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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

15/06/2025
13:30
Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela 2024/25 Season “UN PASEO POLOS NOSOS BARRIOS" Summer Series Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira  
27/07/2025
20:00 | Praza da Quintana
Concert as part of the programme of the Apostle's Festival 2025
18/09/2025
19:30 | Praza das Praterías
Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela 2024/25 Season “PASEOS” Summer Series Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira  
21/09/2025
13:00
Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela 2024/25 Season “PASEOS” Summer Series "Un paseo polos barrios" Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira    
25/09/2025
19:00 | Praza das Praterías
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Carapaus Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS)  Summer Cycle Maré Festival Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
19/10/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Inés Badalo presents the first star in a sound constellation created by sixteen composers to pay tribute to the Real Filharmonía de Galicia on its 30th anniversary — a series we call Proyecto Cometas.
25/01/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
Concert by the Santiago de Compostela Municipal Band, conducted by David Fiuza, as part of the 2025/26 season – Listen, feel and enjoy, featuring the programme Souvenir impressioniste. A carefully curated selection of French Impressionist repertoire, with works by Debussy, Caplet, Ravel...
08/02/2026
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela and the Galician Symphonic Band present Impetuosamente inspiradoras, a concert combining music and visual arts through the work of three Galician creators. Conducted by David Fiuza, with solo vocalist Rosa Cedrón and visual artist Noa...
22/02/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
The Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela and the CMUS Santiago Band join forces in a program focused on friendship, peace and freedom, offering music as a space for collective reflection and educational collaboration.
01/03/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
The Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela revisits zarzuela from a renewed perspective, performing works inspired by major titles of the Madrid lyric tradition with a contemporary musical language.
08/03/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
The Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela explores the world of rock from a band-based perspective, combining contemporary musical languages with powerful symphonic sound.
15/03/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
A program offering an international view of music inspired by Iberian folklore, blending tradition, rhythm and cultural diversity.
28/03/2026
20:00 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
This concert explores the dialogue between the organ and the wind band, highlighting the parallels between two major sound worlds through transcriptions and organ-inspired works. The recital is part of the De Lugares e Órganos 2026 series.
12/04/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
A concert offering a journey into the human inner world, combining intimate music and folk identity through works by Bugallo and Dvořák.
19/04/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
A program reflecting on the return to classical forms as a source of creative inspiration, featuring works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Séjourné.
26/04/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
This concert presents an overview of contemporary Galician music through world premieres performed by finalists of the 4th Municipal Band of Santiago Conducting Competition.
10/05/2026
12:00 | Teatro Principal
A concert focused on the avant-garde spirit of early 20th-century ballet, featuring landmark works by Stravinsky and Manuel de Falla that reshaped European music.

Theatre

17/09/2025 - 21/09/2025
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Serie Clopen is a multidisciplinary performance blending daring acrobatics, comedy, dance and clowning to humorously reflect on the challenges faced by today’s youth. Through the story of Alicia, a girl passionate about mathematics, the show delves into questions of identity, politics,...
11/10/2025 - 19/10/2025
In October 2025, Santiago de Compostela will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Galicreques International Festival, an event that fills the city with magic, color, and puppetry.

Gastronomy

19/02/2026 - 08/03/2026
Santiago has a wide and diverse gastronomic offer based on the best Galician products and combining traditional and nouvelle cuisine. Santiago (é)Tapas, the city's tapas competition, is the perfect opportunity to discover the quality of the city's gastronomy, as it allows you to...

For children

28/11/2025 - 07/01/2026
All the Nativity scenes that you can visit this Christmas in Santiago de Compostela.
10/10/2026 - 18/10/2026
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Puppeteers from several countries present their singular productions. Children’s shows, outdoor performances and evening shows. And also round tables, exhibitions and workshops… an entire range of activities related to...

Fairs

19/12/2025 - 21/12/2025
Christmas festival dedicated to the creative talent of artists, artisans, producers and entrepreneurs in Galicia: fashion design brands and accessories, handmade toys, jewelry and jewelry, illustration and stationery, decoration, ceramics, household objects...

Literature

28/06/2025 - 06/07/2025
The Oral Storytelling Festival brings storytellers from around the world, and a wide range of Galician talent and new emerging voices.

Cinema

01/07/2025 - 06/07/2025
22nd edition of the International Festival of Cinema and Visual Arts.
07/11/2025 - 23/11/2025
The 39th edition of Cineuropa returns to Santiago de Compostela to bring audiences a selection of recent, high-quality European films. This long-established film event offers a combination of premieres, retrospectives, and meetings with industry professionals, allowing exploration of the...
06/11/2026 - 22/11/2026
Teatro Principal
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Festival held since 1988 throughout the entire month of November. Aimed exclusively at cinema buffs, it reviews the season’s best non-commercial cinema. Not to be missed in order to savour the city’s cultural...

Sport

10/05/2025
20:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
Run through the emblematic areas of the historic city of Santiago de Compostela.
31/12/2025
17:30 | Plaza del Obradoiro
The San Silvestre is the last athletic event of the year in Santiago de Compostela, a sporting spectacle that will enliven the day from 17:30 hours in the best possible setting: the Praza do Obradoiro. 

Fiestas

28/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
The 2025 Ascensión Festivities will fill Compostela with music, activities, and tradition during the last week of May. This celebration, one of the most beloved by the people of Santiago, returns with open-air concerts, children’s shows, traditional markets, fairground rides in the...
23/06/2025
Plaza de Mazarelos
Coinciding with the Festivities of San Xoán, which fill the city with colourful and magical bonfires, Santiago welcomes a new edition of the festival that includes in its programme a variety of activities and workshops for the enhancement of Galician rites and traditions of this time...
31/12/2025
13:00
On 31 December, the pubs of the Cidade Vella Cultural Association will celebrate New Year’s Eve in the streets of the historic centre with a special programme starting at 1:00 pm and running throughout the day. Free activities, music and a festive atmosphere will turn the Old Town into an...
31/12/2025 - 01/01/2026
23:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
The best New Year's Eve plan in Santiago is to eat grapes in the Praza do Obradoiro whith the sound of the chimes of the Berenguela. The party starts at 23:00 with music and dancing. There will be grapes and free cotillion for 1000 persons who comes to welcome the new year in the most...
07/02/2026
19:00
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
11/02/2026 - 18/02/2026
Entroido 2026, one of Santiago’s most popular annual celebrations, will take place from 11 to 18 February with a programme full of humour, music and tradition. As every year, the Meco will be the central figure of the festivities, presiding over the celebrations and setting the irreverent...
20/03/2026 - 23/03/2026
Romería de San Lázaro: 'Festa Gastronómica da Uña' [20-23 marzo 2026]
A religious and gastronomic festival. One of the most unique and oldest festivities in Galicia.

Others

04/08/2025 - 28/08/2025
Circus, dance, street theatre, poetry, music, storytelling, magic and cinema make up nearly thirty proposals spread throughout the city. Organised by Santiago City Council through Compostela Cultura, Festival C is supported by the Provincial Council of A Coruña and collaborates with...
28/11/2025 - 06/01/2026
18:00 | Parque de la Alameda
A tour of artistic illumination through Paseo da Ferradura in Alameda Park.     

Exhibitions

31/05/2025 - 15/06/2025
Hospedería San Martín Pinario
This exhibition, part of the events celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Asociación do Traxe Galego, will bring together between fifteen and twenty full or partial antique outfits from the four Galician provinces.

Annual

04/08/2019 - 17/08/2019
NOTE. This information, is the expected for the year 2019.   An annual event that has been held in Santiago de Compostela since 1957; it provides Spanish music training to professional and student performers from all over the world. During the course, concerts are held in singular...
18/09/2019 - 23/09/2019
Teatro Principal
  Outstanding lied singers from all over the world give recitals along with the pianist and festival organiser Roger Vignoles. Each year deals with a central theme, giving rise to specialised conferences on the genre. Organizer: Concello de Santiago / Asociación de Amigos de...
18/09/2025 - 04/06/2026
Auditorio de Galicia
The Real Filharmonía de Galicia presents its 2025–2026 season, titled Historias. Coinciding with the celebration of its 30th anniversary, the programme highlights Galician talent, contemporary creation, and the projection of the orchestra towards the future.
Free
02/05/2026 - 10/05/2026
Parque de la Alameda
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Annual fair that is held in the city’s most emblematic park, where you can find bargains in a great variety of publications, including books about Santiago and Galicia.