Two prestigious posters for the bullfighting season in Marbella

Two prestigious posters featuring renowned figures make up the 2025 bullfighting season in Marbella, the second since the reopening last year of the city's bullring after being closed for nine years. The company managing the arena, Arenal Marbella Toros, presented this Friday the schedule for the festivities that will take place during the San Bernabé fair and in August.

The first event in Marbella will be on June 14, Saturday, where two established bullfighters, José María Manzanares and Alejandro Talavante, accompanied by Fortes, will perform. Fortes sees how his victory last year at the Malaga bullfighting fair and the most recent at the Picassian Bullfight last Holy Saturday are opening doors and opportunities for him. That day, bulls from El Freixo ranch, owned by the retired bullfighter El Juli, who last year already fought a good stock in Marbella, will be fought.

The Candlelight Bullfight, which was revived last year with the return of bullfighting to the Marbella arena, will take place on Friday, August 8 at 10 PM, and will feature a trio of bullfighters from Seville: Morante de la Puebla, Juan Ortega, and Pablo Aguado, to fight bulls from the Garcigrande ranch. It so happens that this is the same lineup that took place last Thursday, May 1, in Seville, which provided a great afternoon of bullfighting with Morante cutting two ears in a festival broadcast by Canal Sur Television, achieving a 19% audience share.

Presentation and Prices

The presentation of the Marbella posters took place at the main entrance with the presence of company members Miguel Báez 'Litri', Fermín Bohórquez, Raúl Gracia 'El Tato', and Jorge Cutiño, along with the deputy mayor of Marbella, Félix Romero, and Fortes.

The bullfighter from Malaga thanked the company for having "the sensitivity" to value his victories of last August 20 at La Malagueta and in the last Picassian Bullfight for his inclusion in the Marbella posters. An appointment with which Fortes continues to add commitments to his crucial 2025 season. Indeed, after the parade in the capital, he has confirmed his participation in Algeciras—where he will fight a Miura bullfight—, in Mont de Marsan—against bulls from Victorino Martín—, and in Almería at the upcoming August fair.

During the presentation of the Marbella posters, the company's representatives announced that there will be a pricing policy that will be lower compared to the 2024 season, with special tickets for young people and seniors.