August 2024 Fair Presentation

From August 14 to 20 will be held the Malaga Bullfighting Fair 2024, which will be a tribute to Francisco Rivera Paquirri on the 40th anniversary of his death with the participation of his son Cayetano Rivera in the Picassiana, one of the five bullfights planned, which also include a mano a mano between Roca Rey and Fortes and the farewell of Enrique Ponce.
In addition, there will be a novillada with picadors and a bullfight, and from August 21 to 24 will take place the XVII International Contest of Bullfighting Schools of the Malagueta. This has been announced by the president of the Provincial Council of Malaga, Francisco Salado, along with the Councillor for Festivals of the City of Malaga, Teresa Porras, the territorial delegate of Justice and Local Government of the Junta de Andalucía, Teresa Pardo, and the entrepreneur of Lances de Futuro, José María Garzón, during the presentation ceremony in the Isabel Oyarzábal Hall of the Provincial Council, where there have also been some of the performers of the fair, representatives of the various bullfighting groups in the province and fans. The presentation ceremony has revolved around the tribute to Francisco Rivera Paquirri, historical figure of bullfighting, on the 40th anniversary of his death in Pozoblanco. For this reason, Cayetano Rivera, one of the sons of the late Paquirri, was present, and unpublished images from the Filmoteca de Andalucía (Andalusian Film Library) were shown in which the Barbate bullfighter appears fighting in the Malaga bullring.
Also personal friends of Paquirri as Francisco Ceballos and Antonio Hidalgo have expressed their testimonies and experiences with Paquirri.
Francisco Salado has highlighted the difficulty of putting together the posters of this fair “which has all the ingredients to be a resounding success as it happened last year”. For his part, the businessman of Lances de Futuro, José María Garzón stressed that “we have designed a fair with bullfighting figures and young values of bullfighting. The farewell of a bullfighter of the stature of Enrique Ponce, protagonist of great moments in La Malagueta; the winner of San Isidro as is Borja Jiménez; the bullfighter revelation in Las Ventas who is David Galván and the opportunity to a bullfighter from Malaga as Orozco in the bullfight bullfighter, and two young bullfighters in the bullfight of the fair”. “A fair where we count on Juan Ortega, who performed the best faena of the Seville Fair or Morante, the idea is is to be in La Malagueta in August,” Garzón indicated. “We will celebrate the Corrida Picassiana that could not take place at Easter due to the rain. We are facing an extraordinary bullfight, where the bullring will look like in every Picassiana a special decoration in charge of Pedro Sandoval, one of the most important artists of the plastic arts and of the abstract style and the symphonic orchestra of Malaga will be the one that will put the soundtrack to this celebration”. Garzón has emphasized the cattle aspect, “a fair with a variety of encastes and great cattle ranches”. “And as a culmination, a hand to hand of height with the maximum figure of bullfighting as Roca Rey with Fortes, the triumphant bullfighter of Malaga,” said the businessman. “As for the prices, a shadow ticket for subscribers has a cost of 50 euros, while in the sunny seats you can buy tickets from 15 euros of subscription,” said Garzon.
As for the tribute to Paquirri, Garzon has indicated that “we wanted to pay tribute to a figure of bullfighting as Paquirri on the 40th anniversary of his death.”
Evento taurino | Día | Toreros que participan |
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Corrida Picassiana | 19 Abril | Fortes, Juan Ortega y Roca Rey |
Feria taurina | 14 - 20 Agosto | Aún sin confirmar |