{"id":5606,"date":"2016-10-01T11:23:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T09:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2017-02-03T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:45:37","slug":"celebrations-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrations-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Celebrations in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As if being in Madrid wasn\u2019t a good enough reason to celebrate, the city also hosts plenty of annual events connected to its cultural heritage and traditions. If you\u2019re staying in town and want to feel like a true <em>Madrile\u00f1o,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> wants to make sure you don\u2019t miss any of its <strong>popular festivities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/closest-beaches-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beaches Closest to Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrations-madrid\/#san-isidro\" title=\"San Isidro\">San Isidro<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrations-madrid\/#la-paloma\" title=\"La Paloma\">La Paloma<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrations-madrid\/#madrid-pride-week\" title=\"Madrid Pride Week\">Madrid Pride Week<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/celebrations-madrid\/#nochevieja\" title=\"Nochevieja\">Nochevieja<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"san-isidro\"><\/span>San Isidro<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5613\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5613\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14203135722_acc9d01d91_z-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by taftazani via Visualhunt \" width=\"173\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14203135722_acc9d01d91_z-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14203135722_acc9d01d91_z-300x453.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14203135722_acc9d01d91_z.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by taftazani via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paying tribute to the city\u2019s patron saint, Fiestas de San Isidro is a month-long celebration with a heavy focus on the tradition of bullfighting. Starting every year on May 15, Las Ventas, a\u00a0legendary Madrid bullring, is the stage for countless bullfighting shows that sell-out well in advance. In addition to that, several <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cultural<\/a> <\/strong>events happen around town during the month, including music shows<strong>, <\/strong>art exhibitions<strong>,<\/strong> and parades. A very important part of the celebration is the Romer\u00eda, a pilgrimage to the saint\u2019s meadow. Wearing traditional dresses, the locals drink from a blessed water fountain and eat typical foods such as barquillos, bu\u00f1uelos and rosquillas.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"la-paloma\"><\/span>La Paloma<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">August is a month with great religious significance in the city, with various districts celebrating their local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-holiday-traditions\/\"><strong>holidays<\/strong><\/a>. Preceded by Fiestas de San Lorenzo and Fiestas de San Cayetano, La Paloma, which coincides with the national holiday of Asunci\u00f3n, is the culmination of these traditional tributes. All of them include processions, street dancing and music concerts<strong>,<\/strong> filling the city with colour and sound and spreading a joyous and festive vibe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/summer-activities-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summer Activities in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"madrid-pride-week\"><\/span>Madrid Pride Week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5612\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5612\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gay-1453594_640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo via Pixabay\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gay-1453594_640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gay-1453594_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A welcoming city to people of all sexual orientations, Madrid hosts its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/gay-pride-madrid\/\"><strong>Gay Pride Week<\/strong><\/a> every year between the end of June and the start of July, attracting thousands of attendants from everywhere in the world. An event that promotes the acceptance, inclusion and equality of LGBT people, it happens in the barrio of Chueca, known for its vibrant gay nightlife. Having started somewhat discreetly in the &#8217;80s, the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madridorgullo.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madrid Pride Week<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has grown to become the biggest gay event in Spain and a true worldwide celebration of sexual identity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"nochevieja\"><\/span>Nochevieja<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nochevieja is Madrid\u2019s new year\u2019s eve celebration and it takes place every year in Puerta del Sol, where the clock on top of the Casa de Correos building is used for the traditional countdown. As a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/the-12-lucky-grapes-of-new-year-in-madrid\/\"><strong>local custom<\/strong><\/a>, each person must swallow a grape for each of the twelve bell sounds that signal midnight and the beginning of the new year. Once January 1 officially arrives, the celebration spreads to the entire city and lasts all night long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What do you think of these local customs and festivities? 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If you\u2019re staying in town and want to feel like a true Madrile\u00f1o, ShMadrid wants to make sure you don\u2019t miss any of its popular festivities. Related article:\u00a0Beaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":5615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1572],"tags":[1376,1378,1379,1377,1380,1375],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5606"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8930,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions\/8930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}