Festivals and traditions
Villa de Mazo, with its fifteen neighborhoods, keeps alive a festive calendar that accompanies residents and visitors throughout the year. From the parish of Santo Domingo de Guzmán to the hermitages scattered throughout the municipality, each celebration combines devotion, tradition, and a welcoming atmosphere that invites participation.
The cycle begins in February with the festival of San Blas, patron saint of Villa de Mazo, and continues on March 18 with the celebration of Municipality Day, a day that offers cultural activities, Canarian wrestling exhibitions, and festivals that fill the squares with life. In May, the municipality is decked out for Day of the Cross, when old roads and paths are transformed with crosses decorated with flowers and faya branches, a spectacle of colors and aromas that is part of the local identity.
The most anticipated event arrives in the first half of June with Corpus Christi, declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest. For months, residents and artisans work with petals, seeds, ears of wheat, and mosses to create arches, carpets, and tapestries that turn the streets into an ephemeral open-air museum. The result is a unique journey where art, nature, and tradition merge in an atmosphere of admiration and collective pride. In the second half of the month, the San Juan de Belmaco Festivals take place, highlighting the participation of local residents and the performance of versifiers and decimistas from the municipality.
The Festivals in honor of Santo Domingo de Guzmán and the Festivals of the co-patron saints San Lorenzo and San Roque are celebrated in the first half of August, with a program that combines tradition, culture, and community participation, highlighting the traditional Dance of the Arches in the latter. And at the end of the month, in the neighborhood of El Hoyo de Mazo, the endearing Festival of Ntra. Sra. de Los Dolores , moving its main event, the popular Borrachito Fogatero Dance, to the month of October. This dancing character, from which fireworks sprout, illuminates the night and pays homage to the wine tradition of the area.
The Festivals of Santa Rosalía de Palermo and Ntra. Sra. del Carmen Varadero-La Bajita are celebrated every September and La Salemera. The latter are maritime festivals with a procession, embarkation of the Virgin, music, aquatic fireworks, etc., a draw for visitors and residents.
The festive year culminates with Christmas. From December 15 to January 5, the streets are filled with history and emotion with the Dance of the Little Shepherds and the Auto de los Reyes Magos, representations that keep centuries-old customs alive and invite you to immerse yourself in the cultural essence of Villa de Mazo.
