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Cuenca Religious Music Week coincides with the Easter week celebrations. Every year it features important international orchestras and soloists. There is a wide and varied line-up of concerts, including new compositions, rarely performed works, old pieces recovered from history, and, of course, the great traditional works of religious music. ...

Calendar | Murcia

Bando de la Huerta spring fiesta

22 April 2025

The “Bando de la Huerta” celebration comes on the first Tuesday after Easter, coinciding with the most important day of the Spring Fiestas. It consists of a parade of oxen-drawn carriages and booths from which the participants, known as "huertanos", throw food at the spectators. ...

Calendar | Toledo

Corpus Christi in Toledo

19 June 2025

Corpus Christi is Toledo’s most important festival and one of its oldest. Although its exact date of origin is unknown, it is recorded as having been celebrated in the 15th century. This solemn religious procession is celebrated on the day of the Corpus Christi and presided by the Archbishop of Toledo, cardinal primate of Spain. ...

Calendar | Cuenca

Easter Week in Cuenca

Cuenca’s unique urban layout, with its hills and narrow streets, make it a very special setting to celebrate Easter week. These traditions date back to the 17th century, when the first Easter brotherhoods were founded. More than 30,000 people take part in the nine processions. ...

Calendar | Seville

Easter Week in Seville

Holy Week in Seville has been celebrated since the 16th century and is famous around the world. It is one of the most colourful and emotional festivals out there. Religious devotion, art, music, and local tradition combine in rituals commemorating the death of Christ: the processions. ...

Palm Sunday procession. Easter Week in Avila

Calendar | Ávila

Easter Week in Ávila

Outstanding amongst the many commemorative events is the Miserere procession held on Easter Tuesday. The Miserere is sung throughout this nocturnal parade where no other sound can be heard. Maundy Thursday sees the Pasos procession which has been held every year since it began in the 16th century. ...

Calendar | Cáceres

Easter Week in Cáceres

Cáceres has interesting Easter Week celebrations. We should make special mention of the beautiful religious statues, the traditional music that permeates Caceres's stunning monuments and buildings, and the cofradías (religious associations), some of which date back to the 15th century and take place in the Easter processions. ...

Calendar | Málaga

Easter week in Malaga

Among the most famous features of the Easter week celebrations in Malaga are the great processional thrones. This event is also famous for the freeing of a prisoner, a tradition dating from the reign of Charles III, when prisoners in Malaga, as a protest against the suspension of the Easter week processions due to an epidemic, mutinied and ...

Calendar | Murcia

Easter Week in Murcia

There are more sober processions during which no sweets are handed out, such as the Refugio, Rescate, Salud, Retorno and Cristo Yacente. One of the most impressive is the Silent Procession, which takes place on Thursday. ...

Calendar | Orihuela

Easter week in Orihuela

Highlights among the numerous events that take place include the procession of "El Silencio", which takes place on Good Friday and convenes over 10,000 people. The procession passes through the old town, where the only sounds to be heard are the penitents' footsteps, and the dark night is illuminated by the lanterns of the participants. ...

Calendar | Ferrol

Easter Week in Ferrol

Calendar | Albalate del Arzobispo

The Easter week celebrations in Ferrol are some of the most spectacular in northern Spain. The town’s maritime and military tradition gives this celebration a unique atmosphere, commemorating the passion and death of Jesus Christ. ...

The Rompida de la Hora (Breaking of the Hour) at Easter in Albalate del Arzobispo (Teruel, Aragon)

Easter Week in Albalate del Arzobispo

Throughout Easter Week, the roll and rumble of these instruments invade every corner of these towns in southern Aragon. The most awaited moment of these celebrations in Albalate del Arzobispo is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour) at midnight on Maundy Thursday leading into Good Friday. ...

Palencia

Easter Week in Palencia

During its sober and austere processions, religious images and sculptures hundreds of years old are carried through the streets. On the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday, the very traditional “llamada de los hermanos” (call of the brothers) takes place: people call on their neighbours to participate in the processions by playing cornets and ...

Float in a nocturnal procession through the streets of Salamanca

Calendar | Salamanca

Easter Week in Salamanca

13 April 2025 - 19 April 2025

Easter week in Salamanca stands out for the stunning spectacle of its beautiful processions with the backdrop of the streets of the historic city centre. Emblematic spots like University square, the Casa de las Conchas (House of the Shells), and the Arrabal and Clerecía churches take on a vital role at this time. ...

Calendar | Urrea de Gaén

Easter week in Urrea de Gaén

During the Easter week celebrations, the sound of drums can be heard in every corner of these villages in the south of the Aragón Region. The most long-awaited moment of the celebration in Urrea de Gaén is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Calendar | Andorra

Easter week in Andorra

During the Easter week celebrations, the sound of drums can be heard in every corner of these villages in the south of the Aragón Region. The most long-awaited moment of the celebration in Andorra is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Calendar | Calanda

Easter week in Calanda

During the Easter week celebrations, the sound of drums can be heard in every corner of these villages in the south of the Aragón Region. The most long-awaited moment of the celebrations in Calanda is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour). Unlike the other villages, in Calanda the “rompida” is at midday on Good Friday. ...

Calendar | Híjar

Easter Week in Híjar

Híjar has one of the oldest drum processions, believed to date back to the request from the Duke of Híjar to the Franciscan Monks in 1517 to celebrate Easter Week with a great sense of penitence. ...

Image of La Piedad during a procession. Easter in Valladolid

Calendar | Valladolid

Easter Week in Valladolid

17 April 2025 - 20 April 2025

Holy Week in Valladolid is a fine example of the international repercussions this celebration has had.The Good Friday processions are considered an exquisite, rich display of Castilian religious sculpture. On this day, in the morning, members of the brotherhoods on horseback make a poetic proclamation throughout the city. ...

Calendar | Hellín

Tamborada (drum festival)

Midnight on Maundy Thursday sees the most important drum-playing moment of the whole celebration. On Good Friday night the Santo Entierro procession takes place, marked by silence and meditation, in clear contrast to the tremendous noise of the drums. ...

Calendar | Medina de Rioseco

Easter week in Medina de Rioseco

Easter Week in Medina de Rioseco is one of the most famous in Spain, thanks both to its age and the merits of its iconography. This expression of religious fervour has been held without interruption since the 16th century. ...

Calendar | Toledo

Easter week in Toledo

Calendar | Medina del Campo

The Easter week celebrations in Toledo are characterised by the solemn nature of the processions. Special mention should be made of those that take place on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The city’s streets, monuments and historic buildings help to create a very special atmosphere during the various acts, especially by night. ...

Easter week in Medina del Campo

Calendar | Jerez de la Frontera

Easter week in the town of Medina del Campo, in the province of Valladolid , is famous for its history and tradition, as well as for its rich heritage. Dating back to the 15th century and therefore the oldest in Spain, this event is known for its silent processions and the devotion of the participants. ...

Festival of the Horse

17 May 2025 - 24 May 2025

The Jerez Horse Fair is full of joy, fun and purebred animals. The nobility of the creatures that you can admire during this event has made it internationally famous. Dating back to ancient times (1284), it was originally a livestock market, evolving over the centuries to become the festival it is today. ...

Calendar | Seville

April Fair

04 May 2025 - 10 May 2025

The April Fair is one of the most international and popular of Seville’s fiestas. It was created in 1847 as a cattle fair, and over time the festive atmosphere that had grown up around the occasion took over the business aspect, and it became a permanent fixture in Seville’s social calendar. ...

Calendar | Almansa

Main Fiestas in Almansa

30 April 2025 - 06 May 2025

Every year, an extensive programme of events pays tribute to the patron of this town in the province Albacete, the Virgen de Belén. The streets are decked out to receive colourful cavalcades such as the Opening Speech Parade, the Moors and Christians Parade, and the Festive Parade. ...

Calendar | Elche

Misterio de Elche religious theatre

11 August 2025 - 15 August 2025

It is a lyric drama of medieval origins, that has been staged since the 13th century, one of the customary representations of the Assumption in Mediterranean Europe. The play is based on several texts from the Apocryphal Gospels, quite popular during the Middle Ages. ...

Calendar | Granada

"Cascamorras"

06 September 2025 - 09 September 2025

In September, Guadix and Baza, in the province of Granada, live one of the most long-awaited moments of the year: the "Cascamorras". This fiesta dates back to the Middle Ages, and the appearance of the statue of the Virgen de la Piedad, which made enemies of the two towns. In the end, the statue remained in Baza. ...

Landing during the Viking Procession in Catoira

Calendar | Catoira

Viking Pilgrimage

03 August 2025

Thousands of people flock to this town in Galicia every year on the first Sunday in August to attend this fun festival. Since 1960, the inhabitants of Catoira, dressed as Viking warriors, recreate a pirate attack on the town. ...

Calendar | Zamora

Easter Week in Zamora