Tamborrada is a celebratory drum festival held every year on January 20 in the city of San Sebastian, Spain.

-20% discount on everything "what you can drum":

To the drum machine DrumBrute Impact from ARTURIA.

On digital drum kits, marching drums, maracas and taverns, triangles, tambourines and tambourines, dumbeсks, bongos from HAYMAN.

On djemba and taman from KANGABA.

For training pads ORLA.

For acoustic drum kits, practice drum kits, snare drums, toms, darbukas, bongos, tambourines, maracas, castanets and peds from PEACE.

For drum modules PERFORMANCE PERCUSSION.

For acoustic drum kits, marching and snare drums PREMIER.

For drum cymbals UFIP.

On darbukas VATAN.

For drum cymbals ZALIZO.

About Tamborrada

Origin and development

The last Carlist War in Spain took place between the end of the 18th century and the Second Carlist War (Literal translation from Catalan/Spanish: The War of the Matiners or Madrugadores) (1846-1849) and the Third Carlist War (in Spanish: Tercera Guerra Carlista) (1872–1876). As a walled military stronghold, the city of San Sebastian was subject to heavy property damage due to military activity, sometimes with dire consequences. This was especially true during the Siege of San Sebastian (1813), in which international powers (Spain, France, Great Britain, and Portugal) were involved. The war caused between 7,000 and 50,000 casualties.

According to an urban legend, a baker was fetching water from a fountain during a drought in San Sebastian in 1720. As he began to sing, local women around him started pounding on their water basins to accompany him. To his surprise, the water kept on flowing and they kept on drumming with glee. Soon a crowd gathered. As the legend has it, there has not been a drought ever since, nor has the music of the barrels ever stopped playing.

Current celebration

Adults usually have dinner in sociedades gastronómicas ("gourmet clubs"), which provide elements of the procession, and traditionally admitted only males. Even the strictest ones now allow women on the "Noche de la Tamborrada." They eat sophisticated meals, mostly composed of seafood (traditionally elver, now no longer served due to its exorbitant price) and drink the best wines. Depending on the time the company is marching, parade-goers take to the streets and are sometimes offered drinks between the musical performances. Nowadays, the Tamborrada is made up of mixed-sex companies for the most part, while proportions may vary a lot from one to the other. For "Donostiarras," this is the most celebrated festival of the year. These drummer groups often have marching bands playing along with them.

After hearing drums all night, children wake up with a version of the Tamborrada for children. They dress traditionally as soldiers from Napoleonic times and march around the city. Children from all the schools of San Sebastián march that day. They wear costumes that usually represent a particular country (such as England, Germany, or Romania). More recently, the parade has been pushed back to days before the festival proper; thus, the Children's Tamborrada is the first activity of the festival. 2022 marks the 61st anniversary of the Children's Tamborrada, which launched in 1961 to promote the cultural legacy of the festival to the younger generations. A repeat performance is held at noon on the festival day. Fifty-two contingents from schools in the city join the celebrations beating their snare drums while honoring the heroes of the defense of the city and its patron.

The promotion will last from 17 to 23 January!