Spain Festivals

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Featured Spanish Festivals

La Tomatina (Bunol, Spain)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Party, Food
Month: August
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Each and every August in Buñol (a picturesque Spanish village just outside of Valencia) La Tomatina, the world's largest food fight is played out. The missiles, tomatoes, the targets, anyone crazed enough to turn up, the result, tomato-based carnage. Welcome to La Tomatina!

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If you like your parade floats Herculean, your parties non-stop (and seemingly without end), and you don't mind your celebrations going off with a bang - quite literally and repeatedly - then Valencia's, Las Fallas may just be the fiesta for you.

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At noon on the seventh day of the seventh month (that's July 7th for those calendarily challenged) for a duration of seven days, the Spanish city of Pamplona plays host to the festival of San Fermin (known locally as Sanfermines and famously depicted in Hemingway's, The Sun Also Rises).

The event draws party-goers from near and far and although Sanfermines entails so much more to the locals, it's the Encierro - the daily running of the bulls - that the majority of the tourists are on hand to see. For a little over half a mile bull runners - clad in all white with red handkerchiefs tied around their necks - battle the cobbles of Santo Domingo en route to El Plaza del Toros whilst in pursuit are six, infuriated, agitated and totally disorientated toros. Injuries are numerous, since 1924 they've proven fatal for 13 protagonists.

San Fermin is a festival steeped in history, tradition and local culture but not without it's detractors as is seen in the annual Running of the Nudes - an event highlighting the animal cruelty aspects of San Fermin.

Spanish Festivals

April Fair - Feria de Abril (Seville, Spain)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Party
Month: April
April Fair - Feria de Abril Article April Fair - Feria de Abril Photos April Fair - Feria de Abril Video
Arenal Sound Festival (Burriana, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: August
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ArtFutura (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: October
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Baby Jumping - El Colacho (Castrillo de Murcia, Spain)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Religious
Month: May
Baby Jumping - El Colacho Snippet Baby Jumping - El Colacho Video
Barcelona Bridal Week (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Fashion, Trade
Month: May
Barcelona Bridal Week Website
Barcelona Marathon (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Sport - Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: January
Barcelona Marathon Photos Barcelona Marathon Website
Basque Wood Chopping (Aizkolaris) (Basque Region, Spain)
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Basque Wood Chopping (Aizkolaris) Article Basque Wood Chopping (Aizkolaris) Photos
Boqueria Market (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Markets
Month: Year Round
Boqueria Market Website
Fiesta de San Isidro (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Local, Community, Party
Month: May
Fiesta de San Isidro Snippet
Ibiza Closing Parties (Ibiza, Spain)
Festival Types: Dance, Music - Electronic, Party
Month: September
Ibiza Closing Parties Snippet Ibiza Closing Parties Video
Los Picaos de la Ropa (Rioja, Spain)
Festival Types: Religious, Bizarre
Month: July
Los Picaos de la Ropa Photos
Madrid Pride (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Gay and Lesbian, Pride, Party
Month: July
Madrid Pride Snippet
PhotoEspaña (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: June
PhotoEspaña Website
Rototom Sunsplash (Benicassim, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Reggae, Music - World, Party
Month: August
Rototom Sunsplash Photos Rototom Sunsplash Website
Running of the Nudes (Pamplona, Spain)
Festival Types: Charity, Nude, Bizarre
Month: July
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Semana Santa - Granada (Granada, Spain)
Festival Types: Religious, National
Month: March
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Semana Santa - Seville (Seville, Spain)
Festival Types: Religious, Street Parade, Family
Month: April
Semana Santa - Seville Article Semana Santa - Seville Video Semana Santa - Seville Website
Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix (Catalunya, Spain)
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: May
Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix Photos Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix Website
Summer Festival of El Vendrell (Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Summer, Traditional, Cultural
Month: July
Summer Festival of El Vendrell Article Summer Festival of El Vendrell Photos
The Dance of the Horned Man (Cornella del Terri, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Dance - Folk, Cultural
Month: April
The Dance of the Horned Man Article The Dance of the Horned Man Photos
The Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc (Montblanc, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Medieval, Traditional, Cultural
Month: April
The Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc Article The Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc Photos
The Festivals of Valls (Valls, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Bizarre
Month: Year Round
The Festivals of Valls Article The Festivals of Valls Photos
The Patum (Berga, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Dance - Folk, Medieval
Month: June
The Patum Article The Patum Photos

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