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.
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.
Popular festivals in Pórtugos are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, San Sebastián, Semana Santa, Fiesta de la Parva, Semana Cultural and Fiestas Patronales en Honor a la Virgen del Rosario.
Popular festivals in Laroles are Fiestas de San Sebastián y San Antonio, Guerillas, San Marcos and San Juan.
Popular festivals in Lobras are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Día de Andalucía, Semana Santa, Fiesta de San Marcos, Fiesta del Señor de la Ascensión, Fiesta de la Siega y las Parvas and Fiestas en Honor a San Agustín.
Popular festivals in Juviles are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Festividad de San Sebastián, Semana Santa, Moros y Cristianos and Fiestas en Honor de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario.
Popular festivals in Cáñar are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Fiestas de San Blas, Semana Santa, Fiestas de San Marcos, Romería de San Isidro, Corpus Christi, Hoguera de Santa Ana, Semana Cultural and Fiestas de Octubre (Feria Mayor en honor al Cristo de la Salud y la Virgen de la Esperanza).
Popular festivals in Albondón are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Día de Andalucia, Semana Santa, Romería de San Isidro and Fiestas Mayores de San Luis Rey de Francia.
Popular festivals in Huéneja are San Blas, Fiestas de San Antón, San Marcos and San José Obrero.
The summer feria in San Pedro de Alcantara, Marbella, it is traditionally held on the third week of October from a Monday or Tuesday to a Sunday to coincide with the Saint’s feast day.
The Caseta Municipal will host free concerts by King Africa, David Barrull, José Ortiz, Miguel Campello, Merche and Las Hermanas Rodes. From Thursday to Saturday there will be a free horse-drawn carriage ride around the feria ground every afternoon from outside the Caseta Municipal.
The summer feria in San Pedro de Alcantara, Marbella, it is traditionally held on the third week of October from a Monday or Tuesday to a Sunday to coincide with the Saint’s feast day.
Estepona Summer Feria takes place the first week in July from Tuesday to Sunday and gives everyone a week to enjoy dancing, drinking and eating. Both the day fair and the night fair take place at the 'Parque Ferial y Deportivo' located at the top of Avenida Juan Carlos I next to the A-7 coast road that by-passes Estepona.
Battle of the Flowers (Batalla de las Flores) isn't usually in May but end of April. The "battle'' consists of a procession of floats making its way along the city`s Paseo de la Victoria
The Feria started in 1846 as a livestock fair in the Prado de Sebastian, where horses were traded. Its aim was also to provide an uplifting distraction from the aftermath of the Napoleonic invasion and the hurricane of 1842, a category 2 storm which had destroyed homes in Seville.
The Wednesday of the Feria is a public holiday in Seville, so that day tends to be more crowded as locals can come during the day (as opposed to after work), and on Friday and Saturday many visitors come to Seville from other cities to experience the Feria.
The El Rocío pilgrimage is the most famous in the region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalucia and the entire country, and beyond. Every Andalucian city, town and village has its own pilgrimages, for its patron saint, virgin or other much-loved local figure, but the El Rocio has cult status, and is the most important and most colourful.
Ronda is an ancient mountain town of scenic vistas, omantic plazas, and historic treasures. Once a year, Ronda also sees a return to tradition with its annual Feria Goyesca. A fairly recent festival, at least in Andalucian terms, it has become an event that has captured the imagination of Spain with its traditional dress, important bullfights and its ageless glamour.
In Andalucia, there's a party every day - whether it's to celebrate a harvest (mostly in the autumn - grapes, olives, chestnuts, mushrooms) - a saint's day, or the town's own annual feria, when every town and village puts on a show, with casetas, sherry and dancing. Over 3,000 fiestas are celebrated every year in Andalucia, including fairs, pilgrimages, carnivals, mock battles between Moors and Christians.
In most wine-growing districts of Andalucia and Spain, the vintage or grape harves begins on the feast of St Matthew (21st September). In Jerez it starts officially on 8th September, the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady. The first grapes may be picked a week or two early, especially if the weather has been very dry and sunny. The harvest lasts about a month.
