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August
Feria de Málaga is the city’s major August fair, combining daytime celebrations in the historic center with nighttime festivities at the fairground (Real de la Feria).
May
The Córdoba Patios Festival (Fiesta de los Patios) is held each May, when private courtyards open to the public and compete for prizes based on floral decoration and traditional design.
September
The Fiesta del Cascamorras is one of Spain's most extraordinary and bizarre festivals. Every 6 September, a man covered in black grease (the Cascamorras) attempts to run from the town of Guadix to Baza to reclaim a statue of the Virgin of Piedad — while thousands of equally grease-covered locals try to stop him. The result is a spectacular, chaotic, oil-black mass of humanity. Declared a Festival of International Tourist Interest, it's an ancient rivalry turned into joyful, slippery mayhem.
September
The castells season in Catalonia runs mainly from spring to autumn, when local teams (colles castelleres) build human towers during festivals in towns across the region.
January
Jarramplas is a traditional winter festival in Piornal (Extremadura), typically around 19–20 January, where a masked character is pelted with turnips in a ritual tied to local identity and devotion to San Sebastián.
October
One of Andalusia's grandest pilgrimages brings thousands of decorated carts, horseback riders and flamenco singers from Dos Hermanas to the Valme hacienda on the third Sunday of October.
The Feria Medieval de Daroca brings one of Aragon's most impressive walled towns back to its medieval heyday. Every July, Daroca's 4 km of walls, towers and Moorish gates frame a spectacular medieval market, theatrical reenactments, torchlit processions and artisan workshops. With its authentic architecture and passionate local participation, Daroca offers a medieval experience that feels genuinely lived-in rather than staged.
June
Badajoz's biggest celebration brings a week of colourful casetas, flamenco, bullfighting and fireworks to the Extremaduran capital every June around St John's Day.
November
November 1st brings roasted chestnuts, sweet panellets, cemetery visits and autumnal traditions across Spain, with Catalonia's Castañada being the most distinctive regional celebration.
June
Every June 13th, young madrileñas visit the Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida to place 13 pins in the baptismal font, hoping the saint will help them find a partner.
April
Talavera de la Reina's ancient spring festival combines pre-Roman harvest offerings with Christian processions, bull runs and colourful parades in one of Castilla-La Mancha's oldest celebrations.
Galicia's autumn tradition of communal chestnut roasting around bonfires, celebrated across the region in November with new wine, music and ancient Celtic roots.
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