The Javea International Festival is one of the best festivals in Javea, and its free to visit. Every year, Javea celebrates the local international community with a street lined with tents filled with each country’s traditional food and drinks, live music from local bands, culture, entertainment and so much more.
This year, its celebrating its 29th edition in the first week of July over a long weekend.
Each evening is full of entertainment, which goes into the late night with stage acts performing from 11pm onwards. I highly recommend attending if you’re in Javea during this time!
Where is the Javea International Festival?
The festival has always been held outside the Instituto IES No. 1 school, taking up the first part of the Avenida de Augusta. Here’s a map to walk there from the Javea port.
When is the international festival?
This year, the festival runs on the first week of July, on the 4th, 5th and 6th July (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
It starts each day at 6pm and goes into the late night.
Admission is completely free. You will just need to pay for your food and drinks!
International Festival layout
Below, find the layout of the festival and where each country tent is located. You can also find where to find amenities, including bathrooms and a disabled access bathroom. In emergencies, you can find the red cross and firefighters near the entrance.
The complete list of countries representing at this year’s Javea international festival includes:
- Germany
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Spain
- United States (first time in the festival!)
- Ireland (first time in the festival!)
- Italy
- Madagascar
- Morocco
- Mexico
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Official 2024 programme for the Javea International Festival
Each festival kicks off with an international parade the week before on June 29th starting at 7pm. The parade is filled with participating countries, which proudly display their flags and yell their cheers along the route.
The Javea International Festival march with the Javea tourist train driving past!
They start from the Javea port’s fish market and follow the sea view route of the Av. del Mediterráneo until they reach the end of the Arenal.
See the official festival programme below taking place below:
For more information, you can visit the official festival website.
