The March 2027 calendar falls in a way not seen since 2010, and that forces the reshuffling of events that have sat in the same slot for decades. The last time the Fallas lined up like this, everything major was scheduled for the weekend of 13-14 March, while 6-7 practically did not exist. This time it will be different: the City Council has opened the door for the Moros y Cristianos parades to be held that first weekend, both on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7.

The announcement came from the Fallas councillor, Santiago Ballester, after months of debate on how to occupy the streets without repeating the 2026 scenario, when the marquees went practically five days unused. The plan is to start over: the casal tents open on Friday 12 March and the PreFallas — street parties, evening gatherings and verbenas — stays on Saturday 13.

Sunday 7, without music

The delicate point was what could happen on Sunday 7. The plenary and the assembly had asked for that weekend's paella festivals to move to the previous one, and the Council has agreed that the day should resemble «a Mig Any»: activity from 10:00 to 20:00, but with no music. No verbena, no evening party, no mobile disco. Basically paellas, board game tournaments and the like. A sort of Pre-Prefallas.

Within that framework, the three commissions that draw the biggest crowds on those dates — Pío XI-Fontanars, Conde Salvatierra-Cirilo Amorós and Jacinto Benavente-Reina Doña Germana — will be able to parade. Almirante Cadarso sits outside the debate because it holds its Entrada during Fallas week.

The veteran has already moved. Pío XI-Fontanars has confirmed its Moorish and Christian Entrada will be on 13 March, with the usual triple draw: parade, fireworks and, later, the Montecarlo Orchestra in els Alforins. The calendar logic leaves no other way out: verbenas do not fit on Saturday 6.

In any case, it will be the commissions that choose their date from those the Bando allows.

Sources: