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165 matches: 29 Music | 21 For children | 6 Dance | 23 Theatre | 7 Annual | 5 Gastronomy | 1 Festival | 6 Literature | 4 Cinema | 2 Courses and workshops | 3 Celebrations | 1 Sport | 15 Fiestas | 6 Guided visits | 6 Others | 1 Congresses and meetings | 10 Conferences | 2 Debates - colloquy | 26 Exhibitions | 1 Heritage | 1 Art and History
Music
23/04/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
FAIA presents her second solo album, Alvela, a complex and subtle work, with ten songs that deal with the experience of motherhood, the memory of the body and the violence that crosses it, but also with the strength that resides in the intimate, in desire and pleasure.
Free
24/05/2025
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Concert by Felisa Segade and Merchi Rodríguez for the Day of Galician Letters 2025
08/06/2025
19:00 | Sala Capitol
Event of presentation of the album ‘Fillo do Mar’ Dirty Suc
Free
20/06/2025 - 22/06/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Traditional music and dance will once again flood the Gaiás with muiñeiras and aturuxos, alalás and pandeiradas: the Serán returns in June 2025 to the Cidade da Cultura - framed in the programme of these Letras Galegas - and coinciding with the start of summer and...
06/07/2025
20:30 | Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Carlos Núñez will fill the Colexiata do Sar with magic in this traditional meeting with Santiago’s audience. A concert for locals and visitors alike, in the very heart of Galicia. To feel Santiago from within.
Free
03/09/2025
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
noitiNHAs 2025 returns with its 8th edition to light up Santiago’s nights with live music and unique flavors. This cultural series, held at the NH Collection hotel in Santiago, blends vibrant concerts with top-tier culinary offerings, creating a full sensory experience. Under the slogan...
24/09/2025
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
The Clubtura Cycle comes to Modus Vivendi with a concert featuring AmiguiS and Kreze, two projects that showcase emerging Galician music in one of Santiago’s cultural landmark venues.
02/10/2025
20:30 | Modus Vivendi
Clara Cantore presents a series of concerts at Modus Vivendi, every Thursday starting September 18, in a trio format with Quim Farinha and Carlos Freire. Each performance will explore live the fusion of Latin American roots music and Galician tradition, with an open Terra Jam to gather...
15/10/2025 - 18/10/2025
The 2025 edition of SiSons will take place on October 15, 16, 17, and 18, featuring a programme that blends live music, showcases, and activities aimed at strengthening the Galician music scene and beyond.
25/10/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Brais das Hortas and Peter Punk
30/10/2025
19:30 | Sala Capitol
Alternative pop artist Barry B will perform in Santiago on October 30 at Sala Capitol, in a free concert organized as part of the Youth Participatory Budget program. He will share the stage with three Galician bands linked to the Centro Xove da Almáciga —Ginko Biloba, Futuro...
15/11/2025
19:00
On Saturday, November 15th, at 7:00 PM, a charity concert will be held at the auditorium of CIFP Politécnico de Santiago to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the association Dano Cerebral Santiago de Compostela. The event will feature performances by the Bandiña and Choir of the...
Free
21/11/2025
19:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate Music Day with the concert Poesiacordes by Francisco Castro.
28/11/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Winner of the Jazz España 2022 Award, SUMRRÁ is the longest-standing trio in the Spanish jazz scene and one of the Galician projects with the greatest international reach, having performed at festivals in Canada, Korea, Mexico, Brazil, China, South Africa, and...
Free
12/12/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Leticia Rey is a Galician singer and songwriter, originally from Vila de Cruces and currently based in A Coruña, known for her unique style and undefined genre. With classical technique as her foundation, her music blends jazz, pop, psychedelia, and folk in a fluid way, offering a...
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...
06/02/2026
21:30 | Sala Capitol
Familia Caamagno present their new LP Disco Comarcal in a unique show accompanied by the "Orquestra do Quince".
08/02/2026
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
XPECTRO is a multidisciplinary performance that invites audiences into a creative and deeply emotional universe. The action unfolds in a corner of the minds of two beings whose bodies bear traces of neurodivergence and whose inner worlds hold echoes of the past.
Free
13/02/2026
19:00 | Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santiago
On Friday, 13 February, at 7:00 p.m., the duo Al-Jus will perform a concert at the auditorium of the Santiago Professional Conservatory (R/ Monte dos Postes s/n). Al-Jus, formed by Portuguese guitarists Davide Amaral and António Justiça, will present a monographic recital...
05/03/2026
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Antía Muíño presents Anfibia Por Veces, her second album —a beautiful and contemporary work in which the song remains at the centre. Situated between folk-rooted music and jazz-pop, the intimacy of her songwriting engages in dialogue with the pulse of traditional...
05/03/2026
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
The Ciclo de Lied: Histories in Words will take place on Thursday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m. at the Auditorio de Galicia, with tickets priced at €12. Featuring Franz‑Josef Helig (bass) and Georgd Huber (piano), the recital will present iconic works by Schubert, Wolf, Stephan, and Shostakovich,...
22/03/2026
20:00 | Sala Capitol
Unto Vello will premiere their debut album Inmaterial live in a concert conceived as a collective celebration of Galician traditional music. The duo, formed by Bieito Pereira and Xabi Gómez, will be joined by several guest collaborators. The album brings together songs collected across...
26/03/2026
20:30 | Palacio de Congresos e Exposicións de Galicia
Luz Casal presents her new tour and album Me voy a permitir, the most eclectic and unclassifiable work of her career. In this record she allows herself the pleasure of revealing ten different facets, as many as the songs: ten attitudes and ten ways of looking at and understanding the world.
28/03/2026
21:00 | Multiusos Fontes do Sar
The live debut of the new album by Galician band The Rapants will take place on March 28. The grand opening of Rapants Club, their fourth LP, will be held on the last Saturday of March at the Multiusos Fontes do Sar in Santiago de Compostela.
23/05/2026
11:00
Water is life, memory, and transformation. The Sarela River was once a source of food, leisure, and economy for Compostela, when the city was just a small village—a silent witness to the passing of time… Yet that’s only a saying, because the Sarela is anything but silent. Its...
24/10/2026
21:30 | Sala Capitol
Hugo Guezeta presents the Fin de Xira de O Noso Tempo
Dance
15/06/2025
18:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Festival de fin de curso da escola Sondanza solidario a favor de Asotrame.
19/04/2026
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
TRANSEÚNTE explores the duality between permanence and transience in the bodies of new generations, shaped by folklore and tradition. A performance that celebrates cultural diversity, honors the past, lives the present, and embraces the future.
07/05/2026
20:30 | Teatro Principal
ALÉN is a contemporary dance creation exploring the “beyond” as a process, an intermediate space where identity dissolves to emerge transformed. Four dancers offer a poetic, sensory, and energetic experience.
Theatre
22/04/2025
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
The Galician-language comedy webseries ‘Non Saímos do Lixo’, live for the first time.
11/09/2025 - 14/09/2025
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,...
03/10/2025 - 05/10/2025
Three days, six shows, and three iconic venues in Santiago to experience improvisation in its purest form
Free
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.
Free
17/10/2025
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Oral storytelling performance for the Intangible Heritage Day.
Free
18/10/2025 - 19/10/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Converging Gazes transforms the second floor of the Museo Centro Gaiás into a living stage, where two actors, inspired by the lives and works of Castelao and Savelev, guide the audience through an immersive and participatory experience that innovatively combines theater and museum.
Free
25/10/2025 - 26/10/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Converging Gazes transforms the second floor of the Museo Centro Gaiás into a living stage, where two actors, inspired by the lives and works of Castelao and Savelev, guide the audience through an immersive and participatory experience that innovatively combines theater and museum.
08/01/2026 - 25/01/2026
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Theatrical adaptation of the Galician classic by Xosé Neira Vilas, directed by Cándido Pazó, with set design by Pablo Giráldez “O Pastor”, costumes by Martina Cambeiro, music by Xosé Lois Romero, and lighting by Afonso Castro.
20/01/2026
12:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
On Tuesday, January 20, an Ensaio Aberto Fábrica Nº 6 immersive theatre open rehearsal will take place with Tyler McKechnie from Oístes Teatro and Gloria Rico from Teatro en Punto.
20/02/2026 - 22/02/2026
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
ICTUS is a play about memory: about the deep connection between a strong collective memory and a healthy democracy, and about the still-open wounds of historical memory. Its guiding thread is A derradeira leición do mestre, the last painting signed by Castelao in exile, when he...
28/02/2026
12:00 | Zona C
Tramoia · Anatomy of a Theatre Piece — Analysis session with Chévere
Tramoia · Anatomy of a Theatre Piece is a shared analysis space focused on stage-creation processes, promoted by the Cultural Mediation Service of the Auditorio de Galicia. This session, held...
07/03/2026
19:00 | Teatro Principal
Theatrical performance of AUTO DOS SIMULADOS DA CARAVILLA by Manuel María. Produced by the S.C. Theater Group: Medulio, directed by Francisco Rodríguez. In collaboration with A.C. O Galo.
25/03/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
Mala Vida e Pior Morte de Ricardo III is a one-person show starring Evaristo Calvo, in which the late King Richard III of England addresses the audience to challenge Shakespeare’s account of the final years of his life in The Life and Death of King Richard III. A revisionist take blending...
Free
27/03/2026
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Performance to mark Theatre Day at the Library of Galicia
29/03/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
Surviving a massacre is hard, but even harder when you have to tell the story afterwards. The comedians from Hamlet and poor Horatio leave Elsinore with trauma in their bodies and the need to find a new job doing what they do best: embodying stories as their late playwright, William...
01/04/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
Mala Vida e Pior Morte de Ricardo III is a one-person show starring Evaristo Calvo, in which the late King Richard III of England addresses the audience to challenge Shakespeare’s account of the final years of his life in The Life and Death of King Richard III. A revisionist take blending...
08/04/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
Mala Vida e Pior Morte de Ricardo III is a one-person show starring Evaristo Calvo, in which the late King Richard III of England addresses the audience to challenge Shakespeare’s account of the final years of his life in The Life and Death of King Richard III. A revisionist take blending...
12/04/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
Surviving a massacre is hard, but even harder when you have to tell the story afterwards. The comedians from Hamlet and poor Horatio leave Elsinore with trauma in their bodies and the need to find a new job doing what they do best: embodying stories as their late...
23/04/2026 - 24/04/2026
20:30 | Teatro Principal
UBASUTE, by playwright Paula Carballeira, reflects on abandonment through a light and poetic stage “toy.” The piece blends genres and enigmas, guiding the characters’ journeys and offering an inner voyage in which each audience member can recognize themselves.
07/05/2026 - 10/05/2026
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Escenas del cambio 2026 proposes a program in which three interconnected currents beat: the drive of those who persist, that of those who reveal themselves, and that of those who reinvent. Revelesencia is the term—between revelation, effervescence, and essence—that...
23/05/2026
20:30 | Teatro do Camiño
The oldest fear of humanity is the fear of the unknown. They say Prometheus stole fire from the gods, and since then the desire to create has burned within us. Yet every creation carries with it the shadow of error. As Aristotle intuited: the monster is that which departs from essence, that...
06/06/2026
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
IRIBARNE is an irreverent stage investigation into a key figure of recent Galician and Spanish history. It follows the life of a man born in Rouco Varela during Alfonso XIII’s monarchy, who emigrated to Cuba and returned to navigate politics with ambition. The play explores power,...
18/09/2026 - 26/09/2026
Teatro Principal
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION.
Amateur theatre The Agustín Magán Festival was born in 2001 with the purpose of promoting the best theatrical productions of the amateur federated companies. The works that participate each year, in total 6, are ...
Gastronomy
05/06/2025
20:00 | Mercado de Abastos
Gastronomic appointment with Martin Codax on Thursdays in June at the Praza de Abastos in Santiago. Four chefs, four styles and the same philosophy: cooking Galicia from the respect for the product, creativity and the link with the territory.
12/06/2025
20:00 | Mercado de Abastos
Gastronomic appointment with Martin Codax on Thursdays in June at the Praza de Abastos in Santiago. Four chefs, four styles and the same philosophy: cooking Galicia from the respect for the product, creativity and the link with the territory.
Free
18/06/2025
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
noitiNHAs 2025 returns with its 8th edition to light up Santiago’s nights with live music and unique flavors. This cultural series, held at the NH Collection hotel in Santiago, blends vibrant concerts with top-tier culinary offerings, creating a full sensory experience. Under the...
19/06/2025
20:00 | Mercado de Abastos
Gastronomic appointment with Martin Codax on Thursdays in June at the Praza de Abastos in Santiago. Four chefs, four styles and the same philosophy: cooking Galicia from the respect for the product, creativity and the link with the territory.
20/02/2026 - 23/02/2026
Establishments in Santiago will offer Caldo de Gloria this weekend, as part of Rosalía's Day activities.
For children
11/05/2025
11:00 | Casa das Máquinas
SororAs is a space for creation and learning in equality from the application of the gender perspective. Through traditional games, they build a fun space for girls and boys from 1 to 12 years old, in which to learn with the games of today and always.
Free
23/05/2025
10:15 | Parque de Eugenio Granell (O Paxonal)
The foliada will bring together in Compostela music and dance groups, as well as pandeireteiras (tambourine players), from 15 educational centers in Galicia and Portugal, in a festive pilgrimage celebrating Galician-Portuguese Letters.
24/05/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Andamiaxe
Free
30/10/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Ramiro Neira
23/11/2025
11:00 | Casa das Máquinas
Hoops, ropes, spinning tops, keys, stilts or frog games are just some of the traditional and popular toys that have brought joy to children for generations. The Asociación do Xogo Tradicional brings to Casa das Máquinas a lively selection of games to play like in the old days...
28/11/2025 - 05/01/2026
16:00 | Iglesia de San Fiz de Solovio
From Friday, 28 November, to Sunday, 5 January, visitors can enjoy the impressive Nativity scene created and installed by the craftsman José Uzal: more than 500 figures make up this display, which includes various scenes, moving pieces, and special lighting and sound effects.
29/11/2025
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Mysterious challenges and intricate clues await in the corridors of the exhibition Castelao. Mirar por Galicia... Your mission? Solve them all to discover the hidden words and form the secret message that captures the spirit of the exhibition, as well as the life and thought of Castelao.
02/12/2025 - 06/01/2026
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This Nadal no Gaiás, the Cidade da Cultura hosts Dreams of Argonauts, a magical setting filled with glowing spheres, inflatable corridors and family activities, including creative workshops, a theatre show inside the first “static” balloon, a museum escape room, a virtual...
Free
13/12/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling with Vero Rilo
Free
14/12/2025
11:00 | Casa das Máquinas
A lively session full of fun, learning and creativity for kids. Through games, workshops and participatory activities, education and play come together to create special moments where everyone can experiment, invent and express themselves freely.
22/12/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling with Trinketrinke Theatre
22/12/2025
18:00 | Casa das Máquinas
Three travelling performers bring back Galician folk tales such as A Cabra Montesina, As Lavandeiras and A Santa Compaña. With plenty of humour and audience participation, Teatro Ghazafelhos celebrates its 20th anniversary by reviving one of its first street shows — a lively,...
27/12/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Raquel Queizás
Free
29/12/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling with Galeatro
Free
30/12/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Pulpiño Viascón
17/01/2026
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Pavís Pavós
Free
24/01/2026
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Ubú Teatro
28/02/2026
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Tarabelos
Free
21/03/2026
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling with Charo Pita
Free
12/04/2026
11:00 | Casa das Máquinas
Get ready for an morning full of movement and laughter! Tropa C invites children to try traditional Galician games like jumping ropes, skittles, spinning tops, accuracy, memory and skill games, and more. A participatory space where children are the protagonists, enjoying together a living play...
Festival
21/02/2026 - 22/02/2026
From February 21 to 22, Santiago celebrates the 189th anniversary of Rosalía de Castro’s birth and the 160th anniversary of the publication of Las literatas. Activities for all audiences, free entry until full capacity. Organized by the Language Area of the Deputación da...
Literature
01/10/2025
19:00 | Libraría Couceiro
On Wednesday 1 at 7:00 PM, Libraría Couceiro will host a literary talk on the book Ensaio sobre o efémero by Vítor Vaqueiro, organized by the Cultural Association O Galo.
27/02/2026
20:00 | Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
AC. O Galo presents the book Personaxes da Galiza Medieval IV, a new volume in the series through which the association continues contributing to the recovery of Galicia’s historical memory. This edition explores the centuries when Galicia was a kingdom of its own, shaped by a...
16/03/2026
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate World Poetry Day with the poetry creation workshop Que como o sol sexa o meu verso led by Apiario. Que como o sol sexa o meu verso are words by the poet Miguel Hernández, and they give this workshop its name. A proposal where the discovery of the poetic...
Free
18/03/2026 - 21/03/2026
Teatro Principal
The Alguén que Respira! poetry festival will hold its ninth edition in Santiago from March 18 to 21, focused on memory and marking the farewell of director Antón Lopo. The program includes around thirty recitals, debates, and performances with prominent participants such...
Free
25/03/2026
10:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
A new session of Mañás poéticas, an open and free reading of texts by different authors, which in March we dedicate to the poet Alejandra Pizarnik.
Cinema
Free
13/05/2025
20:00 | Teatro do Camiño
A night of cinema by Intersección (International Film Festival of A Coruña) with the screening of 5 short films.
01/07/2025 - 06/07/2025
22nd edition of the International Festival of Cinema and Visual Arts.
Free
28/01/2026
18:00 | Facultade de Filosofía
As part of the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Compostela, the preview screening of the documentary short Expediente Velo (2026), directed by Aser Álvarez (30 min.), will take place within the Philosophical Film Series of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of...
10/03/2026 - 15/03/2026
Museo do Pobo Galego
The International Ethnographic Film Festival of the Museo do Pobo Galego aims to present recent audiovisual works in the field of ethnography and visual anthropology.
The screenings take place in the Museo do Pobo Galego, the Salón Teatro and the Teatro...
Courses and workshops
07/02/2026
16:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
In the workshop From Wood to Cloth, we will follow the reverse path of the artist, printing floral motifs, plant shapes and organic elements onto fabric—an accessible, contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional pañuelo aesthetic present in Asorey’s work.
27/02/2026 - 28/02/2026
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
A veces está bien perderse is a performing arts laboratory for dissident bodies, conceived as a space for research, play, and creation based on the participant’s own body and identity. It will take place on February 27 and 28 in three sessions led by Magda Labarga at Espazo...
Celebrations
28/03/2026 - 05/04/2026
Easter is also a good time to visit some of the small treasures hidden in the city, which during these dates are shown to the visitor taking on a special dimension and meaning; because Santiago is a place of reflection, passion, worship... but above all, a real jewel for lovers of sacred...
28/03/2026 - 05/04/2026
Festivity of Tourist Interest of Galicia
Holy Week in a spiritual, historic city, peace and much more
Sport
17/05/2025
10:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, the XI Carreira Camiño das Letras will take place—a race that combines sport, culture, and symbolism.
Fiestas
23/06/2025
18:00
The members of the Cultural Association Cidade Vella have prepared various activities in several squares of Compostela’s Old Town to celebrate the most magical night of the year. There will be music, sardiñadas (grilled sardines), snacks, quitameigallos (ritual...
23/06/2025 - 24/06/2025
June 23rd, the summer solstice, is the magical eve of “San Juan” (St. John’s Day), an ancient fiesta that is present in all cultures, marking the beginning of the summer, the time of greatest sunlight, the longest day in the year.
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...
25/06/2025 - 29/06/2025
Five days of music, dance, theatre, big-heads, reading, storytelling, science and much more in one of Santiago's most unique neighbourhoods.
18/07/2025 - 31/07/2025
The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta.
July 24th and...
14/11/2025
19:30 | Sala Capitol
We’re celebrating the 90th anniversary of Capitol in style, a venue that opened in 1935 as a modern cinema and has become one of the country’s most iconic concert halls. Culture, music, and fun come together in this big celebration as we look forward to the next 100 years.
Free
20/12/2025
13:00
The Fontiñas neighbourhood will celebrate Nadaliñas 2025 on Saturday, 20 December, with a full day of music starting at 1:00 pm with Cada quen dun lar, followed at 1:30 pm by Monoulious Dop, at 3:00 pm by Yaya DJ, at 6:00 pm by Duendeneta, at 8:00 pm by Eva e Camilo and again by...
17/01/2026 - 22/02/2026
Santiago de Compostela
Very close to Santiago:
Boqueixón, A Estrada, Silleda, Touro, Vedra, Vila de Cruces
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION.
The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais”...
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.
08/02/2026
19:00
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
Free
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...
14/02/2026
19:00
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 14 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
15/02/2026
19:00
On the afternoon of February 15, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
16/02/2026
16:30 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
In this 2026 Carnival, the museum’s sculptures come to life, step down from their pedestals, and organise a grand dance. What would the sculptures look like if they could move and dance? How would they dress? What colours would they wear? This year, we invite children to reimagine...
Free
27/02/2026 - 28/02/2026
Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Save the dates February 27 and 28 for the big Sar Entroido, full of music, color, and celebration in the neighborhood. On the 27th, performance by París de Noia, and on the 28th, parade of the Xenerais da Ulla. Don’t miss it!
Guided visits
10/09/2025
18:30 | Libraría Couceiro
Lecture and subsequent tour led by art historian and critic Mercedes Rozas. Activity organized by the Cultural Association "O Galo".
23/09/2025
18:00
Cultural route within the cycle "Santiago 1923-1936", organized by AC. O Galo Santiago
29/10/2025
19:00
During October, November, and December, the Itinerarios Patrimonio C return with the proposal titled “Servas de Deus, donas de si”, exploring Compostela’s enclosed convents. The guided tours, free and lasting 90 minutes, delve into the history of women who governed complex...
12/11/2025
19:00
During October, November, and December, the Itinerarios Patrimonio C return with the proposal titled “Servas de Deus, donas de si”, exploring Compostela’s enclosed convents. The guided tours, free and lasting 90 minutes, delve into the history of women who governed complex...
26/11/2025
19:00
During October, November, and December, the Itinerarios Patrimonio C return with the proposal titled “Servas de Deus, donas de si”, exploring Compostela’s enclosed convents. The guided tours, free and lasting 90 minutes, delve into the history of women who governed complex...
01/12/2025 - 05/12/2025
The Invisible Heritage Week is a programme, promoted by the Santiago City Council through Compostela Cultura, that aims to change this. Its goal is to open the doors of true treasures, usually closed to the public, and to offer exclusive guided tours in small groups to ensure...
Others
15/05/2025 - 18/05/2025
International Museum Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 18 May, with special events in various cultural venues across the city.
12/06/2025
18:00 | Casa do Cabido
As part of the exhibition ‘Tras a pegada das musas’, the artist Mareiras from Compostela will paint a live painting.
Free
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...
Free
01/10/2025 - 04/10/2025
Debates, humor and live music come to Santiago with the second edition of Mover os Marcos, taking place from October 1 to 4. The event combines conversations on language, ecology, identities and housing with spoken concerts, live podcasts, urban dance and musical performances. This cultural and...
Free
30/10/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Tenth anniversary of the Galician-Portuguese Music and Poetry Awards ceremony.
06/11/2025 - 09/11/2025
The Encontro Internacional de Cadernos de Viaxe Compostela Ilustrada is an annual event that brings together illustrators, sketchbook artists, urban sketchers and travel drawing enthusiasts in the city of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia). It was created in 2016 by El Patito...
Congresses and meetings
14/07/2025 - 17/07/2025
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
The Museum of Pilgrimages in Santiago de Compostela will host the 16th edition of the International Jacobean Lectures this coming July, under the title Scholars of the Camino de Santiago and Pilgrimage.
Conferences
12/05/2025
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
Conference to commemorate Galician Literature Day titled «Eu cantar, cantar, cantei. As cantareiras e a poesía popular oral», to be given by Malores Villanueva, editor, literary critic, and Doctor in Galician Philology from USC.
26/05/2025
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
Conference in collaboration with the Federación de Ateneos de Galicia, entitled ‘Rompendo as barreiras do localismo: Vigo en Santiago’, which will be given by Manuel Bragado, writer, editor and professor.
06/06/2025 - 08/06/2025
Hospedería San Martín Pinario
As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Asociación do Traxe Galego, these talks will be held by various specialists in traditional clothing.
17/09/2025
19:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
As part of the outreach talks “The Seized Avant-Garde” on the life and work of Francisco Miguel and Syra Alonso, organized by the Provincial Council of A Coruña and the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH), this event will take place in Santiago at the...
28/10/2025
19:30 | Libraría Couceiro
The Cultural Association O Galo presents a talk by historian Diana Pelaz on Urraca of Galicia, the first woman to hold political power in her time. The lecture will explore her reign and her complex relationships with key figures of the period, such as Archbishop Diego Gelmírez.
19/02/2026
19:30 | Libraría Couceiro
Musicologist and educator Xaime Estévez Vila presents the talk “Twenty-five Discographic Editions for Rosalía de Castro”, an overview of the monographic recordings dedicated to the most musically interpreted author in Galician literature. The session highlights...
25/03/2026
19:15 | Museo Diocesano e Igrexa de San Martiño Pinario
AC. O Galo organizes the cycle Iconography and Architecture in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, 11th–15th centuries, at the S. Felipe Neri Oratory (S. Martiño Pinario building). The first lecture, “The Romanesque Architecture of the Cathedral of...
04/04/2026
12:15 | Numax
O ÓRGANO SAE Á RÚA-Meeting with Manuel Vilas, live music and conversation space
09/04/2026
19:15 | Monasterio e Iglesia de San Martiño Pinario
Lecture entitled ‘Romanesque capitals of Santiago Cathedral’, given by Victoriano Nodar (University of Vigo) and organised by the O Galo Cultural Association.
Free
11/04/2026
10:30 | Museo do Pobo Galego
On the occasion of Dance Month, the Museo do Pobo Galego is organizing a new edition of the event A voltas co baile, accompanied by the activity Petís a voltas. Entroidanzas, in a double proposal that invites the public to explore the universe of masks and Entroido through dance.
Debates - colloquy
07/02/2026
12:00 | Libraría Couceiro
The lecture explores the history of the powerful Castro family between the 13th and 14th centuries, focusing on their alliances, political conflicts, ties with Portugal and Castile, and the decisive influence they exerted on the Kingdom of Galicia. A narrative that retraces key figures,...
16/04/2026
20:30 | Vide, Vide! Espazo Enocultural
Vide, Vide hosts a talk on O Imperialismo no século XXI, a book by professor and international analyst Duarte Correa Piñeiro, featuring the author alongside activist Anxo Louzao. The work offers a critical perspective on contemporary imperialism, challenging the idea that it...
Exhibitions
Free
31/01/2025 - 25/05/2025
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
As part of its programme featuring mid-career artists, the CGAC is delighted to present an individual exhibition of the work of Mar Caldas, a pioneer of feminist art in Galicia. Her work, which is fundamentally photographic, is constantly renewing its stance as a means of protest against the...
01/04/2025 - 30/04/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Ediciós do Castro, founded after the creation of the Laboratorio de Formas by Díaz Pardo and Seoane, published over 70 works across approximately 20 collections between 1963 and 2008. Among these collections, we highlight the Biblioteca do Exilio, a small selection of works from...
01/04/2025 - 30/04/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Ediciós do Castro, founded after the creation of the Laboratorio de Formas by Díaz Pardo and Seoane, published over 70 works across approximately 20 collections between 1963 and 2008. Among these collections, we highlight the Cadernos do Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos de...
08/04/2025 - 07/09/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Rafael Úbeda has been painting for seven decades. The exhibition Rafael Úbeda. Retrospective view offers a complete overview of his creative career, delving into the most important milestones of his work and the representative pieces that marked each stage of his career.
09/04/2025 - 30/05/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Rosalía de Castro was born the same year that, for the first time, a woman gained entry to the National Library of Spain. It is not known whether the Galician writer repeated such a feat during her years in Madrid, but the truth is that she was never able to pursue university studies....
22/04/2025 - 15/06/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
The exhibition, on loan from the Provincial Museum of Pontevedra, brings together 52 photographs taken by photojournalist Xan Carballa during the events held in Santiago to mark the return to Galicia of the remains of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, on June 28, 1984.
Curated by...
23/04/2025 - 30/06/2025
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
Photographer Cris Romero presents the exhibition "To the Sea: Chasing the Mist" at the University Church, a project that began in 2020 with the aim of bringing together all her photographs in which the sea plays a secondary yet significant role.
12/05/2025 - 06/06/2025
Museo Diocesano e Igrexa de San Martiño Pinario
Exhibition carried out by the students of 3rd ESO of IES Cacheiras (Teo) about the gargoyles of Compostela.
25/05/2025
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The exhibition Ollos de Vidro. As formas doutra historia de Galicia concludes its run with an activity that goes beyond the exhibition space to bring the words of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao to life on stage. Two exceptional storytellers, Quico Cadaval and Celso F....
Free
04/06/2025 - 30/06/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
The project, sponsored by the Secretaría Xeral da Lingua of the Xunta de Galicia, draws from the plot and aesthetic of Os suicidantes, reflected in 64 noir-inspired photographs created by 23 members of the association.
07/07/2025 - 30/08/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
In the context of Castelao Year 2025, the exhibition project Costumes and Colors of Galicia. National Identity in the Art of Castelao aims to showcase the rich and significant presence of traditional clothing in the pictorial and graphic work of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao.
10/10/2025 - 01/03/2026
Auditorio de Galicia
Exhibition of the finalist works in the fourteenth edition of this Galician contemporary creation competition, a space for showcasing the work of artists and for meeting with a broad and diverse audience that also includes professionals from the field.
28/10/2025 - 05/04/2026
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
It is the final major exhibition project of the year at the Cidade da Cultura. A show that delves, from a contemporary perspective, into the complex aesthetic world of the artist who managed to synthesise the new European sculptural movements with Galician roots.
05/11/2025 - 29/11/2025
Fundación Eugenio Granell
The exhibition highlights the historical memory of Galician heterodox left-wing militants, “doubly forgotten” due to Francoist repression and Stalinist persecution, reflecting on left-wing unity in the face of rising fascist threats.
Free
16/01/2026 - 24/04/2026
DIDAC (DARDO Instituto do Deseño e das Artes Contemporáneas)
The DIDAC Foundation presents The Barro Archive, an exhibition based on the archive of Galician designer Pepe Barro, deposited in the Foundation since 2024. The exhibition offers insight into his career from the 1970s to today, highlighting editorial design, visual identity projects, and his...
29/01/2026 - 26/04/2026
Museo do Pobo Galego
An exhibition inviting visitors to discover the symbolic, artistic, and social value of masks through pieces from over 40 countries collected by traveler and collector Nacho Rovira, combined with Galician masks, some of which belong to the Museo do Pobo Galego.
The exhibition will remain open...
Free
05/02/2026 - 18/03/2026
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
Water, Mud and Capital places us before the open wound running through the earth’s rivers and riverbeds. Àlvar Calvet examines how the system has transformed the primordial element of life into a speculative commodity. The exhibition arrives in Galicia at a critical moment,...
06/02/2026 - 03/05/2026
11:00 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
The CGAC, the first museum designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira, has addressed architecture from multiple perspectives throughout its programme of activities and exhibitions, often through the gaze of the artists who have collaborated with the centre since its opening in 1993. It is therefore...
Free
16/02/2026 - 04/03/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition “Virando o rosa”, by photographer Diana Fajardo Rama, opens on February 16 at 12:00 in the Upper Cloister of the Colegio de Fonseca, as part of the 8M celebration. The project reflects on the care of women diagnosed with cancer from a gender perspective, combining a...
26/02/2026 - 15/03/2026
11:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
The exhibition ‘Despunte 2026’ showcases the final projects of students from the Higher Artistic Education in Design (Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design) and the Professional Artistic Education in Plastic Arts and Design (Advanced Vocational...
Free
09/03/2026 - 18/04/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition by Argentine artist Luciana Rago, curated by Paula Cabaleiro.
13/03/2026 - 30/04/2026
Hotel Virxe da Cerca ****
On Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m., the exhibition “Voluntades simultáneas” by Ferrol-based artists Sofía Piñeiro and Xabier Cano will open at the Hotel Virxe da Cerca in Santiago de Compostela. This exhibition is part of the 2011 agreement between Pousadas de...
17/03/2026 - 30/04/2026
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo José Lorenzo
The Galería José Lorenzo presents Abstracción Atlántica, an exhibition devoted to Galician abstract art from the late decades of the 20th century. The show brings together around ten works by artists such as Xosé María Molezún, Silverio Rivas...
Free
25/03/2026 - 01/08/2026
Auditorio de Galicia
The new exhibition at the Auditorio de Galicia showcases the photographic work of Colita (Isabel Esteva, 1940-2023, Barcelona) published alongside texts by writer Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918-1991, Barcelona) in the book Antifémina (1977), considered...
26/03/2026 - 31/12/2026
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The Archivo de Galicia opens the exhibition Mulleres sobranceiras. Luísa Villalta. Music, Word, and Commitment, thanks to the recent donation of the author’s personal archive by her family. This donation makes the Archivo one of the key institutions for the study of...
Free
27/03/2026 - 30/04/2026
Galería Dupla
Exhibition by Alba Troiteiro
Heritage
11/04/2025 - 20/04/2025
Easter is also a good time to visit some of the small treasures hidden in the city, which during these dates are shown to the visitor taking on a special dimension and meaning; because Santiago is a place of reflection, passion, worship... but above all, a real jewel for lovers of sacred...
Annual
01/10/2014 - 05/06/2015
21:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
From October to June, the Real Filharmonía de Galicia and other Spanish and international orchestras feature more than 30 concerts, close to 100 musical compositions and 40 invited conductors and soloists await the public in the Auditorio de Galicia.
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
21/10/2025 - 31/05/2026
The objectives of Contemporáneas, a new programme of the City Council of Santiago with the support of the Diputación de A Coruña, are to raise awareness of avant-garde music of the 20th and 21st centuries, to encourage the creation of new compositions and to establish a...
29/01/2026 - 06/06/2026
The new performing arts season of Compostela Cultura (January–June 2026) features 23 shows and 33 performances of theatre and dance, with a programme that explores memory, identity and emerging contemporary languages. The season is structured around three thematic focuses —Castelao...
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