September Festivals & Fiestas in Spain

Where to Catch all the Festivals and Fiestas in Spain in September

Festival Highlights in September

There are a number of small but interesting events taking place in Aragon this month, a much overlooked region next to Catalonia, including the Teruel fair (first two weeks of the month) and festivals in Barbastro (Sept 4-8) and Albarracin (8-14).

Over in Catalonia, there are three days of festivities in the middle of the month in Graus (Sept 12-15), with the highlight being the Mojiganga satirical procession. The latter part of the month is dominated by the Festa de Santa Tecla in Tarragona, Catalonia, including Castellets (Sept 15-24)

Then there's the biggest festival in Barcelona, the Festa de la Mercè (Sept 22-25), a centuries-old celebration that includes fireworks, people on stilts and, of course, copious amounts of alcohol.

Complete List of Festivities in September

Note: these dates are liable vary slightly each year. Check exact dates in local press.

• First week - Festival in Cadaques

• First week - Tarifa has its festival.

• First two weeks of September Teruel fair in Aragon.

• 1-8 Fiestas de la Vendimia. Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real). Grape-stomping festival, with the 8th being the most important date of the event.

• 3-6 Fiestas del Motín. Aranjuez (Madrid). Re-enactment of a local peasants' rebellion in 1808.

• 4-8 - Barbastro fiestas.

• 4-8 Fiestas en Honor de María Santísima de la Sierra. Cabra (Córdoba).

• 4-9 Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos en honor de Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes. Villena (Alicante). Moors and Christians festival.

• 5-6 Fiestas del Santo Niño, Majaelrayo (Guadalajara).

• 6 and 9 Cascamorras in Baza and Guadix, Granada, a bizarre festival involving throwing paint and water at each other.

• 6 Fiesta de la Beata. Santa Margarita (Mallorca).

• 6-10 Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos. Caudete (Albacete) and L'Olleria (Valencia). Moors and Christians festival.

• 7-8 Fiestas de la Mare de Deu de la Salut. Algemesí (Valencia).

• 7-17 Festival in Albacete, a couple of hours west of Valencia and Alicante.

• 8 Fiesta de la Virgen de La Guía. Llanes (Asturias). Religous festival.

• 8 Ferias y Fiestas de La Consolación. Utrera (Sevilla).

• 8 Fiestas de Nuestra Señora del Pino. Villa de Teror (Las Palmas). Religous festival

• 8-9 Fiestas Patronales en Honor de la Virgen de Ermitana. Peñíscola (Castellón).

• 8-13 Entrada de toros y caballos Segorbe near Valencia. Taunting of bulls by men on horses.

• 8-14 - festivities at Albarracin

• Second week - Mijas, Andalusia, has its festival.

• 7-16 Film Festival of the Atlantic, Alcances in Cádiz.

• Second week - Salamanca has its Fiesta de la Virgen de la Vega.

• 11-14 Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Barca. Muxía (La Coruña). Religious pilgrimage.

• 11-16 - Jornadas de Guitarra guitar concerts in Denia, near Valencia.

• 12-15 Fiesta Mayor y Corre del Bou. Cardona (Barcelona). Bull run in the streets, concerts and dancing with people dressed as giants.

• 12-15 Fiestas Patronales del Santísimo Cristo y San Vicente Ferrer. Graus (Huesca).

• 13 Romería de Nuestra Señora de Chilla. Candeleda (Ávila). Religious pilgrimage.

• 13 Romería de Hontanares. Riaza (Segovia).Religious pilgrimage.

• 13 Romería de la Virgen de Gracia. San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid). Religious pilgrimage.

• 14 Festejos Taurinos en el Mar. Candás (Asturias). Bull run on the beach.

• 15 Toro de la Vega. Tordesillas (Valladolid). A festival in which a bull is sacrificed in the streets of Tordesillas. The festival predates bullfighting as we know it today by a number of years.

• 15 Fiesta de la Vendimia, Ainzón, Zaragoza. The Campo de Borja wine region has its grape harvest festival, with plenty of grape stomping, starting around midday.

• 15-24 Festa de Santa Tecla in Tarragona, Catalonia, including Castellets (human castle building)

• Mid-Sep until mid-Oct - Bienal de Flamenco, important flamenco festival in Seville. Festival is every two years, in even years. (2006, 2008, etc).

• 17-21 Real Feria y Fiesta de la Vendimia. La Palma del Condado, Huelva, Andalusia. One of the oldest grape harvest festivals in Spain.

• 18-20 San Mateo. Camarena de la Sierra, Teruel, Aragon.

• 19 (date may vary) Día de América in Asturias, Oviedo (Asturias). Celebration of the emmigrants who left Oviedo for the New World.

• 20 Romería del Santísimo Cristo del Caloco. El Espinar (Segovia).

• 21-30 - San Sebastián International Film Festival in San Sebastián, surprisingly.

• 22-25Festa de la Mercè, important festival in Barcelona.

• 20-26 Fiestas de la Vendimia Riojana. Logroño (La Rioja). Wine harvest festival. Yup, that means more grape stomping.

• Late September Noche en Blanco (Madrid) Saturday Night (around the 20th) sees a full night of free cultural activities around the city.

• 27 Romería en Honor de los Santos Mártires Cosme y Damián. Mieres (Asturias). Religious pilgrimage.

• Last Sunday of the month Día de Campóo. Reinosa (Cantabria).

• Last week - Ubeda and Torremolinos, both in Andalusia, have their festivals.

• Sep 30 – Oct 6– Film Festival of Albacete

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