Picadillo and sabadiego festival in Noreña

Every spring, coinciding with the festival of San Marcos, patron saint of butchers, Noreña hosts the Picadillo and Sabadiego Festival.

Picadillo is one of Noreña's signature dishes. Sabadiegos are sausages made from blood, lean meat and onion. The Order of the Sabadiego is in charge of promoting this product and the fiesta. Each year a guest of theirs reads the proclamation of the festivities, which are attended by other brotherhoods of this type from all over Spain and southwest France.

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

Programme:

Friday at 12.30 h. the Floral Offering and tribute to D. Pedro Alonso at La Playina de ADEPAS.
Saturday at 13:00 h. opening speech by Fran Blanco Argibay. From 17.30 to 20.30 h. there will be games for the family in the gardens of the Town Hall and at 21.30 h. verbena with Orquesta Fania Blanco Show and Orquesta Límite.
Sunday at 11:00 h. reception of authorities and gastronomic brotherhoods at the headquarters of the Order of the Sabadiego, parade from the City Hall Gardens, together with the Royal Pipe Band of the City of Oviedo. At 12:00 h. sung by the Orfeón Condal. At 13:00 h. XXX Chapter of the Brotherhood of Sabadiego. At 14:00 h. Concert and musical exchange between the Municipal Band of Ramales de la Victoria and the Banda de Música Condado de Noreña. At 18:00 h. there will be a children's evening party and entertainment with Los Trasgos and at 20 h. performance by the group CUM LAUDE in the Quiosco de la Música.