The Paco de Lucía Mallorca Festival 2026 Palma Flamenca will celebrate its fifth edition with a programme that will once again place the city on the map of contemporary flamenco. The festival will begin on 13 March at Teatre Principal de Palma with a grand gala headlined by María Terremoto and Mala Rodríguez, and will also feature performances by La Tania, Mercedes Luján and Rancapino Chico at venues such as Es Gremi, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma, Fundació Miró Mallorca and Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza.
Paco de Lucía and his guitar. Photo: Paco de Lucía Foundation.
One of the main new developments of this edition is that Her Majesty Queen Letizia has accepted the Honorary Presidency of the festival, an institutional endorsement that reinforces the profile of an event already firmly established in Mallorca’s cultural calendar.
Alicia Gibert, central figure in the III Young Talents Grant
Another of the standout events of this edition will be the performance by Alicia Gibert on 17 March at Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza. The Mallorcan dancer is the recipient of the III Young Talents Grant of the Paco de Lucía Festival, which in this fifth anniversary edition has been exceptionally devoted to the field of dance from a contemporary and cross-disciplinary perspective.
The grant was awarded following the deliberation of the festival’s international selection committee, made up of prominent figures from the musical and artistic world such as Bryan Adams, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Estrella Morente, together with other professionals linked to the promotion of new talent.
Paco de Lucía Mallorca Festival 2026 programme
13 March 2026
Teatre Principal de Palma · 8.00 pm
Grand Opening Gala – Fifth anniversary
María Terremoto
Guest artist: Mala Rodríguez
15 March 2026
Es Gremi · 7.30 pm
La Tania
17 March 2026
Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza · 8.00 pm
Alicia Gibert – recipient of the III Young Talents Grant of the Paco de Lucía Festival
19 March 2026
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma · Aljub · 8.00 pm
Mercedes Luján
Rancapino Chico
21 March 2026
Fundació Miró Mallorca · 10.00 am
Toni Vich (Triofang)
Úrsula Pomar
In addition to these first events, the programme will continue throughout the year with new cultural proposals, including concerts by Queralt Lahoz -and other artists yet to be confirmed- in October and a special Christmas gala with Las Migas, which will be announced soon.
A festival with a social dimension dedicated to the legacy of Paco de Lucía
The Paco de Lucía Mallorca Festival was created in 2022 by Soledad Bescós with the aim of preserving and sharing the musical and human legacy of the guitarist. Promoted by the Paco de Lucía Foundation, the festival also has a charitable character, as the funds raised are allocated to educational programmes that promote musical training and the development of young talent.
The festival pays tribute to Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez, Paco de Lucía’s real name, who spent the final years of his life in Mallorca. On the island, he found the calm and inspiration he needed to work and composed one of his most celebrated works, Canción andaluza, an album that received a posthumous Latin Grammy in 2014, the same year he died. That same year, the Consell de Mallorca named him an adopted son of the island, thereby recognising his close bond with Mallorca.
The festival is supported by the Ajuntament de Palma, the Consell de Mallorca and a network of cultural partners including Galería Pelaires, Es Gremi, Es Baluard – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma and the Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza.
More information at this link.
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