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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

20/12/2023
20:00 | Teatro Principal
On the occasion of the anniversary of the premiere of the Galician anthem, the Teatro Principal is hosting a recital in which the Crecente Choir, the Solfa Choir and Cantigas e Agarimos will perform great classics of traditional Galician and Portuguese music.
14/01/2024
12:00 | Teatro Principal
2023/24 "POSTAIS" Season FAMILY CONCERT Municipal Music Band of Santiago de Compostela
24/01/2024
19:00 | Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santiago
"Fremosas, Cantigas de Amigo e de Amor" is the new work of the musical group Barahúnda formed by Helena de Alfonso and Jose Lara Gruñeiro.
25/05/2024 - 26/05/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 21:30.
31/05/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
05/06/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CONFERENCE 2024 - KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT ENSEMBLE I JONDE Ensemble Modern e JONDE Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor Isabel Rubio, assistant conductor The Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE) has once again chosen Santiago de Compostela to hold its...
06/06/2024
20:00 | Teatro Principal
The Teatro Principal will host the Extraordinary Concert at the end of the Advanced Orchestral Specialisation Course of the Escuela de Altos Estudos Musicais.

Exhibitions

07/06/2024
20:00 | Airas Nunes
On Friday 7 June at 20:00h at Café Airas Nunes there will be a musical presentation of Nuria de León's watercolour exhibition. ‘Celebrating the cultural and linguistic diversity of our planet’.

Music

07/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
08/06/2024
21:00 | Riquela Club
They are a progressive instrumental rock band with a fusion soul, based in Santiago de Compostela.
11/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
13/06/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme:  “dende a paisaxe lusitana”
14/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
18/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
21/06/2024
19:00 | Sede SGAE/Fundación Autor
The Fundación SGAE, at the initiative of the Consejo Territorial SGAE Galicia, presents the fifth edition of the Acento festival.
Free
21/06/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Budiño presents ‘Branca Vela’ to celebrate Music Day 2024.
21/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
23/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
25/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
27/06/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programa: “dende a física”
28/06/2024
19:30 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
Universe between Songs is a show that merges art and science. More specifically, the show interweaves a set of narratives about the cosmos (its birth, the night sky, the stars that populate it, our place in the universe, etc.) with celebratory songs of its own.
28/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
Free
03/07/2024
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
The gastronomic and musical cycle noitiNHas returns to the cultural programme with a seventh edition in which it will offer five free events for the public at the NH Collection Santiago on Wednesdays 15th May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September from 19:30h.  
04/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela. 
04/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “dende o virtuosísmo”
11/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
11/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “de foliada na ribeira do Sar”    
12/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
18/07/2024
20:00
The Real Filharmonía de Galicia will give a concert in the Church of Santo Agostiño conducted by Sebastian Zinca and featuring Paulina Bielarczyk as soprano. Pieces by L. v. Beethoven, W. A. Mozart, J. Sibelius, A. Beach and G. Verdi will be performed.
18/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
18/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme:  “dende a paixón andaluza”
20/07/2024
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert by Vertixe Sonora on the occasion of the closing of the 6th piano masterclass that the Japanese pianist Haruna Takebe is giving at the Escuela de Música Play.  
27/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “de despedida”
28/07/2024 - 10/08/2024
LXVI EDITION International University Courses "Music in Compostela". Parallel cultural programme free of charge.
05/08/2024 - 24/08/2024
The 21th edition of the Feito á Man festival in Santiago de Compostela will fill the streets and squares of the old city with live music, with more than forty artistic proposals of different musical styles. The festival is organised by the Cidade Vella Cultural Association.    
Free
07/08/2024
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
The gastronomic and musical cycle noitiNHas returns to the cultural programme with a seventh edition in which it will offer five free events for the public at the NH Collection Santiago on Wednesdays 15th May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September from 19:30h.  
09/08/2024
20:00 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
The Argentinian guitarist Mirta Álvarez will give a concert at Espazo X (cafeteria of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, R/ Valle Inclán S/N). She is a concert guitarist (and author of compositions and arrangements) specialising in tango and Argentine folk music with...
09/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
15/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
16/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
22/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
23/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
29/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
30/08/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
12/09/2024
19:00 | Plaza de Platerías
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Season 2023/24 POSTAIS Summer Cycle Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
14/09/2024
21:00 | Teatro Principal
HERITAGE NIGHT - HERITAGE SCENE Adelaide lives and works in the moon. Mermaid in winter and witch in summer, she raises her voice in an incantation. Her classical musical training is interwoven with her training in Fine Arts and her performative nature. The result is a fresh, delicate and...
20/09/2024
20:00 | Escuela de música Berenguela
Concert by the Escola de Música Berenguela de Iván Fernández. R.Schumann-‘As variacións póstumas’.
24/09/2024
17:00 | Convento e Iglesia de San Francisco
The group ‘Capella Nacional de Banduristas de Ucrania’, on tour in Spain, shows the tradition of Ukrainian kobzares and banduristas already existing in the Middle Ages and which managed to survive the uniformity imposed by the Soviet regime.
16/10/2024 - 19/10/2024
Professional event that will take place from 16 to 19 October in different venues around the city. Discover the cultural and musical richness of Galicia in this great event. With activities for both the public and professionals. From talks and concerts to showcases, with days full of learning...
Free
18/10/2024
19:30 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
Ulex Concert and Ataque Escampe ALIAXE is a series of concerts that will take place one Friday of each month during the last quarter of 2024, at the Centro Xove da Almáciga. This initiative, promoted by the Concellería de Xuventude do Concello de Santiago de Compostela and chosen...
30/10/2024
20:00 | Convento e Iglesia de Santo Agostiño
Free choral concert in the Igrexa de Santo Agostiño in Santiago de Compostela by the prestigious Anton Bruckner Choir of London, conducted by the renowned Christopher Dawe, on Wednesday 30 October at 20:00h. 
07/11/2024
21:00 | Sala Capitol
Fillas de Cassandra will offer an exclusive concert for young people thanks to the Participatory Budget.
14/11/2024
21:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
De Ninghures arrives at the Outono Cultural of the USC. The concert is scheduled for 14 November at 21.00 at the Igrexa da Universidade. Tickets can be collected free of charge on the day of the concert from 19.30 at the entrance of the venue, with a maximum of two per person. Access to the...
Free
15/11/2024
19:30 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
Concert by Liskadakí and Loita Amada ALIAXE is a series of concerts that will take place one Friday of each month during the last quarter of 2024, at the Centro Xove da Almáciga. This initiative, promoted by the Concellería de Xuventude do Concello de Santiago de...
17/11/2024
12:00 | Teatro Principal
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Galician Audiovisual Academy Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS) Autumn-winter cycle
15/12/2024
12:00 | Teatro Principal
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS) Autumn-winter cycle Guest conductor: Marcel van Bree
21/12/2024
19:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the Festa do Apego.
23/12/2024
18:00 | Iglesia de San Fiz de Solovio
San Fiz de Solovio will host this Christmas a very special choir concert, performed by the neighbourhood choirs. Visit of the Christmas page girl before the concert: 5:30pm. There will be two screenings: 6:00pm and 7:30pm.
Free
27/12/2024
19:30 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
Boa Sunet and Mariagrep Concert. ALIAXE is a cycle of concerts that will take place on a Friday of every month during the last quarter of 2024, at the Centro Xove da Almáciga. This initiative, promoted by the Youth Department of the City Council of Santiago de Compostela and chosen...
04/02/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Opera by Teatro Extremo as part of the Contemporáneas programme.

Dance

Free
16/03/2024
18:30 | Centro Sociocultural de Santa Marta
"Danzade" is a project that aims to be a space of confluence between traditional and contemporary dance, with an emphasis on gender equality and the stereotypes associated with these disciplines.  
08/05/2024
20:00 | Colexio de Fonseca
The milonga is a space where people who love tango and milonga meet to dance and socialize, to share experiences in a place where the tango atmosphere is breathed and the passion for dance is shared.
03/09/2024 - 07/09/2024
This festival searchs for the dynamization and promotion of contemporary dance, offering for a week various activities around the dance: Training workshops, talks with dance professionals and small and medium format shows in Cloisters and Open Spaces of Compostela.

Theatre

20/01/2024
19:00 | Centro Sociocultural de Santa Marta
A piece with a bit of dance by Tangatutanga Teatro
06/02/2024 - 09/02/2024
21:00 | Salón Teatro
The XXVIII International University Theatre Festival of the USC opens in Compostela from 6 to 9 February a window to the theatrical creations developed by university theatre companies at Galician, national and European level.
29/06/2024
20:00 | Teatro Principal
"No soy tu gitana" is a monologue starring the activist and writer Silvia Agüero, who deconstructs the public image of gypsy women, using humour, song and dance. 
14/07/2024
19:00 | Salón Teatro
Open rehearsal of 'Entre Palav-bras', the new proposal of international collaboration of the Galician theatre company ButacaZero and the Portuguese TEAtro Ensaio, in co-production with the Centro Dramático Galego.
07/09/2024 - 08/09/2024
Salón Teatro
Amateur theatre competition held in September in different venues in Santiago. The performances are free of charge.
Free
13/09/2024
19:00 | Plaza de la Quintana
Camino Escena Norte is a cultural exchange project through the performing arts between Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi and Navarra which, promoted by the associations Escena Galega, EscenAsturias, Acepae, Eskena and Escena Navarra, will deploy an intense programme of activities in 60...
27/09/2024
19:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Theatrical performance by the LaPili Theatre Company with the support of the Red Cross.  

Music

Free
05/06/2024
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
The gastronomic and musical cycle noitiNHas returns to the cultural programme with a seventh edition in which it will offer five free events for the public at the NH Collection Santiago on Wednesdays 15th May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September from 19:30h.
Free
04/09/2024
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
The gastronomic and musical cycle noitiNHas returns to the cultural programme with a seventh edition in which it will offer five free events for the public at the NH Collection Santiago on Wednesdays 15th May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September from 19:30h.  

For children

20/01/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling with Chus Álvarez
13/04/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Iago López
20/04/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Charo Pita
Free
27/04/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by A Xanela do Maxín
11/05/2024
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The Library of Galicia commemorates once again the Día das Letras Galegas with a specific program to pay tribute to Luísa Villalta, the protagonist of the event in 2024.
11/05/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Ramiro Neira
18/05/2024
17:30 | Mupega (Museo Pedagógico de Galicia)
Oral storytelling show with Raquel Queizás Family audiences (from 5 years old) 
18/05/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling and badge workshop by the Garabullos Company.
08/06/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling in Portuguese by Joana Cordeiro Samu is a boy with communication difficulties and has a special way of interpreting his surroundings. Family and friends play an important role in overcoming his difficulties. In the assembly hall. For children from 3 to 8 years old. Admission is...
03/07/2024
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Based on visual poetry, Karpaty is transformed into a show full of humour and hope. A prestigious Russian circus sets out on a journey fleeing from war in order to fulfil its dream: to show its art to the public once again.
10/07/2024
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Crashh_Xiri is a show with its own language: ‘crasshonês’. The latest production of the Crashh, a show with energy, humour and a contagious rhythm that brings together the group's entire career to bring together children, families and the general public.
17/07/2024
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
A new Rock en Familia show is coming to Gaiás, a space in which to share and sing the best of Spanish pop music from the eighties and nineties: from Alaska to Radio Futura, Nacha Pop or Coque Malla.
31/07/2024
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Designed for audiences of all ages with the aim of generating community around the performing arts, De Vilatriste a Vilalegre combines acting and puppet theatre with the world of comics as a reference.
25/10/2024
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling for babies by Catuxa Cela.
26/10/2024
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The Library of Galicia celebrates Library Day with the theatrical performance Little Red Riding Hood in the attic, a family show by the company Teatro del Andamio.  
22/11/2024
17:30 | Mupega (Museo Pedagógico de Galicia)
Children's workshop (6 to 10 years old)
29/11/2024 - 05/01/2025
16:00 | Iglesia de San Fiz de Solovio
From Friday 29 November to Sunday 5 January you can enjoy the impressive nativity scene donated and assembled by the nativity scene maker José Uzal: more than 500 figures make up this nativity scene which includes different scenes, moving pieces and also special lighting and sound...
01/12/2024
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
 Fantoches Baj accompanied by the Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela adapts the classic tale of Peter and the Wolf in a proposal performed with puppets manipulated with the Japanese technique of bunraku and accompanied by the music of Prokofiev's classic.
14/12/2024
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The Auditorium of the Biblioteca de Galicia becomes a small village with wooden houses that look like they are made of gingerbread biscuits. In them live the neighbours of the Christmas Musical Village, who will tell the children what life is like in a magical and surprising place where it is...
21/12/2024
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
 A whole day of activities for young children to socialise in Galician. Theatre, music, workshops, magic and much more. Recommended for children from 0 to 6 years old.  
27/12/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Magia en la manga
30/12/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling for babies by Raquel Queizás
05/01/2025
17:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
The Three Wise Men will walk through the streets of the city to the Praza do Obradoiro.

Fairs

16/06/2024
12:00 | Pazo de San Lourenzo de Trasouto
Fifty Galician brands of fashion, ceramic jewellery, basketry, decoration or food will participate in "Sabor a novo", an event that will be held in the Pazo de San Lourenzo and in which there will also be live music, craft workshops, and a wide gastronomic offer.
22/06/2024
11:00 | Centro Comercial Área Central
Área Central is hosting the I Juntanza de patchwork, an occasion organised by Lorena Blanco (@lorypatch) and the Hilar Fino establishment that will bring together around a hundred fans of this sewing technique. The 18th of June is International Patchwork Day and this is the reason why...
29/11/2024 - 05/01/2025
As every year, locals and visitors can do their Christmas shopping at the 70 stalls of decoration, gourmet food and crafts (jewellery, wood, ceramics, glass, leather, toys, textiles, original watering can, design ...) of the market in addition to the wide range of local shops in the ...
13/12/2024 - 15/12/2024
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...

Festival

23/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
Plaza de Mazarelos
It is undoubtedly a great daring that, in its sixth edition, the Rosalía Festival will be filled with sunshine, harmony and naturalness, to celebrate new and diverse creativity in the Galician language.
01/07/2024 - 07/07/2024
The Oral Storytelling Festival brings storytellers from Portugal, Cuba, Salamanca, Japan, and a wide range of Galician talent and new emerging voices.
13/07/2024
10:30
Third edition of this festival, which is an encounter with the local community and the rock heritage of the area through local and sustainable cultural proposals.

Literature

28/05/2024
20:00 | Libraría Pedreira
Presentation of the book ‘Brezhoneg. A lingua celta da Bretaña’.
27/10/2024
18:00 | Teatro Principal
The event will take place at the Teatro Principal and will be attended by renowned cultural figures such as Ana Romaní, Andrea Nunes, Guadi Galego, Tero Rodríguez and Uxía, who will remember the author through a journey through her literary and poetic career.
25/11/2024
19:00
Presentation of the book: ‘Lendas e contos da bisbarra de Santiago’, written by Mª Autora Lestón Mayo. The author will be accompanied by Flor Pernas.  This small compilation immerses us in a variety of historical texts, codices and oral contributions, in the search...
18/12/2024
20:00 | Teatro Principal
The Palestinian artist Rafeef ZIadah offers a poetry recital against barbarism at the Teatro Principal. The poet's verses will be accompanied by the music of Phil Monsour in an initiative entitled ‘Genocide Never Again’, which seeks to denounce the massacre and demand the right of...

Social events

12/10/2024
11:00 | Actuaciones en el Monte do Gozo
The association Bearded Villains Spain celebrates in Monte do Gozo the event MultiChapterMeet 2024, a meeting of games, music, workshops and gastronomy in which the non-profit organisation will raise funds for the Galician Federation of Rare and Chronic Diseases. 

Cinema

22/06/2024
11:00
Screening of the film ‘Testigos de un maldito’, with subsequent discussion with Daniela Ferrández and Javier Larrauri, director of the film. The short film ‘Habitar’ by Anxos Fazáns will also be screened.
24/06/2024 - 27/06/2024
22:30 | Parque de la Alameda
Open-air cinema days in the Alameda, which will be held from 24 to 27 June, always at 22.30 hours. This is an activity that arises from the process of the Participatory Budgeting of the Area of Mocidade, and in which also. were the boys and girls who selected the films to be screened.
30/09/2024
20:00 | Hotel Eurostars Araguaney *****
This film series, organised by the Araguaney Foundation with the collaboration of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, is a window into the life, struggles and stories of the inhabitants of Gaza through the lens of committed filmmakers. 
01/10/2024 - 06/10/2024
Between 1 and 6 October 2024, the citizens of Compostela and film lovers will be able to enjoy a wide selection of 41 small-format films from 18 countries, distributed in three sections: Cosmos, Planet GZ, Supernova.
07/10/2024
20:00 | Hotel Eurostars Araguaney *****
This film series, organised by the Araguaney Foundation with the collaboration of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, is a window into the life, struggles and stories of the inhabitants of Gaza through the lens of committed filmmakers.   
28/11/2024
19:00 | Museo do Pobo Galego
The researcher Andrés Teira Brión together with the production company Illa Bufarda are the creators of this short film that travels through different locations in Asturias, Galicia and Portugal to learn about the uses and methods of cultivation of small maize, a cereal that is...

Courses and workshops

05/02/2024
18:15 | Centro Sociocultural de Vite
Improvisation theatre workshop by Barriga Verde

Celebrations

27/05/2024 - 30/06/2024
On the occasion of the celebration of International LGTBI Pride Day on 28 June, Compostela Diversa brings together a series of actions and activities to make Santiago a benchmark as a welcoming city, committed to global and inclusive actions that help to advance in the achievement of...

Fiestas

03/02/2024
19:00
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
11/02/2024
19:00
On the afternoon of February 11, 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.    
08/05/2024 - 12/05/2024
The celebration of the Fiestas de la Ascensión, the most beloved of the city's traditional festivals, brings a full programme that includes a wide range of musical styles, activities for young and old, the traditional bigheaded and the many attractions in the Alameda.  
24/05/2024
18:30 | CSC de Conxo
The Cultural Association Pena Maior de Marrozos will participate in the Banquet Festival of Conxo giving a traditional dance workshop, open to the public attending the festival. The event will take place on May 24, 2024 at 18:30 at Praza Aurelio Aguirre in Conxo.  
24/05/2024 - 26/05/2024
The banquet that brought together university students, workers and craftsmen around the same table on 2 March 1856 to demand equality and freedom, remains in the collective memory as one of the foundational events of the galeguismo. INFORMATION AND SCHEDULES CONXO BANQUET...
25/05/2024 - 26/05/2024
The Festa do Banquete de Conxo will count on the tourist train, which will be available to citizens and visitors for free transfers between the Alameda, in the city centre, and the neighbourhood of Conxo.  
01/06/2024
11:30
Tenth edition of this 70's themed party organised by the San Martiño Pinario Cultural Association.
23/06/2024
The neighbourhoods of Compostela join in the celebration of the San Xoán festivities, offering a wide range of activities for everyone.
23/06/2024
10:00 | 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...
25/06/2024 - 30/06/2024
Five days of music, dance, theatre, big-heads, reading, storytelling, science and much more in one of Santiago's most unique neighbourhoods. 
19/07/2024 - 31/07/2024
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...

Cinema

21/07/2024 - 30/07/2024
Several areas of the city will host an outdoor film series, which will screen six recent Galician audiovisual films for children and adults. Cycle included in the program of Fiestas del Apóstol 2024.

Fiestas

29/11/2024 - 07/01/2025
Praza Roxa
The Praza Roxa will be one of the focal points of Christmas in Santiago. Concerts, games, performances and attractions will fill the Ensanche of Santiago de Compostela with light and colour.
20/12/2024 - 05/01/2025
Parque de la Alameda
A space dedicated entirely to children: climbing wall, family games and lots of activities.
31/12/2024 - 01/01/2025
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...

Guided visits

07/03/2024
17:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Route by Maos Social Innovation  
12/06/2024
10:00
The Consorcio of Santiago organises a guided tour of its headquarters and some of its latest interventions. The tour will take in the Pazo de Vaamonde (headquarters of the Consortium), the Church of San Fructuoso, the Museo do Pobo Galego and the Piscinas do Sar. It will last approximately 3...
19/06/2024
19:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
The Agrupación Cultural O Galo is organising the lecture (short) and the micro-walk on the sculptor Francisco Asorey.  They will be held one after the other and will be given by Professor Maribel Iglesias Baldomero, who presented her doctoral thesis on the great Cambadian artist at...
09/09/2024 - 14/09/2024
The Invisible Heritage Week is a cycle that opens the doors of treasures, usually closed, and designs guided visits for small groups so that their users keep a unique cultural experience in their memorie
05/10/2024
11:45 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
Guide: Xoán Costa, a secondary school teacher who has written several studies on this pantheon.
04/12/2024
17:55 | Catedral
This activity is part of the cycle Coñecemento e visibilización da historia de Compostela e do Reino de Galiza, focused on making visible the socio-cultural resources that we preserve from the Middle Ages and the relations of the church with the royalty and the great nobles of...

Others

29/02/2024 - 03/03/2024
Área Central
Minerals Fair organised in Área Central with 30 exhibitors from various countries and 150 metres of exhibition space.  
14/09/2024
Cultural event held simultaneously in the 15 World Heritage Cities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the creation of this Group.
08/11/2024 - 09/11/2024
Auditorio de Galicia
The Sala Mozart of the Auditorio de Galicia will host a new edition of the Xornadas de Ilustración Urbana, a programme of free lectures by artists of drawing and illustration that takes place within the framework of the 7th International Meeting of Travelogues Compostela ilustrada.
29/11/2024 - 07/01/2025
18:00 | Plaza de la Quintana
At sunset, the Quintana becomes a canvas of stars, a Campus Stellae.
18/12/2024
16:30
Food stalls, sale of books, clothes, workshops and live music. Activity organised by the students to raise funds for the Red Cross. 

Conferences

27/02/2024
19:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
Talk by María José Domínguez entitled: "Roteiro pola psique. A travelogue to the interior". 
08/03/2024
18:30 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
On the occasion of the commemoration of Women's Day, the Library of Galicia, together with the CSIC, is organising a relaxed and interactive conversation between the attendees and a researcher, Miguel García Fernández, specialised in the study of women's history. 
20/05/2024
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
Conference organized by the Science, Technology and Environment Section, entitled “O desafío dunha crise ambiental acelerada e global”, which will be given by Emilio Fernández Suárez, Professor of Ecology at the University of Vigo.
21/11/2024
19:30 | Mosteiro e Igrexa de San Martiño Pinario
Conference ‘Vera philosophia, mortis est meditatio. Morir en Compostela durante los siglos XVII-XVIII’, given by Dr. Domingo L. González Lopo, Professor of History USC.
22/11/2024
20:00 | Centro Sociocultural O Ensanche
Lecture by Beatriz Brasa as part of the cycle ‘Knowledge and Visibilisation of the Civil War and Repression in Santiago’ organised by the Agrupación Cultural O Galo.
27/11/2024
20:00 | Auditorio Abanca
The Greek-French physicist Jean Iliopoulos is one of the key figures in the consolidation of the Standard Model of particle physics. One of the three authors (together with the Nobel Prize in Physics Sheldon Glashow and Luciano Maiani) of the GIM mechanism, the theoretical proposal that, in...
29/11/2024
19:30
The series of dialogues Transfronterizas, which has already included more than a dozen sessions, brings together figures from the cultural field to explore the intersections between art and science together with the research staff of the IGFAE. This initiative is part of the ArtLAB programme,...
12/12/2024
19:00 | Sede Afundación Santiago de Compostela
Lecture ‘Today more than ever. From the art market to artistic thought’ as part of the 21st Century Education Cycle.

Debates - colloquy

13/09/2024
17:45 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
The Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) is organising the conference ‘A nautreza do espazo-tempo’ on Friday 13 September. This meeting, open to the general public, will bring together scientific and outreach referents who will construct a joint...

Exhibitions

01/02/2024 - 15/03/2024
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition of paintings by Luis Rodríguez Camarero.
02/02/2024 - 30/03/2024
Colexio de Fonseca
Photographic exhibition by Saleta Rosón
15/03/2024 - 03/05/2024
Galería de Arte Luisa Pita
New solo exhibition by Galician photographer Juan Adrio
22/03/2024 - 04/08/2024
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
From seed to tree. An asset for our lives connects with the original idea for which the Hejduk towers were designed, conceived as botanical towers. Thus, the spaces are used as a greenhouse, where two types of Galician forests - Atlantic and Mediterranean - are recreated, and as a classroom,...
12/04/2024 - 12/06/2024
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition of paintings by Edmundo Paz
16/04/2024 - 24/05/2024
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The Association of Journalists of Galicia (APG) and the Professional Collective of Photojournalists of Galicia organize the exhibition 'A Galicia inédita. Unha ollada diferente do fotoxornalismo galego'. 
20/04/2024 - 31/12/2024
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
The library of the museum presents within its program Library in action a selection of publications from its bag of duplicates related to Santiago. Among them there are books of history, urbanism, debates and photographs, fiction and social life.
14/05/2024 - 18/05/2024
On the occasion of International Museum Day, several of the city's museums are organising special programmes.  
16/05/2024 - 16/06/2024
Metro Arte Contemporáneo
Exhibition of lamps by Beatriz Blanco
16/05/2024 - 30/06/2024
Trinta
Si tú no estás by artist Roberto Lisboa (Bahia, Brazil, 1968) presents a solid body of embroidered works initiated during the pandemic period to more recent productions.
04/06/2024 - 21/06/2024
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Andaina Pro Saúde Mental, a non-profit association that was created with the aim of providing support to people with mental health problems, their families and relatives. They use art as a tool for emotional expression and communication as it helps to connect with oneself and with the...
12/06/2024 - 17/08/2024
Sede Afundación Santiago de Compostela
This is an exhibition on fashion and opera, featuring 24 haute couture dresses that belonged to Teresa Berganza (1933-2022). The so-called ‘mezzo-soprano of the century’ was also a benchmark of elegance, wearing the most beautiful dresses in the recitals she gave all over the...
Free
28/06/2024 - 10/09/2024
Metro Arte Contemporáneo
In this exhibition, Paula Vincenti captures the essence and the pulse of everyday life through a subject matter that ranges from the media to fashion and the consumer society and its particular impact on women.
04/07/2024 - 15/09/2024
Trinta
That's not what we're going to deal with now (although it doesn't mean we won't give it a couple of turns later on), it's an exhibition by Andrés Michelena with Roc Laseca.
05/09/2024 - 31/10/2024
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition ‘Miradas. Mulleres na arte' by Elsa Martínez seeks to pay tribute to the female representatives who stood out in the world of art and also to those who remained anonymous. 
10/09/2024 - 31/10/2024
DIDAC (DARDO Instituto do Deseño e das Artes Contemporáneas)
The exhibition Galicia, Procesos e Formas. Historia do deseño e da cultura visual is a new version of the exhibition of Galicia's representation at the last edition of the Porto Design Biennale entitledGalicia. Procesos e formas, in which objects, examples of applied graphics, materials,...
19/09/2024 - 31/10/2024
Exhibition by Lula Goce in the framework of Aberto 2024.
19/09/2024 - 24/10/2024
Metro Arte Contemporáneo
This exhibition, Suso Basterrechea's (Ferrol, 1968) third in the underground, is presented to us as a new stage in the artist's career. New images, new colours, new supports,... expand the range of plastic resources of a work that preserves the analytical and irreverent essence to which we are...
23/09/2024 - 30/11/2024
Convento e Iglesia de Santo Agostiño
CLOISTER AREA: "LUX TRANSIT MUNDI"  CHURCH AREA: "EVOCACIÓN DEL BOSQUE INACABADO Y DE LA LUZ QUE LO TRANSITA"
07/10/2024 - 25/01/2025
Sede Afundación Santiago de Compostela
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Afundación, Obra Social ABANCA, we invite you to a creative party that celebrates art and culture all over Galicia through the SIMULTÁNEA macro-project with seven exhibitions in seven cities. The Afundación Art Collection is the...
17/10/2024 - 12/11/2024
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The exhibition coincides with the 200th anniversary of the death of José Rodríguez (Bermés, Lalín, 1770 - Santiago de Compostela, 1824), which is why the RAGC chose the mathematician as the Galician Scientist of 2024, and a series of activities are being carried out...
18/10/2024 - 06/01/2025
Auditorio de Galicia
The exhibition Xaquín Marín, humor líquido galego arrives at the Auditorio de Galicia to show a careful selection of pieces that cover the more than sixty years of profession of the cartoonist, painter, muralist, caricaturist and artist born in Fene in 1943.
29/10/2024 - 20/04/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The exhibition Tattoo. Art under the skin follows tattoo artists and tattooed people through the ages and across continents to explore the confluences that have made tattooing a form of artistic expression and a global phenomenon.
31/10/2024 - 18/05/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This exhibition, through more than 100 bibliographic pieces, engravings, manuscripts and other materials brought by the authors on display, highlights the value of fantasy literature both originally written in Galician and translated into our language.  
31/10/2024 - 15/12/2024
Trinta
Exhibition by José Lourenço
04/11/2024 - 30/11/2024
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Exhibition by Alliance française
07/11/2024 - 28/11/2024
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition was developed from Claudia Silva's travels to Tamil Nadu from 2012 to the present. This project is part of her audiovisual research on oral tradition practices in different cultures and their relationship with art and science. Walking through the streets is a regular activity.
08/11/2024 - 17/01/2025
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
From the hand of Compostela Ilustrada, for the first time the Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago hosts an exhibition with comic designs linked to the Camino. This new exhibition revolves around the publication ‘A Aventura Xacobea de Simón Martel’. 
13/11/2024 - 08/12/2024
Centro Sociocultural O Ensanche
Lola Garcerá's exhibition presents a series of pages of a comic set in the construction of the Pórtico de la Gloria of Santiago Cathedral, combining fiction and adventure with a rigorous care in the historical setting. The aim is to recreate the construction processes and the...
14/11/2024 - 31/03/2025
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
The work of Manuel Dávila García (Santiago de Compostela, 1934) tells a personal story, chiselled through goldsmithing. His training, working relationships and the space of the workshop construct an intimate, silver-plated intimacy, a story of life inscribed in the framework of a...
28/11/2024 - 31/01/2025
Collective exhibition by the artists Héctor Francesch, Manuel Moranta and Miguel Auria.
Free
29/11/2024 - 07/02/2025
DIDAC (DARDO Instituto do Deseño e das Artes Contemporáneas)
Ley Eterna is based on an action in an urban environment, a participatory performance that took place in the Plaza de la Quintana in Santiago de Compostela and which is now reconverted into an exhibition format at the Fundación DIDAC. The exhibition is signed by Mery Pais.
10/12/2024 - 23/01/2025
Centro Sociocultural O Ensanche
Xoán Andrade brings together in this exhibition his work from several decades as a cartoonist and caricaturist, in which he collaborated with different digital and print media, such as Sermos Galiza, Nós-Diario Galego or La Región. We can see a good collection of his works...
10/12/2024 - 09/02/2025
Zona C
Nerea Cordeiro presents Sobre debuxar, fiar e habitar, one of the works selected in the call for artistic intervention projects for the Zona C. 

Others

29/11/2024 - 07/01/2025
18:00 | Parque de la Alameda
A tour of artistic illumination through Paseo da Ferradura in Alameda Park.     

Annual

18/02/2019 - 24/03/2019
Facultade de Xeografía e Historia
The Concert Cycle Novos Talentos Musicais is aimed at Galician chamber musicians living in Galicia or students of Galician Music Centres up to 32 years of age. It is an initiative promoted by the Compostela Sound Association and the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).

Guided visits

17/03/2024
10:00 | Estadio Múltiusos Fontes do Sar
Guided walk O Berce do Sar: a tour of the district of San Lázaro along the banks of the river Sar" SPECIAL FIESTA OF THE NAIL 2024".  

Religious

22/03/2024 - 07/04/2024
Holy Week in Compostela has always had a special charm, and its monumental setting is a World Heritage Site. The commemoration of the Passion, death and resurrection of Christ, of profound significance for the Christian faith, finds in this city magnificent settings that give the traditional...

Annual

03/10/2024 - 19/12/2024
From October to December, Compostela Cultura programmes three free guided tours to delve into the urban landscape of Santiago, its history and that of the people who populated it. The walks will take place on Thursdays from 19.00 hours and will last approximately 90 minutes. The registration...
24/10/2024 - 20/05/2025
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...

Theatre

14/04/2025 - 21/04/2024
In the Mostra de Teatro Universitario de Galicia, works from the three Galician universities will be presented at the Teatro Principal and at the Roberto Vidal Bolaño theater. APPROXIMATE DATES +Info

Cinema

21/04/2025 - 27/04/2025
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...

Theatre

26/05/2025 - 31/05/2025
Salón Teatro
Agadic organizes this Galician performing arts market festival. Through a selection of recently produced shows and a programme of parallel activities, this initiative takes the pulse of the current situation of the sector in Galicia. At the same time, it provides its professionals with a...

Annual

09/06/2025 - 15/06/2025
The Jornadas de Música Contemporánea once again maintain their commitment to discovery and the avant-garde, with the aim of opening windows and listening opportunities to innovative sounds and emerging trends in contemporary music, giving them the space and value they deserve as...

Festival

Free
05/08/2025 - 31/08/2025
During the summer, dance, circus, theatre, poetry, music, heritage, visual arts and much more in the streets of Compostela. All the programme at compostelacultura.gal

Theatre

07/09/2025 - 27/09/2025
Teatro Principal
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 selected by a jury and represent the most interesting proposals of...

Annual

01/10/2025 - 05/10/2025
Curtocircuito, International Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023

For children

11/10/2025 - 20/10/2025
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 puppets.

Fiestas

04/02/2024
19:00
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
10/02/2024
19:00
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 10 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.    

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