--- title: "August festivals 2026: when and where it's a public holiday — festivos.io" description: "August festivals is a local holiday in 13 municipalities, accounting for 53,301 residents in the 2025 register. In 2026 it falls on 3 August." source: "https://festivos.io/en/holiday/fiestas-de-agosto" --- # August festivals «Fiestas de agosto» is a generic labour-calendar label for August patronal weeks—not one saint, but the town’s summer festival cycle. - **Level:** Local holiday - **Date 2026:** Monday 3 August - **Municipalities:** 13 - **Residents · 2025 register:** 53,301 - **Where most:** Andalucía (10) ## August festivals in the working calendar In 2026, the dataset records August festivals as a local holiday in 13 municipalities, accounting for 53,301 residents in the 2025 register. The most common date is 3 August 2026. 10 municipalities set it on another date. This comparison uses only the official working calendars incorporated into the dataset for each year. ## Demographics of the covered population Age, citizenship, birthplace and average-age structure from the 2025 Annual Population Census. | Demographic profile | % | | --- | --- | | Women / men | 49.4% / 50.6% | | Aged 0–14 | 13.7% | | Aged 15–64 | 66.9% | | Aged 65+ | 19.4% | | Foreign citizenship | 17.1% | | Born outside Spain | 19.9% | | Weighted mean age | 44 years | ### How it differs from its surroundings Comparison with Spain and with the aggregate of the 4 regions where it is observed. All five comparisons are population-weighted and use only the 2025 Annual Census. A positive sign means the covered population has a higher value than the benchmark. | Demographic profile | Covered population | Compared with Spain | Compared with its 4 regions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aged 0–14 | 13.7% | +0.8 pp | +0.3 pp | | Aged 65+ | 19.4% | -1.3 pp | -0.5 pp | | Foreign citizenship | 17.1% | +3 pp | +3.9 pp | | Born outside Spain | 19.9% | +0.6 pp | +3.2 pp | | Weighted mean age | 44 years | -0.5 years | 0 years | The largest difference from Spain is in “Foreign citizenship”: +3 pp. Sex comes from the 2025 municipal register; all other metrics come from the 2025 Annual Census. Each percentage uses the total from its own statistical operation. [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). ## What is August festivals Spanish local-holiday bulletins often list simply «Fiestas de agosto» (August festivals). It is not a single devotion or a nationwide rite: it is an administrative calendar label that groups the major summer patronal weeks different town halls schedule in August. Across much of Spain—and especially Andalusia—August is the month of fiestas mayores: Mass and procession, night dances, social clubs, fairground rides and the return of people who live elsewhere for the rest of the year. Heat and holidays stretch the programme over several days around a local patron or Marian title, even when the bulletin does not name which one. Read this entry honestly, then: behind «Fiestas de agosto» sit different calendars—different dates, different titulars—linked only by the month and by the habit of placing one of the two annual local public holidays inside that festive week. Each municipality keeps its own official source. In 2026 the dataset records this label in about a dozen municipalities, mostly Andalusian, with dates scattered through August. For the exact day, check the municipal page; here we describe the shared pattern of Spanish August patronal weeks, not a legend invented for one town. ## Dates of August festivals In 2026 it falls on Monday 3 August in most municipalities. 10 move it to another date (when it lands on a weekend or by local agreement). | Year | Main date | Municipalities | | --- | --- | --- | | 2025 | Monday, 25 August | 1 | | 2026 | Monday, 3 August | 13 | ## Official sources Official documents linked by the 2026 records. Dates can vary by territory; each municipality page preserves its specific source. Population: official municipal-register figures at 1 January 2025. [INE](). [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). - [Generalitat Valenciana — Resolución de fiestas locales (DOGV)]() - [Gobierno de Navarra — Fiestas locales (datos abiertos)]() - [Junta de Andalucía — Calendario de fiestas locales (datos abiertos)]() - [Junta de Extremadura — Resolución de fiestas locales (DOE)]() ## 13 municipalities celebrate August festivals Its local holiday in 2026, by region. Each municipality links to its annual record and the available official source. Together, they account for 53,301 residents in the INE municipal register at 1 January 2025. **Andalucía** (10): Calañas, Cañada Rosal, Casarabonela, Guaro, Periana, Puebla de los Infantes, La, Purullena, Rubio, El, Villablanca, Villanueva de la Reina **Comunidad Foral de Navarra** (1): Cabanillas **Comunitat Valenciana** (1): Nucia, la **Extremadura** (1): Villanueva del Fresno ## About August festivals ### When is August festivals in 2026? In 2026, August festivals is mainly celebrated on 3 August 2026 (Monday). Some municipalities move it to another date on the working calendar. ### In how many municipalities is August festivals a holiday? It's a local holiday in 13 municipalities in 2026, accounting for 53,301 residents in the 2025 register; mostly in Andalucía (10 municipalities). ### Is August festivals a national holiday? No. August festivals is a local-level holiday: it's only a non-working day in the municipalities that set it as their local festival; each keeps its official source. ## Other holidays - Saint Isidore the Laborer (1052 municipalities) - San Roque (340 municipalities) - San Sebastián (260 municipalities) - San Blas (259 municipalities) - San Pedro (251 municipalities) - San Bartolomé (243 municipalities) - San Miguel (236 municipalities) - Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (209 municipalities) Per-municipality data with its official source (regional gazette). Every date is verifiable on the municipality page. Data from festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. --- Data: festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. Official source: State Official Gazette (BOE) and regional gazettes (Law 37/2007).