Patron Saint Festival & Moors and Christians of Aigües
Aigües celebrates its main patron saint festival in late August, honouring San Francisco de Asis, the Virgen del Rosario and the Cristo de los Afligidos. The week mixes religious processions with the colourful Moors and Christians parades, music, fireworks and street parties typical of a small inland Costa Blanca village.
Aigües is a small village in the hills behind the Costa Blanca, and for one week each August it gives its patron saints a proper send-off. There are religious processions for San Francisco de Asis, the Virgen del Rosario and the Cristo de los Afligidos, but the part most visitors come for is the Moors and Christians: rival columns parading through the streets in heavy embroidered costumes, drums setting the pace, the whole thing building towards the mock battle.
Expect brass bands, late-night fireworks and the village squares turned over to food, drink and dancing well past midnight. It runs the same way every year, so the exact dates shift a little, but late August is your window. Free to watch, easy to stumble into, and a world away from the resort strip down on the coast.
Source: https://www.aigues.es/fiestas-patronales-y-moros-y-cristianos-en-aigues/