de la Cruz Wine Horses
Usual date: 1 and 2 May - Carthaginians and Romans of Cartagena
Usual date: Second half of September - Feria de Murcia
Usual date: First half of September - Festivals in the Virgin of Yecla
Usual date: 5–8 December - Holy Week in Cieza
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Jumilla
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Holy Week in Mula
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday - Moors and Christians of Murcia
Usual date: First half of September - Side of the Huerta de Murcia
Usual date: The Tuesday after Easter
Popular festivals in the Basque Country
- Semana Grande de Bilbao (Aste Nagusia)
Usual date: Nine days from the Saturday after 15 August - Tamborrada de San Sebastián
Usual date: 20 January
Popular festivals in Rioja
- Festivals in San Mateo de Logroño
Usual date: Week of 21 September - Haro Wine Battle
Usual date: 29 June