Almudena Day, patron saint of Madrid.
Festivities include preparation of special dishes, dances and taking out of processions in honor of…
Todos los Santos (All Saints’ Day)
The festival is celebrated on the first day of November as a public holiday. It…
Festival de Otono, major performing arts festival in Madrid
The autumn season’s biggest cultural show is put up with theatre, dance and musical performances…
Fiesta Nacional de España (National Day)
This festival celebrated on the 12th commemorates the birth of the Spanish unified nation. The…
Romeria de la Virgen de Gracia.
Termed as a religious pilgrimage, it is about carrying the statue of Virgin Mary to…
Fiestas de San Lorenzo, San Cayetano and La Paloma.
These three festivals mirror the Madrid character with ten day festivities from the 6th to…
Vernos de la Villa (Madrid Summer Festival)
The onset of summers in Madrid is accompanied by varied cultural colorful events featuring theater,…
Fiestas de San Isidro
Dressed in their national dress, Spaniards perform a pilgrimage to San Isidro’s meadows in honor…
Fiestas del 2 de Mayo
Specific to Madrid, this festival is an amalgam of sports, music, dance and bullfights that…
Madrid en Danza (Madrid Dance Festival)
April is a month of dance and music in Madrid. Featuring assorted events including the…
Semana Santa (Easter)
The Easter celebrations in Madrid depict religious passion with many processions enlivening the streets. Statues…
Jueves Santo (Good Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Good Friday)
A week long religious celebration with processions taken out each night by men dressed in…
La Candaleria (feast of the candles)
All over Madrid, parades, feasts and festivities mark this religious anniversary of the day when…
Reyes (Epiphany or Three King’s Day)
Evening processions brighten the city with celebration. Kids are showered with sweets and later given…