Fallas bullfighting fair in Valencia: the 2026 line-up, and the festival programme that shares its name
In Spanish, "cartel de Fallas" means both the line-up of the Fallas bullfighting fair and the programme of festival events. Here is the 2026 bullfighting line-up event by event, how tickets were sold and where to find the Fallas programme.
Anyone searching for the "cartel de Fallas" in Valencia finds two things that have nothing to do with each other: the bullfighting line-up of the Fallas Fair and the programme of festival events. The first is paid and takes place in the bullring; the second is free and takes place in the street.
This page separates the two, gives the full 2026 bullfighting line-up and says what we have not been able to document.
What are people looking for when they search "cartel de Fallas"?
- The bullfighting line-up: the list of events at the Fallas Fair, from 7 to 19 March 2026.
- The programme of events: the Junta Central Fallera document, available as a PDF, with the mascletà, the Ofrenda (flower offering) and the Cremà.
- The official poster: the edition's official image. None of the sources we consulted documents it, so we do not describe it.
The 2026 bullfighting line-up, event by event
The fair was presented on 14 January 2026 with one novillada without picadors, two with picadors, six bullfights, one mounted bullfight and two popular events. Every event started at 17:00, except the mounted bullfight on Sunday 15 at 12:00.
| Date | Event | Ranch and bullfighters |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 7 March | Novillada without picadors | Aída Jovani, for Alejandro González, Ian Bermejo, Israel Guirao, Clovis, Hugo Masiá and Daniel García |
| Sunday 8 March | Novillada with picadors | Talavante, for Emiliano Osornio, Mario Vilau and Marco Polope |
| Friday 13 March | Bullfight | La Quinta, for Fortes, Román and David de Miranda |
| Saturday 14 March | Bullfight | Victoriano del Río and Toros de Cortés, for Alejandro Talavante, Roca Rey and Samuel Navalón |
| Sunday 15 March, morning | Mounted bullfight (rejones) | María Guiomar Cortés de Moura, for Andy Cartagena, Diego Ventura and Lea Vicens |
| Sunday 15 March, afternoon | Bullfight | Jandilla and Vegahermosa, for Sebastián Castella, José María Manzanares and Pablo Aguado |
| Monday 16 March | Novillada with picadors | Fuente Ymbro, for Juan Alberto Torrijos, Julio Méndez and Julio Norte |
| Tuesday 17 March | Bullfight | Santiago Domecq, for Miguel Ángel Perera, Víctor Hernández and Marco Pérez |
| Wednesday 18 March | Mano a mano | Domingo Hernández, for Borja Jiménez and Tomás Rufo |
| Thursday 19 March | Bullfight | Núñez del Cuvillo, for Alejandro Talavante, Emilio de Justo and Juan Ortega |
The two popular events do not appear with a time or detail in any single official source. Nor do all reports break down the novilladas (fights with young bulls) in the same way: some simply say three, others list the one without picadors separately. We keep the breakdown from the official presentation.
The bullfights on 17, 18 and 19 March fall in the middle of Fallas week, the most expensive nights of the year in Valencia. If the fair is the reason for your trip, the events from the 7th to the 14th fall when a central three-star hotel costs around €100 to €160, against €250 to €500 from the 17th to the 19th.
See hotels in March →Affiliate link: booking through it supports the site at no extra cost to you.How were tickets sold?
Single tickets went on sale on the bullring's official website on 27 January 2026 at midnight, and from 10:00 the same day at Nautalia travel agencies in the province. The physical ticket offices opened on 4 March 2026.
We do not give a price. None of the sources we consulted publishes a verifiable table by seating area, and a "from" price without the part of the ring does not help you decide.
The other "cartel": the programme of events
The 2026 Fallas programme ran from 16 January to 19 March 2026 according to Visit Valencia, although most of it falls from 1 to 19 March. The Junta Central Fallera publishes it as a PDF, in Spanish and in Valencian, and it has its own page: the Valencia Fallas 2026 programme.
For collectors of posters, llibrets (the booklets each falla publishes) and badges, the programme included a Fallas collectors' fair on 28 February from 10:00 to 13:30 in the gardens of the Junta Central Fallera. It is where old editions are swapped and sold.
Are the bullfights part of the Fallas?
No. The bullfighting fair is a separate commercial circuit, in an enclosed venue with paid entry. The Fallas programme lists free street events, and calling both the "cartel de Fallas" sets the wrong expectations for travellers.
What they do share is the calendar: the Crida, the Ofrenda and the Cremà run through the same stretch of March as the fair. The order of those events is in the Fallas 2026 calendar, event by event, and what each day feels like in the Fallas festival in Valencia.
Between the 17:00 bullfight and the next day's mascletà there is little time to cross the city, especially from 16 March, when the centre closes to traffic. Staying near the Estación del Norte puts both the bullring and Plaza del Ayuntamiento a few minutes' walk away.
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Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What isn't published
- The 2026 bullfighting fair price table by seating area.
- The time and content of the two popular events.
- The edition's official poster and its designer, in the sources we consulted.
- Attendance at the events, which no source publishes.
The 2027 line-up had not been presented as of 28 September 2026. If the 2026 pattern repeats, the presentation will fall in mid-January and single-ticket sales at the end of that month.
Sources
Plaza de Valencia, presentation of the 2026 Fallas Fair (14 January 2026), single-ticket sales (26 January 2026) and ticket office opening (4 March 2026). El Debate, 2026 Fallas Fair line-ups (12 March 2026). Guarismo del Ocho and Voy a los Toros, January 2026. Visit Valencia, 2026 Fallas programme of events. Valencia City Council, Programa Oficial de Festejos Fallas 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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Neus Ferrer
Neus has belonged to a falla commission since the age of eight and has seen twenty monuments go up. She knows which streets are closed from the day before and at what time the mascletà can no longer be heard from the centre. She does not recommend a spot where she has not stood for hours.
