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Bilbao Festivals 2026 & 2027

Bilbao has 5 festivals with confirmed dates on the 2026-2027 calendar below, each linked to its official source. Pick the ones that fit your window, then build the rest of the trip around them.

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The Bilbao Estuary, with the City Hall in the background, Bilbao, Spain (PPL1-Corrected) in Bilbao, Spain
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By TripSapien Research · Updated May 20, 2026

Festival calendar

August 2026

October 2026

  • Oct 15 - Oct 22

    International Unseen Festival “Filme Sozialak”

    film festival. International Film Festival dedicated to social issues.

  • Oct 27 - Oct 30

    BIME Live Festival 2026

    music festival. The multi-genre BIME Live festival is a two-day festival that brings some of the biggest names in rock, pop, and elctronic to the Bilbao Exhibition Center, It may be a younger festival, but its alumni already include The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Placebo, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Passenger, Imagine Dragons, Stereophonics, Crystal Fighters, and PJ Harvey.

November 2026

June 2027

  • Jun 23 - Jun 24

    Noche de San Juan

    bonfire night. On San Juan night Bilbao lights bonfires across its neighborhoods — the main blaze at Parque Etxebarria — burning the old year's troubles as midsummer arrives.

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