Costa del Sol News
Torremolinos is all set to experience Holy Week 2026, marked by three processional outings distributed between Good Friday of Sorrows, Palm Sunday, and Good Friday. The local brotherhoods will once again take to the streets with their titular figures during days that will also feature premieres, anniversaries, and routes through some of the main areas of the urban center.
The first event will take place on March 27, Good Friday of Sorrows, with the departure of the Sacramental Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus of the Sentence and Most Holy Mary of Calvary in their Painful Mysteries. The procession will start at 8:00 PM from the Resurrected Christ Parish and will pass through Rafael Quintana Rosado Street, Horacio Lengo Street, Bishop Julio María Street, Río Trueba Street, Vicente Aleixandre Square, Rafael Quintana Rosado Street, Europa Street, Fernando de Prado Street, Joan Miró Avenue, Doctor Jiménez Encina Street, and García de la Serna Street, returning to the church around 10:30 PM.
During the procession, the titular figures will be accompanied by the Band of trumpets and drums of the Most Holy Christ of Redemption and, as a novelty, also by the percussion group of Torremolinos at the beginning of the procession. The parade will feature about 60 nazarenes with candles, around 14 mantillas, and the throne will be carried by about 90 bearers.
Among the premieres of this first outing, the new dress donated for the Virgin stands out, as well as the four honor candles that will be carried by women particularly linked to the brotherhood: Dolores Márquez, Remedios Gómez, Remedios González, and Micaela Díaz.
The next major day will be March 29, Palm Sunday, with the departure of the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Nazarene, Most Holy Mary of Sorrows and Jesus at His Entry into Jerusalem and Holy Mary Queen of Peace, from the Mother of Good Counsel Parish.
Early in the morning, at 8:00 AM, members of the brotherhood will be at the church door selling palms and traditional palm crosses with olive, handcrafted by the brothers themselves.
An hour later, at 9:00 AM, the traditional mass and blessing of palms and olives will be celebrated. Subsequently, at 11:00 AM, the procession of Pollinico and Holy Mary Queen of Peace will start. The procession will go through Mother of Good Counsel Street, Los Manantiales Avenue, Costa del Sol Square, Palma de Mallorca Avenue, Joan Miró Street, Doctor Jiménez Encima Street, Río Yeguas Avenue, Joan Miró Avenue, Europa Street, Mother of Good Counsel Street, and return to its temple around 2:30 PM.
The Palm Sunday procession will gather about 300 people between nazarenes and penitents. The throne of Jesus at His Entry into Jerusalem will be carried by 90 men, while that of Holy Mary Queen of Peace will be carried by 85 women. This last image will also feature a special outing, as it marks ten years since its first procession in Torremolinos, an anniversary for which the brotherhood announces surprises during the route.
As a novelty, the Pollinico will premiere clothing, donated by a sister who has preferred to remain anonymous. Musically, Jesus will be accompanied by the Musical Group Virgin of Carmen from Torrenueva, while the Virgin will go with the Band of Music from Benalmádena.
Holy Week in Torremolinos will culminate on April 3, Good Friday, with the procession of the titulars of the Brotherhood of Sorrows. The departure is scheduled at 7:00 PM from the Mother of Good Counsel Parish, with a route that will take it through Los Manantiales Avenue, Costa del Sol Square, Palma de Mallorca, Joan Miró, Doctor Jiménez Encina, García de la Serna, Resurrected Christ Parish, Rafael Quintana Rosado, Europe, Isabel Manoja, and Mother of Good Counsel, returning to its temple around midnight.
On this day, Jesus Nazarene will be carried by about 100 men and will be accompanied by the Musical Band San Juan de Jaén. For her part, the Virgin of Sorrows will be carried by about 105 men to the sound of the Municipal Symphonic Band of Music City of Atarfe.
Good Friday will also come with significant heritage premieres. Jesus Nazarene will wear a new golden crown, made in the goldsmith workshop of Diego Martín e Hijos thanks to the donation of board brothers and two people very dear to the corporation who have chosen to remain anonymous. Likewise, Most Holy Mary of Sorrows will come out with her throne completely restored, also in the same workshop.
The Brotherhood of Sorrows currently has about 3,800 brothers, a figure that reflects the deep roots of a brotherhood with more than forty years of history in the municipality.
Due to these three processional outings, traffic will be affected on the streets included in the various routes planned for Holy Week in Torremolinos 2026.