Granada sets 53 crosses for Día de la Cruz

Granada will put up 53 crosses for Día de la Cruz on Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, spreading the annual flower-decked festival across the city. (granadahoy.com 1) (granadahoy.com 2) The crosses are divided into the usual competition categories: patios, streets and squares, brotherhoods, schools and shop windows. Granada Hoy reported the total is nine lower than last year’s count. (granadahoy.com) City programming for the two days includes live music, flamenco school performances and free concerts tied to the festival. The celebration falls on the first weekend of May, when Granada’s neighborhoods typically fill with temporary bars and street crowds. (granadahoy.com) (granadadirect.com) Día de la Cruz is one of Granada’s best-known local festivals, centered on large crosses covered with flowers and displayed in public and private spaces. The city’s tourism site describes it as a long-rooted tradition that returns each May with mapped locations and visitor information. (turismo.granada.org) This year’s festival lands in the middle of an unusually crowded week for Granada. The city opened the XIII World Ham Congress on Tuesday, April 28, at Parque de las Ciencias, with more than 400 experts, companies and public officials expected through April 30. (granadahoy.com) (ahoragranada.com) Granada is also rolling out its Sabor Granada concert season at the Plaza de Toros. Organizers say the 2026 program already has more than 20 shows booked from April to October, above last year’s total. (granadahoy.com) (2031granada.org) The result is a spring calendar that mixes a traditional street festival, a major food-industry congress and a citywide music program within the same week. On May 2 and 3, the most visible part of that schedule will be the 53 crosses spread across Granada. (granadahoy.com 1) (granadahoy.com 2) (granadahoy.com 3)