Festival of San Fermín

6 - May 13, Monday – Monday

Navarre

The festival of San Fermín is a weeklong, historically rooted celebration held annually in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, in northern Spain. The celebrations start at noon on July 6 and continue until midnight on July 14. A firework starts off the celebrations and the popular song Pobre de mí is sung at the end. The most famous event is the running of the bulls, which begins at 8 in the morning from July 7 to 14, but the festival 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.

Its events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, which brought it to the general attention of the English-speaking world. It has become probably the most internationally renowned festival in Spain with over a million people coming to participate.

Festival of San Fermín

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Festival of San Fermín in other years

2021 6 - May 13, Thursday – Thursday
2022 6 - May 13, Friday – Friday
2023 6 - May 13, Saturday – Saturday
2025 6 - May 13, Tuesday – Tuesday