La XXIV Biennial of Flamenco of Sevilla Tickets for the gala are now on sale The world by the hornsThe grand spectacle of the 2026 edition will take place at the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza in Seville on September 10th. A unique event that will bring together historical figures, established voices, and new talents in a production conceived especially for this emblematic venue, in an edition that will once again transform Seville into the grand stage of the flamenco world.
The proposal for this gala is part of the centenary of a key moment for the flamencoThe year 1926 marked a turning point for the genre, as it definitively reached a wider audience. That period saw how Pepe Marchena He entered the circuits of the so-called Flamenco Opera, how Manuel Vallejo received the second Golden Key Cante after the victory of Manuel Rye at the Pavón Cup, and how the recording industry took a decisive leap forward with the arrival of electric recordings. flamenco It then multiplied in theaters, cinemas and bullrings, becoming a mass spectacle without losing its intimate pulse.
In that context, teachers like Antonio Chacon o Manuel Torre with pivotal figures of the 20th century such as The Girl with the CombsVallejo, Marchena, Pepe Pinto o Ramon MontoyaWhile large-scale musical groups filled venues, the traditional songs continued to resonate in intimate spaces, holding the heart. jondo of art. That decade brought an explosion of creativity, popularity, and theatrical fusion that would forever mark the history of flamenco.
The gala will feature an exceptional cast that reflects the diversity of flamenco current, with names to cante such as José Mercé, José de la Tomasa, Martyrdom, Archangel, La Tremendita, Angels Toledano, El Perrete and Manuel de la TomasaWith the guitars of Manolo Franco, Alfredo Lagos and David de ArahalWith the saxophones of Juan Jiménez and Alfonso Padilla, percussion and palmas de El Oruco, Abel Harana, Daniel Suárez and El Chupete, and Ballet Flamenco Andalusia with Patricia guerrero in the dance.
The staging is conceived as a grand collective celebration, a party carried on the shoulders of history that connects the energy of the massive shows of the 1920s with the creative pulse of flamenco contemporary.
"Alongside the El mundo por montera gala, the 2026 Biennial offers a program with 72 performances, 52 new productions, 22 world premieres, 24 unique nights and 6 unique matinees, in 11 venues across the city."
The flamenco dancer and artistic director Andres Marin, responsible for the show along with Luis Ybarra, underscores the spirit of the proposal as a unique experience:The world by the horns It is a journey and also a reverie. An encounter between different times and sensibilities that will only happen that night. We have conceived the Gala as an extraordinary, unrepeatable event, where an intergenerational cast—from the youngest artists to the great masters—merges in touch, in the cante and the dance to pay homage to those pioneering figures who a century ago carried the flamenco to a popular and massive dimension.”
Marín insists that the proposal is not a historicist reconstruction: “We don’t want to reproduce or imitate what happened in the 1920s. That belongs to its time. What interests us is recovering that legacy, that expansive energy, and revisiting it from today’s perspective, from contemporary and avant-garde viewpoints. To celebrate its audacity, its capacity to blaze trails, and to ask ourselves what it means now to defy convention.” And he concludes: “It’s a communion between generations, a night in which past and present are stretched until they find a common ground. A living tribute, not a display case.” Flamenco in its current state, engaging in dialogue with its own history.”
Alongside the gala The world by the hornsThe 2026 Biennial offers a program with 72 performances, 52 new productions, 22 world premieres, 24 unique nights and 6 unique matinees, in 11 venues across the city.
The public's response has been immediate: in the first week of sales, several performances in the program have already sold out (Israel Fernández, Pedro el Granaíno + Daniel Oyarzábal, and Encarna Anillo + Miguel Rincón), confirming the anticipation that this new edition of the Seville event arouses.
Tickets for the gala The world by the horns and the rest of the shows of the XXIV Biennial of Flamenco Tickets for Seville can now be purchased on the website www.labienal.com.
