“Lo Ferro builds a golden bridge to Puente Genil with the maestro Fosforito as a witness”
Lo Ferro, February 18, 2025
Puente Genil will open its heart and arms to Lo Ferro at the presentation of the 45th edition of the International Festival of Cante Flamenco de Lo Ferro, which will be held at the Fosforito Museum located in the Convent of the Friars in the Cordoba town.
The Ferreña delegation, headed by the mayor of the Torre Pacheco City Council, Pedro Ángel Roca, and the president of the Peña Flamenca “Melón de Oro”, Mariano Escudero, has planned an intense agenda of activities that will begin with the presentation of the poster, the work of Javier Lorente, and the ambitious programming of the forty-fifth edition of the Ferreño festival, which has Israel Fernández, Capullo de Jerez and Manuela Carpio as headliners, and which has a large group of great artists such as Lela Soto, Julián Estrada or Ana and Esmeralda Rancapino, among others.
In addition, in the presence of maestro Fosforito, the mayor of Puente Genil, Sergio Velasco, and the local corporation will be informed of the mention for which Lo Ferro and its festival flamenco They award the city their “Gold Medal”, sealing for eternity the friendship and affection for the place where the myth, Antonio Fernández Díaz “Fosforito”, winner of the Sebastián Escudero “Flamenco Excellence” award and friend of Lo Ferro, was born.
The Ferreña agenda also has in its favor the communication to the Hotel “Las Acacias” in Puente Genil of the delivery, within the framework of the next 45th edition of the International Festival of Cante Flamenco from Lo Ferro, the “Sabor” award Flamenco” to the “Salón Fosforito”, a magical place where the flamenco has flown, flies and will fly free and deep.
After tomorrow's event, the activity will move to 20:00 p.m. on the same Friday, February 21, at the aforementioned "Salón Fosforito" at the Hotel "Las Acacias" for the presentation gala of our festival. flamenco in which we will have the cante of the “Golden Melon” 2024, Jesús Castilla, accompanied by the guitar of Niño Manuel and the palmas and the rhythm of Luis Monje and Naim Real and the dance of the Ballet Flamenco from Lo Ferro who, under the direction of M.ª Dolores Ros, will offer a glimpse of the art that exudes from the air of Lo Ferro and its festival flamenco.
Meeting, friendship, sharing, growing... all of this from Lo Ferro to Puente Genil, thus uniting, forever, the destiny of two flamenco cities.
Tickets will soon go on sale for a festival that this year will feature artists of the stature of Israel Fernandez, Capullo de Jerez, Manuela Carpio, Lela Soto, Ana and Esmeralda Rancapino, Paco Cepero, Paco Leon, Antonio Carrion, Antonio Fernandez "El Torero", Julian Estrada, Antonio Fernandez "El Torero Chico", the Ballet Flamenco from Lo Ferro, the Municipal Dance School of Torre Pacheco, the Kimbara Ballet and the singers participating in the competition cante ferreño.
We remind you that registrations for the Competition of Cante The Lo Ferro Festival 2025 applications are still open and their rules can be consulted in full on the website www.loferroflamenco.com where you can also follow all the information about the Lo Ferro Festival and the activities of the Peña Flamenca “Golden Melon”.
