The wine battle in the streets takes place this year on Saturday August 22

Jumilla celebrates its annual fiestas in August, combining the celebrations of the feast day of the Virgen de la Asunción (the patron of the town) with the grape-picking fiestas (the Fiesta de la Venidmia, which is being held for the 53rd time this year), a folk music and dance festival and the Moors and Christians celebrations, although unfortunately this year the Moors and Christians events are not being held concurrently.

There are a variety of events and processions, including a traditional parade celebrating the process of wine-making, a children’s parade and the Cabalgata del Vino. This latter is the best-known and most popular, and during the parade thousands of litres of wine are flung out into the crowd and poured over the assembled revellers, a small percentage of it ending up inside the attendees and the remainder all over their clothes. Wear white, and don´t be afraid to get wet (and red)!

There are other events relating to the celebration of wine fiestas, including a host of free concerts sponsored by the Town Hall, a wine “Miniferia”, in which the Bodegas display and promote their products and visitors purchase a glass which enables them to sample the various offerings in the booths, and a red wine fountain flows throughout the main days of the fiestas.

Additional activities include a grape treading competition and a grape pip spitting competition as well as the elements to keep the peñas (fiesta groups) happy, which include a fairground. Meanwhile, the folk festival has become one of the most important of its kind in Spain over the course of its 40-year-old history.

The Mini Feria del Vino is located in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro, while the wine fountain and the starting point for several of the activities are in the Plaza de la Glorieta and the main hostelry area and encampments of the local peñas are on Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

Some of the performances and musical events are in the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school (click for map).

The program of events during the 2026 Fiesta de la Vendimia is as follows (although this schedule will be complemented by the one for the folk festival):

Thursday August 13

21.30: Gran Fiesta de Exaltación del Vino, a celebration of wine in the gardens of the Salones Pio XII on the road to Santa Ana del Monte. Admission by invitiation only, invitations go on sale on August 3 (35 euros per head). Click here for further details. 

Friday August 14, the wine fountain is presented

19.30 to 00.30: Chess tournament at the Mariano Suárez primary school.

20.00: Local dignitaries set out in parade from the Town Hall, accompanied by the local AJAM music society.

20.00: The Peñas (fiestas groups) proceed in a parade from their Federation HQ to the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro !

20.15: The traditional raising of the flags for the 45th annual Jumilla Folk Music Festival alongside the new monument to the festival which stands in the Jardín de la Glorieta. 

21.00: Inauguration of the wine fountain in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I.

21.30: Inauguration of the official D.O.P. JUMILLA stand in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I.

22.00: The fairground opens in Paseo Poeta D. Lorenzo Guardiola, ccompanied by fireworks.

23.00: An evening of entertainment with Granujas a Medio Pelo in the Jardín de la Glorieta.

 

August 14 and 15

The Monastrell Sound festival features live music from Lori Meyers, Madbel DJ and a DJ Set, while the following day it’s the turn of Malmö 040, Karlan and Second DJ in the grounds of the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school. Click here for more details. 

Saturday August 15, the Miniferia del Vino opens on a national holiday in Spain

10.00: The bells are tolled in honour of the Virgen de la Asunción and gunshots are fired over the castle.

11.00: The wine fair opens in Jardín del Rey Don Pedro.

17.30: Official reception for the groups taking part in the 45th annual "Ciudad de Jumilla" Folk Festival at the Town Hall of Jumilla. 

20.00: A procession begins in honour of the Virgen de la Asunción, whose feast day falls today, at the main church of Santiago. 

22.30: The first event in the 45th Ciudad de Jumilla folk festival takes place in the Jardín de la Glorieta.

Sunday August 16

8.00: Procession of San Roque, the Saint thought to have protected Jumilla from the plague and other epidemics. Route: Itinerario: south door of the church of Santiago, Plaza de Arriba, C/ Pérez de los Cobos, San Roque, C/ Cánovas del Castillo, C/ Albano Martínez, C/ Canalejas, C/ Aurora Cutillas, Plaza de Arriba, church of Santiago.

10.00: Charity breakfast after Mass at the Arco de San Roque.

12.00: The floats taking part in the children's parade go on display in the Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

12.00: Groups from Cáceres and Antequera (in the province of Málaga) perform in the Ciudad de Jumilla folk festival in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro.

19.30: Sones de España perform in the Ciudad de Jumilla folk festival at the Conservatorio de Música Julián Santos. 

20.00: Pariticipants in the children’s parade gather in Calle Trabajo before the parade starts at 20.30. Route: Calle del Trabajo, Plaza del Rollo, Cánovas del Castillo, Avenida de la Asunción, Avenida Levante, Mercado de Abastos.

23.00: An evening of folk music with El Gato con Jotas in the Jardín de la Glorieta. 

23.00: Local groups support Julia Cry in the grounds of the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school.

Monday August 17

10.00: A window-dressing competition begins in the towns shops and stores.

12.00: Groups from Palma de Mallorca and Almería perform in the Ciudad de Jumilla folk festival in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro.

13.00: The Monsatrell grape competition in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I (the Monastrell is the strain of vine which provides the most iconic of the wines produced in northern Murcia).

18.30: Grape treading competition in Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

19.00: National grape pip spitting competition in Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola. this is always a fun event and attracts a lot of attention, as competitors attempt to spit a grape pip as far as possible.

19.00: El Rosco de la Vendimia in Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

19.30: “¿Conoces tu Vino?”, a competition to test participants' knowledge of wines in the Jardín del Rey D. Pedro I.

22.00: The final gala concert in the Ciudad de Jumilla folk festival in the Jardín de la Glorieta.

23.00: An evening of entertainment with Isabel Ruiz in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I.

Tuesday August 18

18.30: Official reception at the Town Hall for the visiting delegations invited to the fiestas. 

20.00: The fiestas groups and visiting delegations parade through the town. Route: Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola, Avenida Reyes Católicos, Calle Dr. Fleming, Calle San Antón, Calle San Roque, Calle Cánovas del Castillo, Plaza de la Glorieta.

21.00: The offering of the first grapes and grape juice of the season to the statue of the Niño de las Uvas in the Jardín de la Glorieta.

23.00: An evening of entertainment with Altiplanes in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I.

23.30: Legendary group Los Diablos live at the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school. 

Wednesday August 19

8.30: A "gachasmigas" competition, a hearty breakfast for all in the car park of the fairground.

21.00: A children’s Disney musical at the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school. 

23.00: An evening of entertainment with Bis a Bis in the Jardín del Rey Don Pedro I.

Thursday August 20

12.00: The floats taking part in the main traditional parade go on display in Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

20.15: Sangría competition at the start of the parade.

20.30: The traditional parade sets off. Route: Calle Trabajo, Plaza del Rollo, Calle Cánovas del Castillo, Calle San Roque, Calle de los Milanos, Calle Barón del Solar, Avenida Levante, Mercado de Abastos.

23.30: Nyno Vargas live in concert at the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school. 

Friday August 21

10.00: National hoe-throwing competition at the Recinto Ferial, one of the most unusual events of the fiestas!

23.00: An evening of comedy at the home of the Peña La Alborga.

23.30: A Queen tribute concert at the Arzobispo Lozano secondary school. 

Saturday August 22

17.30: The GRAN CABALGATA DEL VINO begins after participants gather at 18.00 in Avenida Reyes Católicos. Route: Avenida Reyes Católicos, Avenida de Murcia, Cánovas del Castillo, Valencia, Avenida Levante, Avenida e Murcia.

Sunday August 23

20.00: The figure of Nuestra Señora La Virgen de la Asunción is taken back from the parish church of Santiago to the church of San Agustín in a procession.

22.30: Cristina Ramos and the local AJAM music society in the Jardín de la Glorieta. 

00.30: Fireworks over the castle of Jumilla to mark the end of the fiestas.

In addition, the traditional evenings of light music are returning to the Jardín Rey Don Pedro, with performances by Granujas de Medio Pelo (14^th August), Isabel Ruiz (17^th August), Altiplanes (18^th August) and Bis a Bis (19^th August).

 

Note: Throughout the fiestas the castle of Jumilla, the main museums and the Casa del Artesano, all of which will be seeing increased visitor numbers during August, are operating extended and/or modified opening hours: click here for details! 

 

Images: Ayto Jumilla, fiestadelavendimia.com, STO

 

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