La Meeting of Cante Jondo from La Puebla de Cazalla, one of the longest-running and most prestigious events on the calendar flamenco, presented on Thursday, May 22 at the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco the poster of his 56th edition, which will be held next Saturday 12 of July at Hacienda La Fuenlonguilla and will feature great figures of the cante, the touch and dance like Carmen Linares, Rafael Riqueni or Eva Yerbabuena and first-class artists like Pedro El Granaíno, Encarna Anillo, Ana Ramírez 'La Yiya', Edu Espín, Salvador Gutiérrez, Patrocinio Hijo, Antonio Carrión and Pituquete.
Furthermore, at the event, which was attended by the director of the IAF, Christopher Ortega, together with the mayor of La Puebla de CazallaAntonio Martín Melero, the delegate for development, public services, ecological transition and communication, Miguel Ángel Martín Bohórquez, and the singers Pedro El Granaíno and La Yiya, The program of parallel activities has been announced, which from Friday, July 4th will include exhibitions, tourist routes, workshops flamenco children's activities, book presentations, documentary screenings, round tables and recitals cante, free dancing and playing for all audiences, such as those of Rocío Márquez and Bronquio, Perrate with a touch of Paco de Amparo or Marco Flores.
In this sense, as Ortega wanted to highlight, the Meeting of Cante Jondo La Puebla de Cazalla has established itself as “a benchmark festival that has known how to evolve to adapt to new demands and seek out new audiences without losing its essence.” Along these lines, the mayor of the municipality, Antonio Martín, emphasized “the Réunion’s ability to attract diverse spectators from different backgrounds and interests who come to this event every year because here they find a space where they can share the flamenco experience in an open, free, and communal way.” An example of this is the 21st International Flamenco Course Flamenco which takes place over a week at the Hacienda itself and attracts people from many different countries.
Thus, without leaving aside the initial idea of its founders, the Moorish painter and poet, Francisco Moreno Galvan, and the cantaor Jose Menese, the Meeting of Cante Jondo It has been growing and diversifying, accommodating the different aesthetics that the universe encompasses. jondo current and becoming an example of “how the flamenco is capable of articulating and serving as a tool for social and educational transformation." Through, in this case, specific activities aimed at inmates of the Penitentiary Center, the workshops flamenco for the little ones or the VIII edition of the Youth Meeting of Cante Jondo.
«The Meeting of Cante Jondo La Puebla de Cazalla has established itself as a benchmark festival that has evolved to adapt to new demands and seek out new audiences without losing its essence.
Tribute to Moreno Galván
Specifically, the traditional meeting will celebrate a very special anniversary this year: the centenary of the birth of Francisco Moreno Galván (1925-1999), one of the great innovators of flamenco literature and a key figure for the Moorish fans who keeps his mark alive both in the defense of his concept of cante as in his aesthetics, maintaining even after his death his works that illustrate the posters of each edition.
To pay tribute to him, the event will feature one of the leading voices of flamenco, how is Carmen Linares, living legend of cante and teacher of all subsequent generations of artists jondos, who is now celebrating 40 years on stage.
On this occasion, he will also be accompanied by the unmistakable sonanta of another maestro, the Sevillian Rafael Riqueni, Andalusian Culture Award, National Critics Award, Giraldillo for Mastery at the XVIII Biennial of Flamenco and Compass of the Cante, among other recognitions, and author of works such as Child's Play, My Time, Seville Suite, Crystal Alcazar, Heritage o Maria Luisa Park, one of the albums that have marked the recent history of flamenco guitar.
Along with the teachings of Linares and Riqueni, you can enjoy three personal singers who defend their own echo, such as Peter the Granain, the Cadiz woman Incarnate Ring and the Moorish woman Ana Ramírez 'La Yiya', that will fill the courtyard of the Fuenlonguilla with their echo, a place that on this day is filled with the scent of aromatic herbs such as rosemary, thyme and lavender in an effort to keep the traditions of the gathering alive. They will be accompanied on this magical night by the guitars of Edu Espín, Salvador Gutiérrez, Patrocinio Jr., Antonio Carrión and Pituquete.
The icing on the cake, before the traditional end of the party, will be provided by the dancer Eva Yerbabuena, recently recognized with the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award, which is given to the world's leading figures in dance. The Granada native, who has been setting standards with her dancing for decades in major international theaters and festivals, will arrive here accompanied by her usual cast, with the complicit guitar of Paco Jarana, to delight the audience with a recital of flamenco intimate place where you can see her dance in all her splendor.
Precisely one of the objectives of the Meeting since its beginnings in 1967 has been to present this art without ornamentation, which is why it is committed to a simple, essential and direct aesthetic, and for the revitalization of the cante jondo, recovering the palos traditional ones that were taking a back seat and becoming an engine of social unrest.
Program LVI Meeting of Cante Jondo
VIERNES 4 of July
21:30 p.m. José María Moreno Galván Museum of Contemporary Art
– Opening of the exhibition, by Francisco Moreno Galván (1925-2025)
23:00 p.m. Plaza Vieja
– Recital of cante and touch: Ricardo Fernández del Moral
– Recital of cante: Paqui Lara with the touch of Manuel Peralta
SATURDAY JULY 5
9:00 a.m. La Fuenlonguilla Estate
– Inauguration of the XXI International Course on Flamenco
11:00 p.m. Plaza Vieja
-Tourist route “The footprint of the flamenco in La Puebla” (guided tour of 1 h.)
Prior registration: Tourist Office. Tel. 955 291 013.
tourism@pueblacazalla.com
23:00 p.m. Andalusia Square
- Flamenco-Jazz: Antonio Serrano & Kaele Jiménez
- Flamenco-Electronics: Rocío Márquez and Bronquio
TUESDAY, JULY 8
10:00 a.m. Manuel García Gómez Municipal School of Music and Dance
– Workshop of flamenco for children, with Eli Parrilla
17:00 p.m. Sevilla II Penitentiary Center
– X Meeting of Cante Jondo in La Mezquitilla
Guest artists: La Yiya and Antonio Carrión
20:00 PM. Victoria Room
-Screening of the documentary Revealing Stories, Pepe Lamarca
Presented by: Emilia Gálvez
22:00 p.m. Town Hall Square
-Show Flamenco inclusive. The Hunchback of Seville. José Galán Company.
Artistic direction and choreography by José Galán
Cante: Inma la Carbonera
Guitar José Manuel Tudela
Dancers Elena Acosta Mariana Días Rosa Acosta
Dance group Students of Flamenco Inclusive
WEDNESDAY 9 JULY
10:00 a.m. Manuel García Gómez Municipal School of Music and Dance
– Workshop of flamenco for children, with Eli Parrilla
20:00 PM Antonio Fuentes Winery
Presentation of the book: I was a stone and lost my center. Flamencographs 2015-2025, by the illustrator Seisdedos (Herida Books- Graphic Environment, 2025).
Speakers: Álvaro García Seisdedos, Miguel Ángel Rivero Gómez and José María Gómez Valero.
23:00 PM. Melias Square
– Closing of the educational program “Living and feeling the flamenco: Those who walk the earth.” IES Federico García Lorca
– VIII Youth Meeting of Cante Jondo
– Guitar recital: Manuel Herrera Jr.
– Recital of cantePedro Montoya, the Chanquita. Guitar: Ruben Martinez
THURSDAY 10 JULY
10:00 a.m. Manuel García Gómez Municipal School of Music and Dance
– Workshop of flamenco for children, with Eli Parrilla
11:00 p.m. Plaza Vieja
-Tourist route “The footprint of the flamenco in La Puebla” (guided tour of 1 h.)
20:00 PM. Victoria Room
Discussion panel on Francisco Moreno Galván: “I, friends, am a painter…”
José Lamarca, Gabriel Cabeza and Patricio Hidalgo.
Moderated by: Esther Regueira.
23:00 PM Plaza Nueva
– II Ambassadors Award of the Meeting of CanteTo Pepe Lamarca and Miguel Núñez (in memoriam)
– Recital of canteTo Francisco Moreno Galván
Cante: María Jesús Bernal, Raúl Montesinos and Rubito Jr.
Touch: Antonio Carrión and Patrocinio Son
FRIDAY JULY 11
10:00 a.m. Manuel García Gómez Municipal School of Music and Dance
– Workshop of flamenco for children, with Eli Parrilla
11:00 a.m. La Fuenlonguilla Estate
– Guided tour of the MUSEFF - Museum of Festivals Flamencos-
Prior registration: Tourist Office. Tel. 955 291 013.
tourism@pueblacazalla.com
20:00 PM Antonio Fuentes Winery
Roundtable discussion on Francisco Moreno Galván: “The cante goes straight to the feeling…” With José María Velázquez Gaztelu, Carmen Linares and Encarna Gil.
Moderated by: Miguel Ángel Rivero Gómez
22:15 p.m. Town Hall Square
– FlashMob of the Workshop of flamenco for children
23:00 PM. Convent Square
– Presentation of the Poster of the LVI Meeting of Cante Jondo,
Maria Jose Sanchez Gago.
- recital of cante: Perrate
Touch: Paco de Amparo
– Dance show: Marco Flores
CanteManuel de la Nina and Enrique "Remache"
Guitar: Jose Tomas
SATURDAY JULY 12
22:00 a.m. La Fuenlonguilla Estate
LVI Meeting of Cante Jondo from La Puebla de Cazalla
Cante: La Yiya
Incarnate Ring
Carmen Linares
Pedro the Granaíno
Touch: Rafael Riqueni, Edu Espín, Salvador Gutiérrez, Patrocinio Jr., Pituquete and Antonio Carrión.
Dance: Eva la Yerbabuena
Presented by: Sara Arguijo
4:00 - 6:00 h. Flamenco Set with DJ Gufi
