Festivities

Festivities

All religious celebrations in Aspe are accompanied by lighter, more joyful activities throughout the town’s many streets. Residents often spend months preparing for neighborhood street festivals, decorating according to a chosen theme. Local officials tour the decorated streets, awarding prizes for creativity and effort. All together, this makes August one of the most festive months in Aspe.

Easter

Holy Week in Aspe is celebrated in grand style and, since 2008, has been recognized as an event of Provincial Tourist Interest. The town hosts no fewer than twelve brotherhoods, involving around 2,000 participants. Together they organize twelve processions between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. These processions focus on the historic events of Christ’s Passion, with statues and images that tell the story. Interestingly, some processions also feature figures dedicated to local people and events, giving them a unique regional character.

Moors and Christians

The traditional Moors and Christians festival, with parades, music, and a reenactment of the Christian victory over the Moors, is held each year during the first weeks of August. The celebrations partly overlap with the feast of the Virgin de las Nieves. Aspe has eight different groups, or comparsas: four dressed as Moorish warriors and four as Christian knights. One of the highlights is the dramatic recreation of the Christian reconquest of Aspe, staged along the Avenida de la Constitución.

September Fair

Held on the first weekend of September, this traditional fair honors the Virgin de la Salud. First celebrated in 1845, the fair was originally created to showcase and sell local agricultural products and artisan crafts. After many quiet years, it was revived in 2012 and is now held on the Plaza Mayor. Alongside the market stalls, artisans present exhibitions and workshops. Traditional crafts such as pottery and working with hemp and esparto grass are demonstrated, keeping these nearly forgotten skills alive.