San Isidro 2023 Festival Program (Madrid): concerts, schedules

The dates of one of the parties most important and popular in the city of Madrid.

I mean the San Isidro Festivities 2023 that for a few days surround the capital with a cultural and entertainment atmosphere.

These festivals are characterized by a program of activities for all audiences which includes a wide variety of events, from concerts of different musical styles, to street performing arts, parades or children's activities.

The crisis of the pandemic, which meant the suspension of these celebrations for two years, in the last edition the usual ones already returned in full activities and events scheduled for the Fiestas de San Isidro.

Program of the San Isidro 2023 Festivities in Madrid

This year program of the San Isidro 2023 Festivities offers numerous events with a range of music for all tastes.

Thus, live music concerts have a great role with recognized artists such as Marta Sánchez, Estrella Morente, Los Carmona, Cómplices, Candeleros, Camela, The Refrescos, Jaime Urrutia or Rafa Sánchez.

The most contemporary proposals are by Dora, Jordana B, Vicente Navarro, Cintia Lund, Irenegarry, Samuraï, Alba Reche, Vicco, Belén Aguilera, Judeline, Alice Wonder, Amore, Girli, Mori or Soto Asa,

The festival program also includes family activities such as magic, puppets, circus, theater and stories, as well as more traditional proposals such as folklore and Madrid and Castilian dances.

Below we will detail the main keys to enjoy the patron saint festivities of the capital, dedicated to San Isidro.

Dates of the San Isidro 2023 Festivities in Madrid

All the dates of these patron saint festivities, it is expected that they will be from May 12 to 15.

Where the San Isidro 2023 Festivities are celebrated in Madrid

The main venues where the Fiestas de San Isidro They will be, as is traditional, the Plaza Mayor, Gardens of the Vistillas, San Isidro meadow and square of the Slaughterhouse.

On this occasion, the music also reaches the Parque del Retiro with a zarzuela that will be performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid.

In addition, various activities are also scheduled in 21 districts of Madrid.

Pregón Fiestas San Isidro 2023

The main character of Proclamation of the San Isidro 2023 festivities it is this time Ramoncin, who on Friday, May 12, you can see on the balcony of the old Town Hall in the town square.

Music concerts in Plaza Mayor in San Isidro 2023

La Plaza Mayor one more year it will become an emblematic space for the holidays with its concert program, which begins on Friday the 13th at 21,30:XNUMX p.m. with the Madrid musician and actor Vicente Navarro, who presents his album Hands.

On Saturday the 13th, at 11,45:21,30 a.m., the traditional tribute of the regional houses to San Isidro is celebrated, with a folklore show, and at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. you can listen to the Madrid Municipal Symphonic Band, directed by maestro Jan Cober and accompanied Estrella Morente, leading flamenco artist.

On Sunday the 14th, from 19 p.m., Los40 Classic will offer a party dedicated to the 80s with a concert Revival with mythical groups of the move like The Refrescos, Jaime Urrutia from Gabinete Caligari or Rafa Sánchez from La Unión.

And on Monday, May 15, at 12 noon, the traditional Madrid Dance Festival, in a new edition.

Concerts of San Isidro in the Vistillas Gardens

En The Vistillas During the days of the festivities, concerts of the most diverse musical styles take place.

Specifically, artists as diverse as Cintia Lund, the Karavana quartet, or DJs Crawford and Damian Schwartz will perform on this stage on Friday.

Saturday is the day of traditional dances, with performances starting at 5 in the afternoon by different groups from the Federation of Traditional Madrid Groups with traditional chotis, pasodoble and goyesque dances, as well as fragments of zarzuelas.

And starting at 9 pm, the performances of Alba Reche will arrive, after their time in Operación Triunfo, the group Candeleros, a sextet of plurinational origin that will flood the parties with frenetic and danceable rhythms, and will close the session for the night. DJ by the Colombian duo Guacamayo Tropical.

Finally, on Sunday morning, traditional Madrid music once again takes center stage, and from 18 p.m., the Rock Villa de Madrid Awards, which will culminate in the duo Cómplices.

Festivals in the Pradera de San Isidro

For its part, as is traditional, the Prairie of San Isidro will once again become another epicenter of the celebration of the patron saint festivities of Madrid.

Thus, the traditional pilgrimage of the Pradera de San Isidro The day of the festival is celebrated, and as a complement, various festive activities are scheduled.

On these dates, parades, traditional dances (chotis, cuplé) and popular distributions of Madrid stew take place throughout the day, as well as rock concerts.

On the other hand, this year the Chinaware Fair to Plaza de las Comendadoras, a traditional event for the most representative pottery and ceramic centers, and there will be exhibitions and free children's introductory pottery workshops.

Fireworks at San Isidro 2023 in Madrid

The large fireworks show with which the festivities traditionally end, is celebrated again in two different locations in the city, at midnight on May 12 and 13.