February Festivals in Spain - the Best Spanish Festivals in February

CataloniaWeek before Lent.There’s one big reason to be in Catalonia in February – the Sitges carnival. The big gay community in Sitges has made it one of the most madcap events in Spain with the wild partying popular with people of all sexualities.

Jueves Lardero ("Fatty Thursday") begins the festivities, with a humungous feast of local dishes. On the Sunday and the Tuesday the parade comes through town, while on Tuesday there is also a big drag queen show.

• Throughout month - Seville tapas fair.
• February 1 - San Cecilio gypsy festival in Granada.

• February 2 - mock battle at Bocairente, near Valencia.

• First Sunday - The Santa Agueda women's festival in Segovia, near Madrid.

• February 2-3 La Candaleria, a celebration of when Mary and Joseph took Baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem, forty days after his birth. Nationwide but especially popular in Madrid.

• February 2-3La Endiablada festival in Almonacid, near Cuenca, where everyone dresses up as devils.

• February 12 - Festes de Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona. The usual music and dancing that one associates with festivals in Barcelona.

• Week before Lent - Spain's other big gay community, that of Chueca in Madrid, also goes mad for the Carnival. Andalucia is also Carnival-land, although with less of a gay input. Cadiz hosts the most famous procession. Read more about Carnival in Spain.

<< January Festivals in Spain -- March Festivals in Spain >>