The new edition of the International People’s Fair in Fuengirola will take place from 27 April until Monday 2nd of May (‘Feria Internacional de los Pueblos’ in Spanish).
There will be representations of more than 30 different countries; among those countries you will be able to find stands from Italy, Senegal, United States and some Spanish regions like Navarra or Canary Islands among many others. In 2018 featured the new stands of Puerto Rico, South Africa and Ukraine. 2019 was the turn for Canada and Estonia. In 2020 for the first time appear Romania and Sweden and in 2022 the name of the fair is now “Feria de los Países” or ” Fair of the Countries”
The city of Fuengirola is not only one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Costa del Sol, but also has many foreign residents from all corners of the world. With the intention of making known the customs and traditions of the inhabitants of this multicultural city, this event was born in 1994 and over the years has become one of the most popular and colourful events, both regionally and nationally with almost one million visitors.
In addition to common activities such as the parade of participants, each country has its own program of activities that offers concerts and free dance shows, craft markets and of course the typical cuisine.
This Fair in Fuengirola is an ideal place where meeting the culture and gastronomy of other countries and regions, will you miss it?
Opening time
The International Fair will open from 1 pm until 4 am, stands will be open at least until 1 am.
';FIP Schedule
International People’s Fair begin 27 April and will last until 1 May.
- 12:00 : Opening of the Trade fair stands
- 1:00 pm: Opening of stands.
- 4:00 am: Closing of the stands.
International People’s Fair Parade
The parade is on Saturday 29th of April.
Since the morning participant groups will meet at Plaza de España (Spain Square)
11.30 am: Fair Parade with more than 1000 participants and the following itinerary:
- Plaza de España
- Avenida Condes de San Isidro
- Avenida Matías Sáenz de Tejada
- C/ Alfonso XVIII
- Pso. Jesus Santos Rein
- Fairgrounds
1 pm: Opening of the stands for the Trade Fair until 4 am.
Schedule
The stands at the fair are open all day from 1pm to 4am; some may close at 1am.
Highlights and news
The Live Fuengirola app is available for both Android and IPhone with a map and events calendar.
- The Turkish booth shows us its famous belly dance.
- Belgium has a participatory workshop to learn how to brew homemade beer.
- The Spanish stad has a Sevillanas workshop.
List of participating countries
The following countries will be present in the People’s Fair. They all will bring their culture and gastronomy for the enjoyment of the visitors:
- Brazil
- India
- Dominican Republic
- Ireland
- Paraguay
- Hawaii
- Spain
- Romania
- Cuba
- Ukraine
- Australia
- Venezuela
- Turkey
- Peru
- South Africa
- Estonia
- Japan
- Ecuador
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Germany
- United States of America
- Argentina
- Mexico
- Puerto Rico
- Finland
- Greece
- Jamaica
- Chile
- Great Britain
- Belgium
- Uruguay
- Colombia
How to get to the Fairground in Fuengirola
The International People’s Fair is at the Fairgrounds so you must follow the direction to Fuengirola, if you are getting there by train you can stop at Los Boliches train station, the one before the last one.
From the municipalities of the Costa del Sol you can get to Fuengirola by the Mediterranean Motorway A-7 and the National Road N-340. It is also possible to reach this town by bus from Marbella and Mijas and by suburban train from Malaga, the airport, Torremolinos and Benalmadena among others.
For more information and a map you can check the official PDF program at:
https://www.fipfuengirola.com/fip_fuengirola.htm
How to apply for the International Fair
Do you want to represent your country or region in the Fair? There are some requirements you have to present with your project before the year when the Fair is celebrated.
More information about requirements and application form in Spanish:
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QUE FECHA ES LA FIESTA DE LOS PUEBLO EN FUENGIROLA PARA EL ANO 2020
Buenos días, como le comenté el otro día a Steven, aún es pronto para conocer las fechas. Este año la dieron a conocer a finales de enero, por lo que es de esperar que en 2020 ocurra similar.
HI Can anyone confirm the dates for 2020
Many thanks
Hello Steven, Im afraid it is still too early to know the dates for the next year. I think in 2019 they were available by the end of January. If you follow us in Facebook we will post there when there is information available as well as update this post.
Could anyone tell me how can I represent Indian foods and culture in International People’s Fair in Fuengirola in 2019. Where I should contact for that?
Hello Saiful, there are some requeriments, you should contact the town hall if interested. The date for presenting the projects is before the actual year of the fair celebration.
Each of the requeriments presented will give you points:
More information, requeriments and application for registration in Spanish at:
https://sede.fuengirola.es/portal/gdConecta/CUD:11775212037537465576.pdf
could anybody tell me the date next year 2019 the international peoples fair will happen in fuengirola thank you,
Hello, every year the dates use to be the same or very similar. It lasts 5 days and the first day use to be the 27th, 28th or 29th in April according past events.
In 2019 the dates are from April 30th from 7 pm to 5th of May.