  
March
12th – 19th Las Fallas Festival culminating in the burning of the Fallas at midnight on March 19.
19th Día de San José St Joseph is the patron saint of La Herradura. There's a week-long fair culminating in a procession on the 19th with fireworks in the evening.
April
Easter
April 9th - Maundy Thursday - Jueves San
(Thursday celebrated in many regions
April 10th- Good Friday - Viernes Santo
Holy Week (Semana Santa) has its most elaborate and dramtic celebrations in Andalucia. You'll find memorable processions of floats and penitents at Sevilla, Malaga, Granada and Cordoba and to a lesser extent in smaller towns such as Jerez, Arcos, Baeza and Ubeda. All culminate with dramatic candlelight processions at dawn on Good Friday, with Easter Day itself more of a family occasion.
Religious Virgins are hugely popular in Andalucia; they are normally handcrafted from wood and porcelain and spend 99.9 per cent of the year in glass-covered alcoves at the local church. Most are dusted down and placed on flower-decked thrones at Easter-time when they are lovingly and solemnly borne through the streets.
Granada's Easter week celebrations have been given a national tourism award and last from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
Last week of April (approximately 2 weeks after Easter) Week-long feria de Abril at Sevilla: the largest fair in Spain. A Small April fair - featuring bull runing - is held in Vejer.
THE VIRGIN OF JAEN. One of Andalusia’s most colourful pilgrimages is held in Andujar (Jaén) on the last weekend in April to honour the Virgen de la Cabeza, commemorating the appearance of the virgin to a local shepherd in the 13th century. Festivities last several days leading up to the pilgrimage on the last weekend in April.
 
May 1st Labour Day - Fiesta del Trabajo (Friday) Day of the Worker – Public Holiday Public holiday in all Spain
May 3rd is the Dia de la Cruz – Day of the Crosses
This day is celebrated in Granada & Cordoba.
Crosses are made out of flowers and hung in the streets, courtyards & gardens. The Local People in some areas set up and provide food and drink in the village streets.
May25th – Mariana Pineda Celebration in Granada
Festival to celebrate Mariana Pineda executed in 1831 for making a republican flag. It is a festival with civic rather than Catholic roots. The story of Mariana’s life are acted out during the festivities.
Between May and June Granada celebrate with the Corpus Cristi Fair. The biggest festival in the City. With Horse drawn carriages dancing and the wearing of traditional Andalucian dress and much Street Dancing. There are also Bullfights.
The Festivities run for 8 days. This is celebrated in other areas but Granada is one of the best. The fiesta begins with a feast day, followed by 3 major processions along streets strewn with sweet smelling Cyprus branches and Flowers.
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