Explore 17 events and festivals in Alicante, Valencia throughout 2026.
Candlelight concerts are immersive musical events by Fever, presenting popular soundtracks performed by string quartets in settings lit by hundreds of candles. This edition showcased music inspired by fantasy game and television themes, including Game of Thrones, at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante.
Part of the Fever Candlelight concert series, this intimate candlelit tribute showcased The Beatles' catalogue performed by a string ensemble at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. Hundreds of candles and the atmospheric museum setting created a distinctive backdrop for these beloved songs.
Traditional festivities around the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot (January 17), celebrated with a paella competition, the blessing of animals, and community events. San Antón festivities across the Alicante province typically include bonfires, folk music, and local gastronomic traditions.
The International Lucentino Colloquium is a three-day academic conference on translation, interpreting, professional practice, and didactics. "Lucentino" refers to Alicante (ancient Lucentum), and the event brings together scholars and professionals from the Spanish-speaking translation community.
Alicante's Carnival runs five days across the city centre, with costumed comparsas competing in elaborate themed parades through the streets. The festivities culminate in the traditional Burial of the Sardine ceremony, marking the transition from Carnival to Lent.
Alicante's Holy Week is declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, blending deep religious devotion with the city's seafaring character. Processions organized by over 30 brotherhoods wind through the historic centre, with the solemn Thursday night and Good Friday marches drawing the largest crowds.
An intimate candlelit tribute to Queen performed by a string ensemble at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. Candlelight concerts by Fever transform cultural venues with hundreds of candles to present iconic music in an atmospheric immersive setting.
A second edition of the Candlelight Queen tribute concert held at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante, presented in the atmospheric format of Fever's popular candlelit concert series. String ensembles perform Queen's greatest hits surrounded by hundreds of flickering candles.
Declared a Festival of International Tourist Interest, Alicante's Hogueras de San Juan is the city's signature celebration. For five days around the summer solstice, enormous sculptural monuments (hogueras) line the streets and are ceremonially burned on June 23 in a spectacular pyrotechnic finale, accompanied by daily mascletàs, parades, and street parties.
The Reggaeton Beach Festival (RBF) brings two days of reggaeton and urban Latin music to Benidorm's beach venues. The festival draws headline acts from across Latin America and has become one of the summer's biggest reggaeton events on the Spanish coast.
Cirque du Soleil's "KURIOS — Cabinet of Curiosities" pitches its iconic Grand Tent at Playa de San Juan in Alicante. The show combines breathtaking acrobatics, theatrical fantasy, and visual poetry in a steampunk-inspired world of curiosities where time stands still and the impossible becomes real.
One of the most dramatic Moors and Christians festivals in Spain, held in honour of Santa Marta in Villajoyosa (La Vila Joiosa). Over eight days, elaborate costumed processions, mock naval landings, and staged battles along the beach recreate the legendary defence of the town, ending with the Christians' victorious procession to the church.
The Reggaeton Millennial Fest returns to Alicante for two nights of 2000s and 2010s reggaeton and electrolatino nostalgia. After a sold-out 2025 edition, the festival once again invites crowds to relive the golden era of urban Latin music with artists who defined the genre.
Villena's Moors and Christians festival, held around the feast of Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes on September 8, is one of the most celebrated in Alicante province. Six days of colourful comparsas, costumed processions, and mock battles draw thousands of participants and spectators to this historic walled town.
The Medieval Festival of Elx transforms UNESCO-recognised Elche into a vast open-air stage throughout October and November. Medieval markets, music and theatre performances, fireworks displays, and children's activities recreate the spirit of the Middle Ages against the backdrop of the city's celebrated palm grove and the Basilica de Santa María.
The annual Christmas Fair at Alicante's Rabasa Exhibition Centre runs from late November through mid-January, bringing fairground attractions, food stalls, artisan markets, and seasonal entertainment to the city. One of the largest seasonal fairs in the Valencia region, it draws families throughout the winter holiday period.
Every December 28 in Ibi, Els Enfarinats stages a mock coup d'état in which costumed "rebels" seize control of the town and impose absurd laws on passers-by. The day escalates into a battle using flour, eggs, and firecrackers between the rebels and their opponents, coating the streets in white chaos and laughter.