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Table Of Contents
- Celebrate the 9th of October, day of the Valencian Community
- The Best Tortilla 2025
- The Enguera Olive Oil Fair
- Gastrónoma
- World premiere of La Ruta: modernity, culture and uncontrolled.
- Candlelight, a candlelight concert.
- Enlightenment
- Munich Mercat, shoes at 70% discount
- Half Marathon
- Medieval Market
- Open House
Celebrate the 9th of October, day of the Valencian Community
October 9th is the day of the Valencian Community and both the 9th itself, as well as the days before, there are several activities scheduled to celebrate this holiday.
Among them are the traditional Entrance of Moors and Christians to the City of Valencia or the Baixada de la Senyera, although there will also be shows, gastronomic fairs and music concerts.
📅 Date: October 9
The Best Tortilla 2025
From October 8 to 12, the Jardines de Viveros will host “The Best Tortilla 2025” contest. It will be a free and open to all public day where you can taste the best tortillas from around the state. A gastronomic plan for the weekend in Valencia that seems ideal.
📆Date: From 8 to 12 October
The Enguera Olive Oil Fair
For those who enjoy the authentic flavors of a lifetime, the Enguera Oil Fair is a great opportunity to get to know closely one of the pillars of the Mediterranean diet: olive oil. For three days, the Valencian town will become a showcase of local and gourmet products to taste and learn about the richness of olive oil in the area.
The fair will offer an agenda full of activities for all audiences. Food lovers will be able to enjoy oil tastings with food and wine pairings and attend liveshowcookings by local chefs. For a total immersion in the world of oil, the fair will also offer the possibility of guided visits to the oil mill of the Campoenguera Cooperative or to participate in the olive harvest. In addition to a much wider range of activities, catering, artisan and agri-food areas open to the public, there will be children’s workshops and cultural routes to discover first-hand the charm of Enguera.
📍 Location: Campoenguera Coop V, Enguera (Valencia).
📆 Dates: October 17 to 19
Gastrónoma
This great gastronomic fair a benchmark in the sector, lands for the tenth year in Valencia to offer more than 28,000m2 of professional gastronomy within everyone’s reach. Focused on the Mediterranean diet and local produce, it will have more than 300 exhibitors who will delight attendees with the treasures of our gastronomy: from haute cuisine to our most typical dishes, such as the essential rice dishes or the vindicable esmorzaret. Italian cuisine will also have a strong presence, with delicious focaccias, pizzas and panettone, and other international cuisines.
But this is only part of it: 10 stages with live showcookings, gourmet bars (cheese, wine or oil), various competitions (such as beer pulling or baking) and workshops of the most varied, such as one on Portuguese cuisine or another on Sicilian cuisine. In short, a sensory journey in which any fan or professional of cooking or gastronomy will leave the most satisfied.
📆 Dates: from 26 to 28 October
💸 Tickets: from 6€.
World premiere of La Ruta: modernity, culture and uncontrolled.
Bombas Gens presents this October a complete immersive exhibition about one of the great phenomena of Valencia in the 80s and 90s. This interactive exhibition aims to show the other side of “La Ruta del Bakalao“, as it was not only a party and debauchery, but also a moment of great cultural explosion for the city. It will feature immersive installations, light and sound effects, virtual reality experiences and testimonials from the protagonists.
📆Dates: from October 3, open every day except Tuesdays.
💸 Tickets: from 9,5€.
Candlelight, a candlelight concert.
If what you like is to enjoy music and go to concerts, you can not miss a Candlelight among your October plans in Valencia. The amazing thing about these live music concerts is that you can listen to tributes to your favorite artists surrounded by dozens of candles. There are several dates and concerts scheduled that you can check here.
Enlightenment
After Genesis, which could be seen in Valencia last year, the same artistic collective (Projektil Art) now brings us their new immersive show,where the delicious classical music of Vivaldi is combined with video-mapping projections adapted to the stage, which this time is the Real Colegio de las Escuelas Pías (PP. Escolapios), a neoclassical style church.
📆Dates: from October 24, open from Thursday to Sunday.
💸 Tickets: from 8,9€.
Munich Mercat, shoes at 70% discount
This year Munich Mercat returns, a flea market where you can find real bargains on these shoes. Some of them will be 70% off. It will be held in Burriana Street, from October 3 to 12.
Dates: from October 3 to 12.
Half Marathon
The Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Valencia Half Marathon, organized by SD Correcaminos, will be held on October 26 through the streets of the city center.
📅 Date: October 26
Medieval Market
The medieval market on the occasion of 9 d’Octubre returns to the Turia Garden. More information coming soon.
📅Dates: to be confirmed.
Open House
From October 24 to 26, the architecture festival Open House returns to Valencia, offering the opportunity to explore iconic buildings of the city through guided tours, routes and conferences.
📅 Dates: October 24 to 26.