Patron saint festivals and Music festivals
Experience the tradition of our land
Patron saint festivals
The town celebrates its history and tradition
Benicàssim is strongly rooted in its culture, history and tradition and reflects this through its patron saint festivals, which are held at two different times of the year.
The first is dedicated to San Antonio Abad and Santa Águeda, and is celebrated from the 16th of January, while the second comes in the week of the 22nd of September, in honour of its patron saint, Santo Tomás de Villanueva.
Therefore, the two local festivals in Benicàssim are dedicated to their patron saints San Antonio Abad and Santo Tomás de Villanueva and are celebrated on the 17th of January and the 22nd of September.
FESTIVALS OF SAN ANTONIO ABAD AND SANTA ÁGUEDA
These festivities dedicated to the patron saint of animals and the patron saint of Benicàssim include events such as bonfire night and Paella day.
The night of the bonfires and the coqueta is the night of the beginning of the festivities, on the 16th of January. During this night, night bonfires are held on the streets, parades of floats and more than 20,000 “coquetes”, a traditional Benicàssim cake blessed for the Benicàssim people and their animals on the arrival of their patron saint’s day.
The Benicàssim Paella Day is another of the important days celebrated during these fiestas. In fact, it has received the Declaration of Autonomous Tourist Interest of the Valencian Community and has become a festival of national and international interest. During this day thousands of people, fill the streets and restaurants of Benicàssim to eat this traditional dish of our land. A unique and special event, not to be missed.
SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANUEVA FESTIVITIES
The Fiestas of Santo Tomás de Villanueva are dedicated to the patron saint of Benicàssim, after whom the town’s church was named.
These festivities are held during the week of 22 September and are noted for their open-air dances, concerts, bullfighting events, monumental paellas and multiple leisure activities for children and adults.
If you visit Bonterra Resort during these days, do not miss the traditional closing and farewell of the fiestas with pyrotechnic shows and fireworks.
FESTIVALS OF SAN ANTONIO ABAD AND SANTA ÁGUEDA
These festivities dedicated to the patron saint of animals and the patron saint of Benicàssim include events such as bonfire night and Paella day.
The night of the bonfires and the coqueta is the night of the beginning of the festivities, on the 16th of January. During this night, night bonfires are held on the streets, parades of floats and more than 20,000 “coquetes”, a traditional Benicàssim cake blessed for the Benicàssim people and their animals on the arrival of their patron saint’s day.
The Benicàssim Paella Day is another of the important days celebrated during these fiestas. In fact, it has received the Declaration of Autonomous Tourist Interest of the Valencian Community and has become a festival of national and international interest. During this day thousands of people, fill the streets and restaurants of Benicàssim to eat this traditional dish of our land. A unique and special event, not to be missed.
SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANUEVA FESTIVITIES
The Fiestas of Santo Tomás de Villanueva are dedicated to the patron saint of Benicàssim, after whom the town’s church was named.
These festivities are held during the week of 22 September and are noted for their open-air dances, concerts, bullfighting events, monumental paellas and multiple leisure activities for children and adults.
If you visit Bonterra Resort during these days, do not miss the traditional closing and farewell of the fiestas with pyrotechnic shows and fireworks.
Festivals
Land of festivals
If there is one thing we love in Benicàssim, it is good music. Our city has become the land of festivals par excellence for true music lovers.
Our city offers festivals for all tastes: for indie lovers, the internationally renowned FIB, or the SanSan Festival, very popular nationally; for lovers of more sophisticated rhythms, the Blues Festival; and for reggae lovers, the Rototom Sunsplash.
Below is a list of the main festivals and their approximate dates.
- SAN SAN FESTIVAL. This festival held during the Easter holidays has become very popular in recent years, with a high influx of visitors who enjoy national indie pop music.
- FLAMENCO FUSIÓN GASTRO FESTIVAL. Gastronomy and flamenco take to the streets of Benicàssim for three days during the spring period.
- BENICÀSSIM BLUES FESTIVAL. At the beginning of June, this festival dedicated to the blues is held with renowned artists from the national and international scene.
- FIB. This is the festival par excellence with the largest number of visitors due to its international and renowned line-up. This festival is held in mid-July.
- ROTOTOM. During the second half of August, reggae accompanies this multicultural festival in which peace is promoted and where, apart from concerts, there are multiple types of activities for the whole family. Gastronomy, games, talks, exhibitions… this festival is held both at the festival site and in different locations in Benicàssim.
- SAN SAN FESTIVAL. This festival held during the Easter holidays has become very popular in recent years, with a high influx of visitors who enjoy national indie pop music.
- FLAMENCO FUSIÓN GASTRO FESTIVAL. Gastronomy and flamenco take to the streets of Benicàssim for three days during the spring period.
- BENICÀSSIM BLUES FESTIVAL. At the beginning of June, this festival dedicated to the blues is held with renowned artists from the national and international scene.
- FIB. This is the festival par excellence with the largest number of visitors due to its international and renowned line-up. This festival is held in mid-July.
- ROTOTOM. During the second half of August, reggae accompanies this multicultural festival in which peace is promoted and where, apart from concerts, there are multiple types of activities for the whole family. Gastronomy, games, talks, exhibitions… this festival is held both at the festival site and in different locations in Benicàssim.
Other events of interest
- MIDSUMMER NIGHT. On the night of 23rd June, the beaches of Benicàssim are full of families and friends who celebrate the arrival of Midsummer’s Day by having dinner around bonfires, burning old objects from the past and jumping the waves of the sea, as tradition demands.
- FRANCISCO TÁRREGA INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION. A competition in which national and international guitarists show their skills in classical music and perform works by the master Francisco Tárrega. This competition is held during the last week of August and the first week of September.
- BENICÀSSIM BELLE ÉPOQUE. Our town travels back to the beginning of the 20th century to transform itself into the Benicàssim that lived a period of splendour around its famous villas by the sea. This event held in September revives the customs and traditions of the first decades of the 1900s with performances, markets and activities for the whole family.
