There are hundreds of local music and dance festivals held in Andalucía each year, especially in the summer. We track fifty established ones. 2025 is set to be another big year, with organisers releasing festival dates noticeably earlier, and people are ready to party!
The eighth edition of the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival, a grassroots event took place in the Serranía de Ronda from Thursday, 31 July to Sunday, 3 August 2025.
As winter evenings draw in, the towns and villages of Andalucía once again burst into colour with the glow of Christmas lights. Across the region, from the snow-capped Sierras to the sun-warmed coast, streets are filled orange-laden trees, festive cheer, music, and the unmistakable scent of roasted chestnuts, straight from the Sierras.
The eighth edition of the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival, a grassroots event took place in the Serranía de Ronda from Thursday, 31 July to Sunday, 3 August 2025.
The Semana Santa (Holy Week) procession Palm Sunday it the first of six different days during Semana Santa in Estepona that have processions.
Every year on 28 February, the region of Andalusia celebrates Día de Andalucía. Andalusia Day is a public holiday throughout the region, one of several festivos during the year, which celebrates the Andalucia’s status as an autonomous community.
The 14th of February is Valentine's Day, or Dia de los Enamorados (Lovers' Day) in Spain. Many hotels and restaurants around Andalucia will have special offers on, so if you're after a last-minute package, you're sure to be spoiled for choice - themed menus, dishes, suites and rental villas, with that little extra something thrown in to create the right atmosphere for the occasion.
Benalmadma Pueblo is one of the best towns to take part in a Corpus Christi festival on the Costa del Sol. Several of the streets in and around Plaza de España are decorated with a carpet of coloured petals and greenery ahead of a mid-day church procession.
The ninth edition of the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival, the grassroots event, takes place in the Serranía de Ronda from Thursday, 30 July to Sunday, 2 August 2026.
Holy Week, Semana Santa, in Andalucia is an event that literally transforms towns and cities across this region. Processions of elaborately decorated floats with Jesus and Mary statues, groups of pointy-hood wearing Nazarenos (penitents), and shrill brass bands, walk slowly through the streets, from their parish church to the cathedral and back.
The Premios Juventud awards ceremony, a gala produced by Televisa Univision and broadcast in the United States and Latin America (not Europe), will be held at the Starlite Festival site in Marbella on 3rd September 2026.
Bella Marbella Fest is a vibrant summer celebration of music, culture, and unforgettable experiences. The Fourth edition of this one-night Spanish Indie Pop and Rock festival takes place on 1st August 2026 at the Oasis Festival site next to the Oasis Marbella Fest (San Pedro) fairground, between San Pedro and Nueva Andalucia.
Since 1996, our mission has been to uncover the authentic heart of the region. Here are the traditions; from the world-famous to the wonderfully obscure, that our readers have loved for three decades.
Marenostrum Fuengirola runs from 3rd May to 19th October 2025. Marenostrum Fuengirola is one of the larger series of outdoor concerts events on the Costa del Sol. Supported and promoted by Fuengirola Town Hall, it presents an extensive cycle of concerts that includes classical, rock, flamenco, rap, indie and pop music.
Montejaque - the heart of Pueblos Blancos Music Festival, where the artists call home for the weekend and where the locals spill into the town square to feel the music. It's the place to be on Sunday evening, the final night of the fiesta.
Ronda is one of the more well-known towns to feature on the Pueblos Blancos line-up. Famous for its dramatic landscapes, including the El Tajo gorge and the Puente Nuevo bridge that crosses over it, the town is also known for being the birthplace of bullfighting in Spain, with the country’s first bullring standing in the centre of Ronda since the 18th century.
Jimera de Líbar is an excellent destination for anyone wishing to enjoy the wonders of rural tourism in Andalucia. This town is one of the white villages in the Ronda mountains (Serranía de Ronda). It is nestled in the Guadiaro Valley right across from the Líbar mountain range and – best of all – it is inside the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park.
Popular festivals in Murtas are Fiestas de la Santa Cruz, Corpus Christi, Semana Cultural, Fiestas de San Miguel and Fiestas de San Fernando.
Popular festivals in Nevada are Fiestas de San Sebastián y San Antonio Abad, Fiestas de la Candelaria y San Cecilio and Semana Santa.
Popular festivals in Güevéjar are Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Día de la Cruz, Semana Santa, and Fiestas Patronales en Honor del Santo Cristo de la Salud.
