20 January 2026
San Sebastian Campus
On 20 January, St Sebastian’s Day, the University of Deusto will take part, as it has done since 2016, in the traditional Tamborrada of San Sebastian’s festival, with a company of cooks and water carriers made up of students, alumni, academic staff and university service personnel, together with other people connected to the institution. This year, the Rector of the University of Deusto, Juan José Etxeberria SJ, and the Vice-Rector of the Donostia Campus and Institutional Relations, M. José Aranguren, will also take part. As Carolina Kutz, Drum Major of the Company, explains: "Year by year, the sense of belonging grows, both to the company and to the city’s festival. It is a day filled with shared excitement, enthusiasm and tradition, where no distinctions exist.”
The parade will begin at the University itself. The flag-raising, led by the Rector, Juan José Etxeberria SJ, will take place at 08:30. The company will set off from the campus at 08:45, and from that moment on, drumming will continue until Plaza Bilbao, where it will join the ONCE Tamborrada. After a short pause, the company will continue to the Jesuit church on Andía Street, where the March of San Sebastian and the Hymn of Saint Ignatius will be performed inside the church. The parade will then proceed through the Andía, Hernani and Loiola areas, finishing at the Buen Pastor, where it will play alongside the Tamborrada of Kutxa employees. The University of Deusto’s company will be welcomed by the Sociedad Gizartea, its Drum Major and its President. The parade will conclude with the March of San Sebastian performed in front of the Vallés.
