The curtain goes up on 19th June 2025 for the 71st Festival Internacional de Música y Danza. Although the festival is 74 years old, the origin of this annual event actually dates back to 1883. The first concerts were held at Carlos V Palace during the Corpus Christi festivities. This was the true beginning of FEX Granada. This year the them is Vienna.
The festival lasts for 5 weeks right up until 13th July 2025. With artists, musicians and dancers coming from around the world to perform, this magical event takes place within the grounds of the Alhambra palace.
2025 Music & Dance festival in Granada
- Dates: From Thursday 19th June until Sunday 13th July 2025.
- Venue: Alhambra Palace, Granada – Different locations around the grounds such as Generalife theatre Corral del Carbon or Teatro Isabel la Católica.
- Official ticket website Granada Festival Tickets Information on Ticket sales will be available from 9th April 2025 at 10.00am.
- Ticket office at Corral del Carbon, off Calle Reyes Católicos (seen below)
Alhambra Concerts
This edition has a varied 28 day programme offering 116 performances. As with each festival many events organised in this 74th Edition will be free of charge. For these free activities you need to sign up 24 hours before time online and cover the administration costs for the ticket.
There are Fado concerts and Flamenco performances throughout the festival. The programme in this edition is particularly extensive and varied.
A Dedicated Festival Menu
At Hospes Palacio de los Patos for the festival they have design a specific menu to welcome the FEX. With a set price per person. You can enjoy this at lunch or dinnertime during the weeks of the cultural event.
Here´s an example of the menu from last year 2024
- Salmon Score with avocado notes
- Soundtrack of Seabass & Quaver of Motril Shrimp
- Oxtail Melody with plums and modena
- Symphony of Arabic Sweets
Reservations are recommended. Phone + 34 958 53 57 90
Gluten Free & Vegetarian alternatives are available when prebooked.
Other Venues at the Dance festival
- Auditorio Manuel de Falla – Opposite the Hotel Alhambra Palace and next to Carmen de los Martires.
- Patio de los Alijbes – Inside the Alhambra grounds next to Palacio Carlos V and Puerto del Vino
- Teatro Isabel la Católica – Acerca del Casino, Granada City Centre
- Palacio de Carlos V – Inside the Alhambra Grounds
- Hospital Real – Patio de los Marmoles, Avenida del Hospicio
- Corral de Carbon – Monumental Building off Calle Reyes Católicos near to Granada Town Hall
- Auditorio la Chumbera – Camino del Sacromonte
From August 2024 a new Director of the Festival leads the organization and management of this annual cultural event. Paolo Pinamonti has experience in organisations such as the Teatro La Fenice de Venecia, Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid and Teatro San Carlos de Lisboa. Pinamonti, a graduate from Venice University also worked on Festival Mozart de A Coruña and Macerata Opera Festival.
Granada International Music & Dance festival 2025
FEX 2026 dates to be confirmed.
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Hi Molly,
Could you help me find schedule of concerts for late August / early September 2019 in the Alhambra and where I can buy tickets?
Many Thanks,
Emma
Hi, I think you are referring to the Flamenco concerts in the Generalife that are on now until Saturday 31st August
I wrote up about it here https://www.piccavey.com/flamenco-summer-granada/
however the programme of dates and ticket purchase can be found at this link https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/lorcaygranada/
Hope this helps
Molly
Could you help ? we will be there from October 2019 until March 2020 and would dearly love to see a concert of music and/or dance at the Alhambra any suggestion would be welcome
Hi Roberta
the FEX International dance festival in on at the beginning of each summer
and the Flamenco in the Generalife is in August and September
There are no concerts at the Alhambra itself from October to March
however there are other cultural things in the city such as Guitar music at Manuel de Falla
and other concerts at Teatro Isabel la Catolica
hope this helps
Molly
Hi Molly,
Thank you for responding to my enquiry so promptly!. I’ll be watching out for the website in April to buy tickets.
Your newsletter is brilliant – we always spend a few days in Granada when we visit Spain – it’s our favourite city in Andalusia!
Best……………..Gill
Happy that you enjoy the newsletter, the next one is due very soon.
The Summer festival at the Alhambra is fabulous. Hope you manage to get good tickets this season too.
Greetings
Molly
I am very keen to go to one of the Alhambra Concerts during June or July 2019, and would like to know if there is a website I should look out for in order to be able to purchase tickets online!
This depends on the exact date. The International Festival
dates for this edition are from 21st June to 12th July 2019.
After then there is a Flamenco + Lorca show in the Generalife gardens for the rest of the summer season (End July until beginning of Sept)
Tickets for the festival dont go on sale until Mid April and the Flamenco in Generalife arent on sale until End of June.
Hope this helps
Molly
Please advise on best concerts at Alhambra Palace gardens in August to take my family
Hi Linda
I just wrote up most of them on this article
https://www.piccavey.com/flamenco-summer-granada/
The best option inside the Alhambra Palace is Flamencolorquiano which is on from now until 1st September in the generalife theatre
Hope this helps
Molly