Valencia Weekend April 9-13 | San Vicente Ferrer
Buen Finde! Valencia moves from Easter into a packed spring cultural calendar. The San Vicente Ferrer festival takes over the city this weekend with children’s religious plays and fireworks. Alongside the festivities this Valencia weekend, there is also dance, wine, food, and a silent film with a live organ score.
Unfortunately, the forecast for rain on Sunday has cancelled the Cabanyal Kite Festival. Check the weather before heading out for any outdoor events. Also, Monday, April 13 is a public holiday. Shops and stores will be closed.
A quick reminder about our new monthly meetup: Pont de Valencia – At the Table kicks off on April 16 with an Eritrean lunch at a small, family-run restaurant. These are intimate, casual gatherings — just good food and good company — created in response to requests for more in-person events. Spaces are limited, so if you’d like to join us, you can reserve your spot here.
Festivals & Traditions
San Vicente Ferrer
Valencia celebrates one of its patron saints this weekend with religious processions, traditional children’s plays re-enacting the saint’s miracles, and fireworks across the city. For more on the history and traditions, see our feature on the Festival of San Vicente Ferrer.
The Ayuntamiento has the full program here: FESTIVIDAD DE SAN VICENTE FERRER 2026
Food & Wine
Wine fair and an art-meets-gastronomy festival
The Mostra Proava wine and charcuterie fair runs through Monday at the Turia fairground, showcasing local Valencian wines. A ticket gets you four glasses. The fair closes on April 13, so plan ahead: Source: 36 Mostra PROAVA
Looking ahead, Festín Valencia returns April 17–26, pairing food events with the city’s arts spaces — dinners, wine tastings, and cooking workshops set inside museums, galleries, and cultural venues across the city. Source: Festin Valencia
Dance & Performance
Dansa València returns April 11–19
Valencia’s annual dance festival opens this Friday with performances at the Bellas Artes Museum and on the Puente de la Trinidad. Over nine days, the programme spreads across some of the city’s most-loved cultural spaces and public plazas. The full programme is on the festival website: Dansa Valencia
Music
A silent film, a cathedral organist, and a full weekend of live music
A treat for classical music lovers: On Thursday evening, Juan de la Rubia — organist at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona — performs a live score to Buster Keaton’s The General at the Palau de la Música. Entry is free; tickets are available from the Palau box office from 10 am on April 10. Source: Ciclo de órgano / Mostra 365 JUAN DE LA RUBIA
The weekend’s live music programme ranges widely: Radio City hosts the Valencia debut of New York salsa-funk band Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa, led by Latin Grammy winner Cheo Pardo. 16 Toneladas brings British post-punk act Deadletter to town. And Loco Club pairs California power-pop group Softjaw with Barcelona-based indie artist Marta Knight.
— Palau de la Música · Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa — Radio City · Deadletter — 16 Toneladas · Softjaw + Marta Knight — Loco Club
Art
Two exhibitions worth noting
At La Rambleta, Valencian artist Quique Castellano opens his first-ever public exhibition. At the Jorge López Gallery, Ana Císcar presents Meditaciones sobre las distancias infinitas, a body of work built from archival photographs, running until May.
Sources: Quique Castellano debuta en La Rambleta: “Es mi primera exposición pública” — Valencia Extra · Meditaciones sobre las distancias infinitas — Jorge López Galería
This week’s find
A podcast about bar culture — and a good excuse to improve your Spanish
Guía Hedonista, the food and drink guide from Valencia Plaza, has launched En la Barra — a podcast dedicated to the culture of Spanish bars. It’s a natural listen for anyone curious about the social rituals behind the counter, and not a bad way to pick up some conversational Spanish along the way.
Source: Nace ‘En la Barra’, un podcast de Guía Hedonista que celebra la cultura de los bares — Valencia Plaza
Drawing clubs take over Valencia
Ojo Garabatos, the collective behind Valencia’s free monthly sketch meet-ups, is the subject of a new feature this week. Locations are announced only a few days before each gathering — part of the appeal. If you’ve ever wanted to draw with strangers in an unexpected corner of the city, this is worth following.
Source: Los clubes de dibujo toman València: “Dibujar juntos nos quita el miedo a la página en blanco” — Valencia Plaza
