Entertainment in Spain
Festivals, Fiesta's, Concert's, Gig's & Events in Spain 2008What's on
when in Spain in October 2008. October in Spain is
the month for Columbus Day.Columbus Day
Dia de la Hispanidad
Spain's National Day
12th October
1Semana grande (Local festival week) of
fair and fiestas in Gandia
28th September to 3rd October 2008Fires de Sant Narcís
To commemorate the martyr San Narciso
15 Sept to 15 NovFilm Festival of Albacete
September 30 – October 6
Bicentenary of the 2 May 1808
The historical rising of the Spanish people against the invasion of
French troops is to be remembered in this city of monuments in the
Castile-León Region.8th April - 14 November
2008
Seville Flamenco Biennial Festival
10 September to 11 October 2008
Seville Flamenco Biennial Festival
combines a flamenco competition with a range of performances, both song
and dance, of this typical Spanish art.
EXPOSICIONES TEMPORALES DE LA CIUDAD DE ALICANTE
ALACANT/ALICANTE
1st February to 31 December 2008Drawing smiles in Alicante
Enrique Pérez Penedo, the great Alicante-born cartoonist, presents his
work at the Sala Aifos de la Universitat d'Alacant. The exhibit,
entitled Enrique 1972-2005, contains a selection of his best drawings.
ASP World Tour
- Billabong Pro 1 - 14 Oct
2008MundakaFree to watch
The Spanish leg of the men's surfing World Championship Tour is held
at Mundaka on the north coast of Spain, with US$300,000 at stake.
The lush and mountainous area of the Spanish coast provides the
perfect setting for an ASP tour event.
Competitive surfing is organised by the Association of Surfing
Professionals (ASP) along a two-tier system. The highest level is
the World Championship Tour (WCT), where the top men and women
compete for the crown of World Champion throughout the yearhttp://www.aspworldtour.com/2007/
Murcia RockOctoberwebsite
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website:http://fundacion.cajamurcia.es
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Vitoria International Theatre Festival24 September to 18 November 2008
The
Vitoria International Theatre Festival contains not only theatre, but
also dance and opera productions as well.
The
Vitoria International Theatre Festival is held annually in Vitoria,
capital of the province of Álava, at various venues around the city. Sotogrande
Polo practice sessions, spectators welcome.
956 610 012
www. santamariapoloclub. com.
Fires de Sant Narcís
To commemorate the martyr San Narciso
15 Sept to 15 Nov
2008
Plaça del Vi
Girona
17001
Barcelona
This free festival, held in honor of Saint Narcissus, Girona's patron
saint, includes numerous cultural events including concerts, dances and
street parties. At the same time there's an agricultural fair in the
fairground where you can see and buy homemade foodstuffs like honey and
chocolate. Be sure to visit the old town as well, as it's one of the most
beautiful attractions in Catalonia. You can get here by train from Sants
Estació or Plaça Catalunya or by bus from Estació del Norte. It's 85km
from Barcelona to Girona.
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SITGES 2007
4th to 14th October
2008
International Film Festival of Catalonia
Cazorla International Theatre Festival
The Cazorla International Theatre Festival includes large-scale
productions as well as smaller works.
4th October to 14th December 2008O Grove Seafood Festival 4 - 14 Oct
2008 O Grove (El
Grove)
Widely acclaimed as the place to find the best seafood in Europe, O
Grove hosts an annual festival to celebrate the fact. The Fiesta de
Exaltación del Marisco (Seafood Festival) attracts more than 220,000
people every year.
The two-week frenzy also features Feiramar, one of Europe's most
established seafood trade events, where the movers and shakers of
Europe's seafood markets offer numerous marine delicacies. There are
also fiestas dedicated to the turbot (rodaballo) and mussels. With
numerous tastings, seafood competitions and even a free goodie bag
comprising mussels, a crab and catch of the day, fish lovers are in
seafood heaven on this snug Galician peninsular.
So if you find yourself charmed by the scintillating flavours,
textures and perhaps even aphrodisiac properties of mussels, clams,
oysters, lobster, langoustine, scallops et al, come and discover the
charms of O Grove. Who knows, you might even discover a liking for
goose barnacles and seaspiders.
Besides the copious tasty morsels available at the Seafood Fair,
there are a myriad of supporting activities including sculpture
exhibitions, Galician and Portuguese folk dance and music, sporting
events and, of course, live seafood displayshttp://www.galinor.es/ogrove/
5The Vall
d'Uixo Holiday Fair Santísimo Cristo del Paño
Pilgrimage
5th October
Every year, thousands of devotees make a pilgrimage to the
sacred shrine of Moclín to pay their respects to the image of
Christ. Curing female sterility is just one of the many miracles
attributed to the saint, which has led to thousands of followers
pitching up at the sanctuary every year.
Once you've caught the spectacle of the pilgrims streaming
towards the sanctuary, you can visit the Arabic castle on the
peak of the mountain for a dose of nature worship too.
2008 Rally Spain-Catalunya
Oct 5th to Oct 7th, Catalunya, Spain
Spain's round of the Championship has established itself as one of the
most popular `events` on the Motorsport calendar.
6Pilar Fiestas - Arogon6th to 14th
October
2008
FEAST OF THE SACRED FAMILY
La Vall d´Uixó6 to 14 October
2008
14th Local workers’ holiday.
The verbenas, the bullfighting events and the fireworks are dominant in
the schedule of events. The inhabitants of the town known as the "Poble de
dalt" are those who experience these days with greatest intensity. What
stands out above all else is the bou embolat, which, almost on a daily
basis, parades through the main streets of this area.Cava
Week Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
Barcelona
6-14 October
2008
Every autumn, Catalonia's largest Cava-producing town, Sant Sadurní
d'Anoia (San Sadurni de Noya), celebrates its treasured tipple with
feasts, concerts and ceremonies.
The week's activities get off to a flying start with the inaugural
address and crowning of the Cava Queen, who arrives accompanied by her
ladies-in-waiting and escorted by the mounted brigade of the Barcelona
police.
The week continues with a host of dinners, a 300-person bicycle race, an
art exhibition dedicated to Cava and a Petanque evening. There are also
Catalan folk music concerts, cava symposiums and, of course, the annual
Barcelona train ride.
Every 12 October 1000 people from Barcelona board the Cava train bound
for Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Joined at the station by a hoard of carnival
characters, including the prerequisite big heads and cabezudos, they are
escorted with a glorious fanfare to the town hall and Cava Houses. After
a tour of the cellars, followed by lunch and entertainment, they return
to the Catalan capital.http://confrariacava.com/
Raval 5, Apartat - 08770 Sant Sadurní d'Anoia,
Barcelona
Town Information: Sant Sadurní
d'Anoia
Full Name:
Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Spain
Directions
San Sadurni d'Anoia is a small Cava-producing
town located outside of Barcelona in the region
of Penedes. It can easily be reached from
Barcelona by train.
5th OCA Festival
Orotava Contemporary Alternative. The OCA Festival is returning to La Orotava
on 6 and 7 October, offering a dynamic weekend with performances by
Spanish and international groups.October
Fiestas
del Pilar 6 - 14 Oct
2008 Zaragoza, ArragonEvery year the
people of Aragon pay homage to the Virgen del Pilar in spectacular
style. The best place to take part in the region's most important annual
festival is in Zaragoza, where the streets and parks are lit up and
buzzing with various events.
With things happening all over the city, visitors are spoilt for choice.
One of the best places is the Plaza del Pilar, where there are
performing arts events every evening, featuring groups from all over
Spain and beyond. There are also daily sound, light and water shows in
the Parque Primo de Rivera and entertainers parade through the Casco
Antiguo, or the old part of the city. Look out for the offering of the
flowers, decorated boats along the river and the city parade along Gran
Vía.
Other highlights include the bullfights and demonstrations in the Plaza
de Toros, concerts in Las Murallas, the Interpeñas tent by the Pabellón
Príncipe Felipe, the city's Auditorium, Plaza San Pedro Nolasco, Plaza
San Felipe and Plaza San Pablo, among others. The city's theatres are
bursting with shows, there are sports and other activities for children,
art exhibitions, folkloric events and a huge exhibition in the Feria de
Muestras, each year taking on a different theme.
The Parque de Attracciones also holds its own Octoberfest, with a beer
festival attracting locals and visitors every day of the fiestas to
enjoy the beer and food, music and other entertainmentQuéntar Moors and Christians Festival 6 - 7 Oct
2008QuéntarIf you would like to see a battle reenactment of the
Spanish expulsion of the Moors, amongst one-story white-washed buildings
against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, then be sure not to miss
the first weekend of October in Quéntar.
During these two days, members of the cast reproduce some of the events
of the Ferdinand and Isabella's Reconquest in a series of three acts.
The first re-enactment (on the Saturday) replays what results in victory
for the Moors. The third and final act ends with the Christians
proclaiming themselves victorious and converting the Islamic Moors by
baptising them.
Quéntar is a small Andalusian village, hence the production will
probably be a lot more personal than reenactments held in other grander
Andalusian towns. It is well worth the visit to gain an insight into the
traditional Spanish fiesta.
Torrijos Pilgrimage and Festival at Valencina de la Concepción7 Oct
2008ValencinaThe pilgrimage of
Torrijos is a revived tradition, believed to have died out in the
19th century. It celebrates the patron saint of the town of
Valencina, La Virgen de La Estrella. A procession sporting the
saint's effigy makes a four-kilometre round trip to the local
sanctuary at Torrijos, transported as gracefully as possible on a
specially-decorated ox-cart. Once there, a special Mass is said by
the priest.
On the return of the procession, the pilgrims go into carnival mode,
with grand parades featuring giants, cabezudos (giant papier-maché
heads traditionally worn by carnival-goers), concerts, brass bands,
competitions, horse races and fireworks. The whole weekend is taken
up with festivities and merry-making and visitors are welcome to
join in. Seville
Provincial Tourist OfficeE-mail:ayuntamiento@valencinadelaconcepcion.es
Fax:+34 955 721 723
Phone:+34 955 721 720
Address:Plaza Ntra Sra de la Estrella 1, 41907
Valencina de la Concepción, Sevilla,
SpainMontoro
Religious Festival 7 - 12 Oct
2008CordobaThe small town of
Montoro starts a week of religious festivities on the 7 October with
a dawn mass for the Fiesta de Montoro y Rosario de la Aurora,
followed by parades with the obligatory large papier-machéd heads (cabezudos)
and giants, plus a floral concert, fireworks and a rock concert. The
festivities continue for several days until 12 October, the fiesta
of the Virgen del Pilar.http://www.montoro.es/index3.phpThe Virgin
of the Rosary
7 Oct
2008CadizThe annual
Virgin of the Rosary celebration is one of the most oldest fiestas in
Cádiz, with a day of floral offerings from people in regional dress, a
procession and a spectacular firework display.
Nerja
8th to 12th October
2008"Virgin de las Angustias and San Miguel
Arcangel" The final day of the Fair coincides
with the Festival of San Pilar and includes military religious
celebrations by the Guadia Civil. www. nerja. org.
Valencian Moto GP
The Road Racing World Championships reaches its grand finale with this
race, the Valencian Moto GP. Expect a packed house of fanatical supporters
at the great Ricardo Tormo circuit.
The region of Valencia has a long motorsport tradition, producing many
outstanding Grand Prix competitors on both two and four wheels. The fact
that there are three Grand Prix held in Spain during the course of the
year serves to demonstrate the fanaticism for the sport in this country.
For the riders, the race offers a balanced combination of left and right
turns and a 650-metre straight. The track is deliberately designed to turn
in on itself, leaving very little space in the infield. The effect has
been to create a venue that has total visibility from every point.
The Moto GP is one of the fastest, most thrilling sports in the world. The
bikes reach speeds of up to 310kph (185mph) and the races are extremely
competitive. Unlike Formula One racing, overtaking is frequent. The riders
take the bravest lines to weave through the field and when the bikes close
on each other they push it to the limit. There is the feeling that the
crowd is collectively holding its breath as the riders brake as late as
possible into the corners. Then there is the engine noise, piercing the
air as the riders fly by, a constant reminder of the sheer power that they
are fighting to control. Valencia hosts the last Moto GP race of the
season, so there is always a party feeling to the Grand Prix, which was
voted best GP of 2005 by IRTA.
Nerja
Feria 8 - 13 Oct
2008NerjaThe Nerja feria
is celebrated in October, when the streets and squares of the town come
alive with colour and music.Casetas (tents) are set up, decorated with
crepe-paper and fairy lights, and filled with revellers from dusk till
dawn. On the streets a variety of parades (including the crowning of the
feria queen) and street theatre performances take place, though the
action centres around the casetas that blast out flamenco music.
Peer into one of the tents and you will find women in traditional
Spanish dresses dancing to the click of castanets, while gentlemen in
grey suits with carnations in their buttonholes nurse large glasses of
manzanilla sherry (the traditional feria drink). If the noisy casetas
all get a bit too much, there is always the open-air fairground to
enjoy.http://www.nerja.org/
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Holiday in Valencian CommunityValencia Fiesta9th October
2008
Fimarsub Corralejo9th-14th
2008October Fimarsub Corralejo- Isla de Lobos
International Festival of the Sea and Underwater
Images, known as Fimarsub Corralejo - Isla de Lobos. The event is
structured around a large number of activities, all related to the
potential of the areas in Corralejo, Islote de Lobos and the Estrecho de
la Bocaina for doing water sports and other cultural, sport and leisure
activities related to the sea.
Cava Week, Sant Sadurni d’Anoia6
to 14 October 2008
Sant Sadurní de Noia, just 50 km from Barcelona hosts
“Cava” week during the second and third week of October.
Madrid Open Golf
Moraleja II Course, Madrid.
The competition is on the the calendar of the PGA (Professional Golf
Association) European Circuit. The 2007 season got underway in November
with the Shanghai (China) Champions Tournament, closing twelve months
later in Valderrama (Cadiz province), with the Volvo Masters. The Madrid
Open is the second of the events on the circuit to be held in Spain.
For more information: check the website of the PGA (Professional Golf
Association) European Tour.
Dates: 10/11/2007 - 10/14/2007
12Columbus Day
Dia de la Hispanidad
Spains National Day
12th October
2008
Fiesta de la HispanidadLA FIESTA DEL
PILAR
Zaragoza12th
October
The pet fair
at Palau Sant Jordi 28 October
2008
The Saló Animaladda promoted by the Association in Defence
of Animal Rights, ADDA, defending and
protecting animals, founded in 1976.
Web: http://www.salonanimaladda.org Telephone:
934262089
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
October 28 - November 4Read More
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Celebration of the Rose of
Saffronlast weekend of Octoberwww.revistaiberica.comFesta de
Sant Martirià
Banyoles, Catalonia.
last weekend of October
Madrid Female Voices Festival30 October - 3
November
2008Teatro Häagen
Dazshttp://www.festivalunicas.com/
Spanish Tasting Week (Semana del
Gusto)
October - November
2008The Semana del Gusto - gastronomy. The event
consists of talks, symposia, films and tastings in Madrid, Valencia and
Oviedo.
The aim of the project is to educate the public about the pleasure that can be
derived from Spain's traditional food.
Children can attend cookery demonstrations, where they are educated on the
different aspects of taste and shown how to prepare everything from
pastries to pasta. There are also excursions to some of Madrid's food
markets, namely La Paz, Maravillas and Chamartín.
Young people between the ages of six and 26 can enjoy a 50 per cent
discount at a number of restaurants. There are also exhibitions and
screenings of films with a food theme.
The event is organised under the auspices of the Spanish Sugar
Association, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and
various bodies representing anything from restaurants to the bakery
industry.
