Aste Nagusia · August · Donostia / San Sebastián
For sponsors, comparsas, peñas and visiting delegations at the Semana Grande de Donostia (Aste Nagusia, Gipuzkoan capital, August), with live concerts on the Zurriola, fireworks over La Concha bay, bullfights at the Plaza de Toros de Illumbe, pelota matches at the Atano III and a brand operation that combines hospitality in the Centro (Hotel María Cristina, Hotel Londres), civic receptions at the town hall and a sustained after-office on the Boulevard and the Parte Vieja. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48 h delivery from the Bilbao / Madrid hub.
The Semana Grande de Donostia (Aste Nagusia in Basque) is San Sebastián's great civic festival: nine days around 15 August with a programme that combines the International Fireworks Competition from La Concha (with pyrotechnics from four countries), live concerts on the Zurriola and Alderdi Eder stages, bullfights at the Illumbe arena, hand-pelota games at the Atano III, children's tamborrada in the Plaza de la Constitución, trainera regattas in the bay and an institutional agenda with the mayor's salute at the town hall and the honorary aurresku at Alderdi Eder. The festival draws a massive audience of Donostiarras, other Gipuzkoans, French families crossing at Biriatou and international cultural press.
For sponsor teams and brand activators the operational challenge is working with the busiest event on the Basque calendar: August temperatures oscillate between 26 °C and 18 °C between afternoon and night, the AP-8 and GI-636 into Donostia are cut off to the Casco during the inaugural cañonazo, and hospitality is staged in Centro and Ensanche hotels (Hotel María Cristina, Hotel Londres, Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra) and in rural Urumea valley accommodation. The brief we receive combines colour-fast, rain-resistant staff apparel (sweatshirts, foldable raincoats, txapelas), white t-shirts with blue ribbon for visiting peñas, light merchandising for hand-out on the Boulevard and Parte Vieja (fans, hats, sunglasses) and a final gifting set with Basque products (txakolí, Idiazábal cheese, Cantabrian preserves) for invited authorities and European cultural press.
The Bilbao production hub — with Madrid as fallback — handles the full order and delivers by road (SEUR, Correos Express, GLS) to the named consignee in Donostia: sponsor office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Centro, organisation offices next to the town hall or the warehouse set up at the Anoeta Velodrome. Standard delivery is 24–48 hours by appointment, since the cycle coincides with the August Operation Salida and the AP-8 towards Irún carries heavy weekend traffic.
B2B invoices are issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number, Spanish VAT is reversed under reverse-charge. For UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without Spanish VAT citing the relevant EU directive article.
320 GSM hooded sweatshirts in white or corporate blue with two-colour screen print of the sponsor monogram, foldable raincoats with hood for outdoor staff during the cañonazos, 220 GSM polos for the floor team, cloth txapelas with embroidered crest for the welcome team and recycled cotton aprons for the Boulevard gastronomy stalls.
Wooden fans with bay screen print, straw hats with corporate ribbon for La Concha afternoons, sunglasses with sober screen print for hand-out at the Zurriola, enamel pins with the festival ikurriña, organic cotton tote bags for the Alderdi Eder concerts and identification bracelet sets for visiting peñas — 1,000 to 10,000 units per edition.
Compact power banks with sober branding, USB hubs for the accredited press desk at the Velodrome, foldable wireless chargers for the welcome team, notebook + pen sets with screen print for peña delegates, Basque cultural press and invited southern French authorities — 100–300 premium units per edition.
Hard-cover premium notebooks stamped with the sponsor seal, Basque gourmet sets (Getariako Txakolina txakolí, Idiazábal cheese, Cantabrian preserves, Loyola chocolate), limited editions of the Aste Nagusia historical catalogue, quadrilingual packaging (Basque–Spanish–French–English) and named delivery to the town hall noble hall, the Centro hotel or the visiting peña's headquarters.
The brand operation at the Semana Grande de Donostia is usually coordinated between Bilbao and Madrid: the local production hub handles most of the print work and light apparel, while Madrid serves as backup warehousing for special items (gift sets, ceramics, premium packaging). Delivery goes by road to the named consignee — sponsor office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Centro, organisation offices next to the town hall or the warehouse set up at the Anoeta Velodrome. Standard delivery is 24–48 hours by appointment, since the cycle falls in the busiest fiesta window and the AP-8 towards Irún carries heavy weekend traffic.
We hold reserved stock at the Bilbao hub for recurring items — sweatshirts, fans and tote bags with generic print — which we can produce and deliver in 7–10 working days. For items with personalised embroidery (sponsor monogram, limited-edition number) the window moves to 12–14 working days. For sponsors with special hospitality pieces (Basque gourmet boxes, numbered sets with Orio ceramics) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the inaugural cañonazo, given the gastronomic product's delicacy and the cold-chain logistics.
B2B invoices are issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number, Spanish VAT is reversed under reverse-charge. For UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without Spanish VAT citing the relevant EU directive article. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note at destination and, on request, with a photo of the material unloaded at the town hall lobby or at the Boulevard dock.
Historically nine days around 15 August, with the inaugural cañonazo at Alderdi Eder and the pañuelo lowering at the town hall. The exact dates for each edition are confirmed in the Ayuntamiento de Donostia cultural agenda and the Aste Nagusia programme.
Yes, to a named consignee: sponsor office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Centro, organisation offices next to the town hall or the warehouse set up at the Anoeta Velodrome. For sponsors with several recipients we consolidate at a single hub address and the client's internal team distributes.
21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number, Spanish VAT is reversed under reverse-charge. For UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without Spanish VAT citing the relevant EU directive article.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps sponsoring companies, comparsas, peñas and delegations prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Semana Grande de Donostia, the Ayuntamiento de Donostia or the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier to companies participating in the Semana Grande de Donostia. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Semana Grande de Donostia, the Ayuntamiento de Donostia or the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa.