San Cecilio, Feb 1: Granada, patron saint celebrated partly on Sacromonte  

 La Candelaria / Las Candelas, Feb 2:  Alcaudete de la Jara (Toledo), where locals dressed as long-ago soldiers parade through town and do a typical dance in each square;

Arroyo de la Luz (Caceres), candlelight procession; Caleruega (Burgos), procession and regional dances, sometimes merges into Santa Agueda (Feb 5);

Miranda del Castañar (Salamanca), two candles, the Virgen's for the elderly and the Child's for the youth, it's bad luck for the group whose candle goes out;

Torrox (Malaga), bonfires in all the farms with ancestral songs; Valls (Tarragona), with folklore and "giants and big-heads" typical of this kind of fiesta (people dressed up inside these self-explanatory costumes).  

  San Blas, Feb 3:

Burriana (Castellon), wine-fountain;

Idiazabal (Guipúzcoa), with all kinds of Basque dances, sports and games; 

 Montiel (Ciudad Real), typical kind of omelette, especially celebrated by the young;

Peralta (Navarra), sing the "Aurora" to patron saint at dawn. Procession with "giants and big-heads" and a typicalkind of fried doughnut;

Sax (Alicante), "Moors and Christians" festival, where the processions are done with an odd little hop;

Villar del Arzobispo (Valencia), "San Blas bread" is made in all the houses, blessed then shared with friends, family and domestic animals (they need protection too), traditional dance in the square.  

Santa Agueda, Feb. 5:

Zamarramala (Segovia), where women take over for the duration, in memory of the time when by thir bravery and cleverness the Moors were defeated. Procession, typical dances, burning a straw doll; 

Miranda del Castañar (Salamanca), the women in charge of the fiesta pass the flag over the heads of the participants. Beautiful traditional dress from this area!!  

 First Sunday: 

 Perafita (Barcelona): "Candelera" is celebrated here on a different date, centered around horses. Procession in the morning with participation of all the horses that will compete in the afternoon races. Regional dances. 

Las Marzas, Feb 28:

Baños de Valdearados (Burgos) Typical songs sung at midnight. 

 Carnaval, variable date: 

Celebrated all over the country but the showiest are in: Cadiz and "the" Carnaval in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, both with a fully array of processions. Everyone dresses up; irony and clever criticism dominate for this weeklong festivals. 

Other Carnavals held in: Ciudad Rodrigo, centred on bullfighting;

Lanz (Navarra), with traditional characters and two different straw figures that are "mistreated" then destroyed.  

Laza (Orense), again with typical characters that act up and out during the fiestas, at the end of the period the "testament" telling local history over the previous year.

San Fructuoso de Bages (Barcelona), the "Rice Festival" is celebrated on Carnaval Sunday, when a huge paella is shared among residents and visitors.

Villanueva de la Vera (Caceres), Pero Palo, a life-size cloth doll with a wooden head that may represent a long-ago bandit or the very devil; it's paraded through the strets for three days accompanied by drum and a typical song. At the end of Carnaval is a symbolic trial and surprise! Pero Palo is sentenced to be destroyed.