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Spain is a country which witnesses
hundreds of festivals and holidays throughout the year which
become big time Spain current events. From
the smallest mountain village, to all the key streets of Madrid,
all celebrate these events with all the zest. In Spain holidays
are celebrated with a passion and dedication, that is unique
all the world over. Current events in Spain are motivated
by religious and cultural festivals, with each village and
city having its own personal fiesta in addition to nationally
recognized holidays. Spain’s calendar is full of holidays,
which become special events in Spain. Travelers can gather
at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol with the New Years’
masses and eat a single grape for each stroke of midnight,
or engage in the world’s biggest food fight—an
epic tomato battle in the town of Bunol.
The country has a shear for a number of festivals spread throughout
Spain during the entire year resulting in whichever time tourists
visit the country, they can find special events in
Spain to amaze and entertain them during their trip.
Spain current events
January
Date: 6th
Epiphany or Three Kings Day is Spanish childrens Christmas.
Kids leave their shoes out to be filled with gifts by the
three wise men, or Three Kings. In towns throughout the country
the Kings arrive by car or by camel in parades the night of
January 5th.
February
Carnaval: Although the most flamboyant parades take
place in Tenerife, Cadiz or Sitges (Barcelona) almost all
cities celebrate in costume and festivities in some way.
March
March 19: Las Fallas in Valencia. Paper maché figures
up to 30 feet tall are torched this night lighting up the
sky of Valencia. The constructions of wood and paper represent
political and social criticism.
April
Semana Santa: It’s Spain’s most
pious and spectacular fiesta. Easter religious processions
takes place through out Spain, and the most famous takes place
in Seville, Valladolid, Toledo Murcia and Cuenca.
Festival of the Moors and the Christians in Alcoy:This
reenactment of the battle of 1275 in which the Catholic knights
aided by St. George ousted the infidel invaders brings history
alive.
April Fair (Sevilla): This brings out the
best of Andalusian hospitality. Horse parades and men and
women in traditional Andalusian dress mixed with sevillanas
and flamenco music make this quite a picturesque fiesta.
May
The Jerez Horse Fair: Equestrian events and bullfighting,
flamenco music and dance.
San Isidro: It sees 2 weeks of bullfighting
in honor of the patron saint of Madrid.
Romería del Rocío in Almonte (Huelva).
June
Corpus Christi is celebrated with magnificent processions
in Toledo and Stiges on June25.
June 29: The wine war in Haro (La Rioja) wastes thousands
of gallons of delicious Rioja wine. One can watch people using
the bota bag as a squirt gun instead of a canteen.
July
San Fermines (Pamplona): The running of the bulls
through the streets of Pamplona (Navarra). It’s a week
of nonstop wine, merrymaking and bravado.
August
Malaga: Ferias in Malaga around the 19th of August.
Festive atmosphere with music, bull fights, open air concerts
and foods.
Alcalá de Henares: Fiestas de San
Bartolomé around the 24th of August. Open air concerts,
a temporary amusement park, street theater and fireworks.
Special events held by each of the Peñas.
Salamanca: The Ferias de Virgen de la Vega
start on September 8th with activities for children, traditional
dances, a temporary amusement park, theater, open air concerts
and fireworks.
September
Date: 24th
La Merced is celebrated in Barcelona with concerts, fireworks,
and parades featuring Cabezudos which is people wearing costumes
with giant paper maché heads.
October
Date: 12th
Fiesta del Pilar (Zaragoza): Children of Zaragoza dress in
regional costumes for parades and jota dance contests.
November
Date:12th to 20th
Film Festival in Alcalá de Henares takes place.
December
Fiestas Navideñas:
Date: 31st
Noche Vieja (New Year’s Eve), people gather at Madrid’s
Puerta del Sol, to eat 12 grapes, one on each stroke of midnight. |
