30 años de ‘Duende’ * Festival de Jerez!

Del 20 de febrero al 7 de marzo de 2026
Teatro Villamarta
Plaza Romero Martínez, s/n
11402  Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz  (Andalusia)

Throughout the celebration of this festival, the soul, passion and vigour of flamenco invade Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz.

The Jerez Flamenco Festival, one of the world’s premier showcases for flamenco and Spanish dance, traces its fiery origins to 1997 when the Jerez City Council, in collaboration with the Andalusian Ministry of Culture, ignited the inaugural edition as a bold bid to reclaim the city’s status as flamenco’s spiritual cradle, starting with a compact program of 15 shows and 20 masterclasses in the Teatro Villamarta that drew 10,000 passionate pilgrims from across Europe and beyond. The festival emerged from grassroots peñas (flamenco clubs) and bodega tablaos, inspired by Seville’s Bienal but rooted in Jerez’s 18th-century Gypsy cante jondo traditions.

Jerez Flamenco Festival reveres the city’s 18th-century peña origins—where Tío Pepe bodegas birthed bulerías—while confronting modern flames like commercialization, positioning it as Spain’s “Flamenco Olympics” and a blueprint for heritage festivals in sherry-soaked Andalusia, with the 2026 jubilee honoring 30 years of duende (soulful passion) through sustainable staging and global galas.

The poster for this 30th edition, created by illustrator and designer Daniel Diosdado, is a visual synthesis of the Festival’s soul: freedom, mix, and creativity.

https://www.festivaldejerez.es/