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Rincón de la Victoria is celebrating the Boquerón Festival starting September 9. From this Friday the 12th until Sunday the 14th, Sabor a Málaga joins in, bringing its sixth regional fair of the season to this town in Málaga. It will be located at Plaza Al-Ándalus, where 32 producers from 23 municipalities of the province will gather to showcase the gastronomic variety of the Málaga regions with more than 350 local products.

The program includes about twenty activities for the whole family, featuring, among others, the first Popular Contest of Anchovies in Vinegar, the final show cooking of the Victoriano Boquerón Festival, live cooking by the chef from the grill restaurant Las Brasas de Raúl, as well as tastings, workshops, food tastings, and live music.

The president of the Provincial Council, Francisco Salado, has invited the people of Málaga to enjoy the products of Sabor a Málaga and the Boquerón Festival, and he highlighted the efforts being made in the international branding of the producers, with commercial expeditions around the world. This, he explained, leads to job creation and combats depopulation in small towns, “because the majority are small and medium-sized producers, very family-oriented who need to sell their products to keep their industry in those inland towns and to keep people in their hometowns,” he specified.

At this sixth regional fair of the season organized by Sabor a Málaga, following those held in Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Ronda, Nerja, and Vélez-Málaga, attendees can purchase and taste a varied representation of the most significant products of the regions, such as extra virgin olive oils, wines with DOP ‘Málaga’ and ‘Sierras de Málaga’, Malagueña goat cheeses, traditional and Iberian sausages, Malagueño Rulo, as well as other meat preparations like croquettes, ajoblanco pastes, table olives, in addition to artisanal breads and sweets and other gluten-free sweet specialties, local roasted coffees, honeys, jams and preserves, artisan chocolates, craft beers, liqueurs, and dietary supplements made from spirulina.

Activity Program

With hours from 11:00 to 22:00 on Friday and Saturday, and from 11:00 to 21:00 on Sunday, the activity program created by Sabor a Málaga will allow attendees to enjoy more than twenty activities, including live cooking, workshops, tastings, and a varied cultural and leisure offer for all audiences.

Friday, September 12

This first day of the Sabor a Málaga fair kicked off at 11:00 with the opening of the exhibition space and at 12:00 the activity led by chef Raúl Guerrero, from Las Brasas de Raúl, took place, who carried out the first culinary demonstration of the day where tradition and avant-garde joined to reveal the tasty flame-cooked cuisine of this grill restaurant.

Next, at 13:30, the main stage of the Sabor a Málaga fair hosted a presentation of local products and their varied appetizer: beer, vermouth, and olives, followed by the best cheeses of the province with a paired tasting workshop.

In the afternoon, the focus will be on health and sweets. At 18:00, Alicia Díaz from Celi Ali Gluten Free will lead a gluten-free cooking workshop, while at 19:00, the popular 'Bollicao' from La Joya de Antequera will be presented. The day will culminate at 20:30 with a final show cooking of the Boquerón Festival.

Saturday, September 13

Saturday hosts a Popular Contest of Anchovies in Vinegar at 12:00. Next, at 13:00, cheese lovers will have their moment with a live workshop on making fresh cheese. At midday, around 14:00, music will take center stage with the concert by Abelito Terrones.

Activities on the central stage will resume at 18:00 with a bean to bar chocolate tasting led by the artisan workshop Maychoco, followed by a presentation and tasting of sausages and cold cuts from the province at 19:00. Subsequently, from 20:00 until the fair's closure, the band Money Makers will perform covers of pop, rock, and disco music.

Sunday, September 14

The closing day is designed for the whole family. The little ones will enjoy at 12:00 the puppet show 'The Adventures of Peneque The Brave' and, at 13:00, they can participate in a cookie workshop led by Las Delicias de Mi Noe. Close to lunchtime, around 14:00, a local honey workshop will take place.

Activities will continue at 18:00 with a tasting of Málaga wines, followed by a culinary demonstration of Malagueño Rulo, showcasing and tasting the versatility of Málaga salami. The final touch will be provided by the flamenco fusion concert by Hakuna Matata at 20:00, concluding a week dedicated to the richness of ‘Sabor a Málaga’.

Producers

Oil from Ardales, Gil Luna and Pasos Largos oils, Periana Oils; Excelencia Wineries, Fabio Coullet, Carpe Diem Wineries; Melgar Sausages, Meats and Cold Cuts from La Torcaleña, Aragón butchery, Cárniko – Colmenar Tradition, Malagueño Rulo, Lujo del Paladar croquettes; Cabraline goat cheeses, Flor Bermeja, Los Barrancos cheeses, Santa María del Cerro cheeses; El Alamillo olives; Nuestro Padre Jesús bakery; Celi Ali Gluten Free artisan workshop, Las Delicias de mi Noe, Mantecados La Joya de Antequera, Dulces del Mar, Maychoco (Artisan Chocolate Workshop); Agustín Honey, Pure Bee Honey, Gallardo Brothers Producers; ajoblanco paste Doña Amelia; La Gitanilla jams; La Gran Abuela dulce de leche, Mokasol coffees; Rondeña Craft Beer, La Tradición de Arriate and the dietary supplement Revival Spirulina.