The summer festivities in the city have their roots in the commemoration of the incorporation of Malaga to the Castilian crown of the Catholic Monarchs, who made their triumphal entrance into the city on 19th August 1487.
In 1491, coinciding with the religious celebrations of the Cathedral Chapter, the Municipal Town Council decreed the establishment of popular festivities, which that year began on 15th August.
It was in 1887, with celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Catholic Monarchs’ entrance into Malaga, that these festivities regained their initial splendour. Malaga’s August Fair has come to the present day as a Grand Summer Fair that is open, cosmopolitan and international, all of this reflecting the character of the capital of the leading tourist area in Europe: the City of Malaga as the key centre of the Costa del Sol and its metropolitan area.
