Asturcón Festival
- Title Piloña
- Address Locality: Majada de Espineres
- Days Days: 23 August
- Type Type: Festival of National Tourist Interest
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The Asturcón is the Asturian horse par excellence. For decades it has been bred and grown in freedom in the Sierra del Sueve mountain range, at the same time as it scares away the spectre of its extinction. For this reason, every year for more than 35 years a festival has been held in its honour: so that the public can get to know it and to report on its fantastic recovery thanks to the efforts of the area's breeders.
The setting for the Asturcón Festival is also an idyllic mountain landscape known as the Majada de Espineres. It is an unforgettable day in the heart of nature, with a bit of everything: a campaign mass, prize-giving ceremony, a horse-marking and dressage show, a picnic, and lots of music and festivities with a 100% Asturian atmosphere.