It reemerges in the 80’s as a festival perfectly integrated in this town of the Cádiz mountains and this is due to the height the carnival kept at the beginning of the 20th century and that it secretly survived in the countryside during the years it was forbidden when the ventas became full with murgas and music groups from the countryside”. The carnival has great roots here in any of its different aspects: the floats parade, stages in the streets where murgas, chirigotas, quartets, comparsas perform their shows.

It has been declared to be of National and Touristic Interest. This “sacred drama” which recurs every year is really different from the ones in other places and this is not only because of the outstanding setting where it takes place making it intimate and colorful but because of its history, the people’s incorporation with its personal folklore into the religious rite of the Holy Week reviving many centuries of tragic beauty.

It is celebrated at the beginning of May. The streets and squares in the Old Quarter are decorated with beautiful crosses made of carnations, roses, daisies, rosemary, mastic and every kind of plants from the land.

It is celebrated in the honor of Arcos Patron Saint the 5th of August with the procession of the virgin through the streets. Usually there are flamenco festivals in the previous evenings.

The pilgrimage is celebrated in honor of the Christ of the Romeral around September 14. Pilgrims in decorated wagons, on horseback or on foot, head to the Hermitage of the Romeral to worship the Christ and then have the traditional coexistence in the pine forest of La Plata.

Saint Michael is Arcos Patron Saint. The fair is celebrated at the end of September and is Arcos major fair. It celebrates the anniversary of Arcos conquest by the Christians in 1255.

In Christmas we celebrate with great energy and joy the Mesías birth. Carols, zambombas (declared to be of Cultural Interest), buñueladas, the Three Kings Parade, Nativities exhibitions and even a Live Nativity with more than 20 scenes representing the period in which Jesus and His family lived when He was born in the incomparable frame of the Old Quarter. The Live Nativity has been declared to be of Touristic Interest.

Musical Evenings in the Honor of Saint Peter

On June 29 is celebrated Saint Peter’s festivity with a procession of the saint through the streets. The town has recovered the tradition of eating bacon to celebrate the first Pope of Rome festivity.

Musical Evenings in the Honor of María Auxiliadora

It is celebrated at the end of May and it is a festivity of great tradition in Arcos.

Jédula Fair

Jédula fair is celebrated at the beginning of June. A lot of musical evenings are celebrated during the whole year in the different country areas.