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It is celebrated in autumn, in honour of the Patron Saint of this ciy. Its origin is in 1233, when Fernando III the Saint gained Úbeda for the Castillian Crown. This Festival lasts a week, and includes many activities, such as bullfighting, popular street-parties or theatre. |
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Another of the typical celebrations of the city takes place in the winter. It is called "butifuera", and is celebrated when olives have been recolected. The owner of the olives organizes a meal in the country, and invites all the people who have worked with him. |
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On January the 17, during San Anton festivity, a bonire is lighted in Pimero de mayo Square. It is typical jumping on the bonfire and eating "churros" (dough formed into sticks or rings and fried into oil) with chocolate. |
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Another characteristic product of this area, also related to the local celebrations, is the "torta de Candelaria", made with bread and oil in a circle-shaped form which is eaten in La Candelaria Celebration, on February the second. |
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Another important festivity in Úbeda is the Carnival, whose competitions of "comparsas" and "chirigotas" have a long tradition in the province, because of their quality. |
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 Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno |
Holy Week in Úbeda is celebrated in Spring, and has been declarated (the same as the Holy Week of Baeza) of National Touristic Interest. The Holy Week in Úbeda mixes in its identity the austerity of this celebration in Castilla and the colouristic style of Andalusia, giving as a result an original model of religious celebration. A lot of people participate in the Holy Week, and so there are more than twenty brotherhoods (some of them exist since the XV century.) Some of the most important processions in Úbeda are "Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno" and the "Virgen de la Merced". |
 Nuestra Señora de la Paz |
 Image of the Custodia of Úbeda |
Another religious festivity with a lot of radition is "Corpus Christi". The city is properly decorated because of the singular procession which takes place in this celebration. |
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the beggining of May is celebrated the "Romería" (pilgrimage)
of the Virgen de Guadalupe, the other Patron saint of the city. Horses,
carriages and pilgrims go to the Gavellar Hermitage, five Kilometres away
from the city, in order to take the Virgin, dressed as a sherpherdess, to
Úbeda, where stays until September. |
 Virgin of Guadalupe |
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Most of the celebrations in Úbeda are celebrated during the summer. This is the case of more than the middle of the festivities of the different neighborhoods of the ciy, usually celebrated in the weekends. |
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