San Fermin Festival

San Fermin Festival

San Fermin Festival

San Fermin Festival

The festival of San Fermín in the city of Pamplona is a deeply rooted celebration held annually for a week in July.

It starts at midday on the 6th of July, when the opening of the party is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo (rocket), and ends at midnight on the 14th of July, with the singing of the Pobre de Mí. While its most famous event is the the running of the bulls (encierro), which happens at 8:00 am from the 7th to the 14th of July, the week long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events.

It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honour of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarre. It has become probably the most internationally renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to participate.