Due to ongoing works in Bergara's main square, this year's San Martin Festival main venue will be situated in Oxirondo square. The txosna area and the main stage will be relocated there. Workshops organized for the day will take place in Katabia square. The 41st Couples Dance Championship for Seniors, scheduled for the afternoon, will be held on the Oxirondo stage, but will be moved to Seminarixo in case of rain.
The program includes several events for September 12th: in the morning, the official opening, the Vegetable, Fruit, and Cheese Fair with a competition, and a market for other products with a talo stand. There will also be a musical parade with Bergarako Trikitilaris. Children's workshops are also organized, such as dynamics to learn about fruits and vegetables, a morcilla tasting, a liniment preparation workshop, and a honey tasting. In the afternoon, the Couples Dance Championship will be held, and in the evening, a fire bull will parade from Oxirondo square.
Furthermore, rehearsals for the adult and children's drum parades will commence on September 2nd in the courtyard of Seminarixo. Rehearsals will continue until September 10th, and participants are required to bring their own belts.
Additionally, the 51st edition of the Simon Arrieta Painting Competition will take place on Sunday, September 13th. Works will be created outdoors, with canvases marked in the Santa Marina arcades in the morning and presented in the afternoon at Oxirondo square.
Finally, the group Pantxoa eta Peio will perform a concert on September 16th on the main stage of Oxirondo at 8:00 PM. Bergara was their first concert in Hego Euskal Herria in 1971.
