Concello de Padrón · summer medieval reenactment on the Sar · summer
For invited guilds, artisan workshops, the Concello de Padrón team, the local tourism office, pilgrims walking the Camiño Xacobeo and brand activation teams bringing their own merch to the Medieval Festival of Padrón and needing stall apparel, visitor souvenirs, protocol pieces, accreditation lanyards and press kits coordinated with the summer fixture on the Sar. EUR + 21% VAT invoiced via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48-hour delivery from the Madrid hub to a named consignee in Padrón, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña or Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Padrón is the Jacobean town at the head of the Arousa estuary: here the boat that brought the remains of the Apostle James moored, here the Sar river is crossed before the final stage to the Apostle's tomb, and here the crafts tied to the Herbón pepper, the black pottery and the ink-line that gave its name to European paper survive. The Medieval Festival of Padrón combines a craft market (Padrón black pottery, willow basketry, bobbin lace, forge, boat carpentry on the Sar), a period tavern with Ulla and Sar product, street theatre on the Traslatio and the founding of the Compostelan church, Jacobean offering at the Iglesia de Santiago de Padrón (with its pedestal holding the stone tied to the apostolic boat) and parades with medieval and Celtic music groups. For brand teams activating presence in the historic quarter the operational challenge is to coordinate delivery in a historic centre of narrow streets, identify the Camiño pilgrims crossing towards Santiago and deliver pieces that withstand August heat and Atlantic rain.
The brief we usually receive combines 220 GSM organic-cotton polos with screen-printing of the Concello or workshop coat of arms, raw-linen shirts for master artisans, waxed-leather aprons for forge and pottery stalls, corduroy waistcoats for taverns, organic-cotton or linen tote bags for market visitors, lanyards with wide ribbon and reinforced metal snap for accredited staff and identified Camiño pilgrims, 500 ml reusable bottles engraved with the Concello seal for invited authorities and press, and A5 notebooks in hardback binding with turned-wood pen as protocol courtesy set for the Xunta de Galicia and Diputación de A Coruña protocol teams.
The Madrid production hub handles the full order and ships by road (SEUR, Correos Express, GLS Spain) to the named consignee in Padrón — Concello offices, municipal storage, tourism office, guild storage or the team's stopover hotel near the Sar. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the AG-11 / N-550 towards Padrón carries the summer Jacobean flow and the local Apostle festivities. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added and is filed via FACe with immediate registration in the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT); for intra-community clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the relevant article of the EU directive.
The client profile Corp-Merch serves at the Medieval Festival of Padrón includes invited guilds bringing their own merch to the fixture, black-pottery and basketry workshops needing stall uniforms, the Cultura y Turismo team of the Concello de Padrón, the Concello tourism office, Camiño Xacobeo pilgrims wanting an identifiable piece, protocol offices of the Xunta de Galicia and Diputación de A Coruña, culture and food press reaching the table, and brand offices of Ulla wineries and Arousa estuary canneries sponsoring the period tavern.
220 GSM organic-cotton polos with screen-printing or embroidery of the workshop, raw-linen shirts for master potters, corduroy waistcoats for tavern keepers, waxed-leather aprons for forge and black pottery, canvas caps with metal buckle for the organisation team walking the historic quarter under the August sun. Sizes from XS to 3XL to cover hall staff, guild members and Jacobean volunteers.
Galician linen and organic-cotton tote bags with screen-printing of the Iglesia de Santiago façade, 500 ml stainless-steel reusable bottles engraved with the Concello coat of arms, matte pewter mugs for tavern stalls, lanyards with wide ribbon and reinforced metal snap for guilds, Camiño pilgrims and accredited cultural press — batch production from 50 to 500 units depending on market size.
A5 hardback notebooks with the Concello heraldic seal, turned-wood pens, compact 12 L backpacks with padded laptop pocket for journalists covering the fixture from Santiago, 600 ml collapsible bottles for pilgrims completing the stage to Santiago, and silver scallop-shell keepsakes in kraft box for protocol gifts to invited authorities.
Curated boxes with Herbón peppers in oil, Galician tetilla cheese, Albariño do Salnés or Ribeiro wine and Padrón black pottery, with bilingual Galician-Spanish personalised card and linen ribbon closure. Neutral packaging and named delivery to the Concello offices or the retreat hotel in Santiago for invited authorities and cultural press.
The Medieval Festival of Padrón calendar leaves little reaction time: many guilds and workshops confirm participation less than three weeks in advance and the operational model of the market demands that staff apparel is delivered the day before opening. We usually hold reserved stock in the Madrid hub for the recurring pieces (white polos, tote bags, lanyards with generic Galician heraldry) that we can produce and deliver in 7–10 working days; for runs with personalised embroidery (Concello coat of arms, workshop or guild) the window stretches to 10–14 working days. For premium boxes with local product we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before due to the delicacy of the artisan piece and the production schedule of Ulla producers and Padrón pottery.
Road transport to Padrón is booked with SEUR or Correos Express; most addresses fall on the AG-11 / N-550 corridor between Santiago and Vilagarcía de Arousa and receive delivery in 24–48 hours with prior appointment at the named consignee (Concello, municipal storage, tourism office or workshop storage). For clients with addresses in Santiago, Vilagarcía, Cambados or A Estrada we apply the same standard rate with delivery in 24–48 hours across the SEUR / GLS network. For urgent deliveries (top-up for the second weekend of the market) we operate from the hub with SEUR 24 guaranteed within 24 hours across the central peninsular network.
For guilds and workshops we ship to a single hub address (Concello offices or municipal storage) and the client's internal team handles the rest of the distribution among the stalls; for the Concello and tourism office we deliver directly to institutional premises with prior appointment. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-community clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the relevant article of the EU directive. Each delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note at destination and, when requested, with a photo of the material unloaded at the municipal storage or the stall.
After the market closes we collect residual merch for reuse in subsequent editions or return it to the hub if the workshop or Concello branding has expired. Each campaign closes with a short report (SKU, units served, date and recipient, returns and operational notes) that we deliver together with the final invoice.
The Concello de Padrón programme is concentrated in the summer, peaking between the July and August medieval reenactments. The exact dates of each edition are confirmed on padron.gal and at the local tourism office; we use that official reference for every shipment that cannot tolerate a date slip.
Yes, to a named consignee: Concello offices, municipal storage, tourism office, guild workshop or Camiño Xacobeo office. For workshops we ship to a single Concello hub and the client's internal team takes care of the rest of the distribution to the stalls.
We hold reserved stock in the Madrid hub (polos, tote bags, lanyards with generic Galician heraldry) that we can produce in 7–10 working days and deliver before opening. If the marking requires personalised embroidery of the Concello coat of arms or workshop mark, the window moves to 12–14 working days.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps guilds, workshops and the Concello team prepare their own merch for the fixture. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Concello de Padrón or the Camiño Xacobeo.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for companies and teams participating in the Medieval Festival of Padrón. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Concello de Padrón, the Camiño Xacobeo or the invited guilds.