Festial!

Festial! Alcázar de San Juan 2026 has already taken place. Here you can check the dates, line-up and practical information for that edition.

Festial! 2026 turned Alcázar de San Juan into a weekend music getaway on 22 and 23 May, with the Complejo Polideportivo Municipal as the main venue and a programme that also made its presence felt in the town centre.

The edition is over, but its line-up sums up the festival's personality pretty well: crowd-pulling pop and indie, guitars for a young audience, food, wine, a camping area and a town that did not serve merely as a backdrop.

Festial! 2026 main line-up

• Friday 22 May: Lori Meyers, Niña Polaca, Sexy Zebras, Puño Dragón and Bita Modelo.
• Saturday 23 May: Rigoberta Bandini, Marlena, Sanguijuelas del Guadiana, Veintiuno, Chinches DJs and Las Petunias.

Friday leaned more towards guitar indie, with Lori Meyers as the long-standing name and Sexy Zebras adding muscle. Saturday raised the pop tempo with Rigoberta Bandini, Marlena and Veintiuno, on a day designed for a broad audience without losing its connection to the alternative scene.

Beyond the festival site

Festial! also played the urban card with welcome concerts and sessions in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. That detail matters: in medium-sized towns, a festival gains strength when the audience does not feel that everything happens behind a fence, but also in bars, squares and streets.

The 2026 edition confirmed Festial! as a friendly-sized event, with a strong enough line-up to draw travellers and enough local identity not to feel like an interchangeable stop on the circuit.