The date for the Historical Parade of 2025 has been set, the day before the start of the Malaga Fair.

Last year, the Feria de Málaga brought back the Historic Parade, an event that commemorates the celebration of August 19th, when in 1487 the keys to the city were handed over to the Catholic Monarchs. This 2025, the event will again be held on the day of the fireworks, Friday, August 15th. This event is organized by the Zegrí Cultural Association, and its previous edition featured over 200 volunteers who reenacted this historical moment through the streets of the capital. This 2025, the Fair will be celebrated from August 16th to 23rd, and the day before it begins, this parade and the fireworks will take place at night.

As in previous occasions, it will start at 20:00 at Plaza de la Merced. About half an hour later, around 20:30, the handing over of the city keys will be reenacted at Plaza de la Aduana. After this event, the parade will continue its route through the main streets of the Historic Center of Málaga.

The Historic Parade was revived last 2024, after being discontinued in 2019. This event used to be the closing activity of the Feria de Málaga, but for the second consecutive year, it will be the opening activity.

In the previous edition, the Association had more than 200 participants (all volunteers) for this parade, dressed in the fashion of 1487. Christian troops, Muslims, as well as the monarchs Isabel and Fernando, are part of this parade.

Origin of the Feria de Málaga

To trace the origin of the Feria de Málaga, one must look back to August 19, 1487, the date of the city's conquest by the Catholic Monarchs. Two years later, in 1489, Málaga was granted a market fair by Royal Decree of the Catholic Monarchs. However, it wasn't until April 1491 that the current festivities officially began, with a Town Council Agreement establishing an annual Fair on the day of the Virgin of August, to commemorate the conquest of the city. This would be the first historical reference to the celebration of the Malaga fair.

This fact is reflected in article 3 of the Municipal Fair Ordinance which states that: "The Feria de Málaga is celebrated in August. For the annual determination of its calendar, it is established as a reference the necessary inclusion of the 19th, in commemoration of the Reconquest of Málaga by the Catholic Monarchs and its incorporation into the Crown of Castile".