{"dataset":"fiesta-calendar","licence":"CC BY 4.0 — attribution: javea.guide","as_of":"2026-06-12","source":"https://javea.guide/data/","data":{"honesty":"Markets and fiestas are seeded from well-known tradition. fixed_feast = a calendar-fixed feast day (safe for dated Event JSON-LD on that day only). window = the traditional spread of celebrations; dates_confirmed:false means the town hall sets the exact annual programme — the engine renders these with a visible 'dates to confirm' note and emits NO dated schema for them. Never invent a specific date here.","markets":[{"id":"weekly-market","day":"Thu","name_en":"Weekly street market (mercadillo)","location":"Old town — around Plaça de la Constitució","hours":"mornings (roughly 08:00–13:30)","needs_verification":true,"note":"Thursday as Jávea's market day is widely established; VERIFY current location + hours with the Ajuntament before ungate."},{"id":"municipal-market","days":["Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"],"name_en":"Municipal market (Mercat Municipal)","location":"Plaça Celestino Pons, old town","hours":"mornings","needs_verification":true,"note":"VERIFY address + opening hours."}],"fiestas":[{"slug":"sant-sebastia","name":"Sant Sebastià","month":1,"fixed_feast":{"month":1,"day":20},"window_en":"17–25 January 2026 — feast day of the patron Tuesday 20 January (solemn mass and veneration); bous al carrer 21–25 January in Plaça de l'Església and Plaça de Baix; Sant Sebastià Fest concerts 23–24 January in Plaça de la Constitució","where":"Old town (Plaça de l'Església, Plaça de Baix, Plaça de la Constitució)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Winter patron-saint celebrations in the old town — bonfires and neighbourhood gatherings around the feast of Saint Sebastian.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-01-17","end":"2026-01-25"},"fixed_feast_confirmed":{"month":1,"day":20},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabiaaldia.com official programme (https://xabiaaldia.com/art/158715/programa-de-fiestas-en-honor-a-sant-sebastia-2026-patron-de-xabia) + xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (https://www.xabia.org/ver/3667/Calendario-anual-de-fiestas.html: 'Los actos festivos se celebrarán del 21 al 25 de enero', feast 20 Jan)","needs_verification":false},{"slug":"carnestoltes","name":"Carnival (Carnestoltes)","month":2,"window_en":"2026: originally scheduled Saturday 14 February (per the Ajuntament annual calendar) but postponed by a weather alert; children's and adults' parades finally held Saturday 28 February through the historic centre, with the marquee in Plaça de la Constitució","where":"Old town / historic centre (parades; Plaça de la Constitució)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Costumes and parades in the run-up to Lent. Movable date set each year.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-02-28","end":"2026-02-28"},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (scheduled 14 Feb 2026) + javea.com coverage published 1 Mar 2026 (https://en.javea.com/xabia-celebra-por-fin-el-carnaval-2026-la-originalidad-y-la-creatividad-marcaron-los-desfiles/) + xabiaaldia.com (https://xabiaaldia.com/art/158948/xabia-se-disfraza-por-fin-en-un-multitudinario-carnaval/)","needs_verification":false,"note":"Movable each year (Saturday before Lent); 2026 was weather-disrupted — keep window_en year-specific and refresh annually."},{"slug":"setmana-santa","name":"Easter week (Setmana Santa)","month":4,"window_en":"Holy Week 2026: Palm Sunday 29 March to Easter Monday 6 April (Easter Sunday 5 April); Semana Santa artisan craft fair in the historic-centre streets 3–6 April per the Ajuntament calendar; individual procession times set locally each year","where":"Town-wide (old-town processions and craft fair)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Processions through Holy Week, culminating on Easter Sunday. Movable dates.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-03-29","end":"2026-04-06"},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"computed (Easter 2026 = Sunday 5 April) + xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (https://www.xabia.org/ver/3667/Calendario-anual-de-fiestas.html: 'Feria de Artesanía de Semana Santa', 3–6 April)","needs_verification":false,"note":"Window confirmed; exact procession events/times remain TBC per parish/town programme — emit no per-procession dated schema."},{"slug":"jesus-nazareno","name":"Jesús Nazareno","month":5,"window_en":"24 April – 3 May 2026, culminating on Sunday 3 May, Day of Jesús Nazareno, with the reworked 'La Subida' procession to the Ermita del Calvari; bous al carrer at the Placeta del Convent; closing thanksgiving mass and handover to the 2027 mayorales on Saturday 16 May","where":"Old town — Ermita del Calvari and Placeta del Convent","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Celebrations in honour of Jesús Nazareno around the Calvari chapel — one of the town's oldest devotions.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-04-24","end":"2026-05-03"},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabia.org official programme PDF (https://www.xabia.org/bd/archivos/archivo1737.pdf) + xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (24 Apr – 3 May) + xabiaaldia.com (https://xabiaaldia.com/art/159183/programa-de-fiestas-en-honor-a-jesus-de-nazareno-xabia-2026: 'arrancarán el viernes 24 de abril y se alargan hasta el sábado 16 de mayo')","needs_verification":false,"month_correction":"File currently has month:5 with window 'late April – early May' — core fiesta runs late April into the first Sunday of May; 2026 main day was 3 May."},{"slug":"fogueres-sant-joan","name":"Fogueres de Sant Joan","month":6,"fixed_feast":{"month":6,"day":24},"window_en":"11–24 June 2026 (programme opened 10 June with the blood-donation day) — pregón 14 June, Nit dels Focs on the night of 23 June, and the Cremà of the central and children's bonfires at midnight into 24 June, closing with the fireworks castle","where":"Old town","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Jávea's biggest fiesta: bull-running, night parades, music and the midsummer bonfires of Saint John, peaking on the night of 23–24 June.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-06-11","end":"2026-06-24"},"fixed_feast_confirmed":{"month":6,"day":24},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabiaaldia.com official programme (https://xabiaaldia.com/art/159392/programa-de-fiestas-de-les-fogueres-de-sant-joan-xabia-2026) + xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (11–24 June) + javea.com ('Les Fogueres de Xàbia 2026 se compactan en 12 días', https://www.javea.com/les-fogueres-de-xabia-2026-se-compactan-en-12-dias-con-una-programacion-intensa-y-extensa/)","needs_verification":false},{"slug":"mare-de-deu-del-carme","name":"Mare de Déu del Carme","month":7,"fixed_feast":{"month":7,"day":16},"window_en":"16 July 2026 — seafarers' feast in the port with the maritime procession and floral offering (per the Ajuntament annual calendar); in 2026 it falls inside the Moros i Cristians week (11–19 July) at Duanes de la Mar","where":"Port (Duanes de la Mar)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"The seafarers' fiesta in the port — the image of the Virgen del Carmen is carried out to sea in a flotilla of boats on 16 July.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-07-16","end":"2026-07-16"},"fixed_feast_confirmed":{"month":7,"day":16},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (https://www.xabia.org/ver/3667/Calendario-anual-de-fiestas.html: 'Virgen del Carmen (July 16) — Procesión marinera y ofrenda floral')","needs_verification":false,"note":"Fixed feast; exact procession hour not yet published for 2026 at research time — safe to schema-date the day, not the hour."},{"slug":"moros-i-cristians","name":"Moros i Cristians","month":7,"window_en":"11–19 July 2026 — Duanes de la Mar (the port); main weekend 17–18 July with the Moorish landing and the beach battle at La Grava","where":"Duanes de la Mar (the port)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"Spectacular Moors & Christians parades and mock landings on the Arenal beach. Exact dates set annually.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-07-11","end":"2026-07-19"},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabia.org (Ayuntamiento tourism portal) + javea.com official programme","needs_verification":false},{"slug":"mare-de-deu-de-loreto","name":"Mare de Déu de Loreto","month":9,"fixed_feast":{"month":9,"day":8},"window_en":"28 August – 8 September 2026 — the port district's big fiesta with bous a la mar, processions, parades, fireworks and dances, closing on the feast day of the Mare de Déu de Loreto, 8 September","where":"Port (Duanes de la Mar)","dates_confirmed":true,"desc_en":"The port district's main fiesta — over a week of events closing on 8 September, including the famous 'bous a la mar'.","dates_2026":{"start":"2026-08-28","end":"2026-09-08"},"fixed_feast_confirmed":{"month":9,"day":8},"verified":"2026-07-13","source":"xabia.org Calendario anual de fiestas (https://www.xabia.org/ver/3667/Calendario-anual-de-fiestas.html: 'Virgen de Loreto, August 28 – September 8, bullfights, processions, parades, fireworks, dances')","needs_verification":false,"note":"Window is from the Ajuntament's 2026 annual calendar; the detailed day-by-day programme is normally published mid-to-late August (ajxabia.com programme page + xabiaaldia) — re-verify then before emitting per-event schema. An unofficial listing (javeaonline24.com) shows 28 Aug – 6 Sep; the official calendar's 8 Sep close is used."}]}}