Festivals in San Sebastian
The city’s population has grown from 2,500 to over 180,000. Primarily now a family resort, San Sebastian is a city that is well know for it’s great summer arts festival; the July Jazz Festival ; a Classical Music Festival held in late August and San Sebastian International Film Festival held in September.
On the 20th of January every year the people of San Sebastian celebrate a festival known as the Tamborrada , at midnight in the Constitution Plaza , the leader of the festival raises the flag of San Sebastian and then for 24 hours the entire city is awash with the sound of drums. In August the festival called La Semana Grande de San Sebastián is held and this focuses on traditional Basque folk culture. They have fireworks competitions every night and a fireworks presentation over the bay. At the end, a winner is declared.
