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Benidorm is a town where the festivities have a really predominant role. The Main Patron Saint Festivities, in the honour of the Virgin of the Suffrage and Saint James the Apostles, together with the many celebrations held throughout the year are a real attraction for all those visiting us.
NOVEMBER
"Festes Majors Patronals". (Main Patron Saint Festivities) The main festivities are going to be our starting point for this run through all the town’s celebrations. The patron saint festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Suffrage and Saint James the Apostle are most important of all those held in Benidorm. From the second Saturday in November to the following Wednesday, there are five days of intense activity. The most outstanding acts are: the staging of the finding of the Virgin, the flower offering, the comic parade, the parade of floats and the great fireworks castle which takes place on the Wednesday, the last day of the festivities. Major Fiestas programme...
“Festa de la Carxofa”.(Festivivty of the Artichoke). This very popular festivity takes place during the third weekend in November in the old quarter.
DECEMBER
The Christmas Festivity programme offers several acts, between the 20th and 31st of December. The Crib contests and the Christmas cultural programmes are the most outstanding. To end the year nothing better than the New Year’s Eve Party (Fiesta Cotillón) which is traditionally held in front of the clock of the triangular square, on 31st December, music and champagne providing the entertainment.
JANUARY
Cabalgata de Reyes:(Three Kings Parade of floats): 5 January.
San Antonio Abad: (Saint Anthony Abbot): Hermitage of Sanz, 17 January.
FEBRUARY
Carnival. Processions, fancy dress contests and the “burial of the sardine” fill the streets of Benidorm with life during the Carnival days.
MARCH
Commemoration of the finding of the “Virgen del Sufragio”. March 16. The Virgin is taken on a route through the streets of Benidorm’s old district.
Fallas. The Valencian festivity, par excellence, is held in our town from 16 March to 19 March, the festivity of Saint Joseph (San José). There are three “falla” commissions: “Falla Benidorm”, “Falla Rincón” and “Falla Els Tolls”, which are in charge of planting their figures in the respective districts. Processions, offerings and street entertainment are the most significant acts, the festivity coming to and end with the Bonfire (la Cremà) on the 19th March.
APRIL
Holly week.
MAY
“Festa de la Creu”. (Festivity of the Cross). One of the festivities with the greatest tradition in our town . It takes place on the 1st May.
JUNE
Romería del Corpus. (Gathering of the Corpus). The House of Andalucía celebrates the festivity of the Corpus, with the joy and colour typical of the Andalucian people. (A visit to the fair with its stalls, next to the bull-ring, is recomended).
Hogueras de San Juan. (Bonfires of Saint John). The Bonfire of the “La Cala”, the Bonfire of “El Mercado” and the Bonfire of “EL Campo” (Old district of Benidorm) exhibit their bonfires for several and the acts reach their climax with the “nit del foc” (night of the fire) or burning of the bonfires on 24th June, festivity of Saint John.
JULY
San Fermín: 6 and 7 July.
San Cristóbal: First weekend July.
Fiestas del Carmen (Festivities of El Carmen): 16 July.
San Jaime (Saint Jaimes): Patron Saint of Benidorm, 25 July.
AUGUST
During the month of August, due to the absence of festivities, the Town Council of Benidorm carries out a great variety of cultural activities, included in the so-caled “cultural summer”. These activities are held in the Park of L’Aigüera in the auditoriums: Julio Iglesias and Oscar Esplá.
SEPTEMBER
Fiesta de Asturias. (Festivity of Asturias). This takes place on 7 and 8 September. Organised by the House of Asturias in Benidorm.
Fiesta de la Vendimia. (Grapeharvesting Festivity). The House of Castille la Mancha celebrates its festivities in the month of September.
OCTOBER
Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians). From the 4th to the 7th October, Benidorm celebrates the Moors and Christians festivities. The entry, the processions, the embassy or parliment and the disembarkation are the most representative acts of this festivity which is so rooted in the whole Spanish Levante.
Día de la Comunidad Valenciana:(Land of Valencia Day) 9 October. Land of Valencia’s typical products exhibition.
“Festa del Roser”. (Festivity of the Rosebush). Popular festivities of the Hermitage of Sanz. They take place from 9 to 12 October.
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