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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

For children

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.
10/10/2026 - 18/10/2026
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Puppeteers from several countries present their singular productions. Children’s shows, outdoor performances and evening shows. And also round tables, exhibitions and workshops… an entire range of activities related to...

Fairs

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

Social events

04/06/2026 - 30/06/2026
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. On the occasion of the celebration of International LGBTIQ+ 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...

Cinema

11/03/2026 - 15/03/2026
Museo do Pobo Galego
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. 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...

Fiestas

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...
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.
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.    

Others

06/09/2025
12:45 | Plaza del Obradoiro
A unique opportunity to see the best Carnivals of Galicia at the same time and in the same place.
28/11/2025 - 06/01/2026
18:00 | Parque de la Alameda
A tour of artistic illumination through Paseo da Ferradura in Alameda Park.     

Annual

20/12/2015 - 28/12/2015
Teatro Principal
A festival is held every year around Christmastime, featuring a lyrical programme of classical Spanish zarzuelas, musicals and operetas by renowned interpreters. Organiser: Concello de Santiago / Asoc. Galega da Lírica Teresa Berganza.    
18/09/2019 - 23/09/2019
Teatro Principal
  Outstanding lied singers from all over the world give recitals along with the pianist and festival organiser Roger Vignoles. Each year deals with a central theme, giving rise to specialised conferences on the genre. Organizer: Concello de Santiago / Asociación de Amigos de...
Free
02/05/2026 - 10/05/2026
Parque de la Alameda
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Annual fair that is held in the city’s most emblematic park, where you can find bargains in a great variety of publications, including books about Santiago and Galicia.  
01/07/2026 - 05/07/2026
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. Curtocircuito, International Film Festival celebrates its 23th anniversary in 2026