Malaga Fair 2024: the ultimate party!

August 04, 2024

Malaga City Council has released the program of its Malaga Fair 2024, and it is very impressive. From drones and fireworks to horse presentations – so many! – and typical festivities, the Feria de Malaga is packed with Spanish traditions and culture, colors, flavors and the particularly joyful Spanish flair we find on Andalusian lands. Come see and learn about Spain in this event that is both the culmination of local pride and the biggest fair of the province!

Cover of the Feria de Malaga (Malaga Fair) 2024 program — Cover of the program of the Malaga Fair 2024

Malaga City Council has published the oficial program of the Malaga Fair 2024, in Spanish only; you can find the translation below, with a few remarks for culturally specific events in italic, as well as images of the original program pages. I’ve also added a few maps from Google Maps to make it easier to find the main places of the events, in the bottom of this post.

To check what is going on each day, just click on the dates on the Table of Contents below, and you’ll be taken straight there! Don’t forget to bookmark this post so you can check it time and again during the Feria days. 😉 I believe it is going to be very useful, giving the amount of events of this fair!!

Friday, August 16

8:00 pm – Historical Horse Ride of Málaga
Departure from the Santuario de Santa María de la Victoria.
Delivery of the keys to the city at 8:30 pm in the Plaza de la Aduana and subsequent tour through the main streets of the historical center.

Above: the Basilica Santuario de Santa María de la Victoria.

11:50 pm – Lighting show with drones
Port of málaga

Midnight – Piromusical show
access road to the cruise terminal

A bit of both shows filmed from a boat in the cargo harbour of Malaga.

Saturday, August 17

Pilgrimage to the Basilica Santuario de Santa María de la Victoria

10:00 am – Concentration of Carriages, horses and pilgrims
Park promenade (Paseo del Parque)

11:00 am – Departure for the flower offering to the patroness in the Basilica Santuario de Santa María de la Victoria, with the Municipal Music Band of Malaga

Flag Bearer: Manuel Sarria Cueva
The comedian Manolo Sarria will be the flag bearer of the Malaga Fair 2024, according to the Historical Center Association of Malaga, the organizing entity of the Fair Pilgrimage. Sarria, who was already a speacher at the Fair in 2014, will carry the Flag of Malaga in the Pilgrimage on Saturday, August 17, from the door of the Town Hall to the Sanctuary of Victory, where the flag will remain raised during the week of the Fair.

Itinerary: Malaga City Hall, Paseo del Parque, Plaza de la Marina, Alameda Principal, Puerta del Mar, Atarazanas, Plaza de Arriola, Corridor of Santa Isabel, Calle Carretería, Calle Álamos, Plaza de la Merced, Calle de la Victoria, Compás de la Victoria, Sanctuary.

Approximate itinerary of the procession during the Malaga Fair 2024

Performance of the Aire Andaluz Choir in the sanctuary.

Historical City Center – Center Fair

Squares in the Historical Center

Enterteinment in the Squares
Plaza de la Constitución
From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – Show with Carlos Bravo
From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Show with Alarcón Sisters

Plaza Las Flores
Plaza del Obispo
Plaza de San Pedro Alcántara
From 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Varied musical animation.

Calle Marqués de Larios

Verdiales Party
From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – Panda San Isidro de Periana. Comares style.
From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm – Panda Los Moras. Almogía style.

Verdiales are traditional Andalusian parties whose origins trace back to the Phoenicians. In the Verdiales, the music is provided by a Panda, a very specific music group, with instruments decorated in colorful themes. The most popular pandas are those of Comares (the only ones that include the lute and the bandurria), Almogía and Montes.

Malaga Popular Folklore Scene
From noon to 2:00 pm – Cantares Choir. Amigos del Compás Choir. Aire de Miraflores Choir.
From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Cantares de Andalusia Choir. Biznagas de Guaro Choir.

2:00 pm – Flamenco in Fair
Peña Juan Breva
c/ Ramón Franquelo, 4
singing: Cello Soto
on guitar: Ismael Rueda

Plaza de Toros La Malagueta

7:00 pm – Bullfight
Murteira Grave bulls
Rafaelillo, Manuel Escribano, Javier Orozco

Fairgrounds

Avenida de las Malagueñas
(Entrance of the fairgrounds)

9:30 pm – Opening ceremony
Juan Gómez – El Kanka
The Malaga singer-songwriter, Juan Gómez “El Kanka” will be in charge of opening the festivities at the Real de Cortijo de Torres. He is one of the most awarded artists in the Spanish territory, achieving great recognition in his country and in multiple Latin American territories. He has five albums to his credit. El Kanka exudes optimism in his lyrics and works for honest and emotional music. He is a singer-songwriter whose legion of faithful followers continues to grow unstoppably.
With the Municipal Music Band of Málaga.

10:00 pm – Inauguration of the artistic lighting

Municipal Booth of Flamenco and Copla

02:00 pm – Flamenco Show
singing: Pedro Carmona
on guitar: Antonio Soto
flamenco group “rondeñas”

Copla is a form of Spanish popular song which consists of four-lines verses. It is the poetic lyrics of Andalusian traditional songs.

11:00 pm – Flamenco and Copla Show
singing: Chato de Málaga
on guitar: Antonio Centenera
singing: Rocío Alcalá
on guitar: Bonela Chico
copla: Celia López

Equestrian Exhibition Center
Calle Antonio Rodríguez Sánchez, 39

At 4:00 pm and at 10:00 pm – Show Tribute to Spanish Equitation

Children’s Municipal Booth

9:30 pm – Show Lecturitas
Indigo Theater

Caseta de Los Verdiales

Malaga Verdiales Party
From 10:00 pm to 01:00 am – Panda Raíces de los Moras. Almogía style.
From midnight to 03:00 am – Panda 1st of Benagalbón. Montes style.

Municipal Auditorium

09:30 pm – Exhibition of Malaga and Flamenco Dances
10:00 pm – Grand Gala
Señor Mirinda and Carlos Baute

Youth Boulevard

10:30 pm – Los 40 Dance In Session Malaga
José M. Duro, Arturo Grao, DJ Vicman Romero & Mike Sildavia, DJ Sánchez Jr., DJ Pablo Peña