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The 31st Festival de Música Antiga i Barroca de Peníscola has postponed its planned closing pyromusical performance, citing the forest fires still active in the Serra d’Espadà. The announcement, published by the Institut Valencià de Cultura on 30 July 2026, says the decision was taken by the three institutions that organise the festival.
The pyromusical had been scheduled for 2 August as part of the festival’s closing events. No new date for the performance was given in the notice. The festival itself is listed as running from 24 July to 2 August 2026 at the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola in Peníscola, Spain.
The postponement appears on the IVC’s website alongside the festival’s programme information and other cultural announcements. The same site identifies Peníscola’s annual early music and baroque festival as one of the institution’s ongoing music projects, placing it within a broader calendar that also includes other Valencian cultural activities and venues under the IVC umbrella.
According to the news item, the wildfire situation in the Serra d’Espadà was the direct reason for the change. The notice does not specify which elements of the pyromusical would be affected beyond the closing spectacle itself, and it does not detail whether other festival performances remain unchanged. It also does not name the three organising institutions individually.
The festival is already underway within the stated dates, with the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola serving as the venue named in the source material. The event listing places the 31st edition of the festival in late July and early August, while the postponement notice was issued just days before the planned finale.
The IVC page also points to the festival’s continuing presence in its summer programming, where it sits among a series of music, theatre and cultural initiatives across the Valencian Community. In the source material, the festival is presented as part of that wider institutional calendar, rather than as a standalone event announcement.
The postponement means the closing pyromusical will not go ahead on 2 August as planned. The notice, published on the IVC website, leaves the revised arrangements to be announced separately.
