Image: Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló, Castellón de la Plana
The Festival de Música Antiga i Barroca de Peníscola begins its 31st edition on 24 July, with a programme that runs through 2 August 2026 at the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola. According to the Institut Valencià de Cultura, the festival will feature Valencian proposals alongside an appearance by The Gleam Ensemble, with nine concerts, a pyromusical spectacle, a family-friendly event and a street parade among the planned activities.
The announcement places the festival within the IVC’s wider summer schedule, where Peníscola appears as one of the institution’s key music venues. The festival is presented under the IVC’s music and popular culture programming, and the organisation’s website identifies it as the 31st edition of the event.
No artist-by-artist breakdown has been included in the source material, but the emphasis on Valencian programming suggests a strong regional presence in this year’s line-up. The source also specifically names The Gleam Ensemble, indicating that the ensemble’s performance is one of the edition’s highlighted entries.
The structure of the festival extends beyond the concert format. Alongside the nine concerts, the programme includes a pyromusical spectacle, a family-oriented proposal and a ‘cercavila’, the Valencian term for a parade or street procession. Those elements point to a festival model that combines early and baroque music with public-facing and participatory formats.
The event dates are listed as 24 July to 2 August 2026, all associated with Peníscola and the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola. The IVC materials do not provide further details in the source text about individual concert dates, performers beyond The Gleam Ensemble, or ticketing arrangements, so the announcement currently confirms only the overall span and the main components of the programme.
The festival sits within the IVC’s broader institutional framework, which also includes the Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló, the Auditori i Palau de Congressos de Castelló and other cultural venues across the Valencian Community. Within that network, the Peníscola festival remains one of the organisation’s recurring summer music events, now entering its 31st edition with a programme that mixes concerts and ancillary public events at the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola.
