Peña Cultural Flamenca Torres Macarena

History of Flamenco

The Peña Cultural Flamenca Torres Macarena was founded in 1974 by a group of friends united by the same hobby: flamenco and who used to meet in the artisan workshop of the painter Juan Campos Navarro who would be its first President.

Little by little artists like Pies Plomo joined this group of righteous people., José de la Tomasa, José Domínguez 'El Cabrero', 'The Chocolate', Manuel Oliver, Pedro Bacan, The Huts…

La Peña is called that because its first headquarters were located on Torres Street in the heart of Seville's Macarena neighborhood.. Equipped with statutes that legally consolidated it, La Peña gradually established itself as an obligatory flamenco meeting point, thanks to his first recitals and his activity in Sevillian cultural life.

The year 1975 will be marked by the success of the show 'Ecos de Torres Macarena’ in the beloved and well-known Lope de Vega theater, by singers and guitarists, all artists from the Peña and with great impact in the press and radio. Partner requests increase and, as expected, soon the place becomes too small.

In 1976, with very modest financial means, acquires on Torrijiano street 29 a larger premises that today continues to be the headquarters of the Peña. The opening ceremony was a cultural and festive moment whose success was widely commented on by the media.. The album Noches by Torres Macarena, produced by the Peña, stands as testimony to this exceptional year.

With more space and more beautiful surroundings, and with well-established administrative structures, Now the Peña can offer each year a program of recitals in which the best singing and dancing artists have performed., from Fosforito to José Mercé, from Matilde Coral to Pepa Montes. Besides, under the initiatives of successive presidents, Projects such as the annual Youth Arrow Competition can be developed, the dance competition.