San Isidro Labrador Festivities

This is El Ejido's big one, the fiesta that drags the town out of its winter quiet and into five days of noise and flowers. Things kick off in the evening with the pregón, the official opening speech, followed by the Batalla de Flores, where decorated floats roll through and petals end up everywhere, including down the back of your shirt if you stand too close.

The daytime feria is the part worth pacing yourself for: casetas open around midday, the drinks flow, and the music doesn't really stop. Evenings bring free concerts, and the run usually closes with the fireworks festival, which the town takes seriously enough to make a competition of it. Easy to wander into, no ticket needed for most of it, and very much a local affair rather than a tourist show.