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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

18/04/2025
20:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
Concert by Ramón Pérez-Sindín Blanco as part of the cycle ‘De Lugares e Órganos’.
26/04/2025
20:00 | Convento e Iglesia de Santo Agostiño
The Orchestra and Choir of the USC offers on Saturday 26 April at 20.00 hours in the Church of San Agostiño its Spring concert, an activity included in the programming of the Cultural Spring. Previously, at 13.00 hours, there will be a rehearsal open to the public.
04/06/2025 - 05/06/2025
19:30
The Escola de Altos Estudos Musicais will offer a series of concerts as part of the training programme for students of the Advanced Course in Orchestral Specialisation (CAEO). This initiative, part of the “A Escola na Cidade” cycle, will take place in the Auditorium of the USC...
09/06/2025 - 11/06/2025
19:30 | Facultade de Xeografía e Historia
The Escola de Altos Estudos Musicais will offer a series of concerts as part of the training programme for students of the Advanced Course in Orchestral Specialisation (CAEO). This initiative, part of the “A Escola na Cidade” cycle, will take place in the Auditorium of the USC...
25/09/2025
20:30
Mondra, together with Ulex, will perform at the BenVidaUSC 2025/26 welcome events, with a concert at Praza de Mazarelos in Santiago de Compostela. The performance is free of charge.
22/10/2025
21:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The pioneering Galician trap duo Boyanka Kostova, formed by Cibrán García and Chicho do Funk (Ortiga), will perform on October 22 at the Outono Cultural. The concert starts at 9:00 p.m. in the University Church, and tickets can be collected for...
Free
19/02/2026
21:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The trio Alana will perform as part of the Primavera Cultural programme in a concert scheduled for Thursday, 19 February at 9.00 pm at the University Church.  
10/03/2026 - 11/03/2026
19:45 | Paraninfo da Universidade
Solistas do CMUS 2026 brings various concerts to the USC Auditorium in March and April. 
Free
12/03/2026
21:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
Kid Mount will perform as part of the Primavera Cultural programme in a concert scheduled for Thursday, 12 March at 9.00 pm at the University Church.  
03/04/2026
20:00 | Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The concert Dic nobis spiritus features the re-premiere of A Verba, a participatory work by Javier María López Rodríguez, inspired by the Danish play Ordet by Kaj Munk and the eponymous film by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955).
19/04/2026
18:00 | Convento e Iglesia de Santo Agostiño
Following their performance in Lugo, the USC Orchestra and Choir (OCUSC) will present their Spring Concert on Sunday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Church of San Agostiño, as part of the Primavera Cultural program. Earlier, at 1:00 p.m., there...

Dance

20/05/2026
19:30 | Colexio de Fonseca
The milonga is a place where people who love tango and milonga meet to dance and socialise, to share experiences in a place where you can breathe the tango atmosphere and share the passion for the dance.

Theatre

02/02/2026 - 07/02/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
The International University Theatre Festival of the USC opens in Compostela on February a window to the theatrical creations developed by university theatre companies at Galician, national and European level.

Cinema

28/01/2026
18:00 | Facultade de Filosofía
As part of the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Compostela, the preview screening of the documentary short Expediente Velo (2026), directed by Aser Álvarez (30 min.), will take place within the Philosophical Film Series of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of...

Others

08/11/2025
10:00
The Network of Singular Research Centers of the University of Santiago de Compostela opens its doors to the public once again on Saturday, November 8, for the ninth edition of Ciencia Singular. Hundreds of visitors will be able to explore, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., leading research...
19/02/2026
19:00 | Casa das Máquinas
Live episode of the podcast No es el fin del mundo focusing on the geopolitical dimension of particle physics. The event will feature Fernando Arancón, Alba Leiva and Eduardo Saldaña and will take place at Casa das Máquinas in Santiago de Compostela. Organised in...

Congresses and meetings

14/07/2025 - 17/07/2025
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
The Museum of Pilgrimages in Santiago de Compostela will host the 16th edition of the International Jacobean Lectures this coming July, under the title Scholars of the Camino de Santiago and Pilgrimage. 

Conferences

13/06/2025
09:30 | Facultade de Xeografía e Historia
An open session for local residents focusing on initiatives that are currently underway — or that have already delivered positive results — in other cities across the country and that face similar challenges to those of Santiago de Compostela.
19/02/2026
12:30 | Facultade de Filosofía
The lecture “Hegel with Žižek: The Trauma of the Absolute”, part of the Mazarelos Lectures at the Faculty of Philosophy, will be given by Berta M. Pérez (Universitat de València). The session examines the complex relationship between substance and subject in...

Exhibitions

11/03/2025 - 26/04/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
An exhibition-collaborative project of emotional, plastic and aesthetic research on narcissistic disorder conceived by Ana Costas for eight artists with the collaboration of Carlos Villanueva.
09/04/2025 - 30/05/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Rosalía de Castro was born the same year that, for the first time, a woman gained entry to the National Library of Spain. It is not known whether the Galician writer repeated such a feat during her years in Madrid, but the truth is that she was never able to pursue university studies....
23/04/2025 - 26/05/2025
Facultade de Filosofía
Leandro Barea (Lugo, 1974) is one of the most compelling graphic artists, illustrators, and muralists in Galicia today, with an extensive list of national and international awards. 
24/04/2025 - 24/05/2025
Facultad de Filología
As part of the activities organized for the Faculty of Philology Week, coinciding with the celebration of its patron saint, Isidore of Seville, the faculty is launching the exhibition Isidorus relectus: The Power of the Word on the first floor. The aim is to promote the heritage of the...
15/05/2025 - 28/06/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition by Madrid-based artists Consuelo Chacón and Patricia Mateo, and fellow Madrilenian artist José Luis López Moral.  
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.
07/07/2025 - 30/08/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
In the context of Castelao Year 2025, the exhibition project Costumes and Colors of Galicia. National Identity in the Art of Castelao aims to showcase the rich and significant presence of traditional clothing in the pictorial and graphic work of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao.
08/07/2025 - 26/09/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Twenty-five years ago, an exceptional archaeological discovery took place in the city of Lugo. During the renovation of the Pazo de Montenegro to convert it into the headquarters of the Campus Vice-Rectorate, the remains of a well-preserved Roman domus were found, which contained a mithraeum...
05/09/2025 - 30/09/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition “Lying with Mastery. Photographic Montages by Augusto Pacheco (1948-1973)”, curated by photographers Vítor Vaquero and Manuel Pérez Rúa and visual artist Ánxel Huete.
Free
17/09/2025 - 31/10/2025
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The artist Amabel Míguez de la Sierra presents the exhibition ‘Abuso’ at the University Church. On this occasion, the creator shows works on paper, mainly drawings, sometimes of large format, allowing her to combine a technique as basic as drawing with an original...
16/10/2025 - 28/02/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
The Colexio de Fonseca will host the exhibition Speculative Fictions from October 16, a collective show exploring how contemporary artists use science fiction, dreams, and oracles as tools to construct alternative visions of the world and the future. 
17/10/2025 - 28/11/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
The Upper Cloister of the Colexio de Fonseca hosts the exhibition The First Female Professors of the Complutense University of Madrid, which highlights the pioneering women in teaching and research at the UCM, including the Galician scholars Emilia Pardo Bazán, Antonia Ferrín...
22/10/2025 - 28/11/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition “Lorca and Galicia: 90th Anniversary of the First Edition of Seis poemas galegos” opens on October 22 at the Colegio de Fonseca to commemorate ninety years since the publication of Federico García Lorca’s Galician work. Organized by the University Library...
05/11/2025 - 19/12/2025
On the 75th anniversary of Daniel Castelao’s passing, the University of Santiago joins the commemorative events with the exhibition Cousas de Familia. Galician family law on the 75th anniversary of Castelao’s cabodano and the 30th anniversary of Law 4/1995, of May 24, on Civil...
12/12/2025 - 31/07/2026
The exhibition, curated by historian Miguel García-Fernández and featuring original illustrations by artist Héitor Picallo, highlights and restores the value of the role played in late-medieval Galicia by the women of the Moscoso lineage through informative panels, an...
05/02/2026 - 18/03/2026
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
Water, Mud and Capital places us before the open wound running through the earth’s rivers and riverbeds. Àlvar Calvet examines how the system has transformed the primordial element of life into a speculative commodity. The exhibition arrives in Galicia at a critical moment,...
16/02/2026 - 04/03/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
The exhibition “Virando o rosa”, by photographer Diana Fajardo Rama, opens on February 16 at 12:00 in the Upper Cloister of the Colegio de Fonseca, as part of the 8M celebration. The project reflects on the care of women diagnosed with cancer from a gender perspective, combining a...
09/03/2026 - 18/04/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition by Argentine artist Luciana Rago, curated by Paula Cabaleiro.
16/03/2026 - 28/03/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
Through a carefully curated selection of portraits and personal stories, Iguais baixo o sol offers a human perspective on the impact albinism has on thousands of people. The exhibition addresses social stigma, abandonment and violence, as well as barriers to healthcare, education and...
18/03/2026 - 30/04/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
The Juana de Vega Chair opens ‘Women and Commerce in Galicia, 19th and 20th Centuries’, an exhibition highlighting the role of women as an economic and social driving force in Galicia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
02/04/2026 - 04/04/2026
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition Camelia, flor de Galicia. From April 2 to 4, the Pazo Colegio de Fonseca hosts this exhibition highlighting the beauty of the camellia in dialogue with the colours and traditions of Galician dress, offering a visual journey through Galicia’s cultural identity.
Free
07/04/2026 - 31/05/2026
Facultad de Filología
The Faculty of Philology hosts the exhibition A bordo by Nuno Correia, opening on Tuesday 7 at 12:00 PM. The exhibition takes José Cardoso Pires’ Lisboa – Livro de bordo as its starting point to create a cinematic, intimate and reflective proposal.
Free
15/04/2026 - 07/05/2026
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The exhibition ‘Organscape. Studies in Mechanical Ornithology and Mimetic Variations,’ by Xoán-Xil López.

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).

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