Spanish Festivals in March

4 festivals take place across Spain in March, spread over Andalusia, Valencia, Castilla y León. Each entry below has exact dates, the nearest city, and what to expect.

March

Traditional

Las Fallas

Valencia, Valencia

Las Fallas is one of Spain's most spectacular and UNESCO-recognised festivals — a stunning combination of art, fire, music, and Valencian pride. Every March, the city of Valencia fills its streets with hundreds of enormous satirical sculptures (fallas), only to burn them all to the ground in a magnificent midnight inferno on the final night.

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March

Religious

Semana Santa

Seville, Andalusia

Semana Santa (Holy Week) is arguably Spain's most emotionally powerful and visually stunning festival. In the week leading up to Easter Sunday, cities and towns across the country fill with solemn religious processions, haunting music, clouds of incense, and enormous ornate floats (pasos) carried by hundreds of robed nazarenos.

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March

Religious

Semana Santa de Málaga

Málaga, Andalusia

Málaga's Semana Santa is one of Spain's most emotional and spectacular Holy Week celebrations. Famous for its massive tronos (processional thrones) carried by hundreds of bearers, the spontaneous singing of saetas, and the unique tradition of releasing a prisoner, it draws over a million visitors every spring.

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March

Religious

Semana Santa de Valladolid

Valladolid, Castilla y León

Valladolid's Semana Santa is the antithesis of Andalusia's exuberant celebrations. Here, silence and sobriety reign. The star of the show is the extraordinary collection of polychrome sculptures by Gregorio Fernández, 17th-century masterpieces of such realism they seem to breathe.

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