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Throwback : The True Origin Story(ies) Of Spain’s La Tomatina Festival

August 26, 2015

The messiest festival in the world had some seriously shady beginnings. As the most popular story goes - back in 1945, during another Spanish festivity in Buñol, a street fight broke out when a par...

8 Facts About The La Tomatina Festival In Spain

Dhriti Menon

August 25, 2015

Culture, FS Features

August end marks the beginning of the very famous annual Spanish festival, La Tomatina. Held in the Valencian town of Buñol, the colourful and messy festival involves participants throwing thousands and thousan...

Wacky Wednesday: The Running Of The Nudes, Pamplona

Anupama Khedkar

August 18, 2015

FS Features

This protest festival against Pamplona's Running of the Bulls aims to expose the "naked truth" about animal cruelty. What started as a mere flock of 25 naked animal activists, streaking through the streets o...

Spanish Town Ditches Bullfighting Festival To Use Money On Education

Dhriti Menon

July 29, 2015

FS News, International

A step in the right direction. Recent news cycles about animal festivals have been particularly depressing. We've been exposed and reminded of various kind of torture themed festivals, from China's ter...

San Fermin 2015: In Pictures

Meher Manda

July 8, 2015

FS Features

The 2015 edition of the infamously controversial, yet historic San Fermin festival just ended, and if the pictures coming in are any indication, the festival was just as frugally exciting as ever! Pamplona's...

San Fermin Festival Day 1: Three People Gored, Eight Others Hospitalized

Anupama Khedkar

July 8, 2015

FS News

Two Americans and a Briton were gored during the first run at the Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona. The origins of this traditional festival in Spain can be traced back to the 13th Century, beginni...

#ThrowbackThursday – The San Fermin Fiesta

Karan Kumar

July 2, 2015

FS Features

There's all sorts of festivals in this world, some that began as traditions, some that began as a means to kill boredom, and some, that - we don't really know why they exist; but they do. For this Thursday's li...

Matinee Summer Festival

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Vilassar de Dalt, Spain Inaugurating the summer, a pioneering event to improve year after year. Enjoy the attractions in a different way and immerse yourself in a day to reconcile with the ...

Ibiza Rocks

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Ibiza, Spain Ibiza Rocks has powered through seven years of existence to now boast multiple live music events, a travel company, 3 hotels, 2 hostels, 2 bars and a fashion label as part of t...

Dcode Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Madrid, Spain The Dcode or Dcode Festival is a music festival that takes place in September on the campus of the School of Information Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid. The ...

BBF Barcelona Beach Festival

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Barcelona, Spain David Guetta, Hardwell, Axwell^Ingrosso, Martin Garrix for the first time together on the same stage at BARCELONA BEACH FESTIVAL July 18 in Barcelona. The biggest...

FIB Benicàssim Festival

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Benicassim, Spain The Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, commonly abbreviated to simply FIB, is an annual music festival which takes place in the town of Benicàssim, Spain. Benicassim ha...

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