Upcoming
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Virgen de los Desamparados: The Traslado and València's Patron Saint Day
- When
- Thu-Sun May 6-9, 2027
- Ages
- All ages
- Price
- Free
Upcoming: Virgen de los Desamparados: The Traslado and València's Patron Saint Day
Virgen de los Desamparados: The Traslado and València's Patron Saint Day
FestivalCiutat Vella
Where
Plaza de la Virgen, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados and Catedral de València
Ages
All ages
Setting
Mostly outdoors
Plan for
Drop-in, stay as long as kids last
Music
Traditional Valencian folk music, Municipal Symphony Band concerts
Flower tapestry
Fresh flowers, up from Thursday
Pyrotechnics
Mascletà Sunday 2pm, fireworks Saturday night
What you need to know
- Loud mascletà at 2pm, sudden booms that can scare kids under 5
- Packed plaza on Sunday, the traslado is a wall of people, so little ones see more from shoulders
- Tapestry from Thursday, the quieter days to see the flowers before the Sunday crowds
About
Valencia's biggest day of devotion for its patron saint, the Geperudeta. In the morning her statue is carried from the basilica to the cathedral through a crowd reaching to touch her robe. In the evening a long procession passes under petals thrown from balconies. A flower tapestry fills the plaza, and a midday mascletà shakes the town hall square. Loud, crowded and very local.
Schedule
Thu, May 6
- All dayFlower tapestryThe plaza's tapestry of fresh flowers goes up and stays as the backdrop for the weekend.
Fri, May 7
- 8pmDansà, children's groupsTraditional dance to drum and dolçaina, starting with the children's falla groups.
Sat, May 8
- 8pmDansà, children's groupsSame dance again on Saturday, children's falla groups first.
- 11pmMunicipal Symphony Band concertAn evening concert in the plaza.
- 11:59pm
Sun, May 9
- 8amMissa d'InfantsOpen-air children's mass in the plaza with children's choirs.
- 10:30amThe trasladoThe statue is carried from the basilica to the cathedral through the crowd, about an hour.
- 2pm
- 5:30pmGeneral processionAround four hours through the old town under petals thrown from balconies.
Where it is
- Directions ↗Plaza de la VirgenPlaça de la Mare de Déu, Ciutat Vella, 46003 València, Valencia, Spain
- Directions ↗Plaza del AyuntamientoPl. de l'Ajuntament, Ciutat Vella, 46002 València, Valencia, Spain
- Directions ↗Basílica de la Virgen de los DesamparadosPlaça de la Mare de Déu, 6, Ciutat Vella, 46003 València, Valencia, Spain
- Directions ↗Catedral de ValènciaPl. de l'Almoina, Ciutat Vella, 46003 València, Valencia, Spain
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