MARCO Fair Music, Art and Religious Brotherhoods
MARCO is holding its third edition at Dos Hermanas, featuring 35 ensembles and over 2,500 musicians
The MARCO Fair – Music, Art and Religious Brotherhoods will hold the upcoming 13, 14 and 15 November 2026 its third edition at the GHA – Grand Hippodrome of Andalusia, turning Dos Hermanas into a meeting place for musical groups, religious brotherhoods, craftspeople, artists, specialist shops and visitors from all over Spain for three days.
A new chapter for this event, which, having celebrated its the first two editions at FIBES, in Seville, has now chosen Dos Hermanas to organise its third edition. The organisers’ aim is for this partnership to continue in the coming years and for the city to continue to host future editions of a fair that brings together, in a single venue, various aspects of the culture and economic activity generated by the world of religious brotherhoods.
MARCO will open its doors on Friday 13 November at 5.00 pm, with the opening ceremony of this third edition.
The programme will bring together bugle and drum bands, musical groups and marching bands from various parts of Andalusia and the rest of Spain. Dos Hermanas will also be represented by, amongst other groups, the Nuestra Señora de la Estrella Music Society, who will be performing on Friday, and the Nuestra Señora de Valme Music Society, who are due to perform on Saturday.
As well as the Centuria Romana Macarena Bugle and Drum Band, the Santísimo Cristo de las Tres Caídas de Triana Bugle and Drum Band, the Nuestra Señora de la Victoria de Las Cigarreras Bugle and Drum Band, the Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Redención Music Group, as well as groups from towns in various Spanish provinces.
Alongside the music, MARCO will feature a wide range of exhibition area, at which various disciplines related to the religious brotherhoods sector will be represented. The event will feature shops, craftspeople and professionals from fields such as the sculptures, embroidery, tailoring, woodcarving, religious artefacts or specialised handicrafts. The fair will also feature the presence of shops run by members of religious brotherhoods, craftspeople and professionals from Dos Hermanas, thereby strengthening the involvement of the local community in this year’s event.
Round-table discussions and meetings
The Saturday 14 November, at 12.30 pm, there will be a round-table discussion on the media, whilst at 5.00 pm there will be a round-table discussion of chairpersons of brotherhood councils, with representation from the councils of Dos Hermanas, Seville, Huelva and Marbella.
The Sunday 15th, from 12.30 pm, it will be the turn of a round-table discussion with content creators and influencers associated with Holy Week, which will explore the role of social media and new forms of communication within the world of religious brotherhoods.
The programme also includes Sunday a parade by various musical groups in the centre of Seville. During the presentation, the organisers stated their intention that In future editions, this activity may also take to the streets of Dos Hermanas, thereby extending MARCO’s presence in the city beyond the venue itself.
Tickets at 6 euros per day
General admission tickets for MARCO are priced at 6 euros for each day of your visit and can be purchased via the the fair’s official website MARCO 2026 Fair
The planned timetable will be from 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm on Friday 13 November; 11.00 am to 10.00 pm on Saturday 14; and 11.00 am to 5.00 pm on Sunday 15, in the GHA – Grand Hippodrome of Andalusia
