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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

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...
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.
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.  
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.  
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.  
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
20:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Function in collaboration with Turismo de Galicia and within the programme CULTURA POR ALIMENTOS, an initiative of Afundación in favour of FESBAL (Spanish Federation of Food Banks).
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.
27/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “de despedida”
09/08/2024 - 11/08/2024
20:00 | Plaza de Praterías
 This concert, organized by the Galician Federation of Wind Bands and sponsored by Turismo de Galicia, has the purpose of promoting and stimulating musical activity, which is a fundamental part of our cultural heritage. It also aims to showcase the work of non-professional ensembles from...
03/10/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
13/10/2024
12:00 | Teatro Principal
Season 2024/25 ‘WALKS Autumn-winter cycle  
31/10/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
12/12/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
One of the missions of the Real Filarmonía de Galicia is its commitment to the new generations of musicians, be they performers - through the Escuela de Altos Estudios Musicales -, composers - through commissions or the Obradoiro de composición - or new conductors - with the...
19/12/2024 - 20/12/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".    
20/12/2024
20:00 | Teatro Principal
Cantar a Nación. Anniversary of the premiere of the Galician Hymn
27/12/2024
19:30 | Centro Sociocultural das Fontiñas
A proposal designed to highlight the work done by the choral groups of the City Council of Santiago.  
13/02/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
27/02/2025
21:00 | Sala Capitol
Premiere of Budiño's new show, based on his latest album ‘Branca Vela’. 
20/03/2025
21:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
A banda da Loba presents their new album: ‘Lovismo’, which revolves around the idea of love.
09/04/2025
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
“Bótalle guindas á PAVA” is a game and a reflection.
09/05/2025
20:30 | Riquela Club
Presentation concert of the EP ‘3’ by the band PAVA, formed by Analís, David Santos, Pablo Silva and led by Lucía Aldao.
31/05/2025
21:00 | Sala Capitol
The concert brings together Os Samesugas, celebrating 25 years on stage with "White Fire", an album that reaffirms their commitment to punk, garage, powerpop, and hardcore with power and no compromises. The lineup also features Bule, a band from Pontedeume influenced by '77 punk and powerpop,...
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...

Theatre

26/05/2024
20:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Corentena'. Perdomo and Touriñán in live chat During the months of confinement in 2020, David Perdomo and Xosé A. Touriñán began to chat live via Instagram. Those nights they improvised different characters and interacted with the viewers who tuned in to...
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...
16/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Third Act is a piece that is at once comic, dark and beautiful. A scenic poem about memory and dreams, an exorcism, a celebration of life and theatre.
01/11/2024 - 02/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Carlos Blanco and Xosé A. Touriñán put an end to one of the most successful projects of Galician theatre in recent decades with a new show that will tour throughout Galicia until January. 
06/02/2025 - 07/02/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Mulleres que viven soas is a co-production of Berrobambán and the Festival Internacional Outono de Teatro (FIOT) of Carballo. Three exceptional women to give voice and body to real stories and fictional female characters.  
06/03/2025 - 20/04/2025
18:00 | Salón Teatro
This is the tale of a Galician working-class family in those days when it was easier to believe in the stories of grandmothers than in the promises of the bosses.
16/03/2025
12:00 | Salón Teatro
A community theatre show directed and written by Celina Fernández Ponte and Ana Fontenla, which delves into the concept of art through the history of Sargadelos.
23/03/2025
12:00 | Salón Teatro
A community theatre show directed and written by Celina Fernández Ponte and Ana Fontenla, which delves into the concept of art through the history of Sargadelos.
30/03/2025
12:00 | Salón Teatro
A community theatre show directed and written by Celina Fernández Ponte and Ana Fontenla, which delves into the concept of art through the history of Sargadelos.
03/04/2025
Salón Teatro
The laboratory where comedians prepare their next shows opens its doors.
26/04/2025 - 28/04/2025
20:30 | Salón Teatro
The Centro Dramático Galego and the Portuguese collective ASTA–Teatro e Outras Artes co-produce the play Rosalía, Cartography of Harsh Nettles, joining the celebrations of the 188th anniversary of Rosalía de Castro’s birth with the premiere of this...
31/05/2025
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
The ‘COACHES de choque’ is an improvised comedy show designed to activate and give an endorphin rush to the audience. An interactive show in which Oswaldo Digón and Rafa Durán play two really enthusiastic and highly motivated coaches, who through impro-shock therapy...

For children

01/06/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Iván Dávila.
11/10/2024 - 12/10/2024
21:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The third edition of the World Festival of Illusionism Galicia Ilusiona is here. A selection of some of the best and most awarded illusionists on the planet gathered on the same stage. The gala will be hosted by Mago Murphy (Madrid) and will feature multi-award winning acts by Néstor...
19/10/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Sole Felloza.
03/03/2025
16:30 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This year for the Entroido no Gaiás ball we travel to Mount Esmeralda and to the iconography of a literary saga that fascinates children of all generations: the wonderful world of Oz.
29/03/2025
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The play, aimed at children from 6 years of age, takes a look at the most significant literary and artistic moments in Castelao's life in a language adapted to the youngest members of the family. This stage play represents part of his work with puppets: stories from ‘Cousas’;...
17/05/2025
17:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
As part of this year's Letras Galegas, dedicated to oral popular poetry and to the legacy of our cantareiras, the Gaiás invites you to a family workshop of traditional songs and small percussion instruments, where we’ll deconstruct the lyrics of the Galician tradition...

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.

Festival

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.

Literature

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.
29/03/2025
12:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Four decades after Castelao's reburial, different ‘ollos de vidro’ come together in this gathering to analyse Castelao's political and aesthetic thought. 

Cinema

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...
14/02/2025 - 16/02/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The best international small cinema will fill the Gaiás on the weekend of February 14 to 16 with short films and workshops to enjoy with the family and on the big screen.
12/03/2025 - 16/03/2025
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...

Fiestas

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...
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...
15/02/2025 - 15/03/2025
Santiago de Compostela
Very close to Santiago: Boqueixón, A Estrada, Silleda, Touro, Vedra, Vila de Cruces
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” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful...
01/03/2025 - 15/03/2025
Floats, troupes and brass bands will fill the streets of Compostela with music and colour in a new edition of the Carnival Festivities.
04/04/2025 - 07/04/2025
Romería de San Lázaro: 'Festa Gastronómica da Uña' [4-7 abril 2025]
A religious and gastronomic festival. One of the most unique and oldest festivities in Galicia.

Guided visits

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.

Others

25/06/2024
20:00
Are you ready for a fascinating journey through the mysteries of Italy and Galicia? Next 25th June, from 20:00 to 21:30h, we invite you to discover their darkest and most intriguing secrets.
23/05/2025 - 25/05/2025
Área Central
First big Rallyslot event in Galicia

Conferences

17/12/2024
19:30 | Centro Sociocultural O Ensanche
Conference as part of the cycle ‘Coñecemento e visibilización da historia de Compostela e do Reino de Galiza: o Panteón Real da catedral de Santiago’ organised by the AC O Galo.

Exhibitions

27/02/2024 - 30/06/2024
Casa do Cabido
Photographic exhibition by Denís Estévez  
02/04/2024 - 30/06/2024
Auditorio de Galicia
#Punctum puts two irrefutable realities on the table: that the designed band is art and that the Galician BD artists possess a visual power and an artistic discourse of the first order.
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...
13/07/2024 - 26/09/2024
Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Among the cultural activities to be held in the cycle Folk na Beira do Sar, the photographic exhibition "A Ras do Sar" will be inaugurated, with 64 snapshots of 32 members of the Fotoforum Compostela collective that highlight the different identities of this neighborhood of Compostela.
18/07/2024 - 30/11/2024
Casa do Cabido
The exhibition ‘Ksado. Icons of Galicia’ delves into the history of Galician photography by the author Luis Casado and brings together around 300 pieces including photographs, postcards, stickers and photographic material.
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. 
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...
06/11/2024 - 29/12/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
Exhibition created at the initiative of the IES Perdouro de Burela focused on the standardisation of funerary epigraphy in Galician.
28/11/2024 - 28/02/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
How are our affective relationships being transformed by the emergence of digital media? This and other questions are raised in the exhibition Afectos Dixitais, a USC's own production around which the Cultural Faísca is structured, which is being developed in several educational centres...
03/12/2024 - 29/12/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
75 years ago, in December 1949, Castelao, exiled in Argentina, signed on his deathbed the first pages of what was to be his last published work: As cruces de pedra na Galiza, the result of many years of study of these particular examples of popular religiosity. 
16/01/2025 - 02/02/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
Louza de Bamio: memoria, mulleres e territorio invites the public to discover the richness of a trade that has disappeared today: the oleira tradition of the parish of San Xinés de Bamio, in Vilagarcía de Arousa. 
27/01/2025 - 31/05/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The exhibition, made up of six showcases, takes us on a journey through the artist's life and work through which we can glimpse his motivations, tastes and the great effort he dedicates to each creation.
28/01/2025 - 25/05/2025
Auditorio de Galicia
This exhibition is an artistic and historical reflection on the identity of Galicia. Curated by Germán Labrador Méndez, this exhibition combines art, memory and modernity to offer a new perspective of our history.
07/02/2025 - 16/03/2025
The exhibition ‘Lo que cabe en una almendra’ by the artist Lara Pintos, from A Coruña, shows a very personal vision of the city of Santiago de Compostela.
07/02/2025 - 16/02/2025
Centro Comercial Área Central
A proposal of different actions around the camellia organized with the concello de Vedra and the Asociación de amigos da Camelia do Val do Ulla. The program of activities includes exhibitions, music and workshops. 
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.
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...
30/04/2025 - 07/06/2025
Plaza de Cervantes
Alfonso Zarauza (Santiago de Compostela, 1973) is celebrating thirty years of filmmaking — from Compostela to the world. The exhibition “Nunca deixará de chover no meu cinema” (“It Will Never Stop Raining in My Cinema”) traces these decades...
02/05/2025 - 31/05/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
From the Ánxel Casal Library, we present a journey that traces the path from the oral transmission of folk literature to sung verse, joining the celebration of the 2025 Día das Letras Galegas, dedicated to the cantareiras Adolfina and Rosa Casás, Eva Castiñeira, and...
08/05/2025 - 10/06/2025
Trinta
Galería Trinta presents Aproximación formal, an exhibition by artist Xurxo Martiño that explores the boundaries of form through a precise and sensitive approach to gesture and space. In this show, Martiño unfolds a series of works where matter, geometry, and texture...

Religious

11/04/2025 - 20/04/2025
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

05/12/2024 - 31/05/2025
Compostela Cultura presents its Performing Arts programme for the first half of 2025.

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