🎭 Culture & Arts in Spain
Behind the beaches, Spain's coast is steeped in centuries of tradition, and summer is when much of it comes alive. Towns re-enact medieval battles between Moors and Christians, carry their patron saints through the streets in solemn processions, and stage historical pageants like Cartagena's Carthaginians and Romans. These are the events that show you a place's roots — colourful, heartfelt and often centuries old. Here's what's on in culture and tradition while you're here.
'A tot ritme' Dance Festival
A free open-air dance exhibition by the local Gim Llavaneres group in Ca l'Alfaro park. A relax
Ladies of the Night: Poetry and Music in the Street
An atmospheric open-air summer series of poetry readings paired with live music, held on warm e
Les Ones - Street Dance Festival (6th Edition)
A three-evening open-air contemporary dance festival staged in Benidorm's old-town squares, wit
Awakening the Senses (June): Landscape Painting Workshop
A landscape painting workshop, part of the village's monthly 'Awakening the Senses' wellbeing s
FILMSCUNIT - Open-Air Short Film Festival (3rd edition)
A free open-air short-film festival ('cinema a la fresca') under the summer night sky in the to
Tribalia Dance Academy End-of-Year Show
A two-evening end-of-year dance showcase by the local Tribalia dance academy, with students per
Sant Pere 2026 — Alcúdia
Mallorca's fishing ports honour their patron saint with boat processions, sea-blessings and har
Summer at the MACA 2026
A summer program of activities at Alicante's Contemporary Art Museum (MACA), set in the histori
Poesia i + Festival (21st edition)
A long-running summer festival blending poetry, live music and the arts in the seaside village'
Art al Vent - Open-Air Textile Art on the Balconies
Spain's most important open-air textile-art show drapes around 90 international fabric works fr
Solo Flamenco with the Neira & Santamaría Dance Company
An open-air evening of Spanish dance and flamenco performed by the Neira & Santamaría company i
Theatre: Dona Rosita the Spinster (Lorca)
An open-air staging of Federico García Lorca's classic play by La Máquina Teatro, in a version
Virgen del Carmen 2026 — El Rompido
The little fishing port of El Rompido blesses its fleet and carries the Virgen out across the r
Virgen del Carmen 2026 — Benidorm
Benidorm's old fishing quarter honours its patron of the sea with a maritime procession and sea
Compania Marco Flores - Rayuela (Flamenco Dance)
National Flamenco Dance Prize winner Marco Flores presents 'Rayuela', a flamenco work inspired
Verge del Carme 2026 — Mallorca
Mallorca's ports carry their patron of the sea out across the water in mid-July boat procession
Virgen del Carmen 2026 — Costa del Sol
Around 16 July the whole coast carries its patron of the sea down to the water for candlelit ma
Virgen del Carmen 2026 — Punta Umbría
Huelva's favourite beach town stops for its patron of the sea: a boat procession across the ría
Virgen del Carmen 2026 — Roquetas de Mar
Almería's biggest resort town honours its patron of the sea with a major maritime procession of
Festival Cueva de Nerja 2026
Concerts and dance staged inside Nerja's vast caves — one of the most atmospheric stages in Spa
La Patrona — Moros i Cristians 2026, Pollença
Pollença re-enacts a 1550 pirate raid in a dawn-to-dusk mock battle through its streets — Mallo
Moros y Cristianos Dénia 2026
Dénia's spectacular Moors and Christians fiesta — costumed parades, mock battles and a landing
Mare de Déu d'Agost 2026 — Mallorca
Assumption Day, 15 August, is a public holiday that sparks processions and town fiestas right a
8th Rodeo Film Fest – Short Film Festival
A short-film festival held over four nights in the atmospheric cave-dwelling complex of Cuevas
Feria de Pedro Romero & Corrida Goyesca 2026 — Ronda
Ronda's September fair crowns itself with the Goyesca — a bullfight in 18th-century costume at
Carthaginians & Romans 2026
Cartagena re-enacts the Punic Wars — thousands of costumed locals, mock battles and a festival
Moros i Cristians 2026 — Benidorm
Benidorm's patron-saint festival stages a lavish Moors-and-Christians spectacle of costumed par
El Remolí - Young Contemporary Art Exhibition
A collective exhibition of contemporary visual art by young creators (aged 16-35) from the Baix