Ten days of fair spread across the whole city: the casetas and rides at the Alfonso Sánchez Herrera fairground, concerts at the Alameda auditorium, flamenco and zarzuela at the Darymelia and the Infanta Leonor, dancing every day in Roldán y Marín and, to close, 350 drones.
Singing: Raúl Montesinos, Mayka Sanz, Consuelo Aldón, Carmen Yruela and Alba Martos; guitar: Manuel Herrera, Inda Sánchez, Antonio Carrión and Alba Espert; Carmen Catena’s dance group. Presented by Laura Caballero. Tickets: €15 plus fees, at giglon.com.
Flamenco
10Saturday · October
Opening speech and parade
Daniel Rodríguez, coach of Jaén Paraíso Interior futsal, gives the opening speech from the Town Hall balcony, followed by the parade of the Lagarto de la Magdalena.
In the streets
12:30
Jaén, baila en feria: dance show by the «Raquel Damas» schoolCalle Roldán y Marín
At 13:00, flashmob «Jaén, baila por sevillanas».
Jaén, baila en feria
19:30
Opening speech: Daniel Rodríguez MartínezBalcón central del Ayuntamiento de Jaén
Coach of Jaén Paraíso Interior futsal, introduced by the mayor, Julio Millán Muñoz. Free.
Free entry
Tradition
Después
Parade «Jaén, ciudad de fantasía y leyenda»Desde la plaza de Santa María
The Lagarto de la Magdalena leads the way to Alice in the Jaén of Wonders: floats, troupes, giant inflatables, actors, ballet and musicians. Route: plaza de Santa María, Campanas, plaza de San Francisco, Álamos, Dr. Eduardo Arroyo, Millán de Priego, Castilla, Arquitecto Berges, Paseo de la Estación, Cid Campeador, plaza de la Libertad, Pío XII and avenida de Madrid as far as Virgen de la Cabeza. Keep off calle Virgen de la Cabeza: it is used to dismantle the floats.
For kids
Tradition
Concerts and theatre
20:30
Flamenco show «Estirpe Flamenca»Teatro Infanta Leonor
Singing: Rafael Plantón Heredia «Rafa el Calli» (Lámpara Minera 2026) and Raúl Núñez Mendoza; dance: Antonio Molina «El Chorro» and Manuel Plantón «El Curri»; guitar: «Niño Seve». Tickets from €20 plus fees, at entradium.com.
Flamenco
21:00
San Lucas & Roll 2026: M-Clan, Burning and DJ El PulpoAuditorio Municipal de la Alameda
Tickets from €35 plus fees, at eventick.es.
Concert
11Sunday · October
Zarzuela, bullfighting and Generación San Lucas
The Municipal Band at midday, the first bullfight in the afternoon and Avenida, Malmö 040 and Dirección Contraria at night.
In the streets
12:00
Jaén Municipal Band: zarzuela concertCalle Bernabé Soriano
«From the classical splendour of the 19th century to the lyrical modernity of the 20th». Conducted by Juany Martínez-de la Hoz Casas.
Concert
19:00
Jaén, baila en feria: «Nerea García» dance schoolCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
Concerts and theatre
19:00
María Guadaña: «Afila íntima»Teatro Darymelia
Tickets from €12 plus fees, at giglon.com.
Concert
20:00
David Navarro: «No tengo remedio»Teatro Infanta Leonor
Tickets from €18 plus fees, at david-navarro.es.
20:00
Generación San Lucas 26: Avenida, Malmö 040 and Dirección ContrariaAuditorio Municipal de la Alameda
Tickets from €25 plus fees, at eventick.es.
Concert
Bullfighting
17:30
Mixed bullfightPlaza de Toros de Jaén (Coso de la Alameda)
Victorino Martín bulls for the mounted bullfighter Diego Ventura and the matadors El Cid and Manuel Escribano.
12Monday · October
Festiband
National Day with the 16th Jaén Band Music Festival, in tribute to Antonio Manzano Vázquez: a street parade in the morning and a concert at the Darymelia.
In the streets
11:00
16th Festiband street paradeDesde la plaza de San Ildefonso
Route: plaza de San Ildefonso, Ignacio Figueroa, Bernabé Soriano, plaza de San Francisco, Álamos, Colón, plaza de la Audiencia and calle Maestra.
Concert
Concerts and theatre
12:00
16th Festiband: Jaén Band Music FestivalTeatro Darymelia
Sociedad Filarmónica de Jaén, the Torredonjimeno band and the Ntra. Sra. de la Paz band from Marmolejo. Organised by the Sociedad Filarmónica de Jaén. Tickets: €5, on the day at the Darymelia box office from 10:00.
Concert
13Tuesday · October
Latin dance
A quiet day on the programme: the casetas and the rides, and Latin dance in Roldán y Marín.
In the streets
19:00
Jaén, baila en feria: Latin dance display by La BailotecaCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
14Wednesday · October
Children’s Day
Rides at €2.50 (€3 for those with fewer than 16 seats and single-run rides), and from four to six in the afternoon the music is switched off across the fairground.
At the fairground
Todo el día
Children’s DayRecinto ferial «Alcalde Alfonso Sánchez Herrera»
All rides at €2.50, except those with fewer than 16 seats and single-run rides, at €3.
For kids
16:00
Fair without music, 16:00 to 18:00Recinto ferial «Alcalde Alfonso Sánchez Herrera»
Music is switched off across the fairground, for people with autism, auditory hypersensitivity or other needs.
For kids
In the streets
19:00
Jaén, baila en feria: flamenco and dance by «Rocío Escuela de Danza»Calle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
15Thursday · October
Zarzuela «Los Claveles»
Salon bullfighting for the elderly, Andalusian dance in the street and zarzuela at the Darymelia.
In the streets
17:30
Salon bullfightingResidencia de mayores «Sebastián Estepa Llaurens»
Tradition
19:00
Jaén, baila en feria: Andalusian dance by the «Verdes Olivares» associationCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
Concerts and theatre
20:00
Zarzuela «Los Claveles»Teatro Darymelia
By the Teatro Lírico Andaluz. Tickets from €17 plus fees, at giglon.com and Ayala Música.
16Friday · October
Xauen Bull Festival
Pinocchio for the little ones, Daniel Fez at the Infanta Leonor and a long night of indie at the Alameda.
In the streets
19:00
Jaén, baila en feria: dance show by the «María Caramela» schoolCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
Concerts and theatre
17:00
PinocchioTeatro Darymelia
Small Clowns theatre company. Shows at 17:00 and 19:00. Tickets: €8 plus fees, at giglon.com.
For kids
20:00
Xauen Bull Festival 2026Auditorio Municipal de la Alameda
Delvín at 20:00, Buenos Días Hiroshima at 21:00, Ultraligera at 22:15 and Juancasupersub DJ set at 00:00. Tickets from €35 plus fees, at elcorteingles.es.
Concert
20:30
Daniel Fez: «Estamos cucú de la cabeza»Teatro Infanta Leonor
Tickets from €18 plus fees, at giglon.com.
17Saturday · October
Pasodobles and the second bullfight
Pasodobles by the Municipal Band, salon bullfighting by the bullfighting-school students, the El Parralejo bullfight and Octover.
In the streets
12:00
Jaén Municipal Band: bullfighting pasodoblesCalle Bernabé Soriano
Marking 20 years of the Círculo Cultural Taurino de Jaén. Conducted by Juany Martínez-de la Hoz Casas.
Concert
12:30
Jaén, baila en feria: urban and contemporary dance by Estudio NovenoCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
Concerts and theatre
20:00
OctoverTeatro Infanta Leonor
Tickets from €22.20 plus fees, at entradas.com.
Concert
Bullfighting
12:00
Salon bullfighting displayPlaza de Toros de Jaén (Coso de la Alameda)
By the students of the Escuela Cultural de Tauromaquia de Jaén. Free entry while places last.
Free entry
17:30
BullfightPlaza de Toros de Jaén (Coso de la Alameda)
El Parralejo bulls for El Fandi, Emilio de Justo and David de Miranda.
18Sunday · October
Children’s bull run and drones
The last day: the second Children’s Day, chilindrinas and bobbin lace by the Diputación, the toy-bull run and, at half past nine, 350 drones.
At the fairground
Todo el día
Children’s DayRecinto ferial «Alcalde Alfonso Sánchez Herrera»
All rides at €2.50, except those with fewer than 16 seats and single-run rides, at €3.
For kids
21:30
Drone show: «350 Fiestas del Mundo»Recinto ferial «Alcalde Alfonso Sánchez Herrera»
Best seen from the Paseo de Caballos at the fairground.
For kids
In the streets
10:00
Chilindrinas exhibitionVerja de la Diputación Provincial de Jaén
10:00 to 19:00. Organised by the «Arco del Consuelo-Casco Antiguo» residents’ association.
Tradition
10:00
23rd National Bobbin Lace MeetingPalacio de la Diputación Provincial de Jaén
10:00 to 13:30. Organised by the «El Bolillo» association of Jaén lacemakers. Free entry while places last.
Free entry
Tradition
12:00
Jaén Municipal Band: bullfighting pasodoblesCalle Bernabé Soriano
Conducted by Juany Martínez-de la Hoz Casas.
Concert
12:00
Children’s bull run with toy bullsAlameda de Adolfo Suárez
For kids
Tradition
12:30
Jaén, baila en feria: flamenco by the «El Tabanco» schoolCalle Roldán y Marín
Jaén, baila en feria
Flamenco
Every day.
What runs from the first day to the last, and what is worth knowing.
Rides and fair attractions
From the 9th to the 18th at the fairground, all playing the same music. Children’s Days: Wednesday 14 and Sunday 18, at €2.50 (€3 for rides with fewer than 16 seats and single-run rides).
Fair without music
Wednesday 14, 16:00 to 18:00: music off across the fairground, for people with autism, auditory hypersensitivity or other needs.
Accessible caseta (no. 35)
A caseta with toilets for people with reduced mobility and ostomy patients.
Jaén, baila en feria
Every day, a Jaén dance school in calle Roldán y Marín: at 19:00 on weekdays and at 12:30 on Saturday 10, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18.
Mobile tattoo office
13:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 02:00, as listed in the programme.
The lights
1.4 million LED lights, with a new 3D main gate of 200,000.
The casetas, on the map.
37 casetas over 80 plots, the most in fifteen years. They go by number, as on the map: up to 42, food; 43 to 77, mixed; and 78 to 90, drinks.
The council’s official map, with each caseta over its plots. On a phone, swipe the map sideways. It also works with no signal, once the page has been opened.
No caseta by that name. Try the plot number, 1 to 90.
Tap a caseta or a spot on the map to see what it is; tap a name on the list to find it on the map.
Food area
Mixed area
Drinks area
Around the fairground
Getting there.
The fairground lies between avenida de Granada and the Ronda Sur. Best by bus.
By city bus
Line
Route
Frequency
L-1
Fuentezuelas · Peñamefécit · Ferial
every 20 min
L-5
El Tomillo · Glorieta · Ferial
every 30 min
L-7
Polígono El Valle · Centro · Ferial
every 20 min
L-15
Magdalena · Centro · Ferial
every 30 min
L-19
Bulevar · Centro · Ferial
every 20 min
The fairground stop is on the carretera de Granada, at the Variante Sur roundabout, by the entrance to the casetas. A trip costs €1.15, with the Town Council bonobús card or the Jaén Area Transport Consortium card. On the nights of the 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th, buses run until 4:00 and a shuttle runs every 15 minutes between the fairground and the centre from 4:00 to 6:00. On Tuesday 13th, 18:00 to 2:00. Other days, according to the programme.
By car
About 500 spaces behind the Local Police headquarters and another 100 by the funeral home, set up with the municipal company Epassa. The fairground has four entrances: 1 and 2 by the car park, 3 on avenida de Granada and 4 on the Ronda Sur.
To the outlying villages, at night
To Puente Tablas and Las Infantas, in the early hours of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th: departures from the fairground at 1:00 and 3:00 to Puente Tablas, and at 3:00 to Las Infantas.
Punto Violeta
By Entrance 3 of the fairground, on avenida de Granada. Open five hours every fair day.
Consent is not negotiable: respecting other people’s decisions is essential.
Forcing, insisting or pressuring is also harassment.
Nothing justifies an assault: not alcohol or drugs, not clothes, not attitude.
If you see an assault, don’t stand aside: listen, stay with the person and go to the Punto Violeta.
Run by the Town Council’s Equality department, with funds from the State Pact against Gender Violence. From the official programme’s guidelines: «For a safe fair, free from sexist violence».
It opened the bullfighting fair at the bullring: young bulls from Apolinar Soriano for bullfighting-school students.
Saturday 3 October · from 15:00
Pre-fair: CAPEOxAFRODISE
At the bullring, with Aaron Sevilla; FT P.Rivas and Alba Dreid; Les Castizos and Luis Kill; Pomboklap B2B Robert Peinado; El Zagalillo, Antonio Cg and Marín, and Alberto Dj. Tickets from €18 plus fees, at afrodisemusic.com.
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