This prestigious festival has been running since 1953, enjoying ever increasing recognition. The cosmopolitan nature of the San Sebastian provides a fitting...
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Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
For the "Feria Goyesca de Pedro Romero" the participants dress up in the traditional 18th-19th century costume of the bull ring. For men, "snug" might...
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Entertainment
, Music
, Culture
, Spectacle
Back in 1979, Torremolinos invented the Day of the Tourist, an example which has been followed in many tourist towns throughout the world. The idea is...
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Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Culture
, Spectacle
The Carthaginians and Romans Festival remembers the foundation of the city by the Carthaginians in 223 BC, and its capture by the Romans in 209 BC. This...
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History
, Entertainment
, Music
, Dance
, Spectacle
In the last week of September Torremolinos celebrates a fair which includes a day in honour of its patron saint, San Miguel Arcangel, on 29 September....
San Francisco de Borja is the patron saint of Gandia and each year the town celebrates a few days in his honour, in an event known locally as "La Fira"....
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Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
, Music
, Religion
, History
, Spectacle
Named after the two-times world champion Ricardo Tormo, the 4km (2.5 miles) paved circuit near Valencia airport was opened in 1999. Each year the big...
Launched in 1968 as the International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, the Sitges International Film Festival today is a rendezvous for movie lovers...
A broad range of jazz acts in different atmospheric venues across the city make up over a month of events celebrating this soulful genre
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Culture
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Music
A festival with various international and experimental acts from music to poetry. LEM began during the Odyssée for Ears programme in Copenhagen, following...
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Kids' Stuff
, Music
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Art & Literature
Each year the Community of Madrid (the city and its autonomous region) organises a wide-ranging cultural programme, staged in various locations in the...
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Music
, Theatre & Film
, Dance
, Culture
, Art & Literature
The Escalada a Montjuic is the last event on the international cycling calendar. The competition consists of trials in categories for women, men, children,...
The Palau de la Musica is one of the world's leading concert halls and certainly the most opulent in Barcelona. So good, in fact, that it was declared...
The old agricultural town of Consuegra is famous for two things: its long row of typical La Mancha windmills on a ridge above the rooftops, and its annual...
Originally an agricultural show, Fuengirola's annual fair has evolved into a more general and popular entertainment. Horses play a major part, and cavalcades...
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Food & Drink
, Music
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Sport
, Exhibitions
Nerja's Feria has been running since the late 1980s to the familiar formula of decorated tents, or "casetas", set up by public bodies and social groups...
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Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Music
, Theatre & Film
The Pilar Festival is held each October and is the largest festival in the city's calendar attracting thousands of visitors each year. Officially, the...
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Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Spectacle
, Dance
, History
, Music
, Religion
Celebrated throughout the island on the third Saturday in October, the Fiesta of Santa Catalina Tomas is marked by lavish street parades, singing and...
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Music
, Food & Drink
, History
, Spectacle
, Religion
, Culture
, Exhibitions
A long jog at the seaside with a few days worth of Spanish sun (hopefully) thrown in - the Benidorm Marathon has been a favourite with British competitors...
This festival offers a rich and varied programme showcasing classical operas in chamber format, and also presenting new European productions in chamber...
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Culture
, Entertainment
, Music
, Theatre & Film
One of the really big events in Benidorm's calendar, the Town Fiesta (Fiestas Patronales) celebrates the resort's patron saints - La Virgen del Sufrage...
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Kids' Stuff
, Religion
, Food & Drink
, Music
, Dance
, Sport
A Spain-touring event (also hitting Madrid, Bilbao and Valencia), this Indie music festival brings the latest, most promising artists and bands of the...
A truly alternative and independent festival in Barcelona, l'Alternativa's philosophy is to champion the kind of filmmaking that is inspirational, shuns...
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Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Exhibitions
Saint Andrew is the patron of the historic seaside town of Castro Urdiales and his day is celebrated each year. A saint of seafarers, the menu of the...
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Sport
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
Combining a sport with vacation, this marathon at the western end of Mallorca takes in some of the island's most famous resort areas. Calvia is an inland...
In December right up to Christmas Eve Barcelona holds its Flea Market - the Fira de Santa Llucia - in the little square in front of the Cathedral. This...
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Food & Drink
, Home & Fashion
, Entertainment
Just before Christmas, what could be nicer than a bowl of Migas in festive surroundings? Migas is a traditional Andalucian peasant dish, consisting of...
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Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Culture
, Music
Christmas Eve is a big celebration with events and parties taking place in various locations throughout the island. In the evening, many people attend...
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Kids' Stuff
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Religion
, Culture
, History
Verdiales (the name comes from a variety of olive) refers to a style of flamenco music specific to Malaga and developed in the olive country to the north...
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Dance
, Culture
, Entertainment
, Music
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
In addition to the usual New Year's Eve celebrations that take place throughout the island, the Mallorcan capital of Palma also celebrates the Fiesta...
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Food & Drink
, History
, Religion
, Entertainment
, Culture
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