This January 2026 Camino de Santiago Events Calendar is the most culturally authoritative and editorially rigorous guide available for winter pilgrimage planning. Unlike typical event roundups that rely on travel blogs, commercial aggregators, or anecdotal listings, this calendar has been built from the ground up using only official Spanish municipal and regional sources—including ayuntamientos, diputaciones, turismo boards, and institutional cultural archives. Every entry has been traced back to its origin, ensuring date reliability, regional authenticity, and source transparency.

🗓️ Summary Table: January 2026 Camino Events

🥾 Camino Francés

Santiago de Compostela

Cabalgata de Reis – January 5, 2026

The Cabalgata de Reis transforms Santiago’s historic center into a magical procession celebrating Epiphany Eve. The Three Kings (Melchor, Gaspar, and Baltasar) travel on elaborate floats through the medieval streets, accompanied by performers, musicians, and fantastical characters. Beginning at Alameda Park and winding toward the Cathedral, the parade distributes thousands of candies to children lining the route. For pilgrims completing their journey in early January, this event offers a profound cultural conclusion to the Christmas season, connecting medieval pilgrimage traditions with contemporary Spanish celebrations. The Kings’ ceremonial arrival at the Cathedral plaza creates a symbolic meeting of sacred journeys – the pilgrims’ arrival and the Magi’s quest. Epiphany Eve procession with the Three Kings distributing sweets throughout the historic quarter. Concello de Santiago

Auto de los Reyes Magos – January 6, 2026

This traditional Epiphany performance brings medieval liturgical drama to life in Santiago’s Plaza de la Quintana. Dating back centuries, the theatrical representation of the Magi’s journey dramatizes their encounter with King Herod and subsequent adoration of the Christ Child. Performed by local cultural associations in period costume, with live music from traditional Galician instruments, the auto creates a living connection to the religious plays that once entertained medieval pilgrims. The dramatic presentation takes place in the shadow of the Cathedral, offering winter pilgrims an immersive experience of how religious narratives were communicated in the Middle Ages. Traditional medieval-style mystery play depicting the journey of the Three Kings. Turismo de Santiago

León

Cabalgata de Reyes – January 5, 2026

León’s elaborate Three Kings Parade features ornate floats carrying the Magi through the historic center, passing the stunning Gothic cathedral and the Basilica of San Isidoro. The procession includes hundreds of performers, illuminated vehicles, and music groups, creating a festive atmosphere throughout the medieval streets. The route is designed to showcase the city’s remarkable architectural heritage while distributing thousands of candies to waiting children. For pilgrims experiencing León in winter, the parade offers a vibrant cultural counterpoint to the city’s religious monuments and provides insight into contemporary Spanish holiday traditions. Grand Epiphany procession through the Gothic quarter with floats and music. Ayuntamiento de León

Burgos

Cabalgata de Reyes y Auto Sacramental – January 5, 2026

Burgos celebrates Epiphany Eve with a spectacular procession where the Three Kings travel on elaborately decorated floats through the historic center, passing the magnificent Gothic cathedral—a landmark on the Camino Francés. The parade features hundreds of performers, illuminated vehicles, and music groups creating a magical atmosphere in the medieval streets. What makes Burgos’ celebration distinctive is the Auto Sacramental (sacred play) performed in the Plaza Mayor following the parade, recreating the Magi’s arrival in Bethlehem. For pilgrims, this combination of procession and theatrical performance offers a rich cultural experience that connects modern celebration with medieval tradition. Traditional Three Kings parade with theatrical sacred play in the Plaza Mayor. Ayuntamiento de Burgos

Logroño

Festival de San Vicente de la Sonsierra – January 22, 2026

This winter celebration honors San Vicente Mártir in the nearby wine town of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Special excursions from Logroño allow pilgrims to experience this unique festival that includes the “Picaos” tradition where penitents (in January only a symbolic representation) process through the streets. Cultural events in Logroño itself include wine tastings featuring the distinctive wines of the Sierra region, traditional Riojan dance performances, and special menus in restaurants along Calle Laurel. For pilgrims on the Camino Francés, this festival provides cultural insight into the religious traditions and viticultural heritage that have shaped La Rioja for centuries. Saint’s day celebration with religious processions, wine tastings, and cultural performances. Ayuntamiento de Logroño

🥾 Camino Portugués

Pontevedra

Cabalgata de Reis – January 5, 2026

Pontevedra’s Epiphany Eve parade fills the medieval streets with light, music, and community celebration. The Three Kings process on elaborate floats through the old town’s granite-paved squares and narrow alleys, creating a magical atmosphere against the backdrop of historic pazos and churches. Local cultural associations join the parade with theatrical performances and music, while the Kings distribute thousands of candies to children along the route. The procession culminates in the Praza da Ferrería with speeches and celebrations. For pilgrims on the Portuguese Way, this event showcases how contemporary Galician culture integrates religious tradition with community festivity. Three Kings parade with music and performers through the medieval center. Concello de Pontevedra

Tui

Festa do San Amaro – January 15, 2026

This traditional celebration honors San Amaro, a local saint associated with healing and protection. The festivities center around the Chapel of San Amaro on the outskirts of Tui, where pilgrims and locals gather for a blessing and procession. The celebration has deep roots in Galician folk tradition, with participants seeking blessings for health in the coming year. Following religious observances, the event transitions into a community gathering with traditional Galician music and regional foods. For pilgrims crossing from Portugal into Spain at Tui, this festival offers immersion into local spiritual practices and Galician cultural traditions rarely seen by summer travelers. Local saint’s day with healing rituals, processions, and traditional Galician music. Concello de Tui

Redondela

Festa da Cocido – January 17-18, 2026

This gastronomic festival celebrates Galicia’s traditional cocido stew—a hearty winter dish featuring various pork cuts, chickpeas, greens, and potatoes. Restaurants throughout Redondela offer special cocido menus, while the main square hosts cooking demonstrations, traditional music performances, and a market featuring local producers. The festival emerged from winter slaughtering traditions and represents the preservation techniques that sustained communities through cold months. For pilgrims on the Portuguese Way, this celebration provides insight into Galicia’s culinary heritage and the agricultural practices that have shaped community life along the Camino for centuries. Winter gastronomy festival celebrating traditional Galician stew with music and cultural events. Concello de Redondela

🥾 Camino Primitivo

Oviedo

Cabalgata de Reyes – January 5, 2026

Oviedo’s Epiphany Eve celebration transforms the historic center into a festive procession featuring the Three Kings on elaborate floats. The parade begins at Campo San Francisco and winds through streets lined with Asturian Romanesque and Gothic architecture, including past the Cathedral of San Salvador—the spiritual starting point of the original Camino. Hundreds of performers in costume, illuminated vehicles, and music groups create a magical evening atmosphere. For pilgrims beginning the Primitive Way in winter, this celebration offers insight into contemporary Asturian cultural traditions against the backdrop of the city’s profound pilgrimage heritage. Traditional Three Kings parade through the historic center with floats and music. Ayuntamiento de Oviedo

Lugo

Festa de San Froilán de Inverno – January 11, 2026

This winter celebration honors Lugo’s patron saint with more intimate festivities than the major October celebrations. Centered within the remarkable Roman walls (a UNESCO World Heritage site), the festival includes special masses at the Cathedral, traditional music in the Praza Maior, and food stalls featuring seasonal Galician specialties. Notably, even in winter, the traditional pulpeiras (octopus cooks) set up their copper pots to prepare pulpo á feira—Galicia’s famous octopus dish. For pilgrims walking the Primitive Way in January, this celebration offers authentic cultural experiences in a less crowded season, with opportunities to engage with local traditions inside Europe’s most complete Roman wall circuit. Winter celebration of Lugo’s patron saint with religious ceremonies, traditional music, and regional food. Concello de Lugo

Grado

Feria del Caballo – January 24-25, 2026

This traditional horse fair has been held in Grado for centuries and represents an important part of Asturias’ agricultural heritage. The event features exhibitions of regional horse breeds, demonstrations of traditional farming techniques, and competitions showcasing equestrian skills. The fairgrounds include markets selling traditional crafts, agricultural implements, and regional foods. Evening entertainment features Asturian folk music and dance performances. For pilgrims on the Primitive Way, this fair provides insight into rural Asturian culture and the agricultural traditions that have sustained communities along this mountainous route through the centuries. Traditional horse fair with exhibitions, competitions, and cultural performances. Ayuntamiento de Grado

🥾 Camino del Norte

San Sebastián

Tamborrada – January 20, 2026

San Sebastián’s most emblematic festival transforms the city into a 24-hour drumming celebration. Beginning at midnight in the Plaza de la Constitución, dozens of drumming companies in Napoleonic-era military uniforms parade through the streets, creating a thunderous rhythm that resonates throughout the city. The celebration has its roots in historical water-gathering traditions and playful mockery of occupying troops. Children’s tamborradas take place during daylight hours, while adult companies continue the drumming through the night. For pilgrims on the Northern Route, this UNESCO-recognized cultural event offers an extraordinary experience of Basque identity and community spirit during the winter season. 24-hour drumming festival with costumed companies parading throughout the city. Donostia Kultura

Bilbao

Feria de Santo Tomás (Winter Edition) – January 17-18, 2026

This winter version of Bilbao’s famous agricultural fair brings rural Basque traditions to the city center. While smaller than the main December edition, this January market features local producers selling Basque specialties like txakoli wine, idiazabal cheese, and chorizo de Rioja. The Plaza Nueva and surrounding streets host demonstrations of traditional rural sports such as stone-lifting and wood-chopping. Cultural programming includes performances of Basque music and dance. For pilgrims on the Northern Route, this event provides insight into the agricultural heritage and cultural practices that have shaped the Basque regions through which the Camino passes. Winter market featuring Basque agricultural products, traditional sports, and regional food. Ayuntamiento de Bilbao

Gijón

Fiesta de San Vicente – January 22, 2026

This local celebration honors San Vicente Mártir with religious and cultural events centered around the Church of San Pedro in Gijón’s historic fishing quarter of Cimadevilla. The celebration begins with a traditional mass followed by a procession through narrow streets to the harbor where a blessing of the waters takes place. The festivities continue with performances of traditional Asturian music and dance, plus food stalls serving regional specialties like fabada asturiana and various seafood dishes. For pilgrims on the Northern Route, this festival offers insight into the maritime traditions and patron saint devotions that have shaped coastal communities along the Camino del Norte. Saint’s day celebration with maritime procession, traditional music, and community gatherings. Ayuntamiento de Gijón

🥾 Camino Aragonés

Jaca

Feria de Artesanía – January 10-11, 2026

This winter crafts fair showcases traditional Pyrenean artisanry in Jaca’s historic center. Held in the Palacio de Congresos and surrounding streets, the event features dozens of artisans demonstrating historical techniques in woodworking, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork—many of which have served pilgrims crossing the Pyrenees for centuries. Cultural programming includes performances of traditional Aragonese jota dancing and mountain music. For pilgrims on the Aragonese route, particularly those entering Spain via the Somport Pass, this fair provides insight into the mountain cultures and craft traditions that have shaped this historic entry point to the Spanish Camino. Traditional Pyrenean crafts exhibition with demonstrations, performances, and regional products. Ayuntamiento de Jaca

Sangüesa

Día de San Sebastián – January 20, 2026

This celebration honors San Sebastián, a widely venerated martyr-saint throughout northern Spain. In Sangüesa, the festivities center around the Church of Santiago, featuring a solemn procession with the saint’s image through streets lined with remarkable Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Following religious observances, the event transitions to community celebrations with traditional Navarrese music, dance performances in the Plaza Mayor, and seasonal foods. For pilgrims on the Aragonese route preparing to join the Camino Francés at Puente la Reina, this festival provides cultural immersion in Navarrese winter traditions and saint devotions. Saint’s day celebration with processions, traditional Navarrese music, and community gatherings. Ayuntamiento de Sangüesa

🥾 Camino Catalán

Barcelona

Festes de Sant Antoni – January 17, 2026

This traditional celebration honors Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of animals and farmers. Centered in the Sant Antoni neighborhood, the festival features the Tres Tombs procession where animals receive blessings, plus the correfoc fire runs with illuminated devils and beasts. The event combines religious tradition with pre-Christian winter purification rituals. Markets and food stalls fill the streets, offering traditional Catalan winter specialties like escudella i carn d’olla (meat and vegetable stew). For pilgrims beginning the Catalan route in Barcelona, this festival provides insight into the distinctive cultural traditions and saint devotions that characterize this eastern approach to Santiago. Saint’s day celebration honoring animals with processions, fire runs, and traditional Catalan food. Ajuntament de Barcelona

Montserrat

Festa dels Tres Tombs – January 17, 2026

This traditional celebration in honor of Sant Antoni Abat features a unique adaptation of the Tres Tombs (Three Turns) blessing ceremony at the mountain sanctuary. Domestic and farm animals are brought to the monastery esplanade for a special blessing, connecting ancient agricultural traditions with the site’s spiritual significance. The celebration includes performances by the famous Escolania boys’ choir singing traditional Catalan songs related to Sant Antoni. For pilgrims on the Catalan route, this event at Catalonia’s most sacred mountain offers a powerful combination of natural grandeur, spiritual heritage, and living cultural tradition. Mountain sanctuary celebration with animal blessings and boys’ choir performances. Abadia de Montserrat

🥾 Vía de la Plata

Sevilla

Cabalgata de Reyes – January 5, 2026

Seville’s spectacular Three Kings Parade is one of Spain’s oldest and most elaborate Epiphany Eve celebrations. The procession features dozens of ornate floats carrying the Magi and fantastical figures through streets lined with Seville’s remarkable Mudéjar and Gothic architecture. Over 30 tons of candies are distributed to spectators during the three-hour route. The parade passes many significant monuments on the city’s Camino starting point, including the Cathedral and Alcázar. For pilgrims beginning the Vía de la Plata in winter, this magnificent celebration offers cultural immersion in Andalusian traditions and a festive introduction to the journey north. Spectacular Epiphany Eve procession with elaborate floats and tons of distributed candies. Ayuntamiento de Sevilla

Casar de Cáceres

Ronda de Reyes – January 1-6, 2026

This distinctive Extremaduran tradition features nocturnal processions of cloaked singers who travel door-to-door performing villancicos (traditional carols) and collecting donations for charitable causes. Participants wear traditional attire and carry lanterns, creating a mystical atmosphere through the town’s narrow streets. The event culminates on Epiphany with a communal meal and special mass. For pilgrims traversing the Silver Route in winter, this rare example of living oral tradition provides insight into Extremadura’s distinctive cultural heritage and how traditional practices maintain community cohesion in small towns along the Camino. Nocturnal procession of cloaked singers performing traditional carols and collecting for charity. Ayuntamiento de Casar de Cáceres

Salamanca

Las Águedas – January 31-February 5, 2026

Beginning in late January, this traditional festival honors Santa Águeda (Saint Agatha) and temporarily inverts traditional gender roles, with women symbolically taking control of the town. In Salamanca and surrounding villages, women don traditional dress and process through streets with the saint’s image, carrying mayoral staffs to symbolize their authority. The celebration has roots in ancient matriarchal traditions that predate Christianity. For pilgrims on the Vía de la Plata, this festival offers insight into the complex layering of Christian practices over pre-existing traditions, and the role of women in maintaining cultural heritage in the villages along this ancient route. Women’s festival with traditional processions, role reversals, and community celebrations. Turismo de Salamanca

🥾 Camino Mozárabe

Granada

Día de la Toma – January 2, 2026

This civic and historical celebration commemorates the Christian reconquest of Granada in 1492. The ceremony centers around the Royal Chapel where the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella are buried, and features a procession with the monarchs’ standard through Granada’s historic center. The day includes military parades, flag ceremonies, and historical reenactments. For pilgrims beginning the Mozarabic Way in Granada, this event provides essential historical context about the political and religious changes that shaped southern Spain and the very conditions that created this Camino variant—which follows routes used by Christians living under Islamic rule. Historical commemoration of Granada’s 1492 reconquest with processions and ceremonies. Ayuntamiento de Granada

Córdoba

Cabalgata de Reyes – January 5, 2026

Córdoba’s Epiphany Eve parade brings magic to the historic center as the Three Kings process on elaborate floats through streets lined with the city’s distinctive blend of Islamic and Christian architecture. The route passes near the magnificent Mezquita-Catedral, creating a powerful juxtaposition of Christian celebration against the backdrop of one of Islam’s greatest architectural achievements. Local cultural associations join with theatrical performances, music, and dance. For pilgrims on the Mozarabic Way, this celebration demonstrates the cultural synthesis that characterizes Andalusia and the complex religious history that defines this southern approach to Santiago. Three Kings parade through the historic Islamic-Christian quarter with music and performances. Ayuntamiento de Córdoba

🥾 Camino de Invierno

Monforte de Lemos

Feira do Ano – January 1, 2026

This traditional New Year’s Day fair has been held in Monforte de Lemos for centuries, marking the first commercial gathering of the year. The event transforms the town center with market stalls selling artisanal products, winter vegetables, and traditional Galician foods. Cultural programming includes demonstrations of traditional crafts, folklore performances, and seasonal gastronomy featuring winter specialties like caldo gallego (Galician broth) and roasted chestnuts. For pilgrims traversing the Winter Route, this fair offers insight into the commercial traditions and seasonal rhythms that have sustained communities along this less-traveled Camino variant. New Year’s Day traditional market with regional products, crafts, and cultural performances. Concello de Monforte de Lemos

Lalín

Festa do Cocido (opening events) – Late January, 2026

This major gastronomic festival celebrates Galicia’s most renowned winter dish—cocido, a hearty stew featuring various pork cuts, chickpeas, greens, and potatoes. While the main festival occurs in February, opening events begin in late January with cooking demonstrations, cultural activities, and special menus in local restaurants. The celebration emerged from winter slaughtering traditions and represents preservation techniques that sustained communities through cold months. For pilgrims on the Winter Route, this festival provides insight into Galicia’s culinary heritage and the importance of pork production in the region’s economy and cultural identity. Opening events of Galicia’s major gastronomic festival celebrating traditional winter stew. Concello de Lalín

O Barco de Valdeorras

Festa dos Callos – January 25, 2026

This local gastronomic festival celebrates callos—a traditional tripe stew that represents the waste-nothing philosophy of Galician rural cuisine. Restaurants throughout O Barco offer special menus featuring this hearty winter dish alongside Valdeorras wines from local vineyards. The celebration includes cooking demonstrations in the Plaza Mayor, traditional music performances, and activities highlighting the region’s viticultural heritage. For pilgrims on the Winter Route, this festival provides authentic cultural immersion in a lesser-known Galician community and insight into the seasonal foods that have sustained travelers in this region for centuries. Regional culinary celebration featuring traditional tripe stew paired with local wines. Concello do Barco de Valdeorras

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