Ascension Fair in Oviedo

The city of Oviedo/Uviéu hosts this rural festival that pays tribute to the rural world, a celebration that dates back to at least the 16th century.

There will be stalls selling cheese, agri-foodstuffs and artisan products. The programme includes a parade of bagpipe bands and folklore groups and live exhibitions of traditional work. The Oviedo Ascension will include the livestock competition-exhibition in El Asturcón and the Paisano and Paisana del Año awards in the Auditorium.

The typical menu of the festival will also be served throughout the city with seasonal stew, Oviedo-style carne gobernada and cherry pie, recalling the traditional proverb: "Por La Ascensión, cerezas en Oviedo y trigo en León" (For Ascension, cherries in Oviedo and wheat in León).

This event has been declared a Festival of Tourist Interest of the Principality of Asturias.