Popular festivals in Murcia
Explore the popular and traditional festivals of Murcia, with links to each celebration's history, main events and distinctive atmosphere.
Latest festival added in Murcia: Cartagena Book Fair, municipality of Cartagena.
Featured celebrations in la Murcia
- Barranda Cuadrillas Festival
Usual date: Last Sunday in January
Where it is held: Caravaca de la Cruz - Calasparra September Fair and Virgen de la Esperanza Pilgrimage
Usual date: First week of September, culminating around 7–8 September
Where it is held: Calasparra - Caravaca de la Cruz Wine Horses
Usual date: 1 and 2 May
Where it is held: Caravaca de la Cruz - Caravaca Fair
Usual date: Puente de October
Where it is held: Caravaca de la Cruz - Cartagena Book Fair
Usual date: Mid-October
Where it is held: Cartagena - Cartagena Hispanic Day Festival
Usual date: Around 12 October
Where it is held: Cartagena - Carthaginians and Romans of Cartagena
Usual date: Second half of September
Where it is held: Cartagena - Día del Caldero and Municipal Autonomy Festivities in Los Alcázares
Usual date: 12 October
Where it is held: Los Alcázares - Feria de Murcia
Usual date: First half of September
Where it is held: Murcia - Festivals in the Virgin of Yecla
Usual date: 5–8 December
Where it is held: Yecla - Holy Week in Cieza
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
Where it is held: Cieza - Holy Week in Jumilla
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
Where it is held: Jumilla - Holy Week in Mula
Usual date: From the Friday before Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
Where it is held: Mula - Lorca September Fair and Feria Grande
Usual date: Around the third weekend in September, lasting approximately ten days
Where it is held: Lorca - Moors and Christians of Murcia
Usual date: First half of September
Where it is held: Murcia - Our Lady of the Remedies Patronal Festival in Pliego
Usual date: The main day is 8 September, with the Alborada and Bajada on the 7th and the traditional raffle on the 9th
Where it is held: Pliego - Our Lady of the Rosary Patronal Festival
Usual date: First week of October
Where it is held: Puerto Lumbreras - Patron Saint Festivities of Our Lady of the Rosary in Torre Pacheco
Usual date: First half of October
Where it is held: Torre Pacheco - Saints Cosmas and Damian and Our Lady of Gold Festival in Abarán
Usual date: Second half of September, traditionally in the final days of the month, with the patron saint's day on the 27th. In 2025 the main programme ran from the 12th to the 29th
Where it is held: Abarán - San Agustín Patronal Festivities in Fuente Álamo
Usual date: 21–30 August
Where it is held: Fuente Álamo de Murcia - Side of the Huerta de Murcia
Usual date: The Tuesday after Easter
Where it is held: Murcia