Fallas 2026 Program
A complete program of every event in Fallas 2026, from February to the 19th of March
Fallas 2026 in a nutshell…
Fallas culminates in the Semana Fallera from March 15th to 19th, with parades, fireworks, and the burning of fallas sculptures.
Key events you shouldn’t miss:
February: The Cridà (official Fallas opening), first Mascletà, and Despertà wake-up call.
March 1-14: Daily Mascletàs, parades, and the Ninot Exhibition, where winning figures are saved from the flames.
March 15: Plantà Infantil, placing children’s fallas around the city.
March 16: Plantà, the full setup of all fallas sculptures.
March 17-18: Ofrenda de Flores, a massive flower offering to the Virgin of the Forsaken.
March 18: Nit del Foc, the grandest fireworks display.
March 19: Cabalgata del Fuego, fire parade, followed by La Cremà, the fiery finale where all fallas are burned.
Fallas is really a feat that takes all year to prepare. Artists, committee members, falleras and falleros work tirelessly all year round to raise funds for the festival, organise events, plan and design the fallas. Finally, they pull it all together to deliver the most spectacular, colourful, and loudest festival they can muster.
Between the end of February and the first couple of weeks of the following month, the city quietly shakes off the last remnants of winter. As spring gently makes its way into Valencia, Fallas - not quiet, nor discreet - barges in, fervent and theatrical.
The rhythm of the festival grows in a crescendo of celebrations, colours, lights, firecrackers and music. The most significant and important days, generally referred to as those of the Semana Fallera, are the final ones, between the 15th and the 19th of March.
February
Although Fallas is usually referred to as happening between the 15th and 19th of March, some of the events that open the festival take place in February.
Sunday, February 23rd
07:15 am - Despertà Infantil. The young falleras and falleros of Valencia parade around the city, setting off loud firecrackers on the occasion of the despertà infantil.
07:30 am - Macrodespertà. Hundreds of falleras and falleros parade around the city, setting off loud firecrackers, followed by marching bands for the macrodespertà. This is concluded in Plaza del Ayuntamiento for a final, loud display called Disparà.
12:00 pm - Music bands. The bands march to Plaza del Ayuntamiento in preparation for the Mascletà.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the first Mascletà of the year celebrates the Fallas days to come with a loud pyrotechnic display.
7:30 pm - Cridà. The proclamation of the Fallas, where Valencia’s mayor and Falleras Mayores give their speeches at the Torres de Serranos before another firework display. The crowd then walks to the Basilica de la Mare de Deu in a parade to the Virgin.
Friday, February 28th
11:59 pm - Fireworks display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
March
The most eventful days of the Fallas festival are between the 15th and the 19th of March. Nonetheless, since the beginning of March, many events start taking place around the city.
Saturday, March 1st
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
5:30 pm - Cabalgata del Ninot. The Cabalgata del Ninot is a parade through the city streets where you’ll get to see the Fallas committees sporting satirical costumes. The itinerary will go from La Glorieta, following in La Paz, San Vicente, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Marqués de Sotelo, and finally Calle Játiva.
11:59 pm - Fireworks display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Sunday, March 2nd
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
8:00 pm - Fireworks display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Monday, March 3rd - Thursday, March 6th
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
Friday, March 7th - Saturday, March 8th
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
11:59 pm - Fireworks display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Sunday, March 9th
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
8:00 pm - Fireworks display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Monday, March 10th - Thursday, March 13th
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
Friday, March 14th
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
5:00 pm - Closure of the Ninot Infantil Exhibition. Voting for the Ninot Indultat infantil is closed and the votes are counted. The first prize winner among the children’s ninots at the Ninot Exhibition is chosen, becoming a Ninot Indultat infantil.
5:45 pm - Recogida del Ninot. The ninots infantils that have not won get taken back to their respective fallas.
Saturday, March 15th
9:00 am - Plantà Infantil. After a year of hard work, Fallas artists and falleros work to place the fallas infantiles in their respective neighbourhoods for the Plantà Infantil.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
5:00 pm - Closure of the Ninot Exhibition. Voting for the Ninot Indultat (adult) is closed and the votes are counted.
5:30 pm - Proclamation of the Ninot Indultat. The first prize winner among the adults’ ninots at the Ninot Exhibition is chosen, becoming a Ninot Indultat.
5:45 pm - Recogida del Ninot. The ninots that have not won get taken back to their respective fallas.
11:59 pm: L’Albà de les Falles. The Albà de les Falles is another pyrotechnic display at Plaza del Ayuntamiento that anticipates the Plantà of the fallas mayores.
Sunday, March 16th
8:00 am - Plantà. The fallas mayores (adult) are placed all over the city in the act of the Plantà overnight. When Valencia wakes up, the fallas will have sprouted all over the city.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
4:30 pm - Proclamation Fallas Infantiles prizes. The prize winners among the fallas infantiles are announced.
11:59 pm - Castillo de Fuegos Artificiales taking place along Turia park, close to Palau de les Arts.
Monday, March 17th
9:00 am - Proclamation Fallas prizes. The prize winners among the fallas mayores are announced.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
3:30 pm - Ofrenda de las Flores. Falleras and falleros parade to Plaza de la Virgen to make a flower offering, called Ofrenda de Flores, honouring the Patron Saint of the city, the Virgin of the Forsaken. The whole process lasts until around midnight.
Tuesday, March 18th
10:00 am - Homage to poet Maximiliano Thous, writer of the hymn of the Valencian region.
12:00 pm - Homage to Maestro Serrano, composer of the hymn of the Valencian region.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
3:30 pm - Ofrenda de Flores. For the second day in a row, falleras and falleros parade to Plaza de la Virgen to make a flower offering honouring the Virgin of the Forsaken. The design on the Virgin’s mantle is soon to be revealed.
11:59 pm - Nit del Foc. The longest, most spectacular, and most awaited firework display of the festival is the Nit del Foc that you can see from Paseo de la Alameda, along the Turia park.
Wednesday, March 19th
12:00 pm - Misa solemne. A solemn mass in honour of Sant Josep (St Joseph) is held in the Cathedral of Valencia with the attendance of the Falleras Mayores and their Cortes de Honor.
2:00 pm - Mascletà. At Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Mascletà celebrates the Fallas festival with loud pyrotechnic displays.
7:00 pm - Cabalgata del Fuego. The fire parade Cavalcada del Foc prepares the city for the flames of the Cremà. You can see this beautiful display along Calle Colón, Calle Ruzafa and down to Plaza de la Porta del Mar.
8:00 pm - Fallas infantiles Cremà. The Cremà is opened with the burning of all the fallas infantiles sculptures in the city.
8:30 pm - Cremà of the fallas infantiles prize winner. The special section’s first prize winner for the fallas infantiles category is burnt.
9:00 pm - Cremà of the falla infantil municipal. The Municipal falla infantil in Plaza del Ayuntamiento is burnt.
10:00 pm - Cremà of Fallas mayores. Now it’s the turn of the fallas mayores to burn in the Cremà.
10:30 pm: Cremà of the fallas mayores prize winner. The special section’s first prize winner for the fallas mayores category is burnt.
11:00 pm - Municipal Cremà. Finally, after all other fallas have been burnt, the municipal falla mayor in Plaza del Ayuntamiento is burnt too, bringing the festival to a closure with the last Cremà and a final firework show.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here you can find quick answers to all of your questions. Linked, you’ll find the articles or the sections of the articles that can give you more detailed information.
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The Fallas festival proper - meaning the most intense days when the city is clearly in a celebratory mood - takes place between mid-March and the 19th of March. However, many other events take place in the weeks before that.
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Yes, the Ninot Exhibition opens in early February. The Cordà as well as the Crida, the first Despertà and Mascletà of the year all take place in late February.
If you want to know more details about the February Fallas programme, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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Undoubtedly, all the most important and spectacular events in the festival take place during the last five days of Fallas (15th to 19th March). Among them are the Plantà, the Cremà, the Nit de Foc, and the Ofrenda de Flores.
If you want to know more details about the final days of Fallas, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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The Semana Fallera is the concluding period of a Fallas festival cycle. It goes from the Plantà of the fallas to their Cremà, and it is the most eventful and exciting moment in the festival.
If you want to know more details about the Semana Fallera programme, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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Yes, quite a few events spice the city up with trepidation from the beginning of March.
First of all, the Mascletàs start taking place daily from the 1st of March and will go on until the end of the festival. Other notable events this early on are the Cabalgata del Ninot, the street illumination, and the Ninot Exhibition with the proclamation of its winners.
If you want to know more details about the early March Fallas programme, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
