- Vociferio, Festival de Poesía de ValènciaUsually held: February.
Poetry festival with readings, book launches, performance poetry, video poetry, a publishers' fair and a children's programme spread across bookshops, theatres and cultural centres. Official website
- BilbaoPoesíaUsually held: March.
Council-run poetry festival with ten sessions at the Bidebarrieta library, bringing together poets writing in Spanish and Basque, poetry set to music and concerts.
- Edita Nómada Cáceres, Encuentro de Edición Independiente y PoesíaUsually held: March.
Gathering of independent publishing and poetry, the travelling branch of the Encuentro Edita in Punta Umbría, with readings, book launches and independent publishers in several venues around the city.
- POEX, Poesía en Xixón — GijónUsually held: March.
Ten-day poetry festival with readings, lectures and a video poem competition at the Antiguo Instituto, the Laboral, the Teatro Jovellanos and the municipal libraries.
- Festival de Poesia Domini Màgic — Santa Coloma de FarnersUsually held: mid-March.
Weekend poetry festival with readings, a poetry jam, concerts, exhibitions and literary outings, with the Casa de la Paraula as its main venue.
- Festival de Poesía Baltasar Espinosa — GáldarUsually held: April.
Poetry festival dedicated to Baltasar Espinosa, with readings and gatherings that bring together more than eighty writers in venues such as the Antonio Padrón House Museum.
- Jornadas Logroño PoéticoUsually held: April.
Council-run poetry days with readings, meet-the-poet events, stage performances and a gathering of young local poets at the Centro de la Cultura del Rioja and the Biblioteca Rafael Azcona.
- De Poesía por GetafeUsually held: second half of April.
Poetry festival around International Book Day, with readings, exhibitions, concerts, dramatised readings, workshops and a micro-poem competition in community centres and libraries.
- Granada International Poetry FestivalUsually held: early May.
International poetry festival with readings and gatherings in venues such as the Huerta de San Vicente, the Centro Federico García Lorca and the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra. Official website
- Barcelona PoesiaUsually held: May.
A week of readings all over the city that culminates in the Festival Internacional de Poesía, a grand evening at the Palau de la Música Catalana.
- Poetas en Mayo, Festival Internacional de Poesía — Vitoria-GasteizUsually held: May.
Festival that fills the city and the villages of Álava with readings, panels, poetry walks and poetry for children throughout May, with dozens of events. Official website
- Versud, cicle d’acció poètica — Santanyí (travelling)Usually held: May and June.
Poetry-in-action series run by the Fundació Mallorca Literària, with readings, concerts, walks and shows at the Casa Blai Bonet and in other villages in the south and east of the island.
- Transvers, Festival de Poesia de TarragonaUsually held: late May or early June.
Poetry festival run by the APELLC and the Casa de les Lletres, with readings and activities in several venues around the city and initiatives to bring poetry closer to children and young people. Official website
- La Lluna en Vers — Mallorca (travelling)Usually held: from late June to early September.
Summer festival run by the Fundació Mallorca Literària, with open-air concerts, readings and theatre in the gardens of writers' houses and other corners of the island. Official website
- Festival Poesia i + — Caldes d’EstracUsually held: first half of July.
Summer poetry festival that, for almost two weeks in July, takes readings and meetings with poets to different corners of the Maresme. Official website
- Aqueteleo — ArnedoUsually held: July.
Summer festival with more than twenty-five editions behind it, mixing poetry readings, poetry slams, concerts, theatre, film and children's activities in the Parque del Cidacos and other spots.
- Encuentro de Poetas Voces del Extremo — MoguerUsually held: July.
Poetry gathering in Juan Ramón Jiménez's home territory, with more than a hundred poets, talks, flamenco, singer-songwriters and exhibitions at his birthplace and at the Zenobia and Juan Ramón House Museum. Official website
- Festival Nibrós de Poesia d’Estaon — Vall de CardósUsually held: July.
Weekend poetry festival in a small Pyrenean village, with poetry walks up to the Nibrós barns, readings, dance and a communal rice meal.
- Oh Poetry! Fest — AlbaceteUsually held: July.
Summer poetry festival with readings, screenings, round tables, young poetry and workshops for children and teenagers in libraries, parks and the Chalet Fontecha.
- Rusc, Festival de Poesia de l’Espluga de FrancolíUsually held: second half of July.
Museu Terra's poetry festival, which mixes readings, book launches, music, contemporary dance and sound installations, with a closing vermouth reading.
- Agosto Clandestino. Poetas en La Rioja — LogroñoUsually held: from late July to early September.
Poetry festival that every summer brings dozens of poets together for readings, book launches, concerts and films around La Rioja, and gives away chapbooks from the Planeta Clandestino collection at many of its events.
- Illanvers — Ciutadella and FornellsUsually held: late July or early August.
Playful poetry gathering that brings together poets from Menorca and other islands with live music and live painting, in settings such as Can Saura and the castle of Sant Antoni.
- Trovalia, Festival Internacional de Poesía Oral Improvisada — CartagenaUsually held: late July and early August.
Festival of improvised oral poetry in which troveros (improvising verse singers) and musicians from several countries face off in verse in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Isla Plana and Mar de Cristal.
- Cosmopoética, Poetas del Mundo — CórdobaUsually held: from late September to early October.
International poetry festival that fills the city with readings, recitals in historic courtyards, open mics in taverns, poetry bike rides and activities for children. Official website
- Encuentro de Poetas Iberoamericanos — SalamancaUsually held: October.
Annual gathering that brings poets from Spain and Latin America to the city for readings and tributes, with the support of the local council.
- Festival Internacional Kerouac — VigoUsually held: October.
International poetry and performance festival with readings, screenings and poetry actions at the municipal Auditorium, the MARCO Museum and other venues around the city. Official website
- Festival Nacional de Poesia de Sant Cugat del VallèsUsually held: October.
Poetry festival with more than twenty-five editions behind it, bringing around forty poets together every autumn for readings and gatherings around the city.
- Festival Teruel de Cuento y VersoUsually held: October.
Festival mixing short stories and poetry, with readings and meet-the-author events in the town hall's council chamber, the Museo Provincial and other venues around the city.
- Tocats de Lletra, Festival literari de ManresaUsually held: second half of October.
Literary festival in central Catalonia with poetry at its heart, programming readings, conversations and shows over nearly three weeks in autumn, in collaboration with Òmnium Cultural. Official website
- POETAS, Poético Festival — MadridUsually held: November.
Poetry festival with twenty years behind it that mixes verse, music and performance, held in recent editions at La Casa Encendida.
- Arriversos, Festival de Poesía de GuadalajaraUsually held: mid-March.
Eleven-day poetry festival around World Poetry Day, with readings, a poetry and music jam session, video poetry and stage performances at the Teatro Moderno and the Museo Francisco Sobrino. Official website
- FesPoeMa, Festa de la Poesia de la Mariola — Alfafara
A festive day of poetry in the Serra Mariola, with readings, book launches, literary walks, tributes to poetry in Valencian and activities for children.
- Festival Fifty-Fifty de Jazz y Poesía — Avilés
Festival that splits its programme equally between jazz and poetry, with concerts, readings, workshops and street parades in the city's theatres, auditoriums and streets. Official website
- Irreconciliables, Festival Internacional de Poesía de MálagaUsually held: mid-October.
International poetry festival with readings, gatherings and crossovers with other arts in venues such as La Térmica, the Centro Andaluz de las Letras and the Biblioteca Provincial. Official website
- NUDO, festival de poesía desatada — Barcelona
Poetry festival that takes verse off the page and into several venues around the city with readings, visual poetry and stage performances, with spin-offs in Madrid and Gran Canaria. Official website
- Semana Internacional de la Poesía “Miguel Hernández” — Jaén
Poetry week run by the provincial council, with readings by poets from several countries at the Biblioteca Literaria Giennense and in the city's secondary schools.
