Festival Internacional de Pirotecnia de València

There is some BIG fireworks news for Valencia this October! 💥

One of Valencia's long-standing pyrotechnic traditions is returning after many years away — the FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PIROTECNIA.

📅 Thursday 8 October 2026
⏰ 23:30
📍 Monteolivete Bridge — next to the City of Arts and Sciences

And for its return, we're getting two international displays:

🇮🇹 Pirotecnica San Pio — San Severo, Italy
🇪🇸 Pirotecnia Caballer FX — Valencia, Spain

The return of the festival has been confirmed by Santiago Ballester, Valencia's Councillor for Cultural Festes, during an interview with our friend Boro Pieró of Onda Cero.

Ballester explained that the city wanted to recover this former tradition and, if the revived festival goes well, the intention is to expand it in future years.

In fact, he says they would like to eventually return to the three displays that formed part of the festival in the past.

As Ballester put it:

«“We are known as the Cathedral of Gunpowder and soon we will also have the International Symposium of Pyrotechnics in our city, something else that's very important. And we have wanted to recover, taking advantage of all this, that fireworks festival and we are betting on it and perhaps next year instead of two there will be three.” 🎆» 

The Festival Internacional de Pirotecnia is not a new event created for 2026. It has a long history as part of Valencia's celebrations around 9 d'Octubre, with international and Valencian pyrotechnic companies appearing over the years.

Historical records show editions of the festival dating back decades, including the XXIV edition in 2003 and the XXVII edition in 2006. The format has changed over time, with previous editions featuring both international and Valencian companies.

Now, after many years away, Valencia is bringing the festival back — beginning with two displays.

And there is something particularly fitting about the first edition of its return featuring an Italian company alongside one of Valencia's own. 

The date, start time, location and participating companies are confirmed.

What we don't yet have are the finer details of exactly how the two displays will be scheduled.

Based on the information provided to VLCFFF, we currently understand that the first display will begin at 23:30 on 8 October, followed by the second around midnight, taking us from 8 into 9 October.

That would also fit with the traditional timing of Valencia's fireworks display to welcome the 9 d'Octubre, which has historically taken place at midnight.

👉 However, this is our current understanding rather than an officially published running order, so we'll update you as soon as the exact timings and details are released.

One thing we do know...

Valencia is getting its Festival Internacional de Pirotecnia back. 🎆❤️