Half the joy of a Spanish holiday happens at the table, and the events calendar knows it. Across the costas you'll find tapas routes where bars compete for the best bite, gastro weeks celebrating local specialities, seafood festivals in the fishing ports, and grape-harvest fiestas where whole towns turn out to tread the new wine. They're a delicious, low-key way to eat like a local and meet one too. Here's what's on for food and drink while you're here.
🍷 Food & DrinkStories, context and live dates across Spain
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The crowds go home in September and the calendar gets better, not worse. Human towers in Tarragona, a whole town sliding down a hill on pine boar
Read the guideAs the first grapes come off the vines, coastal Spain turns to the table — vendimia treading, open-air wine fairs, no-middleman seafood, and vill
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Split, salted and grilled over driftwood on the sand — the sardine is the taste of the Spanish coastal summer. Here's where to eat like the fleet
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10Apr
A two-week springtime celebration of Sóller's famous oranges, with citrus markets, tastings, grove tours, live music, wo
18Apr
Otívar, Andalusia's main loquat (níspero) growing village, throws an open-air festival for its prized spring fruit with
1May
A lively all-day village street party on May Day: a midday musical aperitif, a giant popular paella cooked by Chef Corre
23May
An open-air evening of around 20 Spanish wines paired with appetizers from local bars and restaurants, set in the villag
30May
San Miguel marks Canary Islands Day with a free village programme: a farming-and-livestock photo exhibition, afternoon f
30May
A relaxed village weekend dedicated to wine, gastronomy, art and local culture in the tiny stone village of La Selva de
13Jun
A two-day food fair in Haría's main square showcasing sustainable, vegan and gluten-free Canarian gastronomy, with local
19Jun
A seaside summer kickoff fair in the beach resort of Coma-ruga, with the open-air Coma-ruga Market of crafts, fashion an
20Jun
A village square fair celebrating Meliana's locally grown tomatoes, with direct sales from six local farmers, oil tastin
25Jun
A communal open-air barbecue in the village square of La Vegueta, followed at 9:30pm by a live concert from the band Ale
26Jun
A two-day open-air charity festival in El Medano's seafront plaza with live music, DJs, Canarian folk performances, food
10Aug
A wonderfully local fiesta night when neighbours line Calle Mayor cooking giant paellas over open fires, with a xaranga
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