What's on in Alicante in October 2026

In short: 9 October is the Valencian Community’s big day, Cocentaina readies its Fira de Tots Sants — chartered in 1348 — and the sea still allows a swim; inland, the Mariola and Aitana mushroom season begins.

📅 Updated 10 October 2026 · 59 plans · 34 free

October mixes fiesta with a gentle autumn: the 9th is the Day of the Valencian Community, with civic acts and concerts in Alicante city too, and at month’s end Cocentaina unfurls its Fira de Tots Sants, one of Spain’s oldest fairs. Afternoons on the coast are still short-sleeve weather, while inland the first mushrooms rain down in the Mariola and Aitana ranges.

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