Wednesday 9 March 2011

Las Fallas Programme

Las Fallas Programme
So here we are in March and Las Fallas is starting to warm up...today they have closed off over 300 roads so the party tents and statues can start to be mounted.
 
Here is a brief run down of the main Las Fallas Programme for 2011...
 
Thursday 10th
2.00pm - Mascletá (fireworks and fire crackers displya) in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (town hall square, just follow the crowds!)
6.00pm - Armed Forces Tribute to Valencia´s Falleras in the San Juan de la Rivera Barracks, Paseo de la Alameda.
 
Friday 11th
2.00pm - Mascletá
 
Saturday 12th
2.00pm - Mascletá
11.00pm - Cabalgata Folklórica (Folklore Parade) finished by a firework display in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento
 
Sunday 13th
2.00pm - Mascletá
 
Monday 14th
2.00pm - Mascletá
3.00pm - Closing ceremony of the "ninot infantil" exhibition
 
Tuesday 15th
8.00am - Planta of all "childrens Fallas"
2.00pm - Mascletá
6.00pm - Closing ceremony of the "ninot infantil" exhibition
12.00midnight - Firework Display in the Paseo de la Alameda
 
Wednesday 16th
8.00am - Planta of all Fallas
2.00pm - Mascletá
4.30pm - Childrens Fallas award ceremony, in front of the town hall.
1.00am - Firework Display in the Paseo de la Alameda
 
Thursday 17th
9.30am - Fallas award Ceremony in front of the Town Hall.
2.00pm - Mascletá
4.00pm - First day of the Flower Offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados (La Ofrenda), Plaza de la Virgen
6.00pm - Ballooning display in the RiverTuria Gardens in front of the Torres Serranos
1.00am - Firework dispaly in the Paseo de la Alameda
 
Friday 18th
11.00am - Tribute to the Poet Maximiliano Thous at the monument dedicated to his memory, Calle Sagunto, followed by Mascletá
12.00noon - Tribute to Master Serrano at the monument dedicated to his memory, Avenida Reino de Valencia, folllowed by Mascletá
2.00pm - Mascletá
4.00pm - Second day of the Flower Offering, plaza de la virgen.
6.00pm - Ballooning display in the RiverTuria Gardens in front of the Torres Serranos
1.30am - "Nit de Foc" Grand night of Fireworks in the Paseo de la Alameda

Saturday 19th
11.00am - Flower offering to San José on the Puente de San José, followed by a Mascletá
12.00noon - Solemn Mass in honor of the Patron Saint Joseph in Valencia Cathedral
2.00pm - Mascletá (the last in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento for this year)
7.00pm - Cabalgata del Fuego, Parade of Fire in the city centre
10.00pm - Cremá, the burning of all the childrens Fallas
10.30pm - Burning of the winning childrens Falla
11.00pm - Cremá, Burning of the childrens Falla in the Town Hall (plaza del ayuntamiento)
12.00midnight - Cremá, burning of all Fallas 
12.30am - Cremá, burning of the winning Falla
1.00am - Fireworks and burning of the Fallas in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (town hall square)

Programme provided by the Central Fallas Committee.

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