XXI Suma Flamenca 2026

Teatros del Canal and various venues throughout the region of Madrid will host the twenty-first edition of the Suma Flamenca Festival from 13 October to 1 November 2026. This edition is devoted to the prominence of Women in the flamenco art and will include 43 galas, with 21 world premières and 12 premières in Madrid.

Suma Flamenca has become one of the most important flamenco festivals worldwide. In addition to making way for the leading artists of this international art, it has presented more than 200 young artists playing the guitar, singing and dancing, sponsored by major flamenco figures.

The 2026 edition boasts the slogan of Flamencas and the image of Carmen Amaya in order to analyse the presence and prominence of women in the different spheres of Flamenco today and in the history of this Art.

Teatros del Canal (Green Hall, Black Hall and Red Hall) are the nerve centre of the festival, although the programme will also be held at other venues, such as the Madrid Athenæum, Teatro de la Abadía and the Paco Rabal and Pilar Miró cultural centres in Vallecas, and in other municipalities across the Community, such as San Lorenzo de El Escorial ( Carlos III Royal Coliseum), La Cabrera (Sierra Norte County Centre for Humanities) and Rascafría (El Paular Royal Monastery).

Flamenco dancers will reveal the research and purification process in the roots and in the innovativeness of their creations. The following artists will be present: Rocío Molina, Israel Galván, Patricia Guerrero, Andrés Marín, Adela Campallo, Karime Amaya, Gabriel Matías, Mercedes Ruiz, Jesús Carmona, Estévez & Paños, Yoel Vargas, Farruquito, Lucía La Bronce, Rebeca Ortega, El Yiyo, Belén López, La Piñona, Claudia la Debla, Patricia Donn and Lucía Ruibal.

The song recitals will be by Israel Fernández, Carmen Linares, Aurora Vargas, Ezequiel Benítez, Argentina, Alicia Morales, Capullo de Jerez, Paco del Pozo, Sandra Carrasco, Ricardo Fernández del Moral, Pedro el Granaíno, Rocío Luna, Lucía Beltrán, Segundo Falcón and María de Carmela. The guitar in concert speciality will be performed by Alejandro Hurtado, Juan Ramón Caro, Andrea Salcedo, Joni Jiménez, José Almarcha, Agustín "El Bola", Manuel Herrera, Junior and Jerónimo Maya.

Madrid Athenæum will host the Flamencas. Song, Dance and Guitar exhibition by the photographer Ana Palma in the Anselma Hall. It will be opened on 30 September and can be visited until 28 October. On 30 September, a round table will be held in the Cátedra Mayor Auditorium, moderated by Pedro Calvo, and from 1 to 3 October, there will be three talks on Women in the History of Flamenco, Song, Dance and Guitar.   The four days will be rounded off with live performances.

As a prelude to Suma Flamenca, the Suma Flamenca Joven series will be held in the Green Hall at the Teatros del Canal in the middle of September. It includes an exhibition of guitar concert players, flamenco singers and dancers under the age of 30.

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