All the details of the Malaga Fair fireworks night: 300 drones and 500 kilos of gunpowder

The Feria de Málaga 2025 kicks off this week, starting with a fireworks show, music, and drones on the evening of Friday, August 15. It is an event that gathers both locals and visitors in high, clear-sky areas to watch the show. Before midnight, it will be the turn of the 300 drones, which will form 14 three-dimensional images, merging technology and visual art, for about 10 minutes. This will be followed by the pyromusical show at 00:00 hours, lasting about 20 minutes. During this time, up to 6,308 pyrotechnic effects will be launched, combined with 11 musical themes. Songs like Gimme Gimme! by Cher, Miedo by Pablo Alborán, and Carita Triste by Ana Mena and Emilia, will accompany the event.

These shows, which welcome the city's Fair, are sponsored by El Corte Inglés and Mahou-San Miguel.

Drone Show at La Malagueta and Huelin Beaches

Firstly, two simultaneous ten-minute light shows will take place from La Malagueta beach and Huelin beach at 23:50 hours on Friday 15. A total of 300 drones will be deployed: 150 at each location, in an event that combines cutting-edge technology with visual art.

Both shows will feature 14 three-dimensional images visible from distances of up to 500 meters. The drones will fly at an approximate height of 100 meters within a safety perimeter, ensuring that they never fly over people, as detailed by the Málaga City Council in a statement.

The drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, can replicate up to 16 million different shades, according to the company responsible for this simultaneous spectacle.

Fireworks and Music to Welcome the Fair

Following this, the pyromusical show will begin, managed by Pirotecnia Zaragozana, using 6,308 firing units with a gross mass of over one ton, which will be launched from the access road to the cruise terminal starting at 00:00 hours. The council has indicated that a total of 500 kilograms of gunpowder will be burned during the 20 minutes of the fireworks display, accompanied by musical themes from international artists like Cher, as well as local tones from Pablo Alborán, Marisol, or Ana Mena. The selected songs are as follows:

• ‘Gimme Gimme!’ (Cher)
• ‘Waterloo’ (Cher)
• ‘Corazón contento’ (Marisol)
• ‘Será porque te amo’ (Sergio Dalma)
• ‘Se nos rompió el amor’ (Vanesa Martín and Raphael)
• ‘Miedo’ (Pablo Alborán)
• ‘Carita triste’ (Ana Mena and Emilia)
• ‘Saturday night’ (Whigfield)
• ‘Cheri, cheri lady’ (Modern Talking)
• ‘Brother Louie’ (Modern Talking)
• ‘Rasputin’ (Boney M)