The poster for the Malaga Fair 2025 has already been announced.

Málaga/After a popular vote lasting five days, and the withdrawal of two of the five finalist works, the City Council has announced the official poster for the Málaga Fair 2025. Aires de Málaga, designed by Sara González Ruiz from Málaga, is the image for this year's local festivities. The celebration will take place from August 16 to 23, with two key locations, the city center and the Real Cortijo de Torres.

This poster was chosen from among the three finalists through the electronic voting by the people of Málaga. These finalists had been previously selected by a specialized jury, from the 157 original submissions. The voting period for the Fair's poster began on Friday, June 27 at 10:00 AM, and ended on Wednesday, July 2 at the same time. On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1, two of the five finalist works chosen by the jury were withdrawn for not complying with the contest rules.

Voting Results

The winning work Aires de Málaga received a total of 1,609 votes, 45% of the total among the 3 finalists. In second place was the work titled Málaga, Biznaga de Arte, which received 1,094 votes (31%); and the third was the poster Lady Málaga, with 874 votes (24%).

During the five days that the voting period was open, a total of 3,577 valid votes were counted among the 3 finalist posters.

Two finalist posters withdrawn

On the evening before the voting closed, the City Council withdrew from the contest the works Málaga Cubista and Tatto for violating the contest rules. Specifically, the rule about anonymity, as the authors of the works had solicited votes for their posters via social media.

The Council explained that this had breached obligations included in the contest rules under section 4.5, which states that participation in the contest is anonymous and must remain so throughout all phases of the contest, and that images of the posters (whether selected or not), nor their authorship, may be disclosed by participants until the official presentation of the winning poster has been made.

"Violating the rules regarding the obligation of anonymity will be considered a serious infraction. The penalty for this serious infraction will include, in addition to automatic exclusion from this edition, the inability to enter the contest for a period of three years," as stated in the rules.