The curtain goes up on 21st June 2020 for the 69th Festival Internacional de Música y Danza. Confirmed as of 24th May 2020.
The festival lasts for 17 days right up until 12th July 2020. With artists, musicians and dancers coming from around the world to perform, this magical event takes place within the grounds of the Alhambra palace.
2020 Music & Dance festival in Granada
- Dates: From Sunday 21st June until Sunday 12th July 2020.
- Venue: Alhambra Palace, Granada – Different locations around the grounds such as Generalife theatre
- Ticket sales are not yet on sale for 2020. More details to come on 20th May 2020.
- Official ticket website Granada Festival Tickets On Sale from Tues 16th June 2020.
- Ticket office at Corral del Carbon, off Calle Reyes Católicos (seen below)
Beethoven
This edition is celebrating 250 years since the birth of Beethoven. Yet each year the festival has a different theme. Last years festival, 2019 had a record attendance of 52.000 spectactors.
Highlights of this years Edition are:
Daniel Barenboim on Friday 24th of July at 9.30pm . Proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross (Cruz Roja) for Covid 19 support.
Miguel Poveda performs at Teatro del Generalife on Friday 24th July at 11pm.
FEX Ticket Sales
Began on Tuesday 16th June 2020 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 1 hour before the start of the concert to be able to safely enter the space.
One of this years performances is
Bertrand Chamayou
- Genre: Piano
- Location: Patio de los Arrayanes, within the Alhambra Palace
A romantic piano recital by French Pianist Bertrand Chamayou. Liszt and Ravel feature in this evocative performance in a memorable setting.
Other Venues at the Dance festival
- Auditiorio 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
- Palacio de Carlos V – Inside the Alhambra Grounds
- Corral de Carbon – Monumental Building off Calle Reyes Catolicos near to Granada Town Hall
Granada International Music & Dance festival 2021
The dates for the 60 year anniversary of the Festival are confirmed.
FEX 2021 will be on 18th June to 18th July 2021.


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