Festivals in San Sebastián

Local festivals in San Sebastián / Donostia

January's Tamborrada and August's Aste Nagusia are the city's two main festive landmarks.

Usual celebration

The Tamborrada fills 20 January with adult and children's companies, the raising and lowering of the flag in Plaza de la Constitución, and parades through the centre and neighbourhoods. In August, Aste Nagusia lasts eight days: the cannon shot in Alderdi Eder opens a programme organised by Donostia Festak and Donostia Kultura in the Old Town, on the beaches, in Sagues, at the Kursaal and in other city venues.

Other events

Jazzaldia, the International Film Festival and neighbourhood festivities broaden the municipal cultural calendar throughout the year.

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