October 14 to 16 Feria de Caravaca de la Cruz

Live music, gastro trucks, free music, a fairground, gastronomic events, various markets and the dancing horses of Jerez come to Caravaca!

The city of Caravaca de la Cruz offers a wide range of activities over the weekend of October 14 to 16 as it enjoys its annual Feria, an event which is traditionally associated with cattle farming and agriculture and to which records first allude in 1573, but which has grown to encompass gastronomy, a fairground and, this year, the dancing horses of Jerez!

The horses are performing in the Plaza de Toros at 20.00 on Saturday October 15, with tickets available in advance here for 10 euros (free of charge for under 8’s).

Meanwhile, throughout the weekend the gastronomic “Las Cocinas del Jubileo” event is held, along with various artisans’ markets, concerts and of course the children’s funfair. Another popular feature of the fair is the Food Truck Festival, which can this year be visited in Plaza Paco Pim.

The program for the 2022 Feria de Caravaca de la Cruz includes the following:

Thursday October 13

17.00 to 23.00: Children’s funfair next to the Complejo Deportivo Francisco Fernández Torralba.

Friday October 14

10.00 to 21.00: Motor and agricultural machinery show in Avenida Gran Vía and Avenida Constitución. Official opening ceremony at 12.00.

17.00 to 23.00: Children’s funfair next to the Complejo Deportivo Francisco Fernández Torralba.

19.00 to 23.30: Las Cocinas del Jubileo in the Paseo de La Corredera (preceded by a bread workshop for children at 18.00).

20.00: Pupils from the Dafne Dance Academy perform in the Paseo de La Corredera.

19.00 to 23.30: Food truck festival in Plaza Paco Pim.

21.30: Live music from ZafraRancho in the Paseo de La Corredera.

22.00. Amaral tribute act “Resurrección” perform in Plaza Paco Pim.

Saturday October 15

10.00 to 21.00: Motor and agricultural machinery show in Avenida Gran Vía and Avenida Constitución.

10.00 to 21.00: Antiques and collectors’ fair in and around Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, with live music and a variety of other activities.

10.00 to 21.00: Slot and collectors’ fair in the Casa de la Cultura Emilio Sáez.

11.00 to 23.00: Children’s funfair next to the Complejo Deportivo Francisco Fernández Torralba.

12.00 to 16.00 and 20.00 to 23.30: Las Cocinas del Jubileo in the Paseo de La Corredera (with a sushi workshop for children at 11.30).

12.00: The food truck festival opens in Plaza Paco Pim.

17.00 Live music with Alboroque in Plaza Paco Pim and Granujas de Medio Pelo in Plaza Tuzla.

20.00: Pupils from the Edig dance academy perform in the Paseo de La Corredera.

20.00: “Como Bailan los Caballos Andaluces”, dancing horses from the Jerez school of equestrian art in the Plaza de Toros. Tickets 10 euros in advance from comerciodecaravaca.es or at the tourist office, 12 euros on the gate.

Sunday October 16

10.00 to 14.00: Motor and agricultural machinery show in Avenida Gran Vía and Avenida Constitución.

10.00 to 13.00: Classic car rally in the Plaza del Arco.

10.00 to 14.00: Pilgrims’ market in Plaza de San Juan.

11.00 to 22.00: Children’s funfair next to the Complejo Deportivo Francisco Fernández Torralba.

12.00 to 16.00: Las Cocinas del Jubileo in the Paseo de La Corredera.

12.00: The food truck festival opens in Plaza Paco Pim.

12.30: Pupils from the Dafne Dance Academy perform in Plaza Paco Pim.

Image: Fundación Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre

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Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz

More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the dedicated Caravaca de la Cruz section.

Caravaca de la Cruz, in the North-west of the Region of Murcia,  is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the World, a centre of Pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.

The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003, the next one in 2017.

The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.

As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent Mediaeval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with it's impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.

Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular, being an important crop.

Caravaca is renown for it´s important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.

Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda  and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and borders with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Granada and Almería.

Opening times:
1st October to 31st May
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm

1st June to 30th September.
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm.

Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office