This week in Jávea

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Fiestas & traditions

Traditional dates — the town hall sets each year’s exact programme. Confirm before planning around them.

• Sant Sebastià 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 · Old town (Plaça de l'Església, Plaça de Baix, Plaça de la Constitució)

  Winter patron-saint celebrations in the old town — bonfires and neighbourhood gatherings around the feast of Saint Sebastian.

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• Carnival (Carnestoltes) 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 · Old town / historic centre (parades; Plaça de la Constitució)

  Costumes and parades in the run-up to Lent. Movable date set each year.

• Easter week (Setmana Santa) 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 · Town-wide (old-town processions and craft fair)

  Processions through Holy Week, culminating on Easter Sunday. Movable dates.

• Jesús Nazareno 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 · Old town — Ermita del Calvari and Placeta del Convent

  Celebrations in honour of Jesús Nazareno around the Calvari chapel — one of the town's oldest devotions.

• Fogueres de Sant Joan 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 · Old town

  Jávea's biggest fiesta: bull-running, night parades, music and the midsummer bonfires of Saint John, peaking on the night of 23–24 June.

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• Mare de Déu del Carme 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 · Port (Duanes de la Mar)

  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.

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• Moros i Cristians 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 · Duanes de la Mar (the port)

  Spectacular Moors & Christians parades and mock landings on the Arenal beach. Exact dates set annually.

• Mare de Déu de Loreto 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 · Port (Duanes de la Mar)

  The port district's main fiesta — over a week of events closing on 8 September, including the famous 'bous a la mar'.

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