Overview

• The hourlong street battle in Buñol, near Valencia, is scheduled for August 27 with a crowd of up to 22,000.
• About 120 tons of overripe tomatoes are being delivered, grown specifically for the festival and not treated as food crops, with this year’s supply coming from Don Benito.
• Non-local participants purchase tickets for roughly €15 as officials maintain caps that were introduced to control swelling international interest.
• Safety guidance asks participants to squash tomatoes before throwing and to avoid bottles or other hard objects, with many opting for goggles and earplugs.
• A cannon signal ends the fight after one hour, after which communal showers open and crews hose down the streets.