Jerez Calendar of Events 2015

If you are planning a trip to Jerez this year, and you really should be, this is the official Calendar of main Events for 2015:

1-4 February: Official testing Formula 1 (We've missed Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton...)
7-14 February: Carnival (fancy dress parades, humorous parades, competitions etc. etc.)
12-15 February: Pasarela Flamenca (Fab flamenco fashion shows at Bodegas Gonzalez Byass)
20 Feb - 7 March: Festival de Jerez (Flamenco and dance, various venues)
29 March: World Championship Superbikes (See brutes hurtle round La Parra)
29 March - 5 April: Semana Santa (Spectacular Easter parades)
11-12 April: International GT Open (Sports and GT car racing)
27 April-3 May: Motorcycle Grand Prix Week (Seriously exciting)
9-10 May: World Enduro Championship (Off-road bike racing)
10-17 May: Feria del Caballo (The main Feria of Jerez, food, drink, music, horses, fun and lots more)
23 May: Freestyle World Championship (Motorcycle acrobatics at the bullring)
19-21 June: World GP Bike Legend (Bike heroes from the past racing, music at night)
July & August: Noches de Verano (Dance, theatre, music concerts of all kinds...)
August: Viernes Flamencos (Lots of Flamenco on Fridays)
5 September: Fiesta de la Buleria (A great Buleria concert in the Plaza Mamelon)
8-13 September: Fiestas de la Vendimia (The grape harvest festival)
12-13 September: World Trials Championships (Motorcycle racing over assault courses)
13 September: Dia Europeo del Caballo (All sorts of horse events)
20 September: World Superbikes (Yes, more motorcycles. Wonderful!)
3-9 October: Festividad de San Dionisio & Noche Azul y Blanca (Celebrating Jerez, music, stalls...)
17-18 October: World Series by Renault (All sorts of car racing as long as they are Renaults)
31 Oct - 1 Nov: Internacional CEV Fim Repsol (Motorcycle racing)
6-8 November: Dia Internacional de Enoturismo (Wine Tourism Day, open doors at bodegas...)
2-8 November: Sherry Wine Week (Worldwide celebration of Sherry)
16-22 November: IV Semana del Dia Internacional del Flamenco (Wow! Flamenco everywhere!)
27 Nov- 6 January: Nochebuena en Jerez (Christmas Eve festivities)
12 December: Dia de la Zambomba de Jerez (The unforgettable sound of carols and Zambombas)

Any one of these events is brilliant. For more information: www.jerez.es