The most eagerly anticipated summer party in Malaga is on its way once more: Malaga’s August Fair, which this year is being held from Thursday 15 August to Saturday 24 August.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy music, dancing and fun.
Fireworks Night
The festivities officially start on the evening of Wednesday 14 August, with an inaugural speech taking place at the Malagueta Beach. At precisely midnight on Malagueta Beach, the musical fireworks show will fire the starting shot to mark the beginning of the fun. A concert will accompany this great night full of light and colour.
City Centre Fair
In the city’s squares (Plaza Constitución, Uncibay, Mitjana, Las Flores, del Obispo and San Pedro de Alcántara) there will be more than 100 free performances by different artists gathering thousands of people to enjoy the sound of music from both outside and inside of the local establishments, because Feria is enjoyed in the street.
In Calle Larios, the street which is the nerve centre of the city, there will be a stage dedicated to popular Malaga folklore, with traditional dances and songs. Lots of activities will be organised here, with highlights being dancing contests, short film competitions and children’s parties.
Bullfighting fans will be able to enjoy bullfights in the Plaza de la Malagueta every afternoon, featuring great names from the bullfighting world. Enrique Ponce, Antonio Ferrera, El Juli, El Fandi, Manzanares and Roca Rey will be some of the bullfighters aiming for an afternoon of glory in this beautiful top-class bullring.
Festival both Day and Night Real Cortijo de Torres
But the festival doesn’t end here, it just continues in the Real de Cortijo de Torres. Both night and day you can have fun in this dedicated festival area, where you can take a ride in a horse carriage dressed in flamenco clothes or have a glass of Cartojal wine in one of the stands which are traditionally decorated with lanterns and green tables, where there are always live performances and flamenco dancing.
And the feria wouldn’t be same without the fairground rides, or “cacharritos” as the locals call them, where the old and the young can have a great time.
Finally, it is music which is especially important throughout the week with performances from the best artists of Spain.
Don’t miss one of the most talked-about summer festivals in Andalusia.
