Granada invests €1M in Corpus grounds

Granada City Council and Emasagra are spending more than €1.3 million to finish overhauling the Almanjáyar fairgrounds before the 2026 Corpus fair. (cope.es) Mayor Marifrán Carazo visited the site on April 27 and said the works are on schedule for Corpus Christi, which local reports place between May 30 and June 7. (ondacero.es) (granadahoy.com) The city’s share, funded through the Programa de Fomento del Empleo Agrario, is just over €1.17 million and includes paving 5,800 square metres of roads, renewing electrical distribution and installing 29 LED streetlights. The program is also funding 275 hires for unemployed workers. (cope.es) (granadahoy.com) Emasagra is adding €166,779 for water, sewer and storm-drain works in El Vito, Maimones and Martinetes streets. The company is replacing aging pipes and adding 17 new drains to stop leaks, bad smells and standing water. (cope.es) (ondacero.es) Carazo said this will be Granada’s first Corpus fair with every street in the recinto ferial paved, renovated and lit. The city says the project answers long-running complaints from tent operators and fairgoers about dust and infrastructure failures. (ondacero.es) (cope.es) The latest phase follows a 2025 upgrade that already paved 7,700 square metres, modernized lighting and added 25 trees. This year’s works finish the last streets left in the multi-year plan. (cope.es) (granadahoy.com) Granada Hoy reported that the 2026 fairgrounds are also full enough to leave about 10 casetas on a waiting list, the first such overflow in years. The city has also definitively approved a new fairground ordinance for 2026. (granadahoy.com) The concert calendar tied to Granada’s wider spring and summer cultural push is separate from the fairgrounds works. Diputación de Granada said the 2026 Sabor Granada season at the bullring runs from April 25 to October 18 with more than 20 shows, including Pablo Alborán on June 26, Sting 3.0 on July 15, Dani Martín on September 4 and 5, and Hombres G on September 19. (dipgra.es) If the schedule holds, Granada will open Corpus 2026 with a fully resurfaced, rewired and re-plumbed fairground for the first time. (ondacero.es)