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Spain Ushers in San Juan Festivities With Bonfires, Concerts and Stricter Security

Communities from Vitoria to Badajoz host traditional flame ceremonies, rock performances, stricter safety protocols

El Corpus recorre las calles de València en el Traslado
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Overview

  • Vitoria’s Azkena Rock Festival opened June 19 in Mendizabala with a lineup led by John Fogerty’s exclusive Spain show and expects around 50,000 spectators
  • Torrejón de Ardoz kicked off its patronal fiestas on June 20 at its 44,000-capacity fairgrounds, offering free concerts by Fangoria, Nicky Jam, Melendi and late-night Torremusic
  • Castelldefels will carry the Flama del Canigó through a pasacalle to ignite its June 23 bonfire, while Tavernes de la Valldigna stages a family-friendly correfoc under beach fire restrictions enforced by local police and drones
  • Sagunt’s San Juan schedule features an itinerant fire and percussion show by La Diabòlica, fireworks at 23:59 in the port, a 22-agent police deployment, rescue teams and a punto violeta
  • Badajoz’s Feria de San Juan began June 20 with its traditional lighting ceremony and runs through June 29, and Manises extends its cultural calendar with Moros y Cristianos parades, nocturnal mascletàs and a Festa de la Ceràmica into mid-July