The gunpowder goes by neighborhoods: a hundred commissions will carry out 300 pyrotechnic shows in Fallas
Junta Central Fallera strengthens the fire festival, both day and night, in 26 sectors
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The 'fan clubs' of the pyrotechnic masters have to write down in their agendas the entire program of mascletaes and castles that will be shot from March 1 to 19 in the Town Hall Square, but in addition, they will also have to make room for the pyrotechnic calendar that continues its expansion through all the neighborhoods and hamlets of Valencia, from the will of the municipal corporation to offer a decentralized and close programming for all Valencians, as well as the people who visit the city.
And this year, more than 100 Fallas commissions, from the 26 sectors, will carry out more than 300 pyrotechnic shows, both night and day, throughout the Fallas calendar 2026. This was highlighted by the delegated councilor of Fallas and president of the Central Fallera Board, Santiago Ballester, who has assured that the municipal government has made "a firm and determined commitment to pyrotechnics."
"We are not only talking about the great shows in the Town Hall Square," the councilor stressed, "but about a clear policy of impulse, dignity and real decentralization of pyrotechnic activity throughout the city. Today we can proudly affirm that pyrotechnics live one of its most dynamic moments within the party."
The scheduled activities include the mascletaes organized by numerous Fallas commissions in the neighborhoods, the despertà of each day, the fireworks and night shows with music, the traditional correfocs, or proposals such as those entitled 'Pólvora a la Vespra', or 'Pólvora a la Mar', among many others, and in all the neighborhoods and hamlets of the city.
Ballester has stressed that this real decentralization strengthens the party, boosts the Valencian pyrotechnic sector and allows each commission to be the protagonist of its own show.
"These data are not just figures; they are the reflection of a lively, participatory and decentralized party in all the neighborhoods of our city. It is proof that the gunpowder is no longer concentrated in a single point, but beats in every corner of Valencia, bringing the emotion of the Fallas to all the neighbors," he said. "Because the Fallas are everyone's, and so is gunpowder," the councilor stressed.
Many commissions will make individual shots, such as the powerful ones signed by Reyes Martí in the fault Plaza del Mercado de Ruzafa or the thunderous ones that prepare the Aras de Alpuente commission, in Nazareth.
There are also collective programs, with shooting in different squares but under the same umbrella, such as 'Pólvora a la Vespra', where five fallas concentrate the shows in two days. For example, within this project, the first appointment will be on February 28 and the first commission to shoot will be Meaestro Gozalbo (19.30 hours), with the Caballer FX pyrotechnics.
Only 45 minutes later it will be the turn of the Pintor Segrelles fault (20.15 hours), of the Vulcano firm, then the Jesus-San Francisco de Borja commission, known as Zenete (20.45 hours), will take center stage, which has entrusted the show to Caballer FX and will close the program of that appointment the fault the Jerusalem Convent (21.30 hours), with the pyrotechnic company Aitana).
And the first Saturday of March, the 7th, will be the last appointment at the Mossen Sorell-Corona fault (20.45 hours), a show that will be shot by Vulcano.
Varieties for all tastes
The gunpowder program of the commissions, which receive municipal subsidies, includes formulas such as the macro-awakenings of the Campanar sector on March 1, at 8.30 a.m. with Pirotecnia Piroalpa); at 9 a.m. from the Patraix sector with the same signature; the despertà of Bishop Jaime Pérez-Luis Oliag, with pyrotechnics Alto Palancia on March 15; or the correfoc of March 6 by Ducque de Gaeta, at 8.45 hours, with the Federació Interpenyes de Paterna; or a mimimascletà 2l March 7, at 8.30 pm, in Plaza de la Sequiota-El Palmar, of Tamarit pyrotechnics.
There are also commissions that will bet on period castles, such as the Vicente Sancho Tello fault, with Tamarit pyrotechnics, on March 15 at 9 pm; or the manual mascletà shooting, on March 15, at 2 pm in Conserva-Berenguer Malllol with Tamarit pyrotechnics and on March 16, at 2 pm with Mediterranean pyrotechnics in Santos Justo and Pastor or the correfoc colla de dimonis de l'infern faller, at 8 pm in Plaza Segovia-Avda. Dr. Tomás Sala with Europlá.
And it is worth highlighting the hundred fallas that will make mascletà de San José on March 19 in their demaraciones.