Festivals in Spain: 2010
Spain erupts with fiestas and celebrations throughout the year. Below is a list of the most important events in Spain for 2008. Semana Santa (Holy Week) fills the week before Easter with processions and festivities all over Iberia, but especially in Sevilla. To run with the bulls, be in Pamplona — with medical insurance — July 6–14.
For more information on these and other festivals, see www.spain.info and www.whatsonwhen.com.
NOTE: Before planning a trip around a festival, make sure that you verify the festival dates at the festival or local TI's website.
| Jan 1 | New Year's Day | Spain |
| Jan 6 | Epiphany ("Día de los Reyes," religious festival) | Spain |
| Early Feb | La Candelaria (religious festival) | Madrid |
| Feb 26- March 13 |
Festival de Jerez (flamenco and other dancing; www.festivaldejerez.es) | Jerez |
| Feb 28 | Day of Andalucía (some closures) | Andalucía |
| March 28-April 4 | Holy Week/Semana Santa (week before Easter) | Spain |
| April 4-5 | Easter Sunday & Easter Monday | Spain |
| April 20-25 | April Fair ("Feria de Abril," party tents in huge fairgrounds, traditional costumes, bullfights) | Sevilla |
| May 1 | Labor Day (closures) | Spain |
| May 2 | Day of the Autonomous Community (closures, music, dancing in Plaza Mayor) | Madrid |
| May 2-9 | Feria del Caballo (horse pageantry) | Jerez |
| Throughout May | San Isidro (religious festival on May 15; also bullfights and zarzuelas all month long) | Madrid |
| June | La Patum (Moorish battles) | Barcelona |
| June 3 | Corpus Christi (religious festival) | Spain |
| June 24 | St. John the Baptist Day ("San Juan"; bonfires, fireworks) | Barcelona |
| Late June-early July | International Festival of Music and Dance (www.granadafestival.org) | Granada |
| July 6-14 | Running of the Bulls (Fiesta de San Fermín) | Pamplona |
| Aug | Gràcia Festival (neighborhood festival; www.festamajordegracia.cat) | Barcelona |
| Mid-Aug | Verbena de la Paloma (folk festival) | Madrid |
| Aug 15 | Assumption of Mary (religious festival) | Spain |
| September | Autumn Festival (flamenco, bullfights) | Jerez |
| Late Sept | La Mercé (parade with huge papier-mache figures) | Barcelona |
| Oct 12 | Spanish National Day ("Día de la Hispanidad" commemorating Columbus' arrival in the New World, parades, some closures) | Spain |
| Late Oct-Nov | International Jazz Festival | Madrid |
| Nov 1 | All Saints' Day (religious festival, closures) | Spain |
| Nov 9 | Virgen de la Almudena (religious festival) | Madrid |
| Dec 6 | Constitution Day (closures) | Spain |
| Dec 8 | Feast of the Immaculate Conception (religious festival) | Spain |
| Dec 13 | Feast of Santa Lucía (religious festival) | Spain |
| Dec 25 | Christmas | Spain |
| Dec 31 | New Year's Eve | Spain |