Image: Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló, Castellón de la Plana
The 31st Festival de Música Antiga i Barroca de Peníscola is concluding with performances by the British ensemble Stile Antico and the Madrid-based group La Ritirata, according to the Institut Valencià de Cultura. The festival runs at the Palau de Congressos de Peníscola from 24 July to 2 August 2026, with the final days bringing the closing stretch of concerts to an end after a programme that has unfolded across the same venue throughout the week.
The IVC announcement places the focus on the festival’s final performances rather than on a single headline event, and notes that a family activity is scheduled for 2 August at 12 noon at the Palau de Congressos. That activity forms part of the closing weekend and appears alongside the final musical appointments as the festival draws to a close.
The festival is one of the IVC’s recurring music programmes in Peníscola and is listed on the institution’s website under its festivals section. The organisation’s calendar shows the 31st edition as part of its summer programming, alongside other IVC activities in Castelló, València and Sagunt. In Peníscola, the festival occupies the Palau de Congressos for its entire run, from 24 July through 2 August.
The closing concerts with Stile Antico and La Ritirata underline the festival’s emphasis on early and Baroque music, bringing together an English vocal ensemble and a Madrid-based formation in the final phase of the event. The IVC did not provide further programme details in the social media notice accompanying the announcement.
The festival’s final weekend follows an edition that began on 24 July and has continued through the end of the month and into early August. The institution’s website identifies the event as the '31é Festival de Música Antiga i Barroca de Peníscola', with ticketing linked from the same page.
For audiences in Peníscola, the last dates of the festival are concentrated at the Palau de Congressos, where the closing concerts and the family activity are set to take place before the programme ends on 2 August 2026.
