Valencia has fully embraced its time-honoured Joséphine festivals: Las Fallas, a celebration recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, blending art, pyrotechnics, music, and popular tradition.
The Crida Marks the Festive Start
This year, the official opening of Las Fallas took place on Sunday, 22 February, with La Crida, the event that heralds the start of the festivities. Since that day, the city has experienced lively moments filled with the Fallas atmosphere, morning celebrations, music, and the thrilling mascletàs that fill the streets and plazas of Valencia with excitement and gunpowder.
The Fallas Spirit Continues in March
Although many preliminary events started at the end of February, March intensifies the celebrations with an official programme running until 19 March, the feast of San José, when the traditional Cremà—burning of the Fallas monuments—takes place, marking the grand finale of these iconic festivities.
1–19 March: Daily mascletàs at 14:00 in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
15 and 16 March: Plantà, the installation of the Fallas in the streets.
17 and 18 March: Floral tribute to the Virgen de los Desamparados.
18 March night: Nit del Foc, a spectacular fireworks display.
19 March: Cremà, the burning of the Fallas in honour of San José.
Atmosphere Throughout the City
From late February and especially as March begins, the streets of Valencia are filled with Fallas casals, community meals, traditional music, regional costumes, and pyrotechnic activities, inviting both locals and visitors to immerse themselves in one of Spain’s most emblematic celebrations.