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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

20/12/2024
20:00 | Iglesia de la Compañía o de la Universidad
The Orchestra and Choir of the University of Santiago de Compostela will give as every year its Christmas concert. The recital will be on Friday 20 December at 20.00 hours in the University Church.
26/02/2025
19:00 | Facultad de Filología
Concert for the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Philology of the USC
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.
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.
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...
29/10/2025
20:00
On Wednesday, October 29, at 8:00 p.m., in the Assembly Hall of San Agustín University Residence, a deeply moving and educational performance will take place, featuring Irina Gruia, violinist of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia and director of Asociación ConcertArt. Through...
22/11/2025
20:00
On the 700th anniversary of Queen Saint Isabel’s pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, soprano and composer Ana Maria Pinto and the Novaterra Choir present a musical and devotional work blending song and contemplative movement, telling the Queen’s story and her faith as a source of...

Dance

14/05/2025
20:00 | 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

09/02/2026 - 15/02/2026
20:30 | Salón Teatro
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION. The XXIX International University Theatre Festival of the USC opens in Compostela from 11 to 15 February a window to the theatrical creations developed by university theatre companies at Galician, national and European level.

Educational events

19/05/2025 - 21/05/2025
18:30
Pint of Science is the world’s largest science communication festival, held in over 70 cities across Spain and 27 countries worldwide. This year marks its 10th edition, and on May 19, 20, and 21, 2025, Santiago will be one of the seven Galician host cities for this relaxed encounter...

Others

19/09/2025 - 21/09/2025
Campus Universitario Sur
Compostela Street is one of the urban culture and extreme sports festivals with the greatest national impact. This event, which is free entry, will feature up to 10 urban disciplines and different formats aimed at all audiences such as concerts, competitions, shows, workshops and leisure parks,...
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...
28/11/2025 - 29/11/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Xuventude na onda, the major event that connects young Galician talent with innovation, science, and culture. A space for inspiration, learning, and networking.

Conferences

11/02/2025
20:45
Talk-colloquium with chef and businessman Alejandro Méndez

Exhibitions

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...
03/02/2025 - 31/03/2025
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
This exhibition shows the reality of Gaza through the eyes of Gazan photojournalists Mohammed Zaanoun, Ahmed Zakot and Abood Abu Salama.
05/03/2025 - 28/03/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Exhibition organised by the USC as part of the Women's Day celebrations. 
05/03/2025 - 31/03/2025
Facultad de Filología
Exhibition on the author of great works of children's and young people's literature.
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.
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.
25/09/2025 - 28/11/2025
Facultad de Filología
From September 25, the first floor of the Faculty of Philology will host the exhibition The Creative Emotion. Manuel Gómez Román and Galicianist Architecture, which explores the career of the architect from Vigo, a leading figure of Galicianism and a key exponent of...
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. 
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...

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