As in much of the province of Jaén, this festival is deeply rooted in Cabra, although it retains some distinctive features.

On the night before 17 January, the feast of San Antón, residents gather around the bonfires, and during the evening eat rosquillas and cured meats from the pig slaughter, drink wine from a wineskin or porrón, fire shotguns into the air, and young men jump over the bonfires, forming circles around the fire together with the young women.

In the days beforehand, countless "zagales" (young lads) can be seen around the streets carrying bundles of firewood, wood from old furniture, or large olive branches from pruning, stockpiling enough material to make their bonfire a worthy one, with flames reaching as high as possible — as they say around here, "burning San Antón's beard".

Although January days here are cold, the atmosphere it creates is very warm, with the haze produced by the smoke and the smell of burning wood taking over the whole town, encouraging the people of Cabra to celebrate and bid farewell to Christmas, since, as the saying goes, "until San Antón, it's still Christmas".

Feast day of Nuestra Señora de la Purificación; a procession used to be held, but once the image of the Purificación disappeared during the Civil War and with no brotherhood left to organise it, the custom died out. It was also a day on which bonfires were lit, as with San Antón or Santa Lucía. Long before that, the custom of the monumental cake distributed by the town hall had already been lost.

The most enduring tradition has been for families to attend church carrying wicker baskets decorated with rosemary and almond blossom, holding the traditional Candelaria bread rings; children, meanwhile, carry these rings threaded and richly decorated, usually oven-baked and made with flour, egg, sugar and toasted oil. At the end of the service, those attending raise their sweets so that the priest, walking along the rows of pews, can bless them.

The streets of this beautiful town in the Sierra Mágina are covered with floral carpets, and balconies are dressed with Manila shawls and embroidered bedspreads to welcome the Blessed Sacrament.

Manuel Urbano Pérez Ortega describes the Corpus procession as follows, in his book “Campanas y cohetes”, a calendar of popular festivals of Jaén: A procession that today is carried out in ways identical to those reproduced from medieval or more recent times, decorating the streets with sedge, lavender and other herbs, or, in the case of Cabra del Santo Cristo, carpeting the processional route with flowers, along which Manila shawls, bedspreads and other richly embroidered fabrics are also hung from balconies and windows — elements that likewise appear on the altars built by local hands along the route.

As we can see from the most recent photographs, everything is still done just as described, and just as it was in the early years of the last century, as shown in Dr. Cerdá's photograph — from one of the balconies of his house, petals are thrown down onto the Monstrance — although the route has changed; and one detail we can also make out in that photograph is that all the banners and flags of the town's brotherhoods used to process ahead of the Monstrance.

In August, the Sierra Mágina Natural Park becomes an unrivalled, distinctive green backdrop for the Moors and Christians festivities. These events have their origins in the 13th century, when the region was a frontier land between the Kingdom of Castile and the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.

Three towns hold this celebration: Campillo de Arenas, Cárcheles and Bélmez de la Moraleda. In all three, the festivities unfold in a very similar way: they begin with the procession of the image of the patron saint, which leaves the parish church guarded by “the Christians”, only to be ambushed along the way by “the Moors”, who seize the image. A day later, the Christian troops manage to recover the precious platform, bringing to a close, for another year, festivities that have been held for centuries.

On the morning of the first Sunday of May, a pilgrimage sets out from Bélmez de la Moraleda towards the hamlet of Bélmez, in honour of Nuestro Señor de la Vida. During the pilgrimage, the so-called “Relaciones” take place, a re-enactment in seven scenes of battles between Moors and Christians, in which the latter rescue the image of the Señor de la Vida from the Muslim troops and proclaim him patron saint of the hamlet of Bélmez. Tradition tells how a shepherd named Eufrasio, while tending his sheep, was told in a dream by an angel that in a dungeon of Bélmez Castle there was an image depicting Christ tied to a column to be scourged. The shepherd tried to recover the image, but was refused by the Moorish king who ruled the castle. Eufrasio sought help from the Christian troops camped near the fortress, and after a fierce battle between the two sides, the image was recovered and proclaimed patron saint of both the hamlet of Bélmez and Bélmez de la Moraleda. This re-enactment dates back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the distinctive feature that the Christian troops are dressed in modern soldier's uniforms and carry shotguns, while the Moorish troops wear attire more in keeping with the period in which the events are said to have taken place.

On San Marcos's day — 25 April — the saint has traditionally been carried in procession through the town, following the route of the fountains, to ask for water for the fields. It was customary to sing litanies imploring the saint for rain. The image of San Marcos has a bull at his feet which, being of small size, is popularly known as “el perrillo de San Marcos” (San Marcos's little dog/bull), and which is thrown into the waters of a well located at the spot known as El Nacimiento when the procession passes by. It was also customary for the town's dogs, at the hands of the young men, to share the same fate as the Evangelist's little bull, ending up thrown into the waters of the fountains of Bélmez de la Moraleda. With the feast of San Marcos falling close to the month of May, it was customary, though now largely forgotten, for the young men to serenade the girls they courted, known as the “mayos”. Following this custom, which usually lasted until Cross Day — 3 May — rounds were made, serenades were sung, and floral “enramadas” were placed at the doors of the girls being courted.

Worth mentioning is the ritual with which Garcíez celebrates the festivities of its patron saint, San Marcos, held between 23 and 26 April, in which the saint is carried in procession to the outskirts of the town so that he may bless the fields and bring water for the harvests. During these days, a dish of dried broad beans is prepared, and the so-called "roscos de San Marcos" are made, to be handed out among residents after the procession. Until 1977, the year in which the Marquis of Viana sold all the land within the district of Garcíez, it was he who covered the cost of the dried broad beans, oil and flour for the roscos, as well as the firewood for cooking. These San Marcos festivities end on the 26th, when the figure popularly known as the Señor de las Injurias is carried in procession. 

Held on the last Sunday of October. Traditionally held on the 25th of that month, the image is moved on 25 September from her hermitage in the Cuadros area to Bedmar, where she is venerated by all residents. The Virgen de Cuadros is devoutly regarded as the Lady and Mother of Sierra Mágina, with this pilgrimage having been held since the 16th century. Over the four-kilometre journey to her sanctuary, she is carried in procession on a platform, with the image placed inside a glass case. She is carried by women, and upon reaching the river, where market gardens are located, it is the market gardeners who carry her on their shoulders through the stretch of their lands. Along the way, people sing, dance, and enjoy bread with oil and hot chocolate.

 On 15 August, the Virgen del Rosario is celebrated, with dawn songs accompanied by guitars, bandurrias and violins. In the early 1990s, the August Fairs were established, of a leisure and cultural nature, as a tribute to the emigrants from Bedmar who return to their town on holiday during this month; today, this is known as the traditional CULVE, with sporting, leisure and cultural activities held during June, July and August. During these festivities, it is customary to share a monumental pipirrana, enjoyed by all residents, with the festivities closing with a popular open-air dance held in the Parque del Pilarejo.

Bedmar preserves its festive cycle rooted in farming work, with some customs still surviving and others that have faded over time. It is traditional, for instance, to light bonfires on the eve of San Antón — 16 January — around which chops and popcorn are typically enjoyed, and over whose flames young men jump, using sticks and reeds like vaulting poles. The same custom of lighting bonfires once existed for San Sebastián and for La Candelaria, when, on the eve of this festival, the people of Bedmar used to go out into the countryside to eat the "rosca" typical of that day, accompanied by broad beans — a tradition that has since become associated with oil and salt cod for Andalusia Day.