Orihuela tenders €87,000-plus contract for Halloween 2026 celebrations

Orihuela Council has put out to tender a contract worth €87,265.14, including VAT, to organise Halloween 2026 in the town centre and Orihuela Costa. Municipal file 16075/2026 divides the contract into two lots and provides for a one-day celebration. The deadline for bids was 30 September.

This is the contract’s estimated tender value, not the final contract price or an amount already paid. The Halloween figure comes on top of other council contracts linked to the Christmas and New Year festivities.

The 2026 Christmas Market has a tender value of €150,000, including taxes. It is due to run for 21 days, from 4 to 24 December, in Plaza de la Centuria Romana. The contract may be extended for a further year by express agreement.

The 2026 Three Kings Parade was awarded a contract worth €209,890 for the town centre and the coast. The contract was divided into two lots: €171,590 for the town-centre route and €38,300 for Orihuela Costa.

These events are joined by the 2026 New Year’s Eve Special, with an estimated tender value of €41,675.23, including VAT. The event is planned for Glorieta Gabriel Miró.

The figures relate to separate files and contracts and do not represent a single amount already spent. The council’s grant scheme for traditional and popular festivities also has a budget of €368,600 for associations, committees and non-profit organisations in neighbourhoods and outlying districts. The grants are not limited to Christmas and Halloween: Holy Week and the Reconquest Festivities are excluded.

For comparison, the estimated tender value of the 2025 Halloween contract was €46,570.96, compared with €87,265.14 put out to tender for 2026. In 2024, the Christmas street activities—including the market, Paseo Mágico and children’s New Year’s Eve event—had a tender value of €134,310, including VAT.

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