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Alcossebre events 2026

Here is what’s on in Alcossebre and Alcalà de Xivert. The big event of the year is the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026, with special astronomy activities. Below is the official month-by-month programme and the traditional festivals that come round every year.

July 2026

Every Thursday

Market Marina Las Fuentes

📍 Las Fuentes Marina

A craft market with activities by the sea, every Thursday in summer.

16–20 July

Alcossebre En-Cant

📍 Espai d’Oci / Santa Lucía hermitage

A festival of lyric and chamber music, with charity concerts in unique settings.

18–26 July

Capicorb festivities

📍 Capicorb

Community dinners, concerts, alternative bull events and activities for all ages.

30 July

Alcozancos fire show

📍 Las Fuentes seafront promenade

Street parade and pyrotechnics by the sea.

Until 16 September

Guided visits: Xivert Castle and Santa Lucía hermitage

📍 Alcalà / Alcossebre

Free visits to the town’s historic monuments through the summer.

August 2026

12 August

⭐ Total solar eclipse

📍 Alcossebre and Alcalà de Xivert

The big event of the year: a total solar eclipse. With “Alcossebre under the stars” astronomy activities in the run-up (observation, planetarium, astro-poetry).

13 August

The Tears of St Lawrence

📍 Torre Ebrí (El Pinar)

Watching the Perseids from a Sierra de Irta watchtower.

27 August

La Vuelta stage start

📍 Alcossebre seafront promenade

Spain’s grand cycling tour sets off from Alcossebre on one of its stages.

28 August

Wild Coves route

📍 Sierra de Irta Natural Park

A 9 km guided hike through the natural park’s unspoilt coves.

21 Aug–6 Sep

Patron festivals

📍 Alcalà (21–30 Aug)

Festivities honouring Sant Joan Baptista, with music, events and fireworks.

September 2026

2–6 September

Alcossebre patron festivals

📍 Alcossebre

The festive peak: bull events, food tents, concerts and DJ sets.

11–13 September

Iron Crew Fest

📍 Alcossebre seafront promenade

A motorbike gathering with music and charity stands for ASPANION.

20 September

3rd Classic Vehicle Meeting

📍 Alcossebre seafront promenade

A display of classic cars (pre-1996) with live entertainment.

October 2026

2–4 October

Alcossebre Yankee

📍 Alcossebre

A gathering of American trucks and cars.

Sundays in October

“Alcalà and the Tomata de Penjar” route

📍 Alcalà de Xivert

A gastronomic route around the local heirloom hanging tomato, with tasting.

31 October

Spooky hiking route

📍 Cala Blanca

A night hike of legends through the darker side of the Sierra de Irta (6 km).

November 2026

1 November

“The Templars of Xivert” staged route

📍 Xivert Castle

A historical re-enactment of the castle’s Templar past.

Various dates

“Xivert Monumental” and “Millenary Oil and Olives” routes

📍 Alcalà de Xivert

Guided heritage visits and an olive-oil tourism route with tasting.

All summer long (series)

Fridays

Estiu a la Fresca

📍 Alcalà de Xivert and Capicorb

An open-air live-music series in different squares of the municipality.

All summer

Themed guided routes

📍 Alcossebre and Alcalà

Cultural, gastronomic and astronomy hikes: seafaring origins, millenary olives, coves, watchtowers…

Year-round: traditional festivals

January

Foguera de Sant Antoni

📍 Alcossebre town centre

Bonfires with communal paellas and music honouring Saint Anthony the Abbot.

February

Carnival

📍 Alcalà and Alcossebre

Troupe parades in handmade costumes over two weekends.

April

Holy Week

📍 Alcossebre and Alcalà

Processions in Alcalà and the Easter “mona” tradition in the Sierra de Irta coves.

June

Saint John’s Night

📍 Alcossebre beaches

Beach bonfires and fireworks to welcome the summer.

December

Festa de Santa Llúcia

📍 Santa Lucía hermitage

Mass and procession to the patron saint on the weekend near 13 December.

Programme based on the official Tourism agenda (14 Jun–30 Nov 2026). Dates, times and capacity may change: check the updated detail at alcossebre.org/agenda and in the 2026 Activities Programme (PDF).

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