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Holy Year calendar

Do not plan 2027 around rumours. Plan around announced dates.

This page only includes events and programme elements that can be traced to Santiago Turismo or an official organiser. It will grow as dates and logistics become clearer.

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Events already worth putting on the planning radar

Impact is an After Camino planning label, not an official crowd forecast.

24 September 2026

Holy Year programme

Official Holy Year 2027 identity and hymn unveiled

San Martiño Pinario, Santiago de Compostela · The Archdiocese formally unveiled the Jubilee motto — Al ver la estrella, se llenaron de inmensa alegría (Mt 2,10) — its new visual identity and the public-facing hymn Un campo lleno de estrellas / Un campo cheo de estrelas. This is a programme milestone, not an accommodation-pressure date. A separate liturgical hymn is expected in December.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactlow

31 December 202617:00

Holy Year opening

Solemn opening of the Holy Door — start of Holy Year 2027

Santiago Cathedral / Praza da Quintana · The Cathedral now publishes the solemn Holy Door opening at 17:00, followed by the Station Mass presided over by the Archbishop. This is the operational start of Holy Year 2027 and a date worth planning Santiago accommodation and arrival logistics around.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impacthigh

14 January 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · Constelaciones — Piezas errantes, apócrifos y el Bach legendario

Santiago Cathedral · The first BachCompostela concert of Holy Year 2027. The official BachCompostela programme places the 21-concert organ cycle inside the Cathedral across 2026–2028.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

11 February 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · Vientos del Norte — Resonancias de Buxtehude y Böhm

Santiago Cathedral · A confirmed Cathedral concert in the BachCompostela cycle, which official Santiago tourism material explicitly says coincides with Holy Year 2027.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

11 March 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · De profundis — Music for Lent and Passion

Santiago Cathedral · A Cathedral concert inside the multi-year BachCompostela organ cycle, explicitly linked by Santiago Turismo to Holy Year 2027.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

12 March 202720:00

XACOBEO concert

(EN)FOCO XACOBEO — Rufus Wainwright + Real Filharmonía de Galicia

Auditorio de Galicia · An explicitly XACOBEO-labelled programme in Santiago's 2027 cultural calendar.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

15 April 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · El día sin ocaso — La luz de Pascua

Santiago Cathedral · One of the 21 organ concerts in the BachCompostela cycle; the official tourism listing links the project directly to Holy Year 2027.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

16 April 202720:00

XACOBEO concert

(EN)FOCO XACOBEO — Michel Camilo + Real Filharmonía de Galicia

Auditorio de Galicia · An explicitly XACOBEO-labelled concert in the official Santiago calendar, combining symphonic and Latin-jazz repertoire.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

13 May 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · Viento y fuego — El Espíritu y Pentecostés

Santiago Cathedral · A confirmed Holy Year Cathedral evening in the BachCompostela organ cycle. Useful for pilgrims deciding whether to keep an extra night in Santiago.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

10 June 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · El Banquete Celestial — Comunión y presencia

Santiago Cathedral · The final confirmed BachCompostela date before the summer gap, during the main Camino season and inside Holy Year 2027.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

14 October 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · El método del Maestro — La forja del oficio

Santiago Cathedral · Santiago Turismo lists this Cathedral concert and describes BachCompostela as a 21-concert cycle coinciding with Holy Year 2027.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

11 November 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · Bach en Italia — Alla maniera di Vivaldi e Corelli

Santiago Cathedral · A confirmed late-season Holy Year Cathedral concert, relevant to pilgrims extending their stay in Santiago after arrival.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

9 December 202721:00

Cathedral music

BachCompostela · Incipit — Los primeros pasos

Santiago Cathedral · The final confirmed BachCompostela concert of 2027, keeping the Cathedral programme active into December of the Holy Year.

Official listing / organiser →

Planning impactmedium

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Officially announced · dates TBC

New Holy Year programme now worth tracking

The Archdiocese announced these 2027 programme elements on 15 September 2026. They are listed here without invented dates or crowd claims.

Premiere planned for December 2026; exact date TBC

Liturgical Holy Year hymn

Santiago de Compostela

The Archdiocese says Holy Year 2027 will have two hymns. The public-facing hymn, Un campo lleno de estrellas / Un campo cheo de estrelas, was released on 24 September 2026. A separate choir-and-organ liturgical hymn is planned to premiere in December, possibly at the Holy Door opening; keep the exact date unconfirmed until formally scheduled.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela →

Date and venue TBC

Major commemorative Holy Year concert

Santiago de Compostela

Potentially important for a Santiago stay once its scale, venue and date are confirmed. It is not treated as an accommodation-pressure date yet.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela →

Dates TBC

Sacred and classical music programme

Churches in Santiago and along the Camino

Adds a religious-cultural layer beyond the already dated BachCompostela concerts. Individual dates will be added when official schedules are published.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela →

Opening dates TBC

Orixes and Compostela exhibition programme

San Martiño Pinario / diocesan museum spaces

The announced museum renewal and exhibition spaces could become useful post-Camino visits near the Cathedral during 2027.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela →

Date and programme TBC

International meeting on pilgrimage routes — Los Caminos

Santiago de Compostela

An announced international meeting bringing together pilgrimage routes from different traditions. Track for dates, access and any practical effect on the city.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela →

Exact start city, date and route TBC

La Vuelta a España 2027 — official start in Galicia

Galicia

The Xunta confirms that Galicia will host the official start as part of Xacobeo 2027. Do not treat Santiago as a race-start pressure date unless the organiser or authorities later confirm the city and route.

Xunta de Galicia →

What changed

San Martiño Pinario and the wider diocesan programme will matter in 2027 too.

The announced programme includes the official Holy Year hymn, a major commemorative concert, sacred and classical music in Santiago and along the Camino, new exhibition/museum spaces including Orixes and Compostela, and an international meeting on pilgrimage routes. Once dates are published, relevant items will move into the dated calendar above.

How to use this calendar

An event matters when it changes your day.

Staying centrally?

Check event dates before assuming the Cathedral/Old Town will behave like an ordinary evening.

Arriving that day?

Solve luggage and the room first. A Holy Year event is more enjoyable when your backpack is not part of it.

Leaving early?

Do not let a late event override the practical value of Ensanche or Intermodal for the final night.

Official programme watch

This page will change throughout 2026–2027.

After Camino is monitoring authoritative sources for meaningful additions, closures and logistics changes.

Santiago Turismo cultural agenda

BachCompostela official site

Real Filharmonía de Galicia

Archdiocese Holy Year programme announcement

Return to the practical Holy Year guide

Why the calendar starts before 2027

Official programming is already visible months in advance. Publishing the verified layer early gives pilgrims something more useful than a generic promise that “many events will happen”.

What gets added

Priority goes to events with authoritative sources and practical value. Dated events enter the calendar; substantial official programme announcements can be tracked separately while their dates remain TBC. Small listings may be omitted if they do not meaningfully affect a pilgrim's planning.

Need a room around an event?

Use the Holy Year accommodation guide to choose the zone before comparing live rooms.