Festa da filloa de Lestedo, gastronomic festival in Boqueixón, Galicia

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THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO FESTIVAL

The Filloa de Lestedo Festival is a gastronomic initiative to promote this traditional Galician dessert that is characteristic of Carnival time. Tastings, cooking shows, music, Generals of the Ulla, and filloa-making machines make up the programme of activities of this event that has been renowned as Festival of National Tourist Interest since 2024, which has been held for the 43^rd time this year.

THE RECIPE OF THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO

Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.

Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.

Opening Speech

The director of the programme ‘Galicia por diante Fin de Semana’ on Radio Galega, Isabel Pichel, will deliver the opening speech of the 42nd edition of the Filloa de Lestedo Festival. An excellent connoisseur of our product, she will be in charge of extolling it at the official opening of our event.

PROGRAMME

Filloa Cooking

Gastronomic activities program with showcookings and workshops at the Lestedo Social Hall

8 PM. Wine pairing tasting of D.O. Rías Baixas wines from Ribeira da Ulla subzone

Featured by Nacho Costoya Eyo (sommelier) and Roberto Filgueira (chef in O Balado Restaurant)

Filloíña Festival

A day of various activities for boys and girls at the Campo de la Fiesta (fairground) of Lestedo

4.30 PM. Performance by the musical groups Os Campiños de Sarandón, As Travesas de Codeso, Pena Maior de Marrozos, and also Alborecer, Lucerniñas e Solleirada (Mestre Manuel Gacio Cultural Association)

6.00 PM. Childrens’ opening speech

With the collaboration of the students from CPIP Antonio Orza Couto

6.15 PM. “Atranques” by little Generals of the Ulla

7.00 PM. Costume contest (upt to 16 years old)

Contest prizes:

Group category: 1st prize, 300 € and 2nd prize, 200 €
Pair category: 1st prize, 100 € and 2nd prize, 50 €
Categoría individual: 1st prize, 100 € and 2nd prize, 50 €

8.30 PM. Concert by Uxía Lambona e a Banda Molona

Filloa Fair

A day of gastronomic and cultural activities coinciding with the fortnightly market in Lestedo

From 11.00 AM. Tasting and sale of Lestedo Filloas with and without filling

12.00 PM. Parades with the groups Estralampo, Pirilampo and Solleirada (Mestre Manuel Gacio Cultural Association)

Filloa Cooking

Gastronomic activities program with showcookings and workshops at the Lestedo Social Hall

12.30 PM. “Cocido de Lalín” Showcooking, starring chef Álex Iglesias

Filloa Cooking

Gastronomic activities program with showcookings and workshops at the Lestedo Social Hall

7 PM. Showcooking Lestedo Gluten Free with chef Kike Piñeiro (A Horta do Obradoiro Restaurant)

Activity developed in collaboration with GDR Terras de Compostela and ACEGA

Filloa Cooking

Gastronomic activities program with showcookings and workshops at the Lestedo Social Hall

From 4.00 to 7.30 PM. Escola Filloeira. Workshop on making Filloas de Lestedo for children and teenagers up to 16 years old

From 4.00 to 5.30 horas (from 4 to 8 years old)
From 6.00 to 7.30 horas (from 9 to 16 years old)

Featured by José Manuel Mallón (chef in D’Antaño Food & Service) and “filloeiras” from Lestedo

Filloa Cooking

Gastronomic activities program with showcookings and workshops at the Lestedo Social Hall

12.00 PM. Filloa Accesible. Chef José Manuel Mallón (D’Antaño Food & Service) will lead a sensory tasting of Filloas de Lestedo paired with D.O. Rías Baixas wines, from the Ribeira da Ulla subzone

Activity developed in collaboration with ONCE

Filloa Folk Festival

Festival featuring performances by traditional groups and renowned artists in Lestedo’s Campo de la Fiesta (fairground). There will be sales stands of Filloas de Lestedo.

7.30 PM. Performance by No Deloiro (Mestre Manuel Gacio Cultural Association)

Lestedo Filloa Festival's Main Day

The Campo da Festa (fairground) will be the venue of the 43^rd Lestedo Filloa Festival’s main day with numerous activities, as well as the tasting and sale of Lestedo Filloas with or without a filling.

08.00 AM. Lighting of “Filloeiras” (filloa-making machines)

11.00 AM. Performance by musical groups Luz do Ilicinio, Raeira, Raiola, Ardora, Larada and Luceiro, belonging to the Mestre Manuel Gacio Cultural Association

12.00 PM. 9th Great Inter-municipal Parade of the Generals of the Ulla along Lestedo’s main street as far as the Campo da Festa (fairground)

1.00 PM. Official opening of the festival, presented by the actress María Mera.

Opening speech by Emilio José de la Iglesia Lema, Director General of the Technical Office of Xunta de Galicia Presidency and neighbour of Lestedo

1.45 PM. “Atranque” of the Generals of the Ulla

From 2.30 PM. Filloa Stew (twinned with Lalín). Stew in the Lestedo pavilion, with prior reservation

From 2.30 to 6.00 PM. Afternoon Open-air dance featuring BB+ Band and Grupo Ibiza

6.00 PM. Performance by Grupo Origen and París de Noia orchestra

The 42^ND Festa da Filloa de Lestedo in figures

+ 47.000

participants in the different
activities

+ 70.000

Lestedo Filloas savoured
on the main day of the festival

+ 1 M €

of expenditure in the town
and surroundings

+ 240

local residents involved
in orgnanising the event

THE ULLA CARNIVAL

The Carnival of the Generals of the Ulla also forms part of the Filloa de Lestedo Festival programme. This is a traditional Carnival, declared to be of Galician Tourist Interest, that takes place in 8 municipal districts in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra. Every year, Lestedo becomes the epicentre of this event featuring a gathering of the Generals of the Ullas, which brought together more than fifty horse riders this year.

LOCATION

The event takes place in the parish of Lestedo, in the municipal district of Boqueixón, A Coruña, on the first Sunday of Lent. The programme lasts for two weeks and includes all types of cultural, gastronomic, and leisure events.