June 5 – July 28, 2013
Event PHoto España (the capitalised ‘H’ is intentional)
Where? Madrid
What? Spain’s biggest photography exhibition.
June 21-July 12, 2013
Event International Festival of Music and Dance
Where? Granada, Andalusia.
What? Performance arts festival.
July 1-13, 2013
Event Festival de la Guitarra de Codoba
Where? Cordoba, Andalusia.
What? Guitar festival. Flamenco, classical and other forms of guitar will be on display.
July 3-7, 2013
Event Getxo International Jazz Festival
Where? Getxo, near Bilbao, in the Basque Country.
What? Renowned jazz festival.
July 5-7, 2013
Event Mijas Blues Festival
Where? Mijas
What? Blues festival on the Costa del Sol.
July 5-8, 2013 (dates TBC)
Event Dies de Dansa
Where? Barcelona.
What? Dance festival
July 5 to August 25, 2013
Event Festival de Merida
Where? Merida, Extremadura
What? Drama festival.
July 7-14, 2013
Event Running of the Bulls at the San Fermin Festival.
Where? Pamplona
What?
Second Week of July, 2013
Event Bous a la Mar (Toros en el Mar)
Where? Denia, near Valencia.
What? Bull run to the water’s edge.
July 11-13, 2013
Event BBK Bilbao Live
Where? Bilbao, Basque Culy 16 (or nearest Sunday), 2013
Event Feast of Virgen del Carmen
Where? Popular in Andalusia and parts of Madrid.
What? . Celebrations vary in style and timing throughout the country. On the Sunday is the ‘naval battle of Vallecas’, a giant water fight in Vallecas, a district of Madrid, starting at c/Peña Gorbea.
July 16-20, 2013
Event Jazz Vitoria
Where? Vitoria, Basque Country.
What? Jazz festival
.July 18-21, 2013
Event Benicassim Rock & Pop Festival
Where? Benicassim, near Castellon de la Plana (between Barcelona and Valencia).
What? one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. On the mainstream side of the alternative music scene, featuring some of the biggest bands from the UK, the US and the rest of Europe.
July 19, 2013
Event Red Bull X-Fighters
Where? Madrid bullring.
What? Bike stunt competition.
July 24, 2013
Event Bull running
Where? in Tudela
What? A bull run, in the style of the Pamplona Running of the Bulls.
July 24-28, 2013
Event Jazzaldia Jazz Festival
Where? San Sebastian
What? Jazz festival.
July 25, 2013
Event Apostle’s festival
Where? Santiago de Compostela.
What? Religious festival. A popular time for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago to finish their trek.
Around July 26, 2013
Event Feria de Santa Ana
Where? Seville
What? Festival to celebrate the feast of Santa Ana. Bars line Calle Betis, a street in Triana in Seville.
On July 26 there is a special mass and religious procession.
29 July, 2013
Event As Neves, Galicia
Where? ‘Near-Death Festival’
What? Those who have had a brush with death in the past year are carried through the streets in coffins to thank Saint Marta, the ‘patron saint of death’. Bizarre.
