The winners of the 2025 Night Carnival costume design competition were “Paco and Javi” The end of the Carnival season in Águilas has been marked with the updating of the display in the bandstand-pergola-like structure known by locals as the “Jaula de Pájaros” (birdcage) to reflect the importance which has been gained by the annual “Night Carnival” event. The structure has been used as a Carnival display space since 2023 and the..

The poster features the sculptures of three of the main figures paraded through the streets of Águilas during Holy Week Although the Carnival of Águilas is still in full swing – albeit with some disruption due to the heavy storms which have battered the south-west of Murcia over the last week – the town is already preparing for the Easter processions which are held at the other end of the 40-day period of Lent which began on Tuesday, and..

The major Semana Santa processions in Aguilas take place between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday The Semana Santa week processions and events in Águilas take place during the whole of Easter Week, concluding on Resurrection Sunday or Easter Sunday. The processions and acts of penitence are religious events but the sheer beauty of the rows of penitents, flowers and sculptures which parade during this important week are also popular with those..

Costumes used both light and digital display to wow carnival-goers CLICK ON GALLERY IMAGE TO ENLARGE On Friday evening Águilas carnival played host to visiting peñas from across the region, filling the streets with an extraordinary breadth of creativity and powerful blocks of vibrant colour. It’s fascinating to see the variation in costumes and the exciting ideas of costume designers, striving to endlessly excite and impress the..

Copper and dusky pink closed the first Carnival parade Exquisite detail characterises the costumes in Águilas and stylish outfits were crowned with delicate make-up, glowing pearls defining eyebrows, jewels and beads forming scrolling curls on softly painted cheekbones, shoes and boots with the same lace, embroidery and embellishments as the stylish head-dresses which bobbed with feathers, jewels and embroidered detail, a feast of detail...

Winter is coming and the ice queens walk the streets.... Águilas carnival 2017, First parade Spectacle is an inextricable part of the parades in Águilas, as giant polar bears herald that winter is coming, Mad Max wreaks havoc amongst the crowds and woodland fairies hand out good luck ( and lillipops!) to onlookers. Click for Photogallery 1 Click for Photogallery 3

Águilas Carnival 2017 was characterised by its elegance and style Águilas is always a trendsetter, and this year the over-riding theme was elegance, diamante, lace, frills, embroideries, pearls and luxurious embroidered textiles setting the tone for a chic and classy parade. Click here for photogallery 2 Click here for gallery 3

The festive season continues straight after Christmas with Three Kings and fiestas in Garrobillo 5th January Cabalgata de Reyes Magos Although Christmas continues to grow in importance in Spain, Epiphany is still almost equally anticipated by young children, as the evening of January 5th is the night on which the Three Kings, Los Reyes Magos, visit their homes bearing gifts. Early in the evening the Three Kings parade through the streets..

Carnival is the biggest celebration of the late winter months The most important celebration in Águilas takes place during the latter part of the winter months, 40 days before Easter; Carnival (or Carnaval in Spanish). The date for this varies, depending on the date of Easter, as Shrove Tuesday forms the central date around which the carnival celebrations revolve. The Águilas Carnival is the largest, and most important in the Region..

Semana Santa, Virgen de los Dolores and the Monas of Águilas The Semana Santa celebrations in Águilas take place forty days after the huge Carnival for which the twontown is famed, and as with Carnival the actual date of Easter Week (Semana Santa) varies every year, varying bewteen March and April. The Águilas Semana Santa celebrations are growing in size every year, and is organised by nine “Cofradías” (brotherhoods) which have..

Fiestas of the Cruz de Calabardina, la Romería del Rocío, Fiestas in los Arejos and Fiesta in El  Barranco de los Asensios in honour of the  Virgen de Fátima. May begins in Águilas, as in many other areas of Spain, with festivities linked to the Crosses of May and on the first weekend in May the outlying pedanía of Calabardina holds its annual fiestas of the fiesta del día de la Cruz in Calabardina. On the second weekend in May the..

The Virgen del Carmen protects mariners and those who work at sea On 16th July, Águilas joins other coastal locations in celebrating the festivity of the Virgen del Carmen, organised by the fishermen who form the fishing fleet based in the port, the Cofradía de Pescadores. The events begin at 10pm on the evening of the 15th, in the Parroquia del Carmen, the church of El Carmen with a serenata in honour of the patrona of the fishermen...

Outlet fair, Fair of Associations and youth activities After all the excitement of the summer season, Águilas calms down again in October, and during the month the main thrust of activities organised relate to the younger generation. Águilas Joven organises a good number of youth activities for the month of October. The municipality also holds its annual Outlet Fair, with major savings on end of lines, overstocks and the standard prices..

Theatre comes to the fore, along with Halloween The Certamen Nacional de Teatro Aficionado Francisco Rabal and  Noche de Difuntos in the castle During November Águilas holds an important theatrical festival; the Certamen Nacional de Teatro Aficionado “Paco Rabal” which is held in the Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Infanta Doña Elena de Águilas, including representations by some of the most important theatrical companies in Spain..

Christmas and unusual traditions in the outlying villages of El Garrobillo and Cuesta de Gos Of course Christmas takes pride of place among the December celebrations in Águilas, as it does in the whole of Spain, but there are other events during the month, some of them related and others not. On 8th December there is a celebration in the village of El Garrobillo to coincide with the national holiday on the feast day of La Virgen de la..

Carnival report 2015: Everything that glitters is indeed gold in Águilas this year Carnival is well underway in Águilas and the first grand parade took place on Sunday evening, 33 different groups painting the streets with a succession of vibrant colours and infectious music. Águilas is the trendsetter, and can always be relied upon to deliver innovation and bold creativity in its costume designs, so if you want to see what the rest..

The pedanía of Tébar in Águilas holds fiestas in honour of San Antón Abad The pedanía of Tébar in the Águilas municipality is one of many areas of the Region of Murcia which have a church or fiestas dedicated to San Antón, the protector of animals, whose feast day is held on the 17th January. The core event of any district which has San Antón as its patron saint is a service to bless the animals which usually takes place following..