Festivals in Yebes

Local festivals of Yebes

The municipality's main festivals are linked to San Bartolomé in Yebes and San Jerónimo in Valdeluz. Valdeluz festivities bring together sport, music, water games, contests, children's activities and food events over several days.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: patron saint festivities of San Bartolomé in Yebes and Valdeluz festivities in honour of San Jerónimo.
• Main celebration day: 24 August, San Bartolomé, in Yebes; Valdeluz holds its festivities in honour of San Jerónimo.
• Usual duration: The patron saint festivities of Yebes usually concentrate several days of programme around San Bartolomé; Valdeluz also celebrates its own festive period in summer, with recent editions lasting more than two weeks according to the municipal agenda.
• Usual places: urban area of Yebes, Plaza Mayor, fairgrounds, municipal spaces of Valdeluz, Mirador del Lago and other points established by the official programme each year.
• Associated traditions: proclamation, children's activities, music, festivals, neighbourhood meetings, religious events, sports proposals, cultural activities and programming of clubs or associations when they appear in the municipal programme.
• Who participates: Yebes City Council, residents of Yebes and Valdeluz, clubs, associations, families, visitors and collaborating entities of the cultural, sports and festive programming.
• Other cultural events: The municipal agenda includes cultural and sports activities in Yebes and Valdeluz; Recent references include the Bueyada Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgen de la Soledad, family events in the Plaza de la Libertad and spring activities in Valdeluz.
• Otras ofertas culturales: the surroundings of Valdeluz, AstroYebes and the Yebes Observatory, municipal activities of cultura and sports, outdoor spaces and local programming in the town of Yebes and Valdeluz.