A working calendar of the village's processions, festivals, and seasonal moments. Anthony or Ian can confirm exact dates close to your stay.
Late December through February. Fires, processions, the village in close quarters.
The Three Kings ride through the village in the late afternoon, throwing sweets to the children. The plaza fills, the church bell rings.
Bonfires lit in the side streets, animals brought to the church for blessing. A working village holiday with deep roots.
The regional flag day — Andalusian flags on every balcony, music in the plaza, and the schools out for the day.
Costumes, music, and a chirigota or two singing satirical songs in the plaza. Dates shift with the lunar calendar each year.
March through May. Holy Week through the May crosses; the village blooms.
Processions wind through the white streets after dark, bands behind, candles on either side. The heaviest pasos pause to rest.
Neighbourhood crosses dressed in flowers across the village, with food and wine laid out beside each one.
A pilgrimage from the village to a country chapel — horses, decorated wagons, families walking. A picnic in the field at the end.
Wooden crosses go up around the village, dressed in carnations and rosemary. A Cómpeta tradition reaching back centuries.
June through August. The village wakes up — Feria, Noche del Vino, the long evenings.
Bonfires by the coast on the shortest night, jumping over the flames at midnight. Most villagers head down to Torrox or Nerja for the beach fires.
Three days in and around the plaza — Thursday's White Party, Friday's Drag Bingo, and Saturday's high-heel race with a DJ and drag artist holding court. One of the village's loudest, most welcoming weekends.
The village's annual fair — four days the whole town waits for. Friday opens with live music in the main plaza; Saturday is the foam party, then live artists and DJs into the small hours; Sunday is the traditional procession through the village in flamenco dress, and the dancing continues until Monday morning.
A second smaller pilgrimage in midsummer, the Virgin carried out of the church to a country shrine and back.
Cómpeta's biggest night. Free wine poured from earthen jars on the steps of the church, flamenco from the church balcony, dancing past dawn. If you can find a room, take it.
September through November. Vendimia, the quietest stretch, then the Christmas lights.
Around the village the moscatel and Pedro Ximénez vines come in. The Cooperativa Almijara fills with the smell of must; helpers welcome on most farms.
The village's international food festival, celebrating the residents — Spanish, British, Dutch, German and everyone in between — who make up modern Cómpeta. Stalls in the plaza, food from every nationality represented, a long afternoon turning into a long evening.
The national day. Quieter than the festivals — a public holiday, with shops closed and the bars busier than usual in the evening.
Cómpeta's chestnut night — bonfires lit in the streets, chestnuts roasted on grills around the village. The Andalusian counterpoint to Halloween: older, slower, warmer.
Families visit the village cemetery, lay chrysanthemums, light candles. A still day; everything closes early.
A small Christmas market in the plaza — handmade decorations, hot chocolate and churros, lights threaded through the orange trees.
The Saturday market — a constant in the village's calendar.
Plaza Almijara fills from 09:00 — local wine, olive oil, fruit, cheese, nuts, textiles & ceramics.
Andalucian fiestas move with the church calendar. Semana Santa, Carnaval, Corpus, the romerías — all shift each year. The dates above are accurate to the season; the day is best confirmed close to your stay. Ask Anthony or Ian when you book and we'll let you know what's on.
For the official village agenda, see competa.es/agenda — the town hall publishes new fiesta programmes a few weeks ahead of each event.
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