Altafulla events 2027: festivals, fairs and festes

Altafulla celebrates something almost every month, and twice a year it turns itself inside out: in September, with La Petita, and in November, with the Festa Major de Sant Martí. In between, a summer of markets, jazz and classical music in the church square. This is the year’s calendar, with the dates already known and, for the rest, last year’s as a reference; we update it every time the town council publishes a programme.

The year at a glance

When	What	Where	Dates
January to April	Calçot season in the Baix Gaià and Valls	Restaurants in the area	All winter
21 to 29 March	Easter week, the first beach days of the year	Beach and Vila Closa	Confirmed (calendar)
27 and 28 March	Pleamar Vintage Market, second-hand and vintage market	Parc Voramar, on the beach	Confirmed
June	Nit de Bruixes, two days of esoteric fair	Vila Closa	To be confirmed (June)
July to October	Altafujazz, jazz on Saturdays at 8 pm	Casal La Violeta	To be confirmed (2026: 4 Jul to 3 Oct)
August	International Music Festival, 40th edition	Plaça de l’Església, 10 pm	To be confirmed (2026: 4 to 27 Aug)
Mid-August	Fira d’Artesans craft fair, 29th edition	Les Eres and Parc del Comunidor	To be confirmed (2025: 14 to 17 Aug)
First half of September	La Petita, Festa Major Votiva del Quadre de Sant Antoni	The whole village; hermitage of Sant Antoni on the 11th	To be confirmed (2025: 5 to 14 Sep)
Late October to mid-November	Festa Major de Sant Martí	The whole village	To be confirmed (2026: 31 Oct to 15 Nov)

Photo pendingThe church square set up for a summer concert, with the chairs out and the bell tower lit

Winter and spring

Calçots. From January to April, the restaurants of the Baix Gaià serve calçots (grilled spring onions) with romesco sauce, and the district’s hospitality association organises a calçot and artichoke route every year with venues in several villages, Altafulla included. Half an hour away, Valls is the calçot capital and holds its Gran Festa de la Calçotada in winter. We have a dedicated article: calçotades near Altafulla.

Easter week (21 to 29 March 2027). The first long beach weekend, the village reopening its terraces and the Tamarit campsites starting their season. The big processions are in Tarragona, ten minutes away.

Pleamar Vintage Market (27 and 28 March 2027). The Costa Daurada’s first second-hand and vintage market, in Parc Voramar, next to the beach. It falls right on Easter weekend: clothes, records and curios with the sea alongside.

Summer

Nit de Bruixes (June). Two days when the Vila Closa fills with lights, incense and stalls: an esoteric market with herbs, minerals and amulets, street shows, storytelling about Altafulla’s witch legends and workshops for children. It is the most photogenic festival of the year: the stone streets of the old town, decorated, at night.

Altafujazz (July to October). A jazz series organised by OilJazz with the town council: concerts on Saturdays at 8 pm at the Casal La Violeta, with Spanish and international musicians, from swing to contemporary jazz. In 2026 there were five concerts between 4 July and 3 October.

Festival Internacional de Música d’Altafulla (August). The FIM reaches its 40th edition in 2027. Classical and contemporary concerts (chamber choir, trio, orchestra, dance with narration) in the Plaça de l’Església at 10 pm, directed by Claudi Arimany and Albert Sardà. In 2026 there were seven concerts between 4 and 27 August, with tickets through the town council.

Fira d’Artesans (mid-August). Four evenings of craft market at Les Eres and the Parc del Comunidor, from 6 pm until midnight or 1 am, free entry: ceramics, jewellery, textiles and artisan food stalls, children’s workshops at 6.30 pm and concerts at 10 pm. The 27th edition ran from 14 to 17 August 2025.

Also in summer: the cantada d’havaneres (sea-shanty singing) and the Altacústic series, whose dates we will confirm here as soon as they are announced.

Photo pendingThe Fira d’Artesans stalls at dusk in Les Eres

La Petita (September)

Its full name is Festa Major Votiva del Quadre de Sant Antoni, a vow made by the village that goes back to 1820, and everyone calls it La Petita (“the little one”). It lasts about ten days in the first half of September (in 2025, from the 5th to the 14th) and has its main day on 11 September, Catalonia’s national day: mass at the hermitage of Sant Antoni, the Altafulla castellers (human towers), sardanes and traditional dances, and the correfoc fire run at night.

Around it there is everything: the opening tronada and cercavila parade, the walk up to the hermitage, the Festa Jove in the Parc del Comunidor, the children’s correfoc by the Diables Petits, the festival concert and, to close, the Baixada de Trastos, a downhill run of home-made rolling contraptions with fireworks organised by the Diables d’Altafulla (2025 was the 21st). If you can only come to one festival and you want the whole village in the street in good weather, this is it.

The Festa Major de Sant Martí (November)

Sant Martí is Altafulla’s patron saint and his day, 11 November, is the centre of the big Festa Major, which stretches over two weekends: in 2026 it ran from 31 October to 15 November. There are castells (human towers), the correfoc of the Diables d’Altafulla (with a children’s version), the parade of gegants and capgrossos (giants and big-heads), communal lunches and breakfasts with autumn dishes, concerts and dances with an orchestra, activities for children in the square and the correbars, a musical route around the village’s bars.

It is the locals’ festival: the village in winter, without the summer visitors, celebrating itself. And the Sant Martí t-shirt, by the way, is the Christmas present we repeat most often.

So you do not miss anything

• The official calendar is on altafulla.cat and at the Tourist Office (Via Augusta, 34; 977 651 426).
• To stay over during a festival, book a month ahead: Altafulla is small and during La Petita and Sant Martí it fills up even midweek. The options are in where to stay in Altafulla.
• We publish an article on each festival four weeks beforehand, with the year’s programme: they appear here, in the Guide, as soon as they are out.