Festivals in Aldaia
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of Aldaia, municipality of Valencia, in Valencian Community.
Festes Majors and Crist dels Necessitats de Aldaia
Date, duration and usual places. The traditional calendar of the City Council places the Festes Majors from 24 July to 6 August, fourteen days. The events link the parish of La Saleta with that of the Annunciation and occupy the Plaza de la Constitución, streets of the urban area and cultural and festive spaces.
Celebration of 2026. The cycle maintained 5 August as its central days, with the Baixà del Crist from La Saleta to the Annunciation, and 6 August, the festival of Santíssim Crist dels Necessitats. The municipal thematic source documents the period and the stable rites; does not publish a complete daily programme for 2026, so no schedules or performances are carried over from previous editions.
Traditions and participation. La Baixà, the solemn procession and the quantity of carxofa They distinguish the festivals, usually accompanied by music, gunpowder and popular activities. The City Council, parishes, clavarios and festive entities, cultural associations, musicians, neighbourhood, families and visitors participate. The Fallas and the neighbourhood festivals are different events from the patronal summer cycle.
Local public holidays in 2026. The municipal agreement establishes the Monday, 13 April, Sant Vicent Ferrer, and Thursday, 6 August, Santíssim Crist dels Necessitats. Only those two dates have a paid and non-recoverable local nature; The fourteen days of Festes Majors are not fourteen public holidays.