Concert Season at the Palau is a fabulous programme of symphonic concerts performed in the magnificent Palau theatre which was built in modernist style...
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 time-honoured re-enactment of the historic conflicts between Spanish Christian and the Moors of North Africa takes place in Alicante five times each...
Themes:
History
, Spectacle
, Music
, Food & Drink
, Culture
Valencia has been chosen as the host for the final stage of the 32nd Americas Cup, a four-year schedule of regattas that began in 2004 with the final...
The capital's Auditorio Nacional de Musica runs an exciting programme of classical music concerts throughout the year. The Auditorio was opened in 1988...
Madrid's Teatro Real, otherwise known as "The Opera", runs an annual Opera, Concert and Ballet Season, in addition to staging classical music performances...
Where the Urumea River flows into the Cantabrian Sea, the Kursaal Centre stands as two cubes of sparkling glass on the site of the old Kursaal Palace....
Seville's Maestranza Theatre stages a season of concerts by the Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra including works by Brahms, Schumann, Faure, Sibelius,...
A "Zarzuela" is a Spanish musical comedy, and the Teatro de la Zarzuela was completed in 1856 to showcase these distinctive lyric productions. A season...
Each year the Canary Islands Friends of the Opera Association (known by its Spanish acronym as ACO) organises an annual programme of opera. The Las Palmas...
Each year the village of Deia, perched over the Mediterranean on Mallorca's mountainous north coast, presents a season of classical music. The festival...
Established in 1956, the "Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Cordoba" is the principal competition of its type in Spain, showcasing flamenco singers...
In the valley of the Mino River in the south of Galicia they produce both white and red varieties of the excellent Ribeiro wine. In the town of Ribadavia...
May is Fiesta time in the city of Cordoba and the season opens with the Crosses of May (Cruces de Mayo) which celebrates the iminent arrival of spring....
This popular festival is celebrated in almost all the towns of the island of Tenerife, but especially in the capital, Santa Cruz. All the crosses in the...
The southern town of Maspalomas and its resort, Playa del Ingles, are the setting for a gay and lesbian carnival in May. Events include the Carnival Queen...
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Pop(ular)
, Spectacle
The centrepiece of the Fiestas de San Isidro is a Romeria (a kind of pilgrimage) to the shrine of Madrid's patron Saint, Isidore. From the early hours...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Dance
, Music
, Entertainment
, Religion
, Spectacle
Torrevieja's May Fair is one of the biggest popular festivals in the region of Valencia. Consciously adopting the style of Seville, Torrevieja stages...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Dance
, Culture
, History
, Exhibitions
, Spectacle
Each year, various brotherhoods and organisations enter into a competition for the best-decorated cross. The size is large and the theme is generally...
The layout of the historic centre of Cordoba remains much as it did in Moorish times with whitewashed houses giving on to narrow, winding ways. Practically...
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Music
, Entertainment
, Home & Fashion
, Spectacle
Jerez de la Frontera is famous for its sherry production and for its thoroughbred white Andalucian horses. The city's annual "Feria del Caballo" began...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Exhibitions
Find out more about the Roman influence in Spain at Tarraco Viva, the annual "Romans brought to life" event in the Catalan city of Tarragona - Roman Tarraco....
Themes:
Culture
, History
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
Otherwise known as the "Gran Premio de Espana de Formula One", the world's best 20 drivers compete here in one of the most important races of the year....
Originally an agricultural event, the week-long festival is now much more broad reaching. Most of the action takes place the Recinto Ferial in Arenal...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Music
, Spectacle
A statue of The Virgin Mary was discovered in the marshes of Rocio in the 15th century. Since then, the Virgin of Rocio has been the patron saint of the...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Music
, History
, Food & Drink
, Religion
On the flank of Montjuic Hill near Barcelona's Olympic Stadium is a Greek-style amphitheatre - the Teatre Grec. Here many of the 45 events of the Barcelona...
Themes:
Dance
, Music
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
This town on the Costa del Sol is divided into three distinct parts: Benalmadena Pueblo, Benalmadena Costa and Arroyo de la Miel. The latter is a working...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Music
, Religion
, Spectacle
The popular festival of San Juan (known locally as "Fogueres de Sant Joan") takes place throughout the province of Valencia as well as Spain as a whole....
A unique and eccentric programme of the performing arts, it was conceived in 1984 by the Spanish actor and director, Juan Eduardo Lopez. Realising the...
The tourist town of Marbella holds its annual fair in honour of its patron saint - San Bernabe. Throughout the week of the fiesta, local people and tourists...
Themes:
Dance
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Religion
, Spectacle
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