Culture
Free open-air festivals coming to Donostia ... the choice is yours!
During the summer Donostia becomes a location for free open-air festivals. Do you prefer to take off your shoes and dance on the sand on the beach, or would you rather listen to music in the shade of a tree? The choice is yours!
- 2025 Jun 03
Cristóbal Balenciaga: The fashion architect
His impeccable technique and mastery of shapes and volumes revolutionised haute couture, earning the admiration and recognition both of his contemporaries and also of subsequent generations.
- 2025 May 09
A family bike outing, packed with art!
We propose a fun route with lots of art taking you to some of San Sebastian’s prettiest spots; you’ll discover sculptures well worth a look not only for their beauty, but also for their settings. And to make this the perfect activity… the art route is designed for biking and takes you along some of our city’s cycle paths! Are you ready?
- 2025 May 04
- Itziar
Albaola Itsas Kultur Faktoria Albaola Itsas Kultur Faktoria shipyard-museum
A unique place to experience our maritime heritage
- 2024 Dec 29
Are you coming at the 73rd edition of Film Festival?
From 19 to 27 September we are celebrating a very special anniversary!
- 2024 Aug 12
Eduardo Chillida: Life and Works
Eduardo Chillida would have been 100 years old on 10 January 2024. This is why an international commemoration is being organised in 2024 by the Eduardo Chillida - Pilar Belzunce Foundation - "Eduardo Chillida 100 years, meeting place".
- 2024 May 05
Donostia / San Sebastián during the Belle Époque, two centuries of tourism
Do you know what Donostia/San Sebastián was like in the Belle Époque? Continue reading...
- 2024 Apr 10
Caldereros
The calderero krewes, who commemorate the arrival of travelling people to the city and announce the Carnival
- 2024 Jan 03
Inudeak eta Artzainak
The Sunday after the Caldereros celebration (the first Sunday in February or the one following Candlemas) sees the Inudeak eta Artzainak parade, a wink to the courting that went on between nursemaids and shepherds when the latter came down into the city. This is yet another event in the local run-up to Carnival.
- 2024 Jan 03
For theatre and dance enthusiasts (dFERIA)
From 16 to 20 March dFERIA, the festival of performing arts! Are you going to miss it? Read more...
- 2023 Dec 31
“Ideal climate: Summer posters” exhibition
Let yourself be surprised by this exhibition that brings together promotional posters of our city from the end of the 19th century to the 1960s. Some 80 years that have been shaping the image of San Sebastian abroad.exhibition will be open at the San Telmo Museum from 1 July to 15 October.
- 2023 Aug 27
Donostia, capital of electronic music from 21 to 26 August
If you like electronic music and you're going to be in Donosti from 21 to 26 August, you'd be well advised to read this.
- 2023 Aug 17
- Jokin Telleria
Are you coming to 60 Jazzaldia?
The Jazz Festival takes more than a half a century bringing the best jazz to our city. It has become both for national and for international people an event you can not miss.
If you are one of those fans that have come to celebrate this event to San Sebastian...Here are a few ideas to make your visit a perfect one!
From July 19th to 27th
- 2023 Jul 17
Glad is the Day open air festival
Glad is the Day is back and packed with more energy than ever before.
August 3 in the park of Cristina Enea.
- 2023 Jul 16
Aste Nagusia: Great Week
From 9 to 16 August (2025). Don't miss one of the most festive weeks in San Sebastian!
- 2023 Jul 08
Pasaia Maritime Festival: You’ll be looking out to sea from 9 to 12 May
The sea will be awash with sails, traditional boats and culture, from Thursday 9 May to Sunday 12.
- 2023 Mar 05
The San Sebastian Carnival
San Sebastian is filling with humour and colour! Carnivals are coming! From 27 February to 4 March 2025. Take a look at the programme!
- 2023 Feb 19
