Festivals

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December

Traditional

Els Enfarinats

Ibi, Valencia

Every December 28th (Holy Innocents' Day), the town of Ibi erupts into a massive flour, egg and firecracker battle as mock revolutionaries 'seize power' in this 200-year-old tradition.

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July

Music

Benicàssim Festival (FIB)

Castellón de la Plana, Valencia

FIB Benicàssim is one of Spain’s best-known summer music festivals, usually held in July in Benicàssim (Castellón), featuring international indie, pop, electronic, and alternative artists.

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August

Traditional

Feria de Málaga

Málaga, Andalusia

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).

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September

Traditional

Fiesta del Cascamorras

Málaga, Andalusia

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.

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May

Cultural

Patios Festival (Córdoba)

Córdoba, Andalusia

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.

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October

Religious

Romería de Valme

Seville, Andalusia

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.

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July

Cultural

Medieval Fair of Daroca

Daroca, Aragón

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.

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November

Traditional

Feria de Todos los Santos

Cocentaina, Valencia

A 680-year-old agricultural and livestock fair in Cocentaina, Valencia, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors around All Saints' Day.

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June

Traditional

Feria de San Juan

Badajoz, Extremadura

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.

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June

Traditional

Fiesta de San Antonio de la Florida

Madrid, Madrid

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.

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April

Traditional

Fiesta de las Mondas

Talavera de la Reina, Castilla-La Mancha

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.

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November

Traditional

Todos los Santos & Castañada

Barcelona, Catalonia

November 1st brings roasted chestnuts, sweet panellets, cemetery visits and autumnal traditions across Spain, with Catalonia's Castañada being the most distinctive regional celebration.

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