FIESTA! The best festivals in Spain for your 2026 travel bucket list
Now Christmas is out of the way, it’s time to look ahead to 2026 and plan your fiestas for the year.
Argentinian steaks, Turkish delight and British fish and chips: Global cuisine in the Costa del Sol
FOR the last five days, Fuengirola’s streets have been hustling and bustling, packed with people queuing to try the different flavours of the world. A
Watch: Hollywood star Will Smith shocks festival-goers at Madrid’s Mad Cool as he turns up to watch Dua Lipa
HOLLYWOOD royalty made an unexpected visit to Madrid on Wednesday, as actor and rapper Will Smith turned up at the first night of the Mad
Reggaeton Beach Festival cancelled by Madrid City Hall just three days before first night
THE REGGAETON Beach Festival, which was due to take place this weekend in Madrid, will not be going ahead after City Hall refused to grant
Rainy weather in Madrid forces cancellation of first night of Primavera Sound festival
THE FIRST-EVER MADRID edition of the Primavera Sound festival was plunged into chaos on Wednesday, as organisers had to cancel concerts scheduled for tonight due
Online Costa Blanca scammers sold fake tickets to festivals and shows in Spain
THREE Alicante scammers have been arrested for selling counterfeit tickets to festivals and shows across Spain. The online fraud prompted over a hundred complaints to
Red Hot Chili Peppers to return to Spain in 2023 to headline Mad Cool festival in Madrid
RED Hot Chili Peppers will be returning to Spain in 2023, to headline the next edition of the Mad Cool festival. The Californian funk-rock legends
Blast Off: a musical melting pot in the Lecrin Valley of Spain’s Granada
FOR creative types, the annual “cosmic arts lab” private party in Space Mountain studios at Albunuelas, Lecrin, is a rare opportunity for local people to
Hay Festival in Segovia welcomes special guests to 2022 edition: 400 sheep
SOME 400 sheep were the special guests at Segovia’s famous Aqueduct on Friday, as part of the ongoing Hay Festival in the historical city in
HELLO SUMMER: Ferias and fairs given green light across Spain’s Balearic Islands as summer season reinforced with 300 more police officers
An agreement was reached this week that these local festivities and fairs can now be held under certain measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus
These five summer music festivals in Spain’s Andalucia have still not been cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic
THE Spanish summer you had hoped for is more than likely not going ahead as planned. Especially if you are a music fan, artist or
Viking invasion: This is why the Scandis love Estepona
IT’S easy to speak warmly about a wonderful place like Estepona – a genuine town with all year round vegetable markets and ham festivals, solemn
Where to celebrate Semana Santa in Andalucia this year
A vivid celebration of religion, Spanish culture and the arrival of spring, Semana Santa is celebrated fervently throughout Spain.
Spain music festival guide 2017
The Olive Press has scoured the land to find the must-attend events in 2017, so grab your cervezas and sombreros and begin the party
The best of Spain’s summer festivals
A string of Britain and America's hottest bands will be hitting the Spanish festival scene this summer
San Pedro festival’s healthy outlook
Healthy living, nutrition and spirituality all discussed at weekend event
Tarifa in full colour!
Tarifa exploded into colour last weekend when the town held its first 'Festival of Colours'
City on Fire (I must be crackers!)
An unexpected phone call leads Olive Press columnist - Craig Scott, into one of his weirdest assignments yet!
Man taming beast
This week's 'Andalucia in Pictures' zooms in on the Rapa das Bestas festival in Sabudeco