Festivities and traditions

San Antón – Luminarias (On the third weekend January)

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San Antón – Luminarias San Antón celebration, the Patron of animals, is celebrated on the 3rd weekend in January (around 17th January, which is his feast day). On the eve of this celebration (on Saturday evening), San Antón is moved from his parish, San Miguel Church, to the hermitage which shares his name. The traditional luminarias (lights) or “chiscos” are celebrated around this hermitage and in all neighbourhoods of the city,...

Holy Week

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Holy Week The centenary and very emotional Holy week of Guadix is considered a religious celebration of tourist interest in Andalusia because of the high involvement of citizens and the contrasts in the processions through the historic city centre and the caves, where the tradition and the faith are merged. Its origin dates back to XVI and XVII century when, after the occupation of the city by the Catholic Kings, a new religious order...

Cruces de Mayo (On 3rd May)

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Cruces de Mayo Guadix is clothed in spring at the beginning of May. It celebrates the traditional Cruces de Mayo, in which the courtyards of palaces, squares and charming places of the several neighbourhoods of Guadix wear their colourful crosses. Brotherhoods, associations and various groups prepare carefully the crosses’ drawing and set, which dominate the bars were traditional...

San Torcuato Festivity and Romería (On 15th May)

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San Torcuato Festivities and Romería San Torcuato, who was one of the Siete Varones Apostólicos (Seven Apostolic Men) ordained bishop by San Pedro and San Pablo in Rome and sent to preach to Spain, was martyred on 15th May 1966 in a place near Guadix (in Face Retama). He is nowadays the Patron of the city. Every 15th May, since the weekend previous to its onomastic, several events commemorating his death and patron celebrations...

Fátima Festivity ( The last Sunday in May)

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Fátima Festivities At the end of May and finishing the spring, the Barrio de Cuevas and the Fátima Church dress up to carry out the celebrations in honour of its principal: the Virgen de Fátima. She is processed at night along the streets of the neighbourhood, accompanied by three little shepherds, those who the Virgin appeared to: Lucía, Francisco and Jacinta. She is decorated with flowers and carried on the shoulders of her costaleros....

Ermita Nueva Festivity (The second or third Sunday of August)

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Ermita Nueva Festivities The Festivities of the Virgen de Gracia, the Patron of the Caves of Guadix, is the most important celebration of the Barrio de Cuevas. It starts on Saturday and it lasts until the Sunday evening. A flowers offering (carnations, gladioli and white tuberoses), masses, the procession along the neighbourhood’s streets and fireworks saying bye to the Patron are some of the events in her honour. On the 50th anniversary...

Guadix Fair and Celebrations (The first week of September)

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Guadix Fair and Celebrations Every September, Guadix dresses up to carry out its summer celebrations, bringing summer time to an end and beginning a new period. These are some of the offers of this summer celebrations: fairground rides, concerts, stage plays, children’s activities, stands, bars, tapas, churros with chocolate and well-elaborated and prestigious pyromusic shows in the pyrotechnic workshop of the Caves of Guadix. This celebration...

Virgen de las Angustias Festivity ( On 2nd Sunday in November)

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Virgen de las Angustias Festivities The patron festivities in honour of the Virgen de las Angustias, located within the San Diego Church, is celebrated in Guadix on the first and second weekend in November. The popular devotion dates back to XVII century and she is the co-patron of Guadix since 1906. The current statue was made by the Sevillian sculptor Castillo Lastruchi, because the old one, a wood statue made by the accitano Torcuato...

Cascamorras (From 5th to 9th September).

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Cascamorras The most widely version about the origin of this celebration is related to the arrival of Almohads in 1151, when many temples were demolished, including a Mozarab hermitage built in the Curra suburb in Baza. Three centuries later, one of the knights who accompanied Fernando El Católico, Mr. Luis de Acuña Herrera decided to build La Merced Church in that place. The construction was started in 1490 when the accitano Juan Pedernal,...

Raffles Dances (On the weekend after 25th December)

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Raffles Dances At the end of XIX century, “Raffles Dances” and “Souls Dances” took place in the Ermita Nueva Square, in the Barrio de Cuevas of Guadix, during the evenings in Christmas. They were organised by Ntra. Sra. de Gracia Brotherhood, the Patron of the neighbourhood. It was traditionally that any person among those present offered a monetary donation for a particular man to dance with a chosen Lady. The donor said: “I give 25...

jueves, 26 de febrero de 2015