Salamanca Cathedral with fireworks

Festivals in Salamanca

 

Holy Week

Holy Week in Salamanca was declared, in 2003, a Festival of International Tourist Interest.

It is one of the most deeply-rooted celebrations in the city, with around 10,000 brothers who take to the streets carrying steps loaded with beauty and spirituality.

It constitutes the main religious event of the city. Holy Week in Salamanca has 18 brotherhoods, confraternities and congregations, with 24 processions.
 
The oldest are the Procession of the Holy Burial (1615), the Act of Descent (1615) and the Procession of the Encounter (1616).
 
 

Saint Agatha

February 5
 
 
 

Monday of Waters

First Monday after Easter
 
 
 

Festival of San Juan de Sahagún

June 12
 
 
 

Festival of the Virgin of la Vega

Night of June 23 to 24
 
 
 

University New Year's Eve

December 15
 
 
 

Christmas

December 25