Summer agenda What’s up at the costa blanca

from Eat, Drink & More | Twenty-first Edition | Costa Blanca

SKINCARE

25 June to 11 September

ALTEA

Medusa Sunbeach is a huge electronic music festival held in the Spanish coastal town of Cullera. From 9 to 14 August visually spectacular stages play host to a lineup of superstars from the worlds of EDM, house, hardstyle and techno.

Planta de l’Arbret

The neighbourhood of Fornet de Altea welcomes hundreds of young people who are keen to participate in one of the most ancestral and anticipated events that are held to celebrate the arrival of the summer. This is a ceremony that the youngsters repeat year after year, during the Festival of St. John, in homage to the Celtic tradition of worshipping the fertility of their land. One of the most emotive moments of the celebration is when the tree reaches the square. Here everyone helps to get the trunk of the poplar into the earth.

29, 30 June and 1 july

JÁVEA

International Cultural Festival

On the last weekend in June, the beautiful town of Jávea holds its International Festival, a mix of culture, gastronomy, music and world class dance, with stalls representing 19 countries where visitors can sample typical products from different regions. The festival has become a landmark in Jávea where the days leading up to the opening are filled with activities and ceremonies to celebrate the start of the happening, including the parade on 25 June for receiving and presenting of the attending countries

Feria de Artesanía

The old town centre of Altea is the setting for the Handicrafts Fair that is held every year in the square in front of the Church in this little Alicante town.

30 June to 2 July

BENISSA

Moors and Christians

The traditional Moors and Christians festival is held in Benissa on the closest weekend to the 20th of June, in honour of Saint Peter the Apostle.

1 July to 27 August

MORAIRA

Voramar Street Jazz week

Those who visit the peaceful town of Moraira in the month of August can enjoy live Jazz music while they follow a route that the local Department of Tourism has set up through the town’s streets.

1 to 23 July

ALICANTE

FIJAZZ Alicante Festival

In mid-July, Alicante overflows with avant garde jazz at its Fijazz Festival, where musicians and musicians from all over the world gather in the Alicante Regional Council Auditorium to offer their best compositions.

3 July

BENIDORM

Festival Acuático Neptuno

Benidorm’s amazing aquatic festival offers over 12 hours of uninterrupted music and fun, with sensational light and sound effects continuing through the night, refreshing the long hot summer days. The fun starts at the Neptuno Aquatic Festival.

9 to 17 July

DÉNIA

“Bous a la mar”

The quintessential party of the town of Dénia, which has now been adopted by other nearby towns in the Valencia region. The event has been staged for more than 100 years, with the local youth creating a real spectacle as they attempt to drive the bulls into the water, although they are not allowed to push or touch them, a far from simple task, with the lads are trying their hardest to drive the bulls into the water where a boat awaits to return them to the ring set up at the port.

13 to 23 July

MORAIRA

Patron saint festivities

The party to celebrate its patron saint in honour of the Virgen de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Unprotected) and the Virgen del Carmen (the Virgin of Carmel): street parties, processions, concerts, floral offerings, etc.

14 to 22 July

JÁVEA

Moors and Christians

There are not many festivals in Spain which are organised by the townspeople themselves, without big money sponsors, and fewer still as colourful and spectacular as this one.

14 to 18 July

ALTEA

Festivities of “San Pere” and “Mare de Déu del Carmel”

Traditional Alicante-style seafaring festivities.

14 to 17 July

BENICASSIM - CASTELLÓN

FIB Benicassim Festival

Sun, music and beach. If one sentence could encapsulate what it’s like to attend the Benicassim Festival (Castellón) it would be “an explosion of music, sun and the beach”.

16 July

COSTA BLANCA

Virgen del Carmen in coastal towns

The Festival of the Virgen del Carmen (the Virgin of Mount Carmel) is celebrated in almost every seaside town across Alicante province on 16 July or the nearest weekend.

17 to 19 July

CALPE

Andalusia Fair

Calpe’s “Casa de Andalucía” has organized this regional fair in classic Andalusian style. Riding and dressage, sound & light shows, music & dance brighten up the summer evenings.

22 to 27 July

BENISSA

Festivities of Sant Jaume

Around 25 July Benimarco (a rural area encompassing the towns of Benissa and Teulada-Moraira) holds a week of festivals in honour of its patron saint, Sant Jaume (St James).

24 to 31 July

VILLAJOYOSA

Moors and Christians

A naval battle at dawn. How would you like to experience a naval battle and a Moorish landing on the beach? Well, make a note in your diary of the Villajoyosa Moors and Christians Festival, declared a festival of International Tourist Interest.

29 to 31 July

BENIDORM

Low Festival

One of the summer’s most eagerly anticipated festivals brings together some of the most renowned, modern groups on the national and international stage.

5 to 15 August

CALPE

Virgen de las Nieves

Festivities in honour of its patron saint will make your stay an unforgettable one.

9 to 14 August

CULLERA (40km South of Valencia)

Medusa Sunbeach Festival

Electronic music festival on the beach of Playa de Cullera. Spectacular stages of EDM, house, hardstyle and techno.

11 to 15 August

ELCHE

Patron saint festival of Misteri d’Elx the mystery that has reached the four corners of the world.

11 to 14 August

MORAIRA

Teulada medieval market

Artisan taste, very popular and well attended market.

12 August

ALTEA

Fireworks castle of l’Olla

One of the best and most spectacular fireworks on the coast.

13 to 16 August

DÉNIA

Moors and Christians

Of all the festive displays of Moors and Christians in the Community of Valencia, it may well be that the one that takes place in Dénia every year is the most ancient.

28 August to 06 September

JÁVEA

Festivities of Loreto

Seven young couples, the so-called “Mayorales” and “Mayoralesas”, are the protagonists of the “Mare de Déu de Loreto” festivities in Jávea. Bedecked in lavish attire, the girls in bridal white, the boys in elegant suits and ties, for a few days they are genuine kings and queens.

31 August

VALENCIA

La tomatina de Buñol

Download adrenaline! You’ve probably been in dozens of parties all over the world, but believe me, you’ve never seen anything like this tomato throwing spectacle. Read the article in this Summer issue of Eat Drink & More.

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