Festivities in Huelva
The main festivities in the city: what they are, when they fall, where they are held and how to get there.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2027
Huelva Three Kings Parade
One of the oldest Three Kings parades in Spain, first held in 1922: the Kings arrive by boat at the port and on 5 January travel through almost every district of the city.
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from January 19 to February 10, 2027
Huelva Carnival (Carnaval Colombino)
Huelva's carnival: a competition of carnival groups at the Gran Teatro, street carnival with a parade and chickpea stew, and the Burial of the Cuttlefish on Ash Wednesday.
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March 19 to 28, 2027
Holy Week in Huelva
From the Friday of Sorrows to Easter Sunday, 27 brotherhoods of the Council of Brotherhoods process through Huelva, with an official route and a station at the Purísima Concepción church.
Photo: Huelva2009, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 12 to 13, 2027
Departure of Huelva's Rocío brotherhoods
In the week before Pentecost, the Emigrantes (Wednesday) and Huelva (Thursday) brotherhoods set off for El Rocío, with a shower of petals at the City Hall and the Sailors' Salve.
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Friday, July 16, 2027
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patron of sailors, goes out in a triumphal procession from the Purísima Concepción church after her triduum and the 16 July service, with the blessing of the sea.
Photo: Sergei Gussev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Wednesday, September 8, 2027
Feast of the Virgen de la Cinta
Huelva's patron saint is carried down from the Conquero sanctuary to the Cathedral in late August and returns on 8 September, a local holiday, amid fandangos and the chicotá on the Cinta slope.
Photo: Sergei Gussev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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20 January is the saint's day; the procession takes place on the following Sunday (or on the 20th itself if it falls on a Sunday), and the council's events fill that weekend. It is not a local public holiday.
Feast of Saint Sebastian
The festival of Huelva's patron saint: a procession through the old San Sebastián quarter, balconies decked with vegetables, palm hearts, cuttlefish with broad beans and free concerts in Parque Alonso Sánchez.
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Six days in late July and early August ending around 3 August, the main day and a local holiday. The dates are set each year by the City Council.
Colombinas Festival
Huelva's main festival commemorates the departure of Columbus's ships on 3 August 1492: six days of fair beside the estuary, with free-entry marquees and free concerts.
Photo: Calapito, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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A weekend in October, Friday to Sunday. The dates are set each year by the City Council.
Autumn and Horse Fair
A daytime fair in October in Parque de Zafra and on the Muelle de Levante: horse and carriage parade, Andalusian cattle-herding dressage, marquees and a town of the province as guest.