XXXV BULL FAIR
03 Mar 2026 · 13:42
Evento: 06 Mar 2026 · 11:00 — 08 Mar 2026 · 21:00
Start of the bullfighting season in Spain with the 35th Olivenza Bullfighting Fair.
📅 FULL PROGRAM
🎊 35th Olivenza Bullfighting Fair 2026
📍 FRIDAY · MARCH 6
🕛 12:00 p.m. Opening ceremony of the 35th Olivenza Bullfighting Fair.
Directed by Juan Bazaga.
Proclamation by Roberto Gómez.
Entertainment by Inés León.
🏆 2025 Fair Awards Ceremony:
🥇 Best bullfighter 2025: Alejandro Talavante
🥇 Best bullfighter 2025: Tomás Bastos
🐂 Best bull 2025: No. 70 – La Ventana del Puerto
🎖️ Best assistant 2025: Álvaro Montes
🐂 5:00 p.m. Novillada with picadors (bulls from Talavante):
Tomás Bastos, Olga Casado, and David Gutiérrez.
🎶 9:30 p.m. Concert by "Los Cachaba" (inside the marquee) – Free admission.
📍 SATURDAY · MARCH 7
🤺 11:00 a.m. Bullfighting demonstration by the Badajoz Provincial Council Bullfighting School. Presentation of the season.
🎺 12:00 p.m. Concert by the Olivenza Philharmonic Orchestra:
Bullfighting pasodobles.
Premiere of "Feria en Olivenza" (Rodrigo Hernández) and
"Emilio de Justo" (Antonio Cotolí).
🎤 1:15 p.m. Interview with Marcos Pérez by Juan Bazaga.
📢 2:15 p.m. Presentation of the IV Bolsín Taurino Cairel de Plata (Villa de Alburquerque).
Organized by ACOEX.
Bullfighting proclamation by Antonio Girol.
🏅 2:45 p.m. Fernando Masedo Awards to João Queiroz, editor of the Portuguese magazine "Novo Burladero."
💿 4:00 p.m. Bull Fest Youth Festival
🐂 5:00 p.m. Bullfight (Puerto de San Lorenzo):
Manzanares, Daniel Luque, and Juan Ortega.
💃 5:30 p.m. Dance exhibition "Aire Flamenco."
📚 8:00 p.m. Presentation of the book by Manuel Alfaro Domínguez:
"Unpublished Illustrated Bullfighting Romances in Badajoz."
🎵 10:30 p.m. Concert "Los Alpresa" – Fairgrounds.
Followed by a DJ session.
📍 SUNDAY · MARCH 8
🐂 12:00 p.m. Bullfight (Domingo Hernández and La Ventana del Puerto):
Borja Jiménez, David de Miranda, and Marco Pérez.
💃 1:00 p.m. Dance exhibition "Olivenza es Flamenca."
🐂 5:00 p.m. Bullfight (Victoriano del Río):
Alejandro Talavante, Emilio de Justo, and Roca Rey.
📺 9:00 p.m. Special program on Canal Extremadura analyzing the fair.