14th
June |
Feria de San Bernabe
Feria de San Bernabe at Marbella, always spectacular, since this is the richest town in Andalucia. |
14th
June |
Bridal Week
Are you loking to get married? Bridal week begins in Barcelona; 21st anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges, a Latin American writer. |
14th-16th
June |
Festival of Advanced Music
Barcelona holds the Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music.
A 3 day festival of music and dance. www.sonar.es |
18th
June |
Motorcycling Grand Prix
Motorcycling Grand Prix, Catalonia. |
20th-29th
June |
Hogueras de San Juan
Alicante, Valencia.
A series of ancient rituals which were followed on this, the shortest night of the year, when light triumphs over darkness, have been studied in minute detail in the work of Baroja. In these rituals, the essential features are the sun, fire and water. Around the feast of San Juan the streets are often decorated with branches and leaves, especially the balconies of young girls in love, who are serenaded; pines and poplars are planted; pilgrimages ('romerias') are undertaken; straw effiges are burnt; the herb thyme is blessed; and 'sanjuanera' songs are sung. |
24th
June |
St. John the Baptist Day
St. John the Baptist Day ("San Juan"; bonfires and fireworks). The Catalans celebrate Saint George's day by offering a book to the one they love, and the shopping streets of Barcelona are filled with book stands. |
29th
June |
Fiestas de Haro Summer
Haro, La Rioja.
Festivities are strung out through the summer, but the most famous Festival in the city is celebrated on the 29th June - the day of San Pedro. During this Festival the famous "Wine Battle" takes place in the Riscos de Bilibio. |
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June |
La Romeria del Rocio
An enormous yet little known festival outside Spain is La Romería del Rocio which is a pilgrimage of upto a million people who travel on foot or by horse and carriage to the shrine of the Virgin at El Rocio in Huelva. Corpus Christi is celebrated to varying degrees all over the country most notably in Toledo and Seville. |
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June |
Festival of Music and Dance
In Granada it's the International Festival of Music and Dance whilst the Hogueras de San Juan (midsummer bonfires and fireworks) are celebrated in the south, especially Alicante.
International Festival of Music and Dance [Read More] www.granadafestival.org |
