Festivals in Ocaña

Local festivals of Ocaña

Ocaña's best-known celebrations are the Fair and Festivities in honour of the Virgen de los Remedios, the municipality's main patronal event.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Fairs and Festivals in honour of the Virgin of Remedies.
• Main celebration day: 8 September, linked to the Virgin of Remedies.
• Usual duration: recent programmes focus on several days in September, around 8 September and 9.
• Usual places: Plaza Mayor, streets of the urban area and municipal spaces enabled for events, concerts, activities and festive programming.
• Associated traditions: patron events, proclamation, celebration activities, music, family programming, neighbourhood coexistence and celebrations around the patron saint.
• Who participates: City Hall, Celebrations area, associations, neighbors, families, visitors, local hospitality and groups that collaborate in municipal programming.
• Other cultural events: la Semana Santa Ocañense, declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, with processions from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Municipal Tourism Office, Plaza Mayor, Lope de Vega Theater, monumental plan, guided tours and heritage resources of the historic centre.