Our Lady of Charity festivals in Spain
Our Lady of Charity gives her name to patronal festivals, fairs, pilgrimages and religious celebrations in towns across several Spanish regions. They are not a single festival with one shared date or programme: every place retains its own calendar, route, image and organisation.
When they take place
15 August is the reference date in Camarena, Guadalcázar, Navalvillar de Pela, Puebla de Guzmán and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Villarrobledo holds its fair in mid-August, while Illescas and Loja mark their principal days late in the month. La Garrovilla celebrates at Easter, Cartagena on Viernes de Dolores and Navelgas, in Tineo, in late August. These differences make the local page and, where available, each edition's official programme essential.
Shared traditions and local features
Processions, Masses, offerings and confraternities appear in many towns, but each celebration has distinctive features: Camarena's Baroque carriage, Sanlúcar's salt carpets, Cartagena's floral offering and Onza de Oro, the return to the shrine in Navalvillar de Pela and Puebla de Guzmán's equestrian fair.
Towns with Our Lady of Charity festivals
- Villarrobledo, with its fair and festivities in mid-August.
- Camarena, whose central day is 15 August and which has a Baroque carriage.
- Illescas, home to the sanctuary and late-August patronal celebrations. See the official 2026 music programme.
- Tinajas, where the devotion is linked to the August Jubileo.
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda, with a procession and salt carpets.
- Guadalcázar, with a patronal fair around 15 August.
- Loja, whose main day is 29 August.
- Puebla de Guzmán, with a fair on the second weekend of August.
- La Garrovilla, whose principal day is Easter Monday.
- Navalvillar de Pela, with a fair, procession and return of the image to its shrine.
- Cartagena, where the patroness is celebrated on Viernes de Dolores.
- Tineo, the municipality containing Navelgas and its Fiestas de la Caridad.