With the new year already underway, many are asking when Carnival 2024 is, one of the most fun, liberating, irreverent and carnal celebrations of the year. A festival that manifests itself depending on the place through murgas, chirigotas, romanceros, comparsas and other carnival activities, but above all, many costumes and good humor.
This festival is marked by the lunar calendar, so the date changes every year. It depends on how Easter falls; Specifically, it is celebrated 40 days before Holy Thursday, which this year takes place on March 28, 2024.
The beginning of Carnival is defined by the Septuagesima, a three-week liturgical period that precedes Lent, as well as the ninth Sunday before Easter. In this way, Carnival 2024 will be celebrated from Thursday, February 8 to Wednesday, February 14.
Carnival is not one of the eight holidays that exist nationwide. Let us remember that in addition to these, there are four regional holidays and two local festivities, which are established by the communities and town councils themselves.
The Cádiz Carnival is one of the most relevant, irreverent and popular in Spain. In 2024, the Andalusian city will celebrate this festival from February 8 to 18 with a program full of carousels of choirs and carnival performances. It will be a local holiday on February 12, Carnival Monday.
Another of the most notable carnivals is that of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which is one of the best known in the world. The events last more than a month with dances, murgas and comparsas; Specifically, in 2024 the festival begins on January 12 and ends on February 18. As is tradition, the carnival will start with the presentation of the Queen candidates and will end with the Piñata weekend. The official calendar of Tenerife includes February 13, Carnival Tuesday, as a holiday.
For its part, the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2024 Carnival program offers activities from January 25 to February 18, with a local holiday being February 13, Carnival Tuesday.
Carnival Tuesday, February 13, will be a regional holiday in Extremadura in 2024. And it is a festival with proven roots and tradition in the region, as demonstrated by the celebrations in Badajoz, Mérida, Malpartida de Cáceres (Request de la Patatera) or Villanueva de la Vera (Peropalo festival). However, the carnival atmosphere will begin much earlier, as the program opens the curtain on activities on January 12.
The Galician carnival, O Entroido (also called Antroido or Introido, among other names), is a celebration with a long popular tradition. In fact, 154 town councils approved setting February 13, 2024 as a local holiday to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. In addition, eight localities have also declared Carnival Monday (February 12) a holiday.
Special mention deserves the Xinzo de Limia entrance, declared of national tourist interest, which this year begins on January 20.
From Carnival Friday (February 9) to Ash Wednesday (February 14), when the Burial of the Sardine takes place, Madrid will become a party of the game of identities, parades and musical performances. No day has been set as a regional or local holiday.
The Águilas Carnival 2024 (Murcia), a festival declared of International Tourist Interest, is celebrated from February 2 to 17 with a program in which there is no shortage of traditional elements such as confetti Cascarones and La Cuerva, a typical carnival drink made from wine and fruits. February 13, Carnival Tuesday, will be a holiday in the town.
