Baeza holds festivities in honour of its patron saint during the second week of August. The Virgen del Alcázar, venerated by the people of Baeza since 1147, was given this name because her image was found near the fortress, and together with San Andrés, she is co-patron of the city. The city, declared a World Heritage Site, holds a wide variety of events to pay tribute to the one who, since 1941, has also been Baeza's honorary mayoress. Competitions, a daytime fair, bullfighting shows, an open-air dance, cultural events, and the day dedicated to absent citizens of Baeza are all part of this festival, which ends with the procession of the carved image of the Virgin on 15 August, carried on the shoulders of the Caballeros Horquilleros.

Baeza is an open, welcoming city at any time of year, rich in tradition and boasting a wealth of historic and artistic heritage that has earned it UNESCO World Heritage status. If there is one particularly special time to visit, get to know it and take part in its customs, it is without doubt Holy Week. In Baeza, every spring, tradition, art, history, popular fervour and devotion all come together exceptionally well, in perfect harmony with the monumental ensemble offered by its streets and squares, the processional floats, and the rich imagery of its carvings.

This is helped by the fact that it is a long-standing tradition passed down from generation to generation, with the involvement of an entire town that becomes, during this time, a religious and cultural benchmark, and which, owing to its own distinctive character, sets it apart and gives it its own particular shine. This deep-rooted brotherhood tradition is reflected in the 23 Brotherhoods and Confraternities of the Passion, which together form an extraordinary iconographic catalogue of Christs and Sorrowful Virgins. Carvings such as the Cristo de Jesús de la Caída, from the 17th century, the Cristo de la Humildad from the 16th century, or Sorrowful Virgins such as La Soledad from the 18th century, blend into beautiful processions with their surroundings, making Baeza's Holy Week one of those designated of National Tourist Interest.

Special mention deserves the performance of the Miserere composed on commission by Hilarión Eslava (1807-1878) for Baeza Cathedral, held on the night of Holy Tuesday. A choir made up of more than 100 mixed voices brings to life Psalm 50, which begins with the words Miserere mei Deus (Have mercy on me, O God). The distinctive feature of this Miserere is, as with the whole of Holy Week, its deep roots in local culture and the involvement of the people of Baeza. It is the whole town that sings, that has come to hold deep within its cultural identity this work, which each year echoes once again beneath the stone vaults of the church. Also worth noting is the ceremony known as El Paso, held on the morning of Good Friday, re-enacting Jesus's encounter, carrying the cross on his way to Calvary, with Saint Veronica and the Virgin. One of the most beautiful moments occurs when, through an articulated mechanism, the Cristo Nazareno blesses the townspeople as the images pass one another.