F FOR FLAMENCO brings top international flamenco singers, dancers, guitarists and percussionists to Toronto and puts them onstage with the best in Canadian flamenco.
The festival week begins at home, in Drom Taberna, with “F for Fiesta,” an opening night party on Sunday, April 12. Monday to Wednesday the festival presents a new series: “Flamenco Intimo,” at Drom Taberna. Trios of local and international artists will take the stage at 6pm each evening, so audiences can have a true peña experience over dinner and drinks.
On Friday April 17 we present our marquee event, “F for Flamenca,” a spectacular gala performance featuring an all-woman line-up of artists from Spain and Canada. Saturday we introduce a new series, “F for Frontera,” featuring trailblazing Canadian flamenco dance productions. This year, it’s Alison MacDonald’s ALCHEMY. Sunday we celebrate community in the Randolph Annex Theatre with “F for Familia,” featuring a cast of Toronto’s most celebrated flamenco performers.
2026 PERFORMANCES
F FOR FINO Y FILM
Thursday, April 9, 2026
6:30pm-10:00pm
AURORA TOWN SQUARE
The Toronto-based F for Flamenco Festival, in partnership with Aurora Town Square, is bringing Spain to Aurora for a very special, one-night-only event. “F for Fino y Film” includes a solo flamenco guitar performance, a professionally guided sherry and Spanish snack tasting, a live flamenco and South Asian dance and music performance, and a screening of the classic documentary, Latcho Drom.
F FOR FELIZ
F FOR FIESTA
Sunday, April 12, 2026 - 8pm
DROM Taberna
We open the festival with a “fiesta” for the ages. Toronto-based global music music and dance ensemble Ventanas kicks off the party, led by powerhouse flamenco singer and dancer Tamar Ilana. Ventanas performs original and traditional material in over 20 languages, weaving in and out of fiery flamenco dance and music, Greek, Turkish and Sephardic love songs, upbeat Bulgarian dance tunes, and lyrical original melodies, leading audiences through windows into other lands, times and cultures. Ventanas is joined by special guest flamenco dancer and longtime local favourite, Angela Déiseach.
F FOR FLAMENCA
Friday, April 17, 2026
RANDOLPH THEATRE, 736 Bathurst Street
Doors - 7:00pm
Show - 8:00pm
FabCollab presents a flamenco gala performance featuring something rarely seen in the world of flamenco: a cast made up entirely of women artists. “F for Flamenca” stars the internationally renowned flamenco dancer Mariana Collado (Madrid), the return of celebrated guitarist Antonia Jiménez (Madrid), singing sensation Teresa Hernández (Barcelona), and Canada’s queen of contemporary flamenco dance, Myriam Allard (Montréal). It promises to be an unforgettable and emotionally charged evening filled with vibrant new collaborative creations.
F for Frontera features ALCHEMY, an interdisciplinary dance production exploring the transformative intersection of flamenco and contemporary dance. Drawing on themes from the classical alchemical process and Carl Jung’s theory of individuation, ALCHEMY examines personal evolution and transformation through the lenses of challenge, dissolution, and reintegration. Featuring a dynamic ensemble of three flamenco dancers, two contemporary dancers, and five musicians, ALCHEMY fuses movement and sound into a richly textured, emotionally resonant experience.
F FOR FRONTERA
Saturday, April 18, 2026
RANDOLPH THEATRE, 736 Bathurst Street
Doors - 7:00pm
Show - 8:00pm
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F FOR FAMILIA
Sunday, April 19, 2026
RANDOLPH THEATRE ANNEX,
736 Bathurst Street
Doors - 3:30pm
Show - 4:30pm
A co-production by two of Toronto’s monthly flamenco series’, LA CUEVA: Flamenco Underground and Tablao Flamenco Toronto, this exciting performance features two of Canada’s youngest professional flamenco dancers, Toronto’s Makeda Benitez and Vancouver’s Kirill Deljanin, presenting new choreographic works. Accompanying the dance are celebrated Toronto singer Shirlita “La Pili,” legendary Toronto guitarist Nicolas Hernández, and Seville-based percussionist Dani Carbonell. F for Familia is the joyful finale of the festival – a celebration of community and the art that binds us together.
