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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

29/03/2025
19:00 | Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Activities for all the family, with dance workshops and musical performances to celebrate the arrival of spring. 
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...
21/11/2025
19:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate Music Day with the concert Poesiacordes by Francisco Castro.  

Dance

23/05/2025
18:30 | Teatro Principal
The goal of this activity is to enrich knowledge about the history of dance, highlight synergies between different styles, create spaces for dialogue and debate that foster critical thinking, collaborate with the community by opening the arts of movement to the public, bring together sector...
24/05/2025
11:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Movement workshop with Janet Novás
06/02/2026 - 08/02/2026
New edition of the International Tango Festival organised by Compostela Tango Club, an association created in the capital of Compostela in 2013 to promote Argentine tango.

Gastronomy

18/07/2025 - 19/07/2025
10:00 | Hospedería San Martín Pinario
The Cheese Market Tour will take place in Santiago on July 18th and 19th, offering visitors and cheese lovers a unique experience to taste and discover a wide variety of artisanal cheeses from different regions. The event will feature gourmet stalls, workshops, and activities related to the...

For children

Free
28/03/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate the 17th anniversary of the library with the show and workshop Chocolate by Teatro Calavera. 
29/03/2025
12:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Activity for children around the exhibition ‘Ollos de vidro. As formas doutra historia de Galicia'.
29/03/2025
11:30 | Mupega (Museo Pedagógico de Galicia)
Paste up workshop for children
25/04/2025
17:00 | Mupega (Museo Pedagóxico de Galicia)
On the occasion of Book Day, we will take a look at the beginnings of writing to understand the importance of this tool for communication and recording information. We will get to know and experiment with different supports and tools used for writing throughout history, focusing on this...
29/04/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We celebrate the Theatre Day with the puppet show ‘O traxe novo do rei’ by Tarabelos. 
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...
28/06/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
A mountain of cardboard to recycle, a public place, and a bunch of creative children. These are the ingredients of the Cardboard Challenge, a playful and educational activity that encourages creativity through playing with used cardboard. In this ephemeral intervention, the Central Square of...
09/07/2025
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
An afternoon at the lake. Music, theatre and open-air games | Verán en familia 2025 | Gaiás in Green
13/09/2025
17:30 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Workshop “A galiña dos ovos de conto” | In commemoration of Literacy Day | Library of Galicia
13/11/2025
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Workshop led by Vermislab
20/11/2025
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Workshop led by Vermislab
27/11/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Children’s Astronomy Workshop conducted by the Ramón María Aller Astronomical Observatory of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
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...
10/12/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Activity led by O Faiado de Nin
17/12/2025
18:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
22/12/2025
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Workshop con Árbore azul
03/01/2026
11:30 | Centro Sociocultural de Santa Marta
The Music in Family Workshop – Christmas 2026, organized by A Casa do Rock, offers a playful and educational space for families with children up to 6 years old.

Fairs

14/06/2025
10:00 | Área Central
A leading event in innovation, creativity, and technology, now in its 11th edition. The fair kicks off with an opening day focused on entrepreneurship and social innovation, held at Área Central and featuring numerous activities for the whole family.

Festival

06/09/2025 - 07/09/2025
11:00 | Parque de San Domingos de Bonaval
The Electrofauna festival, the forest’s vibrant call as a creative heartbeat, will take place in Santiago de Compostela this Saturday and Sunday with free admission and activities for all audiences. The event will be held mainly in Bonaval Park, featuring music performances,...
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

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...

Courses and workshops

12/05/2025
19:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Workshop led by Montse Rivera, a member of the Leilía group.
17/05/2025 - 18/05/2025
The artist Neves Seara will lead the performative workshop Luz infinda at the DIDAC Foundation in Santiago de Compostela — a proposal where body, emotion, and poetry intertwine through games of light and shadow.  
20/05/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Sound workshop as part of the Contemporáneas Cycle
25/11/2025
17:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
We will embroider the verse by Rosalía de Castro “Tecín soia a miña tea”, giving it new strength on a garment: t-shirt, shirt, sweatshirt, jacket… whichever you feel like bringing
29/11/2025
11:30
Creative Writing Workshop “As Compostelas que hai en min”, with Daniel Asorey
08/12/2025
17:30
Galician dance workshop for visitors. A cultural experience to enjoy local music and traditional dance, open to everyone, with or without previous experience. Led by Rebeca Tallón and Manu Seoane.  Price: €28.
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.  
22/03/2026
11:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
The photography community Fotowalk Galicia is organising a new workshop in Santiago de Compostela focused on street photography and visual storytelling, led by photographer Borja Dicha. The activity invites participants to explore how to tell stories with a camera beyond simply capturing...

Sport

04/10/2025
18:30 | Multiusos Fontes do Sar
Basketball match of the Liga Primera FEB. Monbus Obradoiro plays a home game at the Multiusos Fontes do Sar. A chance to enjoy high-level basketball in Santiago de Compostela.  

Fiestas

28/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
The 2025 Ascensión Festivities will fill Compostela with music, activities, and tradition during the last week of May. This celebration, one of the most beloved by the people of Santiago, returns with open-air concerts, children’s shows, traditional markets, fairground rides in the...
23/06/2025
The neighbourhoods of Compostela join in the celebration of the San Xoán festivities, offering a wide range of activities for everyone.
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...
05/07/2025
Forth 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.  
12/07/2025
10:30
Forth 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.  
19/12/2025 - 05/01/2026
Parque de la Alameda
A space dedicated entirely to children: climbing wall, family games and lots of activities.
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...

Others

06/06/2025 - 08/06/2025
An event created to boost the economy, commerce, and hospitality. From June 6 to 8, there will be professional forums, cultural and gastronomic activities, sports events, and solidarity initiatives designed for all audiences.
05/09/2025 - 12/09/2025
Centro Sociocultural de Conxo
The 38th Cultural Week of Conxo will take place from September 5 to 12, offering a diverse program of exhibitions, talks, concerts, intercultural workshops, sports, theater, traditional games, and routes through the local area. The event opens with Gabriel Tizón’s photo exhibition...