Festivals in Benavente

Local festivals of Benavente

Benavente has two celebrations especially identified with the city: the Festivals in la Veguilla and the Festivals of the Framed Bull. The municipal festival page indicates that both are declared of Regional Tourist Interest and describes them as central references of the Benaventano festive calendar.

• Name of the patron saint festivities: Festivals in la Veguilla, in honour of the Virgin of la Vega.
• Main celebration day: Lunes de Pascuilla, eight days after Easter Sunday.
• Usual duration: The programming is grouped around the weekend before and Easter Monday, with religious, musical, folkloric and popular events.
• Usual places: Plaza Mayor, central streets of Benavente and municipal spaces linked to the procession and the bull's request.
• Associated traditions: Procession of the Veguilla, participation of Benaventanas peñas, request of the Toro Enmaromado, popular cry of "bull, bull, bull", distribution of the Bread of the Veguilla, music, folklore, giants and big heads.
• Who participates: City Council, clubs, associations, neighbors, families and visitors, with special presence of the local festival community.
• Toro Enmaromado: its festivities usually last a week, with the main event on the Wednesday before Corpus Christi.
• Other cultural events: Carnival, Holy Week, cultural agenda, Gran Teatro Reina Sofía, fairs, markets and activities published by Turismo y Cultura Benavente.
• More official information: the municipal section of Festivals in Benavente and the official website of Toro Enmaromado de Benavente.