The Community of Madrid is preparing to bid farewell to August with a massive offering of leisure activities, including patron saint festivals, concerts, religious ceremonies, and sports events in its various municipalities. These celebrations will extend throughout the weekend, featuring activities for all audiences at all hours.
In Batres, festivities continue this Friday with finals of table tennis, foosball, and darts tournaments, followed by a water party with inflatable castles. The afternoon will include the Triduum in honor of the Sacred Hearts, a theatrical performance, the festival's opening speech, and a mobile disco. Saturday will feature humor yellow, paella and sevillanas contests, and the Boombastik mobile disco. Sunday will conclude with a mass, aperitif, and procession accompanied by the Music Band of the Teclabary Cultural Association.
Robledo de Chavela is celebrating the festivals in honor of the Santísimo Cristo de la Agonía with bull runs and the Diana Floreada on Friday, along with a paella contest, bullfighting skills, and the Orquesta Panorama show. Saturday will include a charanga band, bull runs, a bullfighting festival, a concert by Seguridad Social, and a mobile disco. Sunday will feature bull runs, a children's bull parade, a bullfight, and the Evasión orchestra show.
The Patron Saint Festivals of Colmenar Viejo in honor of the Virgen de los Remedios will offer music, drinks, rumba and flamenco concerts, and mechanical attractions on Friday. The day will include a chupinazo (opening firecracker), the arrival of the Virgin, a procession, and the handover of the mayoral staff, followed by concerts and popular festivals. Saturday will feature a Solemn Mass, a municipal band concert, a stonemasons' exhibition, and a children's foam party. Sunday will include the release of bulls, a High Mass, and an exhibition of small bulls, with a reinforced Violet Point (anti-harassment support).
San Sebastián de los Reyes is hosting an intense weekend with up to 36 activities on Friday, including masses, bull runs, flamenco performances, children's activities, a practical bullfighting skills class, and concerts by Metropop and Cali y el Dandee. Saturday will feature a chess tournament, the Baile de la Amapola, a concert by Modestia Aparte, a bullfight, a comedy play, a concert by Siloé, bingo, and more bull runs. Sunday's agenda proposes 38 different activities.
