Maror Festival 2026 reveals schedule: La Fúmiga’s farewell, M-Clan’s 30th anniversary and 8,000 people on the Mediterranean shore
Maror Festival has published the official schedule for its third edition, and the numbers alone tell a story. The festival, taking place on June 26 and 27 at Playa de la Antoneta in La Vila Joiosa, is heading into its final stretch with VIP passes sold out for both days, more than 75% of ticket buyers coming from outside the municipality, and an expected attendance of over 8,000 people across the weekend — 4,000 per day on one of the most distinctive stretches of Spain’s Mediterranean coastline. What began as a local initiative has grown into a regional landmark that draws audiences from across the province and well beyond.
Gates open at 18:30 on both Friday and Saturday. The first night closes at 1:30 with Romàntic Dimoni; the festival’s final note comes Saturday at 2:30 with a DJ set by Las Hienas. Eight hours of program each day, with the Mediterranean literally at the foot of the stage. The Playa de la Antoneta is not a scenic backdrop: it is part of the festival experience itself. The sunset over the sea, the ability to walk along the waterfront between sets, the sense of a space that extends beyond any fence — this is what Maror has always been, and it is what sets it apart from a conventional summer festival.
The emotional centrepiece of this edition is La Fúmiga. The Valencian band arrives at La Vila Joiosa as part of L'Últim Abraç — The Last Embrace — the farewell tour with which they will bring to a close a career that has defined an entire generation of listeners in the Valencian Community and beyond. Farewell tours carry a weight that ordinary concerts do not. When a band with La Fúmiga’s cultural footprint announces its end, every remaining date becomes singular, and the Maror show will be no exception. For many of the people heading to La Vila Joiosa this weekend, this will be the moment they came for — regardless of everything else on the bill.
M-Clan add a different kind of weight to the program. Carlos Tarque and Ricardo Ruipérez are marking their 30th anniversary this year, and every show on this tour carries the accumulated meaning of three decades of Spanish rock — songs that have been woven into the personal histories of audiences across multiple generations. Their return to the stage in 2026 is one of the most anticipated events of the rock calendar, and La Vila Joiosa is one of the dates.
The festival’s commitment to Valencian-language music remains a defining feature of its artistic identity. La Fúmiga, El Diluvi, Cactus, Esther and Romàntic Dimoni make up a core of the program that is not a token regional quota but a genuine artistic statement — one that Maror has sustained since its first edition and reaffirms more strongly here than ever. Carlos Ares and Sanguijuelas del Guadiana extend the lineup’s reach to the national level, and the overall result is a bill that manages something genuinely difficult: bringing together audiences of different generations and tastes in a single space without any of them feeling like guests at someone else’s party.
La Vila Talent Fest returns for its second year as the festival’s platform for emerging artists. Close to thirty applications were submitted for this year’s edition — a significant increase that reflects the initiative’s growing reputation — and the winner is RÖ, who joins the official program and performs alongside the headline acts. Beyond the confirmed sets, the organizers have prepared a series of performances and surprise activations that will be revealed progressively across the two days, adding an element of unpredictability to a weekend that already has plenty to offer.
The festival’s complementary offer is also expanding meaningfully this year. The gastronomic market grows in both size and variety of food options in response to the increased expected attendance. The artisan market will occupy 20 stalls distributed along the coastline, turning a walk by the sea into a discovery route in its own right. The layout of the site — designed from the outset to encourage movement, exploration and rest without ever losing sight of the music — is consistently cited by returning attendees as one of the things that distinguishes Maror from other festivals in its category.
Maror Festival 2026 has also joined the Protocol for Action against Sexual Violence in Leisure Spaces of the Valencian Community, in collaboration with the La Vila Joiosa city council, and will operate a Punto Violeta — a dedicated support and prevention point — throughout both days of the event.
Remaining single-day tickets and two-day passes are available at marorfest.com.
