Fiestas in Spain 2012

Spain erupts with fiestas and celebrations throughout the year. Here's a list of the most important events in Spain for 2011.

Jan 1 New Year's Day Spain

Jan 6 Epiphany (Día de los Reyes - parades, closures) Spain

Early Feb La Candelaria (religious festival) Madrid

Feb 25 - March 12 Festival de Jerez (flamenco and other dancing) Jerez

Feb 28 Day of Andalucía (some closures) Andalucía


March 14-19 Fallas Valencia

April 17-24 Holy Week (Semana Santa - parades, closures) Spain

April 24-25 Easter Sunday and Monday (closures) Spain

April 30-May 8 April Fair (Feria de Abril - party tents in huge fairgrounds, traditional costumes, bullfights) Sevilla

May San Isidro (religious festival on May 15; also bullfights and zarzuelas all month long) Madrid

May 1 Labor Day (closures) Spain

May 2 Community Day (closures, music, dancing in Plaza Mayor) Madrid

May 22-29 Feria del Caballo (horse pageantry) Jerez

June La Patum (Moorish battles) Barcelona

June 23 Corpus Christi Spain

June 23-24 St. John the Baptist Day (Día de San Juan - bonfires, fireworks) Barcelona

Late June-early July International Festival of Music and Dance Granada

July 6-14 Running of the Bulls (Fiesta de San Fermín) Pamplona

Aug Gràcia Festival (neighborhood festival) Barcelona

Mid-Aug Verbena de la Paloma (folk festival) Madrid

Aug 15 Assumption of Mary Spain

Sept Autumn Festival (flamenco, bullfights) Jerez

Sept 24 La Mercé (parade with huge papier-mache figures) Barcelona

Oct 12 Spanish National Day (Día de la Hispanidad - commemorates Columbus' arrival in the New World, parades, some closures) Spain

Late Oct-Nov International Jazz Festival Madrid

Nov 1 All Saints' Day (closures) Spain

Nov 9 Virgen de la Almudena Madrid

Dec 6 Constitution Day (closures) Spain

Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Spain

Dec 13 Feast of Santa Lucía Spain

Dec 25 Christmas Spain

Dec 31 New Year's Eve Spain

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