{"id":12363,"date":"2025-11-21T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=12363"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:43:01","slug":"tamborrada-san-sebastian-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/spain\/basque-country\/tamborrada-san-sebastian-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamborrada, San Sebasti\u00e1n, Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is a major annual festival held in the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n (Donostia), located in the Basque Country of northern Spain. Celebrated on 20 January, the day honors Saint Sebastian, the city\u2019s patron saint, and is known for its continuous drumming processions, elaborate uniforms, and lively public participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is one of the most emblematic cultural celebrations in San Sebasti\u00e1n. Over a 24-hour period, the entire city is filled with the rhythms of drums and barrels, performed by thousands of participants dressed in traditional costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition dates back to the 19th century, when townspeople waiting at the fountains drummed on their water barrels to mock the soldiers marching through the walled city. Most of the music, including the March of San Sebasti\u00e1n, was composed by Raimundo Sarriegui in the second half of the 19th century, and the drummers have worn Napoleonic-era uniforms since the 1880s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fecha y duraci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival takes place every year on 20 January, a public holiday in San Sebasti\u00e1n. It begins at midnight on the night of 19 to 20 January in Constitution Square (Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n) and lasts exactly 24 hours, until midnight at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ubicaci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is celebrated throughout the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n, but the main events occur in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Casco Viejo (Parte Vieja)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n, centro neur\u00e1lgico de las ceremonias de apertura y clausura.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diversos barrios, cada uno organizando sus propios grupos de tambores y desfiles locales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El festival se extiende por toda la ciudad, y compa\u00f1\u00edas de tambores desfilan por numerosas calles y plazas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actividades principales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raising of the Flag &#8211; At midnight, the mayor raises the city flag in Constitution Square while the drummers of the Gaztelubide gastronomic society, who have opened the festival since 1934, play the March of San Sebasti\u00e1n. This marks the official start of the festival.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drum Companies (Tamborradas) &#8211; Throughout the day, dozens of drum companies composed of adults parade through the city. Performers typically wear two types of costumes:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soldados, inspirados en los uniformes militares del siglo XIX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barrileros vestidos de cocineros y aguadoras, en recuerdo de los vecinos en las antiguas fuentes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children\u2019s Tamborrada &#8211; Around midday, about 5,000 schoolchildren march through the city center in the Tamborrada Infantil, held since 1927 and now the largest parade of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ceremonia de clausura<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival ends at midnight in a packed Constitution Square, where the tamborrada of the Uni\u00f3n Artesana society, the oldest in the city, plays as the flag is lowered; at the same moment, flags are lowered across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coste y accesibilidad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La participaci\u00f3n en eventos callejeros y desfiles es totalmente gratuita. Todas las ceremonias p\u00fablicas, incluyendo el izamiento y arriado de la bandera, son abiertas a todo el p\u00fablico. No se requieren boletos para presenciar ninguna de las festividades oficiales al aire libre.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La fiesta de los tambores de San Sebasti\u00e1n, 24 horas el 20 de enero: miles de tamborreros vestidos de soldados y cocineros recorren la ciudad de medianoche a medianoche.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054,387,961],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basque-country","category-events","category-spain"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16838,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363\/revisions\/16838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}