Since 2012, the Pilar Festivities have featured a guest country that takes center stage, with the Virgin’s permission, during the huge Flower Offering on October 12. The chosen nation’s flag has the privilege of presiding over the immense mantle of flowers presented to the city’s patron saint. In 2026, that honor will go to Venezuela.
Zaragoza Municipal Theatre School is accepting applications for the new academic year until September 7. The call is open to anyone interested in starting, developing or improving their training in the performing arts.
The Fiestas del Pilar are just around the corner, and many people are already getting their traditional outfits and accessories ready. This year, completing your outfit can also help abandoned animals find a second chance.
Spain's Oscar race now has its three contenders, including "El ser querido," by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and co-written with Zaragoza-born screenwriter Isabel Peña. The film joins "La bola negra," directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, and "Los domingos," by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, all shortlisted by the Spanish Film Academy to represent Spain at the next Hollywood awards.
When September arrives, this town in Zaragoza marks two very specific dates in red on the calendar: September 2 and 8. They are the two most eagerly awaited days of the year for residents, as their unique tradition takes center stage. For around 350 years, locals have taken to the streets on these two days dressed in period clothing and carrying curious wooden sticks to perform one of Aragon’s most famous traditional dances.
With just over a month to go before the 2026 Fiestas del Pilar begin, the program continues to take shape. One upcoming date is September 9, when a draw at noon will determine the order in which groups participating in the Flower Offering will set off.
The arrival of Conphia Urbana SL at Zaragoza's Plaza de Toros will not bring changes to its management. Pablo Alonso will remain in charge of La Misericordia after the lease contract for 2026 and 2027 was awarded.
The first notes of the first concert of Vive Latino’s fifth edition have yet to sound, but the festival is already looking ahead to its sixth edition. Promoter Nacho Royo revealed this Wednesday that organizers have begun working on next year’s lineup.
For Zaragoza residents, the end of summer inevitably brings the countdown to the Fiestas del Pilar. With concerts confirmed at venues such as Espacio Zity and the Príncipe Felipe, and theaters announcing special programming, many details are still unknown. One of the most important is the identity of the speaker or speakers who will open the festivities. Last year, filmmakers Javier Macipe, Pilar Palomero and Paula Ortiz addressed the crowds from Zaragoza City Hall’s balcony to launch the 2025 Fiestas del Pilar.
Zaragoza is already casting an eye over the calendar for one of the year's most eagerly awaited events. Castanets, flowers and cachirulos will once again fill the streets of the Aragonese capital during the Fiestas del Pilar 2026, a celebration that sets the social and cultural pulse of the entire city. With October drawing closer, many Zaragoza residents are asking the same question: when will the Fiestas del Pilar take place this year?
Aragon’s church organs have enjoyed a summer resurgence, and this month it will be Villanueva de Huerva’s instrument taking center stage. The Zaragoza municipality is hosting the third edition of its Early Music Festival, which will offer ten concerts during the first three weekends of September, featuring national and international performers and placing its 17th-century organ at the heart of the program.
