La Tomatina | |
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Official name | La Tomatina |
Observed by | Buñol, Valencia, Spain |
Date | Last Wednesday in August |
2023 date | August 30 |
2024 date | August 28 |
2025 date | August 27 |
2026 date | August 26 |
Frequency | annual |
La Tomatina is a Spanish festival in Buñol, Spain where participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is said to be the biggest food fight in the world.[1][2] From the festival's origin as a food fight between friends in the 1940s, it has become a famous tourist attraction. Prior to 2013, the festival did not operate with an upper cap on the number of attendees which would cause a strain on Buñol's population of about 9,000 inhabitants. Since 2013, however, the festival has a ticketed event with a capacity of 20,000 participants.[3]