San Sebastián Tamborrada Programme 2026

The 2026 edition held its institutional events between the 16 and 20 January 2026. The main day occupied the twenty-four hours of Tuesday the 20th, from the raising to the lowering of the flag, with drumming throughout all the neighbourhoods.

Notice: This programme reproduces the official publication of Donostia Kultura for the edition already held. Individual tours may be subject to operational changes.

Friday, 16 January 2026

  • 12:00: presentation of the Children's Tamborrada at the Victoria Eugenia Theater.

Monday 19 January 2026

  • 19:00: delivery of the Medals of Citizen Merit in the Plenary Hall of the City Council.
  • Desde las 23:15: The first companies of adults began to leave in different neighbourhoods, according to the official list of schedules and routes.

Tuesday 20 January 2026

  • 00:00: raising of the flag in the Plaza de la Constitución and the beginning of the Tamborrada day.
  • Durante todo el día: drum tours for adults through the Old Town, Centre, Gros, Antiguo, Amara, Riberas de Loiola, Morlans, Egia, Loiola, Martutene, Altza, Bidebieta and Intxaurrondo.
  • 12:00: Children's Drumming through the streets of the city, leaving from the central concentration from Alderdi Eder.
  • 12:30: delivery of the Golden Drum in the Plenary Hall of the City Council.
  • 24:00: lowering of the flag in the Plaza de la Constitución and closing of the festival.

Participation and routes of 2026

The official documentation recorded 167 tamborradas: 165 mixed, one made up only of men and another only of women. The children's parade brought together 38 schools or associations, 45 companies and 4,630 girls and boys.

The schedules were not common for all companies. Donostia Kultura published a specific 53-page document with the start time, end time and route of each adult and children's drum tour, including the outings that began on the 19th and those carried out throughout the 20th.

An edition with two anniversaries

In 2026, 150 years of the beginning of the celebration were commemorated in the form that gave rise to the contemporary Tamborrada and the centenary of what is considered the first raising of the city flag in the Plaza de la Constitución.

Related information and official sources

Consult the general file of the Tamborrada de San Sebastián.