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July |
Gold Panning Championships
2008 World Championship
Spanish Gold Panning Championships Navelgas, Asturias. |
7th
July |
Danzandores de Anguiano
Danzandores de Anguiano. July 7 to September 17 (variable). Anguiano, La Rioja. Dancers give tribute to the Virgin then go down a steep cuesta on stilts (zancas). |
8th
July |
The Spanish National Lottery
The 'Summer Gordo,' which this year takes place on July 8th, with prize money totalling about 140 million euros. Players in this draw can win up to eight times on a complete ticket, and the odds of winning some sort of prize are better than 1 in 3. |
7th-14th
July |
Running of the Bulls
Every year from July 7th-14th thousands pack into Pamplona to start Spain's most famous bull-running fiesta to honour Navarre capital's patron saint, San Fermin. Spain stages more than 3,000 fiestas each year but the 7 days of bull-running are the favourite in terms of spectacle and excitement. |
16th
July |
La Virgen del Carmen
La Virgen del Carmen - At the end of day on July 16th the towns and fishing villages of the coast parade statues of her by the water, and set sail in gaily adorned boats, accompanied by the blowing of horns and bursts of fireworks in the night sky. A good place to see this fiesta is Estepona, where the Virgen del Carmen is one of the town´s most beloved saints. |
18th
July |
Spanish Civil War
71st anniversary of the begining of the Spanish Civil War. General Franco and his fellow generals began a revolt in 1936 against the democratically elected socialist Popular Front government of the Spanish Republic. |
19th-22nd
July |
PopRock Festival in Benicassim
PopRock Festival in Benicassim. One of the biggest and best festivals in Spain. It focuses in alternative pop rock and electronica and has other elements besides music like short films, theatre, dance, fashion and art.
www.fiberfib.com |
25th
July |
Dia de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. Celebration of the patron Saint of Spain. Fireworks, parades, televised mass. National holiday. |
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July |
Festival of Music and Dance
In Granada it's the International Festival of Music and Dance. International Festival of Music and Dance [Read More] www.granadafestival.org |
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July |
The Festival de Cordoba
The Festival de Cordoba is an International guitar festival that takes place in the gardens of the Alcazar. |
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July |
Virgen de Mar
Virgen de Mar - Almeria's major annual shindig, with parades, horse riding events, concerts and lots of drinking. |
