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Medieval festivals in Spain

3 medieval festivals in Spain with dates for 2026–2027 — where they happen, when, and how to choose.

Spain’s dates move with the saints’ calendar. Setmana Medieval de Montblanc takes the two weekends around Sant Jordi in April, when the walled town stages the legend of Saint George, which local tradition sets here, with a dragon projected on the walls; market free, shows ticketed. Corpus Christi in Toledo, the Thursday sixty days after Easter, carries a three-metre tower of gilded silver through streets shaded by awnings and strewn with thyme; the good standing spots fill early. The Jornadas Medievales de Ávila come on the first weekend of September, a free mercado medieval inside and around the walls, ninety minutes from Madrid; bring a jacket, since Ávila sits above a thousand metres and the evenings are cool.

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April 2027

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    Setmana Medieval de Montblanc

    Montblanc, Spain

    Montblanc's Setmana Medieval de la Llegenda de Sant Jordi turns the walled Catalan town into a medieval fair over the two weekends around Saint George's Day (23 April), with a free daily market and camp, parades, a night-time dragon show projected on the 14th-century walls and an open-air staging of the Saint George legend, which local tradition sets in Montblanc. Founded in 1987 and declared a festival of national tourist interest, it reached its 39th edition in April 2026.

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May 2027

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    Corpus Christi in Toledo

    Toledo, Spain

    On Corpus Christi the 16th-century Custodia de Arfe, a three-metre Gothic tower of gilded silver, is carried out of Toledo Cathedral and through two kilometres of streets hung with awnings and tapestries and strewn with thyme, behind the banners of the city's old confraternities and guilds. Toledo keeps the feast on its traditional Thursday, sixty days after Easter: 4 June in 2026, and 27 May expected in 2027.

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September 2027

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    Jornadas Medievales de Ávila (Mercado de las Tres Culturas)

    Ávila, Spain

    Ávila's Jornadas Medievales turn the walled UNESCO city into the 'Market of the Three Cultures' for four days on the first weekend of September, with more than 300 stalls, around 150 free shows, nine mounted tournaments and a grand parade recalling the town's Christian, Jewish and Muslim past. Held since 1997 and declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, it drew about 130,000 visitors in 2025.

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