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Valencia Unfolds San Juan Celebrations With Benicalap Macromascletà and Campanar Piromusical

Local fallas are turning Valencia’s barrios into open-air festivals featuring music, fireworks, traditional mascletà, late-night verbenas

La "Faguera" de Sueca-Literato Azorín
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Overview

  • The Campanar district hosted a 23:00 piromusical by Pirotecnia Zaragozana followed by a free Orquesta Montecarlo concert that ran until 03:00
  • The Benicalap macromascletà organized by Federació Amics de la Pólvora de Benicalap fired more than 305 kilograms of gunpowder at 21:00
  • Numerous fallas committees staged their own San Juan verbenas and discomóviles in plazas and streets, drawing residents and visitors from early evening until the authorized 03:00 cutoff
  • Some fallas faced delayed permits from the city council, prompting cancellations of street attractions such as inflatables by Falla Zapadores
  • Alicante’s Hogueras festivities kicked off with a 14:00 mascletà at the Gran Vía mall plaza, followed by band parades and late-night verbenas across the city