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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

22/12/2024
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The Auditorio de Galicia hosts a concert based on the book-disc entitled O segredo de Joseph Haydn by the author Suso de Toro and illustrated by Xosé Cobas.
16/05/2025
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
A folkloric microcosm where identities converge and community is created. Come and enjoy the intimacy, freshness, and personality of Abril’s music at the Biblioteca de Galicia on the occasion of Galician Literature Day.

Theatre

02/04/2025
21:00 | Sala Capitol
‘As Rhumorosas’ is a show that mixes monologues, comedy sketches, poetry and music, bringing us closer to the most unknown details of great Galician illustrious women such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, María Casares or even legends such as Pepa A Loba. Written, directed and...
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...

Gastronomy

22/02/2025 - 23/02/2025
Fifty establishments in Santiago will offer Caldo de Gloria this weekend, as part of Rosalía's Day activities.

For children

07/09/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Paula Merlán  
22/02/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate Rosalía Day with storytelling by Ramiro Neira
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...
25/05/2025
12:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Oral storytelling, music, objects and new technologies to exalt the heritage of all the women honoured on the Día das Letras Galegas throughout time. The Biblioteca de Galicia hosts the workshop Desde Rosalía hasta las Cantareiras, a multidisciplinary proposal aimed at children...

Festival

21/02/2025 - 23/02/2025
Under the slogan Sen pombas nin flores, inspired by a Rosalian verse taken from Follas Novas, a wide-ranging programme including recitals, street entertainment, concerts and theatre will take place over 3 days. 

Literature

18/10/2024
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Talk - snack with Alba Rozas | Women Writers' Day 2024 Free of charge upon registration
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...
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. 
16/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
Parque de la Alameda
Old and second-hand books, antique and rare books, out-of-print books and even some collectors' items that you can't miss.   Participants: - Madrid Books (Madrid)- O Fiandón (A Coruña)- A Tobeira de Oza (A Coruña)- Libros Quique (València)- Arcadia (A...

Guided visits

20/07/2024
12:00
The Cultural Association O Galo and the Cultural Association Vagalumes celebrate the Reading of Castelao's Alba de Gloria at the summit of Pico Sacro.
26/02/2025
17:30 | Mupega (Museo Pedagógico de Galicia)
This year the Day of Galician Letters will be dedicated to the cantareras, women who throughout history perpetuated the language and musical knowledge, which for a long time did not have a presence in formal education. In this thematic route we will analyse, through a tour of several of the...
16/05/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Guided tour that reviews the history and the figures honored on Galician Literature Day from its first year (1963) to the present. Special attention will be given to individuals and works connected to Santiago.

Conferences

03/02/2025
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
Conference entitled “A escrita de Neira Vilas no ámbito do xornalismo”, which will be given by Xosé López, Professor of Journalism at the USC, and Fernando Redondo, President of the Xosé Neira Vilas Foundation.
10/02/2025
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
In collaboration with the Galician Federalist Association, there will be a colloquium entitled “O Federalismo en Castelao”, with the participation of Ramón Máiz, Professor of Political Science at the USC and President of the Galician Federalist Association, and...
05/04/2025
12:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
Conversation between actor Quico Cadaval and writer Carlos Callón.

Exhibitions

14/06/2024 - 30/08/2024
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
From the 14th of June, coinciding with the Selic and its section Selic Criminal, while you walk through the facilities of the Ánxel Casal Public Library you will find selections of documents related to criminal literature, true crime, intrigue comics or thrillers.
25/09/2024 - 31/10/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
An exhibition of 20 panels with texts by Francisco Rodríguez, combines three decisive aspects to know and value the figure and work of Rosalía de Castro: her biography, the historical and socio-cultural context in which she developed and the orientation, meaning and validity of...
21/01/2025 - 29/03/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Anthology of the work of Bernardino Graña, one of the founding members of the Brais Pinto group, a full member of the Royal Academy since 2010 and one of the most recognised voices of contemporary Galician literature by the public and critics alike. This exhibition serves as a tribute to...
03/02/2025 - 28/02/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
In 2025, one hundred and forty years after his death, the Ánxel Casal Library of Santiago de Compostela wants to celebrate his birth, on 23 February 1837, dedicating the whole month to his work with this bibliographic exhibition that you will find in the Children's Room. 
04/02/2025 - 31/03/2025
Facultad de Filología
This exhibition, curated by doctoral student Laura Paz Fentanes, is a small sample of the material held in the José Ángel Valente Chair of Poetry and Aesthetics, directed by Claudio Rodríguez Fer and created after the poet's appointment as doctor honoris causa by the...
05/03/2025 - 29/03/2025
Sede Afundación Santiago de Compostela
On the occasion of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Editorial Galaxia, the travelling exhibition ‘Crear porvir. 75th anniversary of Editorial Galaxia’, an exhibition that traces the history of the publishing house, from its foundation in 1950 to the present day,...
13/05/2025 - 14/06/2025
Mupega (Museo Pedagóxico de Galicia)
Exhibition on Castelao in his dual role as a teacher at the Pontevedra Institute and as a citizen who, through his work, shared a critical perspective on the state of education in the Galicia of his time.
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....
06/06/2025 - 04/07/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
The contact between Camilo José Cela and the women featured in this exhibition was mainly epistolary. Hence, the presence of various handwritten and/or typed letters, in which the words of both senders and recipients bear witness to their emotions.
26/06/2025 - 11/01/2026
(Castelao. Looking around Galicia) Castelao. Mirar por Galicia represents the most advanced technological-cultural experience to date on Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, a journey through the personal, literary, artistic and political evolution of one of the most outstanding...

Annual

Free
03/05/2025 - 11/05/2025
Parque de la Alameda
Annual fair that is held in the city’s most emblematic park, where you can find bargains in a great variety of publications, including books about Santiago and Galicia.  
28/06/2025 - 06/07/2025
Atlántica, Festival Internacional de Narración Oral, was born in 2013 with headquarters in Santiago de Compostela with a clear vocation of being an encounter of voices and stories with an atlanticist profile and now it is sailing all over Galicia.