Festivals in Seseña

Local festivals of Seseña

Seseña's patronal celebrations include San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of the municipality, and the Virgen de la Asunción, whose main day is 15 August. Reflecting the municipality's different population centres, Seseña Nuevo also celebrates the Virgen del Rosario around the third week of June.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: San Isidro Labrador, Virgin of the Assumption and Seseña Nuevo festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary.
• Main celebration day: 15 May for San Isidro and 15 August for the Virgin of the Assumption; The Virgin of the Rosary is cited around the third week of June in Seseña Nuevo.
• Usual duration: The City Council talks about festive periods around those dates; The exact duration depends on the municipal programme each year.
• Usual places: Seseña, Seseña Nuevo, the Parish of the Assumption of Seseña and public spaces such as Plaza Bayona or Plaza de la Paz appear associated with recent and traditional events.
• Associated traditions: solemn mass, blessing of the fields, procession, tostones and lemonade for San Isidro; patron saint festivals around the Virgin of the Assumption; and acts of the Virgin of the Rosary in Seseña Nuevo.
• Who participates: City Council, brotherhoods, local associations, older people, neighbors, families and visitors, according to municipal publications of festivals and traditions.
• Other cultural events: Holy Week, Saint Joan, Christ of Mercy, Corpus Christi, carnival and Three Kings Parade are among the traditions and festivities cited by the municipal website.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Pablo Neruda House of Culture, Federico García Lorca House of Culture, libraries, theater, municipal music school and cultural activities disseminated in the agenda and municipal news.