Las Fallas Festival 2018, spectacular fire and colours celebration in Valencia

LAS FALLAS 2018

Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain are celebrated every year on March. From March 1 to 19 at the Town Hall witnesses a mascletà, which is a display of gunpowder explosions in a musical rhythm each day at 2 pm. Fireworks happen each night from 15th to 18th. At midnight, colourful and loud fireworks, in the Town Hall or in Paseo de la Alameda, but the 18th there are “NIT DEL FOC” the best Fireworks castle, on Paseo de la Alameda.

Las Fallas fireworks

Each neighbourhood in the city builds its own Falla (monuments often 20 feet tall or even more of paper, wood, cardboard, white cork, which are burned on March 19, where present events of society, each one in some way satirises a political figure or movies, TV, sports idols).

These monuments “Las Fallas” will be judged and the winner chosen before it’s all set in flames. The real party starts on the 15th and it lasts until the big event on the 19th, but numerous events take place in the fortnight leading up to this week. The 15th and 16th are when the Fallas are set up for the proceedings. On the morning of the 17th, “Las Fallas” will be judged and the winner announced.

Las Fallas monument

 

Virgin of Desamparados

Another important event is the Flowers deliver to the Virgin of Desamparados, a beautiful ceremony every March 17th and 18th. Thousands of Falleras and Falleros arrive to the city from every corner of the Comunitat (Valencia State) and take the streets wearing traditional costumes and dancing as they wend their way to the Virgin Square to offer bouquets to the giant image of the Virgin, The Plaza de la Virgin will be filled with flower offerings, made in the honour of the Patron Saint of Valencia, Lady of the Forsaken.

virgin of desamparados

Another exciting event happens on the 19th. All Fallas are burned all over the city. The whole city of Valencia is on fire and the last Falla to be burnt is the falla at the Town Hall square going up last at 1:00 am.

Last October 2016, the UN culture agency announced that Las Fallas fulfilled all the conditions to be nominated for its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, including compatibility with human rights and the openness of the event to people of any age, profession and social class, more info.

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Las Fallas 2018 poster

So you should not miss any act, therefore find below the Full 2018 Events Programme of Las Fallas Festival;

The Fallas Programme 2018 MARCH

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

2:00 pm “Mascletà” in the Town Hall

FRIDAY, MARCH 2

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
9.00 pm Grand Sports Gala

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

11:00 am ECOVIDRIO, deliver pallets to the faults that have been overturned in this initiative. Palace of the Exhibition
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
6:00 pm Ninot’s Horseback Ride through the following
00.00 am “mascletà” of colors in the Town Hall

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

10.00 am Contest of the “Cant de l’Estoreta”, organized by Falla Plaza del Arbol and sponsored by the Central Fallera Board
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

MONDAY, MARCH 5

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7

12:00 pm On the esplanade of the Bullring, inauguration of the XIX edition of FOTUR. The Great Horchatada and Naranjada Fallera 2018
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

THURSDAY, MARCH 8

12:00 pm On the esplanade of the Plaza de Toros, 19th edition of FOTUR. The Great Horchatada and Naranjada Fallera 2018
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
6:00 pm Tribute of the Armed Forces to the major falleras of Valencia

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

12:00 pm Departure from the Ronda Fallera de Coches of “l’Antigor”
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

SATURDAY, MARCH 10

00.00 am “mascletà” night at the Town Hall
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

SUNDAY, MARCH 11

11:30 am Extraordinary Fallas Concert, by the Municipal Band of Valencia
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
6:00 pm Heritage Parade

MONDAY, MARCH 12

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

TUESDAY, MARCH 13

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14

2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
5:00 pm Closing of the Ninot Infantil Exhibition.
5:30 pm Reading of the popular verdict and proclamation of the “Ninot Indultat” child of 2018
5:45 pm Collection of the children’s ninots by the Fallas commissions

THURSDAY, MARCH 15

09.00 am “Plantà” of all the children’s faults
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
5:00 pm Closing of the Ninot Exhibition
5.30 pm Reading of the popular verdict and proclamation of the “Ninot Indultat” of 2018
5:45 pm Collection of the ninots by the Fallas commissions
6:00 pm Visit of the Falleras Mayores de Valencia and their Courts of Honor to the fire station of the Avenida de la Plata
00:00 am “L’alba” de las Fallas in the whole city, with pyrotechnic spectacle in the Town Hall

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

09.00 am “plantà” of all the faults
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
4.30 pm Distribution of prizes in the Town Hall
00.00 am Castle of fireworks at Paseo de la Alameda

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

09:00 am Distribution of prizes in the Town Hall
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall

OFFERING – SANT VICENTE STREET

3:30 pm El Carme
4:15 pm Benicalap
5:30 pm Campanar
6:30 pm La Roqueta – Arrancapins
8:00 pm Olivereta
9:30 pm Saïdia
11:00 pm Regional Houses
11:35 pm Local Meetings
11:40 am Falla Santa María Micaela – Martin el Humano
11:45 pm Fallera Mayor Infantil de Valencia and Corte de Honor

OFFERING – LA PAZ STREET

3:30 pm Poblats Al Sud
4:30 pm Quatre Carreres
6:00 pm Pla del Remei – Gran Via
7:00 pm Benimamet- Burjassot – Beniferri
8:45 pm Malvarrosa – Cabanyal – Beteró
10:00 pm Algiros.
01:00 am Fireworks castle on Paseo de la Alameda

SUNDAY, MARCH 18

10:30 am Tribute to the poet Maximiliano Thous, in his monument
12.00 pm Tribute to Maestro Serrano, in his monument
2:00 pm “Mascletà” in the Town Hall

OFFERING- SANT VICENTE STREET

3:30 pm Botanic – La Petxina
4:30 pm Quart de Poblet – Xirivella
6:00 pm Jesus
7:00 pm Mislata
8:00 pm La Creu Coberta
9:00 pm El Pilar – Sant Francesc
10:00 pm Patraix
11:00 pm La Seu – El Mercat
11:30 pm Regional House
11:45 pm Falla Plaza de la Merced
11:50 pm Fallera Mayor of Valencia and Court of Honor

OFFERING – LA PAZ STREET

3:30 pm Rascanya
4:45 pm Camins al Grau
6:30 pm Russafa A
7:15 pm Russafa B
8:00 pm Pla del Reial – Benimaclet
9:30 pm Cabanyal – Grao – Nazareth
10:45 pm The Xerea
01.30 am Grand “NIT DEL FOC” Fireworks castle on Paseo de la Alameda

MONDAY, MARCH 19

11.00 am The Falleras Mayores de Valencia and their Courts of Honor will make an offering of flowers before the image of the Patriarch
12.00 pm Solemn Mass in honor of San Jose in the Seo of Valencia
2:00 pm “mascletà” in the Town Hall
7:00 pm Fire parade down Colón street, from Ruzafa street to Porta la Mar square
10:00 pm “cremà” of the children’s faults
22.30 pm “cremà” of the infantile failure that has obtained the first prize of the special section
11:00 pm “cremà” of the children’s failure in the Town Hall
00.00 am “cremà” of all the faults of Valencia
00.30 am “cremà” of the fault that obtained the first prize of the special section
01:00 am “cremà” of the failure of the Town Hall