Summer, even if the temperatures do not agree, has come to an end. So have some of the activities that have accompanied it in Zaragoza in recent weeks. One of them is the outdoor cinema at the Kiosco de las Letras, which will screen the final film of its season this Saturday, September 26, in the heart of Parque Grande José Antonio Labordeta.
Five months after its summer edition, film lovers will once again be able to enjoy reduced-price cinema tickets during a new Cinema Festival. From October 19 to 22, tickets at cinemas across Spain will cost €3.50 as part of a cultural initiative aimed at attracting more people to theaters. A total of six cinemas in Zaragoza, one in Huesca and one in Teruel will take part in this new edition.
A tour of the Historic Quarter, a riverside walk along the Ebro or a visit to the Royal Maestranza of Cavalry are among the tourist activities available this weekend at a special price. To mark World Tourism Day, celebrated next Sunday, September 27, the City Council will offer a 2-for-1 promotion on several tours and visits on September 26 and 27. This year's international celebration is held under the slogan "Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism," focusing on the potential of artificial intelligence to promote smarter, more inclusive and sustainable tourism. Its goals include improving decision-making, strengthening the sector's capabilities and advancing both the visitor experience and the management of tourist destinations.
Aragón is home to a remarkably rich historical and cultural heritage, including landmarks such as the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, the Aljafería Palace and Teruel’s Mudejar architecture. But this legacy also includes small treasures scattered across villages and regions that, despite having once stood in majesty, have suffered the effects of time and ended up on the Red List of Heritage compiled by the Hispania Nostra Association. After extensive conservation work, this tower-fortress in the Teruel town of La Hoz de la Vieja has been removed from the list and restored to its former glory.
After selling out what it calls its early bird tickets in just 24 hours last July, Monegros Desert Festival is gradually reaching out to those who will fill the event on July 31 in its next edition. “The desert is ready to unleash its magic once again. Get ready for the journey.” This is the message announcing two new ticket-sale dates for the festival.
Its nearly year-long run on Madrid’s Gran Vía, thousands of performances across Spain and international success in England, Wales, Scotland, France, Portugal, Cuba, Ukraine, Andorra, Bolivia and Mexico attest to its years of touring. Above all, so do the hundreds of thousands of spectators of all ages who, through their attendance and feedback, have shared this remarkable musical and theatrical experience. The prestigious Aragonese international company Teatro Che y Moche returns home with its most acclaimed production.
For a few days, walking through El Gancho will feel almost like visiting an open-air art gallery. Facades, walls, windows and everyday corners will become canvases for artists from Zaragoza, elsewhere in Spain, Brazil and Argentina to let their imaginations run free. This time, however, the works will be shaped not only by what the artists want to express, but also by the stories of people who live in the neighborhood.
During the summer months, Aragon’s medieval calendar is one of the busiest. Almost every municipality in the region takes a journey back to the Middle Ages, recreating old medieval markets and minstrel shows in its streets. Although summer is drawing to a close and many may think these fairs have ended for the season, this town in the heart of the Pyrenees will have its turn in early autumn.
One of the most important bands in Latin American rock, Aterciopelados will perform free in Zaragoza this October during the 2026 Pilar Festival.
The Basilica del Pilar, Central Market, La Seo and Stone Bridge have been captured in pencil, watercolor, crayon, black and white or vivid color. More than 100 canvases depict Zaragoza’s major landmarks and hidden corners after the city hosted its first national Open Sketchers gathering, bringing together people from every autonomous community.
The controversy over the Sijena artifacts has resurfaced. Technicians at the National Art Museum of Catalonia continue to delay their return to Aragon, questioning whether they can be transported to the monastery, despite a final ruling having already settled the matter and established a timetable. On Thursday, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun again aligned himself with the MNAC’s position, overlooking the assessment by the Aragonese side.
Zaragoza heads into the weekend of September 19 and 20 with an agenda packed with options. Theater, concerts, markets, neighborhood festivals, outdoor sports and family activities will take place across the city, with both paid and free proposals.
Spaces once overlooked or even forgotten by Zaragoza residents have been given new life through the Asalto Festival. After 20 years of transforming and caring for the city’s most neglected neighborhoods through art and social action, the 21st edition of Asalto returns to El Gancho to continue its commitment with murals, installations, activities and community projects.
It only happens twice a year and sparks unique interest, attracting dozens of curious visitors to this small municipality in Huesca. The end of summer and the arrival of autumn bring a series of astronomical changes that regularly create solar phenomena visible only on a handful of occasions throughout the year. This Saturday, the interior of this church in Huesca will be illuminated like never before by a remarkable event with the Sun as its main protagonist.
The 2026 El Pilar festivities will once again turn Zaragoza into a huge stage, with Estación del Norte hosting nine days of concerts from October 10 to 18, spanning urban music, rap, funk, rock, heavy metal and traditional Aragonese sounds.
The Huesca International Theatre and Dance Fair presented its 40th edition on Friday, marking four decades as one of Spain’s longest-running professional performing arts markets and strengthening its ties with the city by bringing much of its program into public spaces.
Carmen Mola closes one cycle and begins another. After bidding farewell to Elena Blanco following several successful installments, Antonio Mercero, Agustín Martínez and Jorge Díaz return with "The Orphans", a novel set in Marbella that focuses on villains for the first time. Amid Irish and Chinese mafias and the luxury that coexists with organized crime on the Costa del Sol, the authors have created a polyphonic thriller about power, family and the blurred boundaries between good and evil. The writers presented the novel in Zaragoza on Thursday, speaking in interview after interview.
José María Pou is 1.96 meters tall, so when he saw a London play called 'Giant' about a literally and figuratively towering man, he felt it was finally a role his size. The actor spoke about it Thursday at Zaragoza's Teatro Principal, a venue he knows very well after performing there almost every season since first taking the stage in 1972. That 'Giant' is none other than Roald Dahl, the world's best-selling British writer after Shakespeare and Dickens. The play explores a particularly turbulent episode in his life, amid fame and millions of copies sold.
Rocío Guerrero embodies to the letter the defining quality of any artist worth their salt: the ability to find art in the most remote and unexpected places. Amid rides, shouting and neon lights, the Madrid painter found the perfect setting for her latest work, inviting visitors to take a journey through “her fairs” while reflecting on memory, the passage of time and the instability of contemporary life.
Aragonese writer Marta Borraz (Huesca, 1981) has won the 22nd Tusquets Editores Novel Prize 2026 with "The Leopards," a story that once again brings much of her literary world to Aragón. Although she has lived in Barcelona for more than two decades, where she works as a lawyer and mediator, the author remains closely connected to Alquézar, Huesca, Zaragoza and the Pyrenees, settings and places that play an important role in her new work.
