In April, Holly Week is a very special date.
May 15th are the patron saint’s celebrations of Saint Isidoro Labrador, a hamlet 3 hours walking from Iruya. This day we celebrate the day of the saint and we offer gifts and carry out a procession with regional instruments.

At the beginning of August is the celebration of the offering to the Pachamama: a day to give back to the soil food and beverages.
After that, in the same month the commemoration of the death of Güemes and the celebration of Saint Roque de Iruya are carried out. The latter is an event to give gifts and adore the saint; there are processions with regional instruments. At the end of this month we celebrate Saint Ramón, celebration carried out in Las Higueras, a near by settlement.

During the first and second week-ends of October Iruya’s patron saint’s celebrations take place. It is a very typical celebration of the town, the Virgin is taken in a procession and a Saint accompanied her, while at the river bank and in the town square a local exchange fair of many knitted and hand made products is carried out.