The festival goes for a full week starting mid August and partiers are expected to take to the streets for the full 7 days! Festivities include bullfighting, free concerts in Plaza de Constitution, horseraces, volley ball games on the beach, fireworks that light up La Concha Bay each evening and a parade of gigantes y cabezudos ( giants and big heads) who dance in the street to Basque musicians. The big heads are allowed to hit misbehaving children but often they seem to miss and take a swing at tourists instead.
