Xiva's Patron Saint Festivities 2026

Friday, August 7

10:00 a.m. Street decorations and traditional games. Plaza.

12:00 p.m. Registration for the Butifarra contest.

6:00 p.m. Foam party. Church Square.

10:30 p.m. Musical performance by Duo Ylenia Palenzuela. The small square.

11:30 p.m. Alternative bull run (with a wheelbarrow). The small square.

Saturday, August 8

10:00 a.m. “Palo Loco” playground and bouncy castle. Church Square.

12:30 p.m. Water games and fruit tasting. Calle Mayor.

4:00 p.m. “Palo Loco” playground and bouncy castle. Plaza de la Iglesia.

6:00 p.m. Hot chocolate and costumes. Plaza de la Iglesia.

6:30 p.m. Butifarra contest. Plaza de la Iglesia.

9:00 p.m. Fellowship dinner, with appetizers, drinks, “préssec en vi,” coquetas, and liqueur. Church Square.

Sunday, August 9

11:30 a.m. Parade by the Morella Bagpipers.

1:00 p.m. Mass in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary.

2:00 p.m. General procession accompanied by the Giants of Xiva and the Morella Bagpipers.

6:00 p.m. Performance by the Morella Rondalla. Church.

6:30 p.m. End of the Butifarra contest. The small square.

7:00 p.m. Cockfights. Main Road.

8:30 p.m. Community snack with slices of bread topped with ham and cheese. Church Square.

Followed by a serving of coquetas and liqueurs.

10:00 p.m. Dance with a mobile DJ and community bingo. Church Square.

Monday, August 10

10:00 a.m. Traditional games. Plaza.

11:00 a.m. Children’s Butifarra Contest.

12:00 p.m. Mass in honor of San Salvador, the town’s patron saint.

2:30 p.m. Lunch hosted by the Virgen del Rosario Association of Pensioners and Retirees for its members.

6:00 p.m. Walk to the Virgen del Rosario Chapel. Pastries and liqueurs.

10:00 p.m. Movie. Village Bakery.