Since 1971, the Jódar Flamenco Festival has been one of the province's main summer flamenco events. It usually alternates established artists with promising young talents in singing, guitar playing or dance. It stands out, however, for its commitment to pure flamenco art, leaving no room for other kinds of music. 

Fair and Festivities in Honour of the Patron Saint, the Virgen de los Remedios: riders and decorated carriages travel to the Sanctuary of Cánava (one kilometre from Jimena) to take part in a competition and spend a joyful day in the countryside, ending with the image of the Virgin being brought down to the parish church.

The Patron Saint remains in the town for four days: on the 8th, she is carried in procession throughout the neighbourhood, and on the 10th the image of the Virgin is returned to her sanctuary, in whose surroundings, on the 8th and 9th, the glamorous "verbenas de Cánava" are held, guaranteeing a good time for all visitors — provided men wear a jacket and tie, and ladies an evening gown, Andalusian dress with ruffles, and/or a Manila shawl. Miss and Mister Jimena y Turismo are chosen, along with the best festival dress, the best "Gitana" costume, and the most elegant "Lady" or mature woman.

The Fiesta de la Cruz includes a religious element: a procession out to the fields with Nuestro Padre Jesús, cross on his shoulder, sponsored by his brotherhood, who hold a communal meal after the procession that grows larger every year, as each successive Hermano Mayor tries to outdo the previous year's celebration.

Alongside this, there is another, pagan festival known as "Los Tíos de Ricia", both held on 3 May. This second festival involves decorating the streets of Jimena with straw figures made by residents by stuffing clothing with straw, topped with a ceramic pot for a head and a pepper or chilli, depending on what's to hand, placed at the crotch. These figures, it is said, represent the "straw men" that tax collectors found when they came to collect tithes, and, as the popular saying goes, they had to leave "like Morón's rooster": without feathers and still crowing. A competition is held in which the prize goes not to the most beautiful cross but to the most convincing "tío de ricia" — not for the pepper or chilli, but for the scene it depicts. This festival has grown considerably in recent years.

At the Lumbres de Santa Lucía, the Town Hall invites everyone to sample local produce (pumpkin, corn, sweets...) around the bonfires lit during the early hours of 13 December, with the image of the patron saint of the blind never missing from the celebration.

Its venue has changed over time according to need, being held in places such as the Plazuela de Santa Lucía, the spot known as "El Molino del Pan", next to the Municipal Library, or even next to the "Fuente del Buñuelo" (former site of the Trade Union) in the Barrio Bajo.

The festival begins with the lighting of bonfires in the saint's honour. Some say the custom of the “marrano de San Antón”, a pig raised collectively by all the town's residents to be raffled off on the feast day, with the proceeds going to the Brotherhood or the parish, originated in Jamilena.

San Isidro is celebrated on 15 May and is the patron saint of those who work the land. The festivities begin on 13 May, when the saint is brought down from his hermitage to the church of Nuestra Señora de la Natividad. The following day, he is taken back to his hermitage on a cart, with a festive atmosphere continuing throughout the night until the 15th, the date on which he is carried in procession through the fields to bless them.

On 14 September, the people of Jamilena celebrate the feast of their patron saint, Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, whose devotion dates back to the 17th century, a time linked to a remarkable event that gave rise to the devotion shown to the patron saint.

Held on 14 and 15 August, the festivities in honour of the town's Patron Saint take place in the area known as the Barrio Nuevo.

On 17 January, the feast day of San Antonio Abad — and, in some towns, on the eve of it — huge bonfires are lit in streets and squares, in honour of the saint who protects fire and animals. In each town, people sing and dance, and the bravest young people leap over the embers of the bonfires. In the city of Jaén, a competition is held for "melenchones" (bonfires), group singing and dancing, in which residents from each neighbourhood strive to build the biggest and most impressive bonfire in the capital. Also on that same day, in the evening, a major sporting event takes place in the city centre of Jaén: the “Noche de San Antón” International Urban Race, bringing together the world's finest middle-distance runners and drawing huge crowds who wait, torch in hand, for the runners to pass by.

The festivities of the Virgen de la Capilla, the main patron saint of the city of Jaén, held in the well-known San Ildefonso neighbourhood, commemorate the Virgin's descent on the night of 10 to 11 June 1430 to rally the people of Jaén during the Muslim siege.

Also known as the "feria chica" (little fair), it is held every year in the capital in mid-June. The main day is that of the floral offering to the Virgen de la Capilla, at the doors of the Basilica of San Ildefonso.

Throughout the celebrations, many people can be seen dressed in traditional Jaén costume: the Chirri for men and the Pastira for women.