What's on in Andalucia 2026

Andalucia.com events - What's on in Andalucia

Andalucia.com Events is an overarching guide to Whats on in Andalucia. There is no fully comprehensive guide to every event, concert, exhibition, festival, sport, race held in Andalucia. There are litlerally tens of thousands so is not posible to keep a detailed guide up ot date. Below we offer a selection of picture cards to events and festivals both tradioonal and contemporary that hve caught our interest since 1996. These are arranged in monthly order.

Contemporary Music and Dance Festivals

Music and Dance, Rock and Rave Festivals. - We track a comprehensive list of 65 modern music, dance, alternative and established festivals in Andalucia.

Flamenco Festivals

The best place to see authentic flamenco is at one of the many flamenco festivals that are staged throughout Andalucía during the summer months. More>

Traditional Festivals Guide

Consult our comprehensive list of traditional Andalucian festivals by Month or by our Festival list or by our Summer Feria listing.

Entertainment Guide

Consult our comprehensive entertainment section including Theme Parks, Aqua Parks, Wildlife Parks.

Event pages on Andalucia.com - November 2026

Málaga Marathon 2026

The Málaga Marathon 2026 (Generali Maratón de Málaga) which takes place on the 8th November 2026 has become one of the most successful long-distance running events in Spain… More →

Festival de Music Española de Cadiz

Festival de Music Española de Cadiz

Festival de Música Española (Spanish music festival), a ten-day musical extravaganza dedicated to one the city’s most formidable composers, Manuel de Falla.

Event pages on Andalucia.com - December 2026

The Spanish Día de los inocentes is similar to April's Fools Day

Day of the Holy Innocents - 28 December

In Spain, the equivalent of All Fools' Day is “Día de los Santos Inocentes”, which takes place in the middle of the long Christmas season (Spanish Navidad runs all the way through to 6 January,… More →

The Verdiales celebrations, of dancing and singing can be thristy work © Michelle Chaplow

The Verdiales Music Festival

December 28th, right smack in the middle of the Spanish Christmas season, we have the annual Verdiales competitions taking place right outside Málaga City. The festival will bring together… More →

12 lucky grapes, one for each month of the forthcoming year.

New Year's Eve

Possibly you thought the Christmas season was over on New Year’s Eve, but in Spain this is just the mid-point of all the celebrating. In this country, the tradition is to have a rather late dinner… More →

Event pages on Andalucia.com - January 2027

Dakar Route Poster 2027

Dakar Rally 2027

Since its inception in 1978 most annual editions of the 'Paris Dakar Rally' began in Paris and crossed Andalucia to North Africa en Route to Dakar in Sengal. Some years the start location was… More →

The Day of the Three Kings ¡Feliz día de Reyes!

Three Kings

There is quite a debate across Spain regarding whether Santa Claus is displacing the traditional Three Kings at Christmastime in Spain. The truth is that Santa Claus is becoming more and more… More →

Tickets for Exhibitions and events

Town Hall Websites

If you want to know what´s on in a specific city or town within Andalucia, check the town hall website which is usually found at 
www.<town-name>.es  Look under 'turismo' or 'agenda' or 'noticias'. This information will be in Spanish.

Some of the Provincial, Regional and National tourist boards maintain a 'What's On' guides on their websites.

Those with event calendars in English are located at: visitcostadelsol.com, andalucia.org, and spain.info.

Those with event calendars in English but with event descriptions in Spanish are located at: cadizturismo.com, turgranada.es/en.

Those with event calendars only in Spanish are located at: cordobaturismo.es, jaenparaisointerior.es,  turismohuelva.org

Those without a dedicated or functioning event calendar are located at: turismosevilla.org and turismoalmeria.com

Another institutional cultural calendar in Spanish is Agenda Cultural de Andalucia. In Spanish, filter by province, dates and type; Espectaculos, Exhibitions, Visits to Monuments, Book events, Cinema, Education, Children's events, Fiestas, Flamenco.

Sur in English

The Sur in English newspaper has a good 'What to do' section for Costa del Sol listing current Exhibitions as well as events in Music and Dance, Flamenco, Theatre, Charity and Lectures and Talks sections. Pick up a copy every Friday or download the latest PDF version.