Aste Nagusia / Semana Grande
Aste Nagusia / Semana Grande: Popular fiesta, Bilbao, August
- MonthAugust
- Event typePopular fiesta
- How the date is setWeekday rule
- TownBilbao
- RegionPaís Vasco
Context
- Radius of effect50–100 km: the event moves occupancy and rate
- Circulating figure rejectedA figure of 2,000,000 circulates for 2026 and is not given here as attendance. Why: More than two million people, from the mayor of Bilbao, labelled a first provisional balance. The body is named, and that is not enough: what is counted is not stated at all, and nine days of free city-wide street programming make visitors closer to visits to the city than to festival attendance. THE SAME CLASS as the round million at San Fermín: the match of class is the reason for the decision.
- Origin not publishedOrganisers do not publish nationality at the gate: in the Festival Codex archive the field is empty on all 251 full-schema records across three countries. Of 83 Spanish events, three publish a breakdown.
- Inbound flow to the community that month441,347 foreign trips — 13.0% of the community's annual flow. The community peaks in August. Estimate
- Origin mix of the community's flow in AugustFrance 166,294, Germany 35,472, Netherlands 28,087, Italy 24,100, Portugal 23,020
- What this is NOTThis is the flow into the community, not the audience of the festival. Not one of the 83 Spanish festivals publishes a visitor passport. Basis: trips inferred from phone positioning — NOT a passport — TMOV_R, measurement from mobile-phone positioning.
- Regional seasonalityYear-round
- Regional volume, 20257.7m hotel overnight stays (INE)
- Upper-tier houses in town3
- With a MICHELIN Key in town1
- Rooms recorded287
- Other attractions in townMuseo Guggenheim Bilbao · Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
- FestivalsBilbao BBK Live
Hotels
| Hotels | Distinction | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| The Artist Grand Hotel | Key | — |
| Hotel Carlton | 5★ decl. | 142 |
| Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao | 5★ decl. | 145 |
Attractions listed
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao · Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Festivals
Related
País Vasco · Bilbao · Festivals
How to read the marks
- 'estimate' means: the body itself presents the figure as an estimate and publishes no method.
The month is given for a typical year: Spanish fiesta dates often follow the church calendar and move. Verified 1 September 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the same register that feeds the tables — there is no second source of truth. What the register does not hold is absent here rather than estimated.