San Sebastian 2018/2019 Guide

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CALENDAR

Dock of the Bay. January in San Sebastian starts in the best way possible, with the Dock of the Bay Music Documentary Film Festival. dFeria. This is followed two months later by the San Sebastian International Theatre Festival – dFeria, an unmissable event for the Performing Arts industry.

Olatu Talka. In May , the city hosts the Olatu Talka Festival, a strong push to transform the city into a place of coexistence and cultural diversity Kutxa Culture Festival. There’s a unique festival in September . A weekend of live, international music. An unbeatable stage: The San Sebastian Racecourse (Lasarte) Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. From the end of October until the beginning of November the theatres and streets of San Sebastian become the makeshift set of a horror film to host the Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. Come and have a scarily good time.

>January San Sebastián Day 20th www.donostiakultura.eus Dock Of The Bay www.dockofthebay.es >February Caldereros (Tinkers’ Day) 1 st Saturday in the month (date varies) www.donostiakultura.eus Artzai eta Inudeak Carnival www.donostiakultura.eus Pocket Theatre www.donostiakultura.eus >March DFeria www.dferia.com >April Human Rights Film Festival www.cineyderechoshumanos.com >May Olatu Talka www.olatutalka.eu >July Jazzaldia-Jazz Festival www.heinekenjazzaldia.com >August Music Fortnight www.quincenamusical.com Big Week and International Fireworks Competition. Week of 15 th August. www.donostiakultura.eus >September Euskal Jaiak (Basque Festivals) and Trainera Boat Races. First fortnight. www.donostiakultura.eus Zinemaldia - International Film Festival www.sansebastianfestival.com Kutxa Culture Festival facebook.com/kutxakulturfestibala >October Athletics: 15 km www.15kmsansebastian.com San Sebastián Gastronomika Congress www.sansebastiangastronomika.com Horror and Fantasy Film Festival www.donostiakultura.com/terror Underwater film festival www.ciclo.subacuaticasrealsociedad.com >November Athletics: Behobia-San Sebastián www.behobia-sansebastian.com Athletics: Marathon www.gafatletismo.com Literaktum www.literaktum.eus >December St. Thomas 21 st December

Film, theatre and music festivals that attract the world’s best artists and thousands of people throughout the year. When it comes to cultural events, San Sebastian is a real festival.

WHATTODO CULTURE

Human Rights Film Festival.

This is held in April and has become a mainstay event on the cultural calendar of San Sebastian. Its objective is to promote values such as solidarity, justice and equality.

FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS

HEINEKEN JAZZALDIA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL During the second fortnight in July , San Sebastian moves to the beat of the finest international jazz. Music greats like James Brown, Liza Minnelli, Bobby McFerrin, Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson and B.B. King have come to the city’s beaches, theatres, squares and auditoriums to thrill their audiences.

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL One of themost important filmevents in Europe. The city’s biggest cultural event. The festival of festivals. Major stars and young directors. Every September the whole domestic and international movie scene comes to San Sebastian to attend the most cosmopolitan event of the year.

MUSIC FORTNIGHT

In August , the large crowds at the Music Fortnight show you how much the people of San Sebastian love symphonic music. Concerts by internationally renowned figures and orchestras attract young and old people alike, and the “sold out” sign is almost always on show.