🎭 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.
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
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
Compania Marco Flores - Rayuela (Flamenco Dance)
National Flamenco Dance Prize winner Marco Flores presents 'Rayuela', a flamenco work inspired
8th Rodeo Film Fest – Short Film Festival
A short-film festival held over four nights in the atmospheric cave-dwelling complex of Cuevas
El Remolí - Young Contemporary Art Exhibition
A collective exhibition of contemporary visual art by young creators (aged 16-35) from the Baix