Festivals in Tafalla

Local festivals of Tafalla

The patron saint festivities of Tafalla are one of the central moments of the local calendar. The municipal website published in July 2026 the election of the Peña El Empuje to launch the rocket announcing the Tafalla 2026 festivities.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: patron saint festivities of Tafalla.
• Main celebration day: the festive cycle starts with the rocket of the 14 August; the central days are the 15 August, Our Lady of the Assumption, and the 16 August, San Sebastián.
• Usual duration: They usually develop from 14 August to 20.
• Usual places: Plaza de Francisco de Navarre, streets of the urban area, bullring, cultural spaces, bullfighting routes and club areas.
• Associated traditions: announcing rocket, clubs, street music, running of the bulls, bullfighting fair, religious events, concerts, festivals, children's activities, popular foods and cultural programming.
• Who participates: City Council, festival commission, clubs, cultural associations, La Tafallesa Music Band, Dance Group, youth, families, neighbourhood and visitors.
• Local public holiday: A specific local work day for 2026 is not stated here because it has not been verified in the official work calendar during this intervention.
• Other cultural events: San Sebastián on 20 January, traditional fairs, municipal cultural agenda, programming of the Tafalla Kulturgunea Cultural Centre and tourist activities in the Middle Zone.
• Otras ofertas culturales: medieval town, Plaza de Francisco de Navarre, Convent of the Concepcionistas Recoletas, Palacio de los Mencos, remains of the wall, House of Culture, La Peña neighbourhood and permanent exhibition Royal Palace of Tafalla.