When?
La Tomatina takes place
on the last Wednesday
of August
Factoids
- There is no political or
religious significance to
La Tomatina, it's just
good, messy fun.
- Participants who show
up from around the
world: 20,000
- Number of tomatoes
used: 150,000 ...that's
over 90,000 pounds of
tomatoes!
- Former Vice President
Dan Quayle's plural of
tomato: tomatos
-Correct plural of
tomato: tomatoes.
- Buckets of water are
thrown at the crowds
first by the fight
instigators in the tomato
trucks, as a
foreshadowing of the
veggie barrage to come.
- After the battle, you
can hose off the splatter
on the riverbank, where
the town slaps together
makeshift public
showers.
- Every year, the fight is
nationally televised by
the most prestigious
agencies in Spain.