Festivals in La Vall d'Uixó
Tradition, gunpowder, music, pilgrimages and gastronomy throughout the year.
La Vall d’Uixó maintains a vibrant festive calendar, a legacy of its ancient hamlets and the unique identity of its neighborhoods. Throughout the year, the city celebrates patron saint festivities, popular traditions, and religious events where devotion, music, fireworks, gastronomy, and community spirit all come together.
Featured festivals of La Vall d'Uixó
Fallas of Sant Josep
Patron Saint Festivities of Sant Vincent Ferrer
Feast of the Sagrada Família i el Santíssim Crist
Annual holiday calendar
January
Sant Antoni Abat
This popular festival kicks off the festive calendar, featuring the traditional blessing of animals, a pilgrimage up to the Ermita de Sant Antoni, mass, the ringing of bells, and a communal open-air lunch.
March
Fallas of Sant Josep
The Fallas festivities, featuring striking monuments, lively local events, gunpowder displays, and the traditional cremà.
April
Holy Week
Sant Vicent Ferrer
May
Creus de Maig
First weekend of the month.
Carmaday Festival
The whole month.
Feast of Verge dels Desemparats
Beginning of the month.
Feast of Sant Antoni Abat
Mid-month. Popular celebrations, religious festivals, bullfights, street parties and gastronomy.
June
Sant Querer Festival
The whole month.
Feast of Sant Antoni de Pàdua
June 13th.
San Juan festivities
June 24th.
Cultural Festivals La Unión Group
Late June / early July.
July
San Fermín Festival
July 7th.
Feast of Santiago Apòstol
Mid/late July, in the Toledo neighborhood.
August
Les Penyes en Festes
First week of August.
Festivities of Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Penultimate week of August.
Feast of Santa Rosa de Lima
Late August / early September.
September
La nostra Senyora de la Cova Santa
September 8th.
San Teodoro Festival
Early September.
La nostra Senyora dels Dolors
September 15th.
La nostra Senyora de la Mercè
September 24.
October
La nostra Senyora del Roser
October 7th.
Sant Francesc d'Assís
October 4th. Festivities between the last week of September and the first week of October, with cultural events, dinners and fireworks in the area around Sagunto Street.
Feast of the Sagrada Família i el Santíssim Crist
Monday following the second Sunday of October.
Virgen del Pilar
October 12th. Also known as Festes de la Pilarica, with offering, procession, gastronomic competitions, guiñote, xulles, chocolate drinks and children’s activities.
Santíssim Crist del Calvari
Mid-October. Popular festival of the Carbonaire neighborhood, with procession, fireworks and the traditional street decoration contest.
Sant Roc
Late October. Highlights include the pilgrimage to the Hermitage of San Roque, with the distribution of canes, a brass band, a communal lunch, mistela (sweet wine) and rotllets (small, round pastries).
Fallas of Sant Josep
With the arrival of spring, La Vall d’Uixó comes alive to celebrate the Fallas de Sant Josep, a celebration officially designated as a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest. The city is filled with spectacular Fallas monuments, firework displays, music, and lively community events until the night of March 19th, when the traditional cremà brings the Fallas week to a spectacular close.
The local Fallas tradition dates back to the 1980s with the founding of the Pensat i Fet Fallas committee, which originated in Plaza Buenavista. Over the years, it was joined by other neighborhood committees, including Falla l’Ambient, La que Faltava, Les Llimeres, Sud-Oest, Corts Valencianes – Polígon III, Guitarrista Tárrega, and 9 d’Octubre.
Don't miss out
- Fallas monuments
- Flower offering
- Mutual Visit
- Sporting and popular events
- Cremà of March 19
Patron Saint Festivities of Saint Vincent Ferrer
The Patron Saint Festivities of Sant Vicent Ferrer, officially designated as a Festival of National Tourist Interest, trace their origins back to the deep-rooted devotion to the Valencian saint. Historical documents dating back to 1725 attest to the long-standing history of these celebrations.
Over approximately two weeks, La Vall d’Uixó hosts a rich variety of religious, cultural, musical, and pyrotechnic events. Key highlights include the traditional flower offering to the Virgin of the Assumption, traditional morning serenades, solemn processions in honor of Sant Vicent Ferrer, thunderous mascletà firework displays, and the manual tolling of the bells.
San Vicente Fair
The Sant Vicent Fair is a leading agricultural and commercial showcase in the province. It brings together numerous exhibitors showcasing agricultural equipment, footwear, clothing, local food products, and leisure activities, among other sectors.
Feast of the Sagrada Família i el Santíssim Crist
The Patron Saint Festivities of the Sagrada Família and the Santíssim Crist are centuries-old celebrations, officially designated as a Festival of National Tourist Interest. Although their main events center around the Sant Àngel de la Guarda Parish, the celebration is deeply intertwined with the Ermita de la Sagrada Família, located in the Sant Josep area.
One of the most significant highlights is the traditional Monday pilgrimage, which begins with the tolling of bells and the distribution of pilgrim canes in the Sant Àngel de la Guarda Church square, concluding with a solemn pontifical mass at the Ermita de la Sagrada Família.
October Food Fest
Gastronomic space with food trucks, live music, DJs and musical performances in the Sagrada Familia square.
Other popular festivals of La Vall d'Uixó
Les Penyes en Festes
Date: First week of August
Throughout the week, the city is swept up in a vibrant festive atmosphere filled with colorful festive smocks, gunpowder displays, water festivities, parades, lively brass bands, gastronomic competitions, communal dinners, concerts, outdoor DJ sets, and spectacular firework shows.
Holy Week
Date: March / April
These Holy Week processions bring together religious brotherhoods, marching bands, locals, and visitors in an atmosphere defined by the solemn echo of drums and trumpets, the scent of incense, and the artistic grandeur of the sacred processional floats.
Sant Antoni Abat
Date: January and mid-May
The festivities kick off in January with the blessing of animals, a traditional bonfire, a local pilgrimage, solemn religious ceremonies, and communal open-air lunches. In mid-May, celebrations dedicated to the saint return, featuring traditional street bull runs, lively open-air dances, local gastronomy, and the iconic Taurine Pasodoble Music Festival.
Verge del Pilar
Date: October 12
Known as the Festes de la Pilarica, the highlights of these festivities include the traditional flower offering, a solemn procession, paella and empedrao culinary competitions, communal bull stew dinners, the traditional guiñote card tournament, the iconic xulles night (open-air lamb chop barbecues), and a variety of children’s activities.
Santíssim Crist del Calvari
Date: Mid-October
The Carbonaire neighborhood festivities feature a grand procession, a spectacular fireworks display, and the traditional street decoration contest, a beloved community tradition that keeps collaboration between generations alive.
Sant Roc
This vibrant local festival’s main highlight is the traditional pilgrimage up to the Ermita de Sant Roc, featuring a lively brass band, the distribution of pilgrim canes, a communal open-air lunch, and the traditional serving of local mistela and rotllets.
Santiago Apòstol
Toledo neighborhood festival.