If you are looking for art and culture during your holidays in San Sebastian, you've come to the right place. San Sebastian is the home of the International Film Festival, and one of the most distinguished Jazz festivals on the continent.

San Sebastian is a young and cosmopolitan city. The International Film Festival is its main cultural event, attracting hundreds of prestigious, international artists each year.

Another important happening here is the Jazzaldia, or the International Jazz Festival of San Sebastian, one of the most distinguished on the continent of Europe. It is celebrated in the month of July outdoors in the Kursaal and on the Playa de Zurriola.

The Quincena Musical is also a distinguished, classic music festival that has been happening since the Spanish Civil War. It takes place at the Victoria Eugenia Theater and in Kursaal.

There is also the International Fireworks Contest of San Sebastian, and happens during the Semana Grande or Aste Nagusia, in the month of August.

Film festivals, electro music festival are other events that you can check out furing your vacation in this wonderful city. For all of these reasons and more, San Sebastian has been solicited for the title of Cultural Capital of Europe for 2016.