The official program containing all the activities is already published : check the city council’s web page
As every year, around the 15th of May, Madrid celebrates the Festival of San Isidro, its patron saint. This is a very old tradition in honor of this saint, who lived in Madrid in the eleventh century. Some of the current celebrations are held since the sixteenth century, as the habit of snacking on the prairie of San Isidro.
During the festival there are many events throughout the city, typical foods like the San Isidro biscuits, “cocido madrileño”, traditional costumes like the “chulapo”, carousels, and the “chotis”, a typical dance of the region.
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