Free Festivals and Parades - The Travel Free Guide to Spain - page 196

Free Festivals and Parades
The Spanish love to party. There are literally hundreds of fiestas and carnivals throughout
the country each year, on local and national holidays.
This chapter lists many of the better, annual free festivals and parades, but there are many
calendar-based events throughout the year. For one-time events, check out this list on Expat-
ica.com , the calendar of Events on Spain.info , or if you want to party hard in Madrid, check
out the events calendar on PartyEarth.com .
Spanish National Holidays
· New Years Day / Año Nuevo, January 1
· 12th night, The Three Kings / Dia de los Reyes, January 6th
· San Jose / Fathers Day, March 19th
· Good Friday -Viernes Santo / Variable
· Easter Sunday -Dia de Pscua / Variable
· Labour Day - Dia del trabajo / May 1st
· Assumption - Asuncion / Aug 15th
· Spanish National Day - Dia de la Hispanidad / Oct 12th
· All Saints Day - Todos los Santos / Nov 1st
· Constitution Day - Dia de la Constitucion / Dec 6th
· Immaculate Conception - Imaculada Concepcion / Dec 8th
· Christmas Day - Navidad / Dec 25th
SpainGuides.com has the best calendar of festivals in Spain I have found.
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