With just over a month to go before the 2026 Fiestas del Pilar begin, the program continues to take shape. One upcoming date is September 9, when a draw at noon will determine the order in which groups participating in the Flower Offering will set off.
The arrival of Conphia Urbana SL at Zaragoza's Plaza de Toros will not bring changes to its management. Pablo Alonso will remain in charge of La Misericordia after the lease contract for 2026 and 2027 was awarded.
The first notes of the first concert of Vive Latino’s fifth edition have yet to sound, but the festival is already looking ahead to its sixth edition. Promoter Nacho Royo revealed this Wednesday that organizers have begun working on next year’s lineup.
For Zaragoza residents, the end of summer inevitably brings the countdown to the Fiestas del Pilar. With concerts confirmed at venues such as Espacio Zity and the Príncipe Felipe, and theaters announcing special programming, many details are still unknown. One of the most important is the identity of the speaker or speakers who will open the festivities. Last year, filmmakers Javier Macipe, Pilar Palomero and Paula Ortiz addressed the crowds from Zaragoza City Hall’s balcony to launch the 2025 Fiestas del Pilar.
Zaragoza is already casting an eye over the calendar for one of the year's most eagerly awaited events. Castanets, flowers and cachirulos will once again fill the streets of the Aragonese capital during the Fiestas del Pilar 2026, a celebration that sets the social and cultural pulse of the entire city. With October drawing closer, many Zaragoza residents are asking the same question: when will the Fiestas del Pilar take place this year?
Aragon’s church organs have enjoyed a summer resurgence, and this month it will be Villanueva de Huerva’s instrument taking center stage. The Zaragoza municipality is hosting the third edition of its Early Music Festival, which will offer ten concerts during the first three weekends of September, featuring national and international performers and placing its 17th-century organ at the heart of the program.