The zambomba Toma Castaña opens the Navidad Flamenca in El Puerto on November 21

El Puerto de Santa María will be the first municipality to hear the zambomba of this Christmas. La Zambomba Toma Castaña, by the Asociación Cultural Amigos del Chumi, opens the «Navidad Flamenca. Zambombas 2026» programme on Saturday, November 21 at 16:00, bringing 47 performances to 28 municipalities in the province until December 22. The closing will be in Los Barrios, on Tuesday, December 22 at 17:00, with the Zambomba Jesule del Puerto de la Peña Cultural Flamenca Fosforito. Between one date and the other, flamenco clubs, cultural associations, tertulias and groups linked to flamenco take to the streets of much of the Cádiz geography.

The programme includes dates in Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María, San Fernando, San Roque, Algeciras, Vejer de la Frontera, Rota, Barbate, Ubrique, Guadiaro, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Medina Sidonia, Alcalá del Valle, Trebujena, Arcos de la Frontera, Espera, Olvera, Puerto Real, La Línea de la Concepción, Bornos, Algodonales, Prado del Rey, Chiclana de la Frontera, Chipiona, Los Barrios and Guadalcacín. Jerez concentrates several of the dates, such as the Zambomba Sabor a Plazuela de la Peña Flamenca La Bulería on Saturday, December 5 at 13:30, or the Zambomba Las Niñas del Mono de la Peña Flamenca Buena Gente that same day at 20:00. In the capital of Cádiz, the Peña Flamenca La Perla de Cádiz celebrates the Zambomba Nochebuena Cantaora José Berenjeno on Saturday, November 28 at 22:00, and the Peña Flamenca Enrique El Mellizo schedules the Zambomba de Eva del Cristo on Sunday, December 6 at 15:00. The bulk of the performances is spread between November 28 and December 19, with a special presence of dates on December 12 and 19, days on which several zambombas coincide in different points of the province. The initiative is promoted by the Diputación Provincial de Cádiz and the Federación Provincial de Peñas Flamencas, which groups 52 entities. The second vice-president of the Diputación, Javier Vidal, has stated that collaboration with the peñas serves to «preserve our traditions and continue promoting flamenco as cultural heritage». The president of the federation, Enrique Morales, has explained that the zambombas, with Jerez and Arcos de la Frontera as cities that have granted them their fundamental elements, are «one of the few popular festivities with a living repertoire». To attend each zambomba you must adhere to the announcement of the peña or group that organizes it, which appears in the programme calendar alongside the municipality, the time and the name of the performance.