The curtain goes up on 17th June 2021 for the 70th Festival Internacional de Música y Danza. Confirmed on 22nd April 2021. Although the festival is 70 years old, the origin of this annual event actually dates back to 1883. Concerts were held at Carlos V palace each summer during the Corpus Christi festivities. This was really the beginning of FEX Granada.
The festival lasts for 4 weeks right up until 18th July 2021. With artists, musicians and dancers coming from around the world to perform, this magical event takes place within the grounds of the Alhambra palace.
2021 Music & Dance festival in Granada
- Dates: From Thursday 17th June until Sunday 18th July 2021.
- Venue: Alhambra Palace, Granada – Different locations around the grounds such as Generalife theatre Corral del Carbon or Teatro Isabel la Catolica
- Official ticket website Granada Festival Tickets On Sale from Wednesday 18th May 2021.
- Ticket office at Corral del Carbon, off Calle Reyes Católicos (seen below)
Alhambra Concerts
This edition has been extended to a 32 day programme offering 112 performances. 60 of the events organised in this 70th Edition will be free of charge.
International guests this year are:
- Musical Conductor Klaus Makela
- Musical Conductor James Conlon
- Pianist Sir Andras Schiff
- Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
- Baritone Florian Boesch
- Baritone Christian Gerhaher
- Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra
FEX Ticket Sales
Beginning on Thursday 17th June 2021 you can find all the details on the Festival Official Website. Please note that this year there are social distancing measures in place.
- A Face Mask is obligatory for all spectators throughout the event
- Arrive in plenty of time before the start of the concert to be able to safely enter the space. 1 hour before is recommended.
Other Venues at the Dance festival
- Auditorio Manuel de Falla – Opposite the Hotel Alhambra Palace and next to Carmen de los Martíres
- Patio de los Alíjbes – 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
- Corral de Carbon – Monumental Building off Calle Reyes Católicos near to Granada Town Hall
- Auditorio la Chumbera – Camino del Sacromonte
Granada International Music & Dance festival 2021
FEX 2022 dates to be confirmed.
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
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
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
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,
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