The third full week of the Seville Flamenco Biennial 2026, from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 September, is one of the busiest and most varied of the entire edition. Over seven days there are 21 official performances spread across Teatro Lope de Vega, Teatro de la Maestranza, Teatro Central, Teatro Alameda, Espacio Turina, the Royal Artillery Factory and San Luis de los Franceses.
This week has three major themes. The first is dance, with Manuel Liñán, Olga Pericet, Juan Tomás de la Molía and Águeda Saavedra, Andrés Marín, Israel Galván, Pastora Galván and Estévez/Paños. The second is guitar, with Rafael Riqueni, Diego del Morao and Dani de Morón. The third is a succession of one-off proposals, including A canela y clavo, the meeting of Aurora Vargas and Juana Amaya, and Fue tu querer.
The difficulty is not finding something interesting, but choosing between overlapping performances. This guide organises the programme from 21 to 27 September and suggests what to choose depending on whether you are looking for major artists, contemporary creation, singing, guitar or distinctive Biennial experiences.
21–27
Monday to Sunday
21 official performances
Dance · singing · guitar · premieres · Unique Nights · matinées
Lope de Vega · Maestranza · Central · Alameda · Turina · Artillery · San Luis
Quick answer: if you only want the week’s key decisions, Monday 21 pits the meeting of Rafael Riqueni and Tim Ries against Olga Pericet’s premiere; Tuesday 22 brings together Manuel Liñán, Pablo Martín Caminero and Joselito Acedo; Wednesday 23 forces a choice between the second part of Caminero’s trilogy and Te atrevo; Thursday 24 features A canela y clavo, Caminero with David Carpio and Ezequiel Benítez; Friday 25 adds Diego del Morao, Aurora Vargas with Juana Amaya and Andrés Marín; Saturday 26 lets you start with a matinée and ends with Israel and Pastora Galván; and Sunday 27 crosses Dani de Morón’s guitar, the sevillanas of Fue tu querer and the creation by Estévez/Paños.
Last updated: 12 September 2026. Times and programme checked against the official XXIV Biennial schedule. Ticket availability may change: always check the official performance page before finalising your plans.
From 21 to 27 September, the programme shows especially clearly the breadth of flamenco dance today. In just seven days, such different names and artistic languages as Olga Pericet, Manuel Liñán, Juan Tomás de la Molía, Águeda Saavedra, Andrés Marín, Israel Galván, Pastora Galván and Estévez/Paños come together.
There is no single aesthetic line. Teatro Central again concentrates the most exploratory proposals, while the Maestranza welcomes Manuel Liñán and Israel Galván on two very different scales. Teatro Alameda, meanwhile, hosts Pastora Galván’s proposal and other events that offer more intimate formats.
The Royal Artillery Factory becomes another focal point of the week thanks to Pablo Martín Caminero’s Trilogy. The double bassist proposes three consecutive performances devoted to the three pillars of staged flamenco: guitar playing, dance and singing.
On Tuesday 22 he presents Al toque; on Wednesday 23, Al baile with María Moreno; and on Thursday 24, Al cante with David Carpio. Following all three makes it possible to understand the proposal as a single journey, although every night competes with other especially attractive shows.
At a Biennial it is tempting to build your schedule around the best-known names. This week, however, it is worth looking at the exceptional character of each performance as well. Tunisia brings Rafael Riqueni together with saxophonist Tim Ries; A canela y clavo gathers several heavyweight voices; Aurora Vargas and Juana Amaya share a Unique Night; and Fue tu querer brings sevillanas back to the programme with performers closely connected to flamenco.
For a broader view of the edition, see our complete guide to the Flamenco Biennial 2026 and, if dance is your priority, our selection of dance at the Biennial 2026.
| Date | Time | Venue | Artist / performance | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. 21 | 20:00 | Teatro Lope de Vega | Rafael Riqueni & Tim Ries — Tunisia | World premiere |
| Mon. 21 | 22:30 | Teatro Central | Olga Pericet — Perspectiva sobre un baile sonoro | World premiere |
| Tue. 22 | 20:00 | Teatro de la Maestranza | Manuel Liñán — Bailaor@. Recital de baile + artistas invitados | Unique Night |
| Tue. 22 | 21:00 | Real Fábrica de Artillería | Pablo Martín Caminero — Trilogía. Al toque | Guitar |
| Tue. 22 | 22:30 | Teatro Alameda | Joselito Acedo — Patio | Unique Night |
| Wed. 23 | 21:00 | Real Fábrica de Artillería | Pablo Martín Caminero + María Moreno — Trilogía. Al baile | World premiere |
| Wed. 23 | 22:30 | Teatro Central | Juan Tomás de la Molía & Águeda Saavedra — Te atrevo | World premiere |
| Thu. 24 | 20:00 | Teatro de la Maestranza | Esperanza Fernández, Duquende, José Valencia, Pepe Torres and Nazaret Reyes — A canela y clavo | Unique Night |
| Thu. 24 | 21:00 | Real Fábrica de Artillería | Pablo Martín Caminero + David Carpio — Trilogía. Al cante | Trilogy |
| Thu. 24 | 22:30 | Teatro Alameda | Ezequiel Benítez — Lo que nadie ve | Singing |
| Fri. 25 | 19:00 | Espacio Turina | Diego del Morao — Más Morao | Unique Night |
| Fri. 25 | 20:00 | Teatro Lope de Vega | Aurora Vargas & Juana Amaya — Hazme con los ojos señas | Unique Night |
| Fri. 25 | 22:30 | Teatro Central | Andrés Marín — Desierto | World premiere |
| Sat. 26 | 12:00 | San Luis de los Franceses | Encarna Anillo + Miguel Rincón — Camino de flores | Unique Matinée |
| Sat. 26 | 19:00 | Espacio Turina | Juan Medina — Fugaz | Guitar |
| Sat. 26 | 20:00 | Teatro de la Maestranza | Israel Galván — Bolero de blanco y negro | World premiere |
| Sat. 26 | 22:30 | Teatro Alameda | Pastora Galván — TRIBUsssh! | World premiere |
| Sun. 27 | 12:00 | San Luis de los Franceses | Encarna Anillo + Miguel Rincón — Camino de flores | Unique Matinée |
| Sun. 27 | 19:00 | Espacio Turina | Dani de Morón — Cuadro | Unique Night |
| Sun. 27 | 20:00 | Teatro Lope de Vega | Macarena de la Torre, Juan de Mairena, Lidia Hernández and guest artists — Fue tu querer | Unique Night · sevillanas |
| Sun. 27 | 22:30 | Teatro Central | Estévez / Paños y Compañía — Doncellas (juerga permanente) | Dance |
Tip: do not read this table as an itinerary. Many performances are only one hour or ninety minutes apart and, even when venues are relatively close, you should always allow for the real running time, leaving the venue and travelling between locations.
Monday begins at 20:00 at Teatro Lope de Vega with Tunisia, a world premiere bringing together Rafael Riqueni and Tim Ries. Riqueni contributes one of the most personal and recognisable guitar voices in Seville flamenco; Ries comes from a career rooted in jazz and collaborations with top international artists.
The announced programme combines compositions linked to Riqueni’s universe with pieces that open the dialogue to other repertoires. For anyone looking for guitar, attentive listening and a meeting of musical languages, this is one of the week’s most distinctive events.
At 22:30 at Teatro Central, Olga Pericet premieres Perspectiva sobre un baile sonoro. The work revisits decades of her career and returns to material from her Baile Sonoro project to explore how tradition, identity and the creative present can coexist in a contemporary recital.
On paper, Riqueni and Pericet make one of the most attractive double bills of the week. Even so, we would not treat it as guaranteed without knowing the exact duration of the Lope concert. If you want to avoid rushing, Monday is best chosen according to your priority: guitar and musical dialogue or dance and stage research.
You can complete your selection with our guide to guitar at the Biennial 2026.
At 20:00 at Teatro de la Maestranza, Manuel Liñán presents a special edition of Bailaor@. Recital de baile with guest artists. The proposal follows a recent body of work in which Liñán has made the coexistence of tradition, identity and creative freedom one of the most recognisable strands of contemporary flamenco dance.
For a first-time Biennial visitor who wants to see a major dance production at the Maestranza, this is one of the easiest recommendations of the whole week.
One hour later at the Royal Artillery Factory comes the first part of Pablo Martín Caminero’s trilogy: Al toque. The double bassist shares the stage with Moisés P. Sánchez on piano and Paquito González on percussion. The programme includes original compositions and a view of flamenco through a language in dialogue with jazz.
At 22:30, Teatro Alameda welcomes Joselito Acedo with Patio. Tuesday therefore calls for an early decision: build the night around Liñán’s large-scale production, follow Caminero’s trilogy from day one, or reserve the late slot for a guitar proposal at the Alameda. We do not recommend trying to plan all three.
The second part of the trilogy shifts the focus. At 21:00, Pablo Martín Caminero presents Al baile with María Moreno. It is the ideal night for anyone following the complete project and wanting to see how the same musical language changes when dance moves to the centre of the stage.
The Royal Artillery Factory also contributes an important spatial element: this is not a conventional theatre, and its industrial character is part of the appeal of this section of the programme.
Teatro Central welcomes Juan Tomás de la Molía and Águeda Saavedra with Te atrevo, a world premiere directed by Manuel Liñán. Both represent a generation of performers with enormous potential and arrive at the Biennial with a proposal that makes Wednesday an especially strong day for dance.
Because of the times, we do not recommend trying to see both performances in full. If you are following the trilogy, Artillery should be your priority. If you want to discover two young artists in a premiere conceived for the Central, we would choose Te atrevo.
To organise all the dance options in the edition, also see dance at the Biennial 2026.
Thursday offers one of the great singing nights of the week. At 20:00, Teatro de la Maestranza hosts A canela y clavo, with Esperanza Fernández, Duquende and José Valencia, as well as Pepe Torres and Nazaret Reyes. Direction is by Pedro María Peña.
The programme moves through soleá, cantes de levante, canastera, petenera, bulerías, saeta, seguiriyas and other forms. More than an individual recital, it is conceived as a gathering of voices and generations around Gitano tradition and an open reading of flamenco.
If your week should include one major singing event, this is one of our priorities.
At 21:00, Caminero closes his trilogy with Al cante and the collaboration of David Carpio. For anyone who attended the previous two nights, completing the cycle has clear value: it shows how the same idea is reorganised around guitar, dance and finally voice.
At 22:30, Ezequiel Benítez presents Lo que nadie ve at Teatro Alameda. Thursday again presents a real choice, not an additive itinerary. A canela y clavo and Caminero overlap, and leaving Artillery for the Alameda leaves little room to turn the night into a race.
Find more context in our guide to singing at the Biennial 2026.
At 19:00, Espacio Turina welcomes Diego del Morao with Más Morao. The Biennial reserves Turina as one of its key places for listening to guitar, and this event fits that line perfectly. Diego arrives with a sound deeply associated with Jerez and the Santiago neighbourhood, while his career has also moved through studios, stages and very different collaborations.
For visitors travelling to Seville in search of toque, compás and a guitar with its own identity, this is an easy recommendation. The problem is that another of the week’s major Unique Nights begins only an hour later, so you have to choose.
At 20:00 at the Lope de Vega, Aurora Vargas and Juana Amaya present Hazme con los ojos señas. The meeting combines one of Seville’s most distinctive singing voices with a dancer of enormous stage power. It is exactly the kind of encounter that is difficult to reproduce outside a Biennial.
At 22:30, Andrés Marín premieres Desierto at Teatro Central. The creation incorporates dance, guitar, piano, electronics, texts and José el de la Tomasa as a guest artist. It is one of the most openly experimental proposals of the week.
If you value the flamenco uniqueness of a Unique Night, we would choose Aurora Vargas and Juana Amaya. If you are looking for stage research and the language of a creator who has spent years expanding the limits of dance, Andrés Marín should be among your priorities.
Saturday begins at 12:00 at San Luis de los Franceses with Encarna Anillo and Camino de flores. The programme connects different flamenco forms with emotional stages and floral essences, building a journey from innocence and disappointment to transformation and celebration.
The matinée is also easy to combine with any evening performance. If you want to experience the Biennial from midday and use the afternoon to explore Seville, this is an especially comfortable structure. See our guide to the Biennial’s Unique Matinées.
At 19:00, Juan Medina presents Fugaz at Turina. An hour later, the Maestranza welcomes Israel Galván with the world premiere of Bolero de blanco y negro, a creation in dialogue with Ravel and other boleros, featuring two pianos, singing, percussion and his own choreographic conception.
At 22:30, Pastora Galván premieres TRIBUsssh! at Teatro Alameda. The project crosses her dance with two drummers and a musical selection bringing flamenco and rock closer together, with Israel Galván as artistic director and curator.
The possibility of seeing Israel and Pastora on the same night is tempting, but it should not be sold as a guaranteed combination: it depends on the actual duration of Bolero de blanco y negro and on the time needed to leave and travel. If you prefer to enjoy the evening without rushing, Saturday once again requires a choice.
Encarna Anillo returns to San Luis de los Franceses at 12:00. It is especially useful for anyone who spent Saturday on other activities or would rather reserve that day for Israel and Pastora Galván.
Afterwards, the programme leaves several free hours before the afternoon and evening block. It is one of the easiest days to combine heritage, gastronomy and the Biennial without chaining activities together in a rush.
At 19:00 at Turina, Dani de Morón presents Cuadro, a proposal that recovers the spirit of the flamenco cuadro as a living organism, with Sergio El Colorao, Amparo Lagares and Ismael El Bola singing, Claudia La Debla dancing and Los Mellis on palmas.
At 20:00 at the Lope de Vega, Fue tu querer brings sevillanas back to the Biennial with Macarena de la Torre, Juan de Mairena, Lidia Hernández, Fran Fernández and guest artists including Rafael de Utrera, Carmen Lozano, Manolo Marín and Ana María Bueno. The proposal seeks to show the shared territory between folklore and flamenco.
At 22:30, Estévez/Paños y Compañía close the day at the Central with Doncellas (juerga permanente), a work in dialogue with historical dances, flamenco memory and contemporary creation. It is an especially attractive end to the week for audiences interested in the history of dance and its current reinterpretation.
You do not need to see everything. Choosing a line of interest helps build a more coherent Biennial and avoids impossible journeys.
Mon.: Rafael Riqueni & Tim Ries
Tue.: Manuel Liñán
Thu.: A canela y clavo
Fri.: Aurora Vargas & Juana Amaya
Sat.: Israel Galván
The most direct route for anyone seeking reference names and performances with strong artistic weight.
Mon.: Olga Pericet
Wed.: Te atrevo
Fri.: Andrés Marín
Sat.: Pastora Galván
Sun.: Estévez/Paños
A selection for following how tradition, research and new dance languages coexist.
Mon.: Rafael Riqueni
Fri.: Diego del Morao
Sun.: Dani de Morón
You can complete the route with Juan Medina or the first night of Pablo Martín Caminero’s trilogy.
Thu.: A canela y clavo
Fri.: Aurora Vargas & Juana Amaya
Sat.: Israel or Pastora Galván
Sun.: Fue tu querer
For anyone prioritising experiences unlikely to return with the same combination of artists and context.
For a first experience, I would not try to follow an overly specialised line. The most balanced combination would be a major theatre, a guitar performance and a Unique Night. For example: Manuel Liñán at the Maestranza, Rafael Riqueni with Tim Ries at the Lope and Aurora Vargas with Juana Amaya.
If an official performance sells out, Seville still offers flamenco every night. Our guide to flamenco in Seville during the Biennial outside the official programme brings together reliable alternatives.
This is probably one of the best weeks for choosing by uniqueness. Te atrevo, Desierto, TRIBUsssh!, Caminero’s trilogy and Doncellas offer very different ways of observing where staged flamenco is heading.
There are also meetings that are interesting precisely because they are not conventional repertoire shows: A canela y clavo or the encounter between Aurora Vargas and Juana Amaya are good examples. The useful question is not only “who do I like most?”, but “which performance will be hardest to see again outside this edition?”.
This is one of the strongest weeks of the entire Biennial. Olga Pericet opens Monday; Manuel Liñán takes the Maestranza on Tuesday; Juan Tomás de la Molía and Águeda Saavedra arrive on Wednesday; Andrés Marín premieres on Friday; Israel and Pastora Galván dominate Saturday; and Estévez/Paños close on Sunday.
It is impossible to see everything without giving up other strands of the festival, but it does allow for an almost monographic week. To plan it, we recommend pairing this guide with our article on dance performances at the Biennial 2026.
San Luis de los Franceses and the Royal Artillery Factory are the two venues that most transform the experience this week. The matinée lets you experience a concert in a Baroque space at midday; Artillery, by contrast, turns Caminero’s trilogy into an experience linked to restored industrial architecture.
If the venue is an important part of your decision, see our guide to the Biennial’s most spectacular venues.
With so much on offer, it is better to give up one performance on paper than spend half the night watching the clock. The Biennial is much more enjoyable when you leave time to enter, leave and move around calmly.
Rafael Riqueni & Tim Ries for the uniqueness of the meeting and Riqueni’s return to the Lope; Manuel Liñán as one of the week’s major dance events; A canela y clavo for bringing several essential voices together in a Unique Night; and Israel Galván for the premiere of Bolero de blanco y negro at the Maestranza.
If guitar is your main interest, we would replace one of those events with Diego del Morao or Dani de Morón. If you are looking for contemporary creation, we would make room for Olga Pericet, Andrés Marín or Estévez/Paños.
The official programme includes 21 performances between Monday 21 and Sunday 27 September 2026, including the two performances of Camino de flores by Encarna Anillo at San Luis de los Franceses.
Monday features Rafael Riqueni and Tim Ries with Tunisia at 20:00 at Teatro Lope de Vega and Olga Pericet with Perspectiva sobre un baile sonoro at 22:30 at Teatro Central.
Manuel Liñán presents a special edition of Bailaor@. Recital de baile on Tuesday 22 September 2026 at 20:00 at Teatro de la Maestranza.
The trilogy takes place over three consecutive nights at the Royal Artillery Factory: Al toque on Tuesday 22 at 21:00, Al baile with María Moreno on Wednesday 23 at 21:00 and Al cante with David Carpio on Thursday 24 at 21:00.
A canela y clavo takes place on Thursday 24 September at 20:00 at Teatro de la Maestranza with Esperanza Fernández, Duquende, José Valencia, Pepe Torres and Nazaret Reyes.
Both perform on Saturday 26. Israel Galván premieres Bolero de blanco y negro at 20:00 at Teatro de la Maestranza and Pastora Galván presents TRIBUsssh! at 22:30 at Teatro Alameda.
Yes. Encarna Anillo presents Camino de flores on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 at 12:00 at the Church of San Luis de los Franceses.
Key guitar dates include Rafael Riqueni with Tim Ries on Monday 21, the first part of Pablo Martín Caminero’s trilogy on Tuesday 22, Diego del Morao on Friday 25 and Dani de Morón on Sunday 27, as well as Juan Medina on Saturday 26.
Yes in some cases, especially by combining a matinée with an evening performance. Many 19:00, 20:00 and 21:00 shows overlap, however. For 20:00 and 22:30 performances, check the actual running time and travel time between venues first.
The safest option is to go to the official Biennial programme, open the performance page and use the official sales channel shown there. Availability may change as the dates approach.
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