San Fermin, Spain's most famous bull run, is celebrated every July in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona in the region of Navarre, but the event which draws crowds of over million revellers, including tourists from abroad, will not be taking place this summer. The City Council of Pamplona has officially announced the suspension of the San Fermin festival due to take place from 6th-14th July 2020, adding the event to a long list of cultural cancelations throughout Spain since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
At a press conference held in Pamplona, the acting mayor of the city, Ana Elizalde, stated that "the San Fermin festival could not be the exception. Like all other events of global importance and national holidays, it is suspended. This will continue until there is a vaccine for the disease". Elizalde, who standing in for the mayor of Pamplona Enrique Maya who is battling the coronavirus at home in isolation, also stated that the decision was both “hard and sad but had the consensus of all municipal groups".
The capital of Navarre traditionally welcomes 1.45 million visitors from all over the world every year for the event, meaning that the cancellation will almost certainly come with heavy economic implications. With all countries in Europe and beyond taking precautionary measures to avoid further contagion from the coronavirus, the pilgrimage to San Fermín was always going to be threatened, just like other event cancellations, such as Spain’s Semana Santa (Holy Week) processions and the Feria de Sevilla.
The event has been cancelled for only the fifth time in history, but the organisers have promised that Sanfermines will be back, bigger and better than ever, however, it seems unlikely that an alternative date will be found in 2020. At the press conference where the news was announced, the acting mayor of Pamplona also stated that "it seems complicated to celebrate San Fermin this year, but we will wait and see how events unfold".
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