Crevillent (Crevillente) Moors and Christians and fiestas

The Moors and Christians of Crevillent (often searched for as Crevillente) hold International Tourist Interest status, as does its Holy Week: two international designations in a single town. And in the neighbourhoods there is a whole calendar of fiestas with paellas, migas and mondongo.

Crevillent’s Moors and Christians, in October

The fiesta honours the patron saint, St Francis of Assisi, and is organised by the Asociación de Moros y Cristianos San Francisco de Asís. It has held International Tourist Interest status since 2017, under a resolution of Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism published in the BOE (the state official gazette). The municipal tourism website explains that the atmosphere can be felt from September and that the fiesta usually starts officially on the first weekend of October; in 2026, the local holiday fell on Monday the 5th. Before that, the Mig Any (literally “half year”), a night parade of all the comparsas, marks the countdown, and in October itself the programme includes the Entraeta (the little entrance), the humour parade, the children’s parade, the entrances, the offering and the procession. The 2027 dates will be known when its programme comes out.

The parades are accompanied by a Medieval Market on the previous weekend, according to the municipal tourism website.

Twelve comparsas

There are twelve comparsas (troupes), six on each side. On the Moorish side: Beduinos, Berberiscos, Benimerines, Omeyas, Marroquíes and Moros Viejos. On the Christian side: Almogávares, Maseros, Dragones, Castellanos Leoneses, Astures and Caballeros del Cid. Each element is explained in the glossary: comparsa, Moorish and Christian entrance and embajada.

Twelve comparsas make a lot of officers’ dinners, squad dinners and fellowship dinners. For yours, we bring kitchen and bar in a marquee, with QR ordering: it is all on our Moors and Christians page, along with the guide to the comparsa or filà meal, and the quote is one click away.

Holy Week and fiestas with paellas

Crevillent’s Holy Week, with origins in the seventeenth century, is also of International Tourist Interest, and it has its moment at the table: the Good Friday almuerzo (mid-morning meal), with toasted bread, salt cod, garlic and broad beans. Outside the big dates, the municipal website lists the neighbourhood and hamlet fiestas: in early August, in the Barranco de San Cayetano, there are migas and paella contests; at the Festa del Pont, the week that starts around 19 or 20 May, paellas and mondongo (a traditional pork dish); and at San Felipe Neri, on 26 May, paellas and a cena de sobaquillo (a supper where everyone brings their own food). For this kind of meal, see giant paella and the guide to paella for 100 people.

Local holidays

Crevillent had two local holidays in 2026, according to the DOGV (the regional official gazette): 2 April, Maundy Thursday, which is not a general public holiday in the Community, and 5 October, for the patron saint fiestas. The 2027 ones are not published yet.

From Aspe we cover Crevillent as part of our catering in Elche area. If you are interested in the neighbouring city, see the fiestas of Elche, and for the rest of the Community, the public holidays calendar.