6 to 14 Jul 2027
Be at the fence or on a balcony by eight in the morning: the bulls and runners are past you in seconds, and the whole run is over in a few minutes.
6 to 14 Jul 2027. Times are approximate and can change from year to year.
The chupinazo, the opening rocket, goes up from the City Hall balcony, and the crowd below ties on red scarves. If the square is full, giant screens nearby show it.
The first bull run is at eight. At ten, the statue of San Fermín is carried through the old town.
Saturday and Sunday bring the biggest crowds of the week, at the fences and in the streets.
Crowds thin out in the second half of the fiesta, so the Monday and Tuesday runs are the easiest to see.
The last bull run is at eight. At midnight the crowd gathers in front of City Hall and sings Pobre de mí, the song that closes the fiesta.
Wear white with a red scarf and sash and you are part of the fiesta, not a spectator. The red pieces are sold at stalls all over the city.
Every day the giants and cabezudos, figures with huge papier-mâché heads, parade through the old town. There are twenty-five in the troupe, and the giants stand over four metres tall.
The bulls leave the Santo Domingo corral at eight and run 875 metres through the old town, turning sharply into Calle Estafeta on the way to the bullring. Watch from behind the second fence, from a booked balcony or from a ticketed seat in the bullring where the run ends.
Each night at eleven, fireworks go up from the park around the citadel. Bullfights are held in the bullring in the evening; they are ticketed and separate from the morning run.
Old-town rooms are a short walk from the fence and go first, so book the day you have dates. If the centre is full, a room further out works: buses and trains bring you in for the morning run.
Where to base yourself, and what else is on
For the rest of Pamplona, see the town guide.
Sixteen days of beer tents and brass bands on a Munich meadow. Get there on a weekday morning and a bench is yours without a booking.
Lima's purple month: a float carried through the old centre from dawn into the night on five days in October.