List of processions in Madrid during Holy Week 2026: dates, times, and routes for Holy Week (and when the Medinaceli and other major processions take place)

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Isabel Nieto

 –  Editor

 ·  March 30, 2026

With a forecast of good weather, the 2026 Holy Week celebrations in Madrid are shaping up to be a worry-free event, with no concerns regarding the possibility of the large processions and floats taking place—which every year at this time traverse both the historic center of the capital and the neighborhoods.

Following the processions held on March 29—including some of the most popular ones, such as that of Nuestro Padre Jesús del Amor (“La Borriquita”) and that of the Santísimo Cristo de la Fe y del Perdón (“Los Estudiantes”)— there are still a large number of processions yet to take place .

In fact, it is precisely the ones yet to be held that draw the largest crowds and inspire the deepest devotion, coinciding with the Easter Triduum—the central period of Holy Week, between Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday, which commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Main Processions of Madrid’s Holy Week 2026 and Their Routes

Holy Thursday (April 2)

• Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno “El Pobre” (5:00 p.m.). Departure from the Church of San Pedro el Viejo → Calle del Nuncio → Plaza de Puerta Cerrada → Calle San Justo → Plaza del Cordón → Calle del Cordón → Plaza de la Villa → Calle Mayor → Calle Bailén → Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena → Calle Bailén → Calle Requena → Plaza de Ramales → Calle de Santiago → Plaza de Santiago → Calle de Santiago → Calle Milaneses → Calle Mayor → Calle Ciudad Rodrigo → Plaza Mayor → Calle de Toledo → Calle Tintoreros → Plaza de Puerta Cerrada → Calle del Nuncio → entrance to the Church of San Pedro el Viejo. A saeta will be sung in his honor in Plaza de la Villa (7:30 p.m.).

• El Divino Cautivo (6:30 p.m.). The image of Nuestro Padre Jesús el Divino Cautivo, a work by Mariano Benlliure (1944), will be carried in procession. Departure from the Calasancio School, 56 General Díaz Porlier Street → José Ortega y Gasset Street → Conde de Peñalver Street → Juan Bravo Street → Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, station of penance → Juan Bravo Street → General Pardiñas Street → Diego de León Street → Hospital de la Princesa, station of penance → Diego de León Street → Conde de Peñalver Street → Church of the Rosary of the Philippines, station of penance → Conde de Peñalver Street → José Ortega y Gasset Street → return to Calasancio School.

• Nuestro Padre Jesús del Gran Poder and María Santísima de la Esperanza Macarena (6:30 p.m.). Collegiate Church of San Isidro → Toledo Street → Plaza Mayor → Puerta del Sol → Mayor Street → return to the Collegiate Church. Saetas will be sung near the Hotel Moderno (2 Arenal Street) and at the Real Casa de Correos (between 9:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.).

Good Friday (April 3)

• María Santísima de los Siete Dolores (6:45 p.m.). Departure from the Parish Church of Santa Cruz → Plaza de la Provincia → Gerona Street → Plaza Mayor → Ciudad Rodrigo Street → Mayor Street → Milaneses Street → Santiago Street → Santiago Square → Requena Street → Bailén Street → Almudena Cathedral → Mayor Street → Sacramento Street → Puñonrostro Street → Plaza del Conde de Miranda → Codo Street → Plaza de la Villa → Mayor Street → Ciudad Rodrigo Street → Plaza Mayor → de la Sal Street → Postas Street → Mayor Street → Puerta del Sol → Carretas Street → San Ricardo Street → Correo Street → Paz Street → Bolsa Street → Plaza de la Provincia → Atocha Street → Santa Cruz Parish. Saeta in Plaza de la Villa (9:00 p.m.).

• ⭐ Jesús Nazareno de Medinaceli (7:00 p.m.). Basilica of Jesús de Medinaceli, Plaza de Jesús, 2 → Calle Duque de Medinaceli → Plaza de las Cortes → Carrera de San Jerónimo → Puerta del Sol → Calle Alcalá → station of penance next to the Church of Las Calatravas → Calle Sevilla → Plaza de Canalejas → Carrera de San Jerónimo → Calle Duque de Medinaceli → Plaza de Jesús → Basilica. Saeta at Calle de Alcalá, 16 (9:50 p.m.).

• Santo Entierro and Santísima Virgen de la Soledad (7:00 p.m.). San Andrés Parish → Doctor Pérez Domínguez Street → Ágata Street → Alberto Palacios Walkway → Las Arenas Street → Monterde Street → Parvillas Altas Street → Real de Pinto Avenue → parish. Departure from the Santa Cruz Parish → Plaza de la Provincia → Gerona Street → Plaza Mayor → Ciudad Rodrigo Street → Mayor Street → Milaneses Street → Santiago Street → Santiago Square → Requena Street → Bailén Street → Almudena Cathedral → Mayor Street → Sacramento Street → Puñonrostro Street → Plaza del Conde de Miranda → Codo Street → Plaza de la Villa → Mayor Street → Ciudad Rodrigo Street → Plaza Mayor → de la Sal Street → Postas Street → Mayor Street → Puerta del Sol → Carretas Street → San Ricardo Street → Correo Street → Paz Street → Bolsa Street → Plaza de la Provincia → Atocha Street → Santa Cruz Parish.

• Santísimo Cristo de los Alabarderos (7:00 p.m.). Royal Palace → Calle Mayor → Plaza de la Villa → Calle Sacramento → Castrense Cathedral. Saeta in Plaza de la Villa (9:15 p.m.).

• Santo Entierro (8:30 p.m.). Parish Church of Santa Cruz → Atocha Street → Santa Cruz Palace → Plaza de la Provincia → Gerona Street → Plaza Mayor → Sal Street → Postas Street → Esparteros Street → Mayor Street → Puerta del Sol → Carretas Street → Jacinto Benavente Square → Atocha Street → Plaza de la Provincia → Santa Cruz Palace → Atocha Street → Parish Church of Santa Cruz.

• Procession of Silence (9:00 p.m.). Plaza de la Parroquia → Calle Blasón → Calle Francisco Romero → Calle General Ricardos → Calle Monseñor Óscar Romero → Plaza de la Parroquia.

Holy Saturday (April 4)

• La Soledad y Desamparo (4:00 p.m.). Church of the Concepción Real de Calatrava → Alcalá Street → Puerta del Sol → Mayor Street → Bringas Street → San Miguel Square → Conde de Miranda Street → Conde de Miranda Square → Codo Street → Plaza de la Villa, where the procession meets the image of the Recumbent Christ → Calle Mayor → Calle Bordadores → Calle Arenal → Puerta del Sol → Carrera de San Jerónimo → Plaza de Canalejas → Calle Sevilla → Calle Alcalá → return to the Church of the Royal Conception of Calatrava. Saeta in Plaza de la Villa (6:30 p.m.).

The closing of Holy Week 2026: the Tamborrada on Easter Sunday

The grand finale of Madrid’s Holy Week will be, as is customary, the drumming performance on Easter Sunday (April 5) in the Plaza Mayor, performed by the Brotherhood of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Zaragoza.

It will take place at 1:00 p.m. and will follow this route: Plaza del Conde de Miranda → Puñonrostro Street → San Justo Street → Cordón Street → Plaza de la Villa → Mayor Street → Ciudad Rodrigo Street → Plaza Mayor.