Annual guitar and patio music festival · July · Córdoba
For sponsor delegations, cultural institutions, attending press, master luthiers and brand teams that need guitar-themed apparel, festival giveaways, press dossiers, artist keepsakes and named VIP gifts ready for the July edition in the historic quarter of Córdoba, Andalusia — a UNESCO World Heritage Site. EUR + 21% VAT invoiced through FACe and the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT), with 24–48 h delivery from the Madrid hub or the Seville cross-dock to a named hotel, the Gran Teatro de Córdoba, the Patio de los Naranjos of the Mezquita or the Diputación Provincial offices.
The Córdoba Guitar Festival has run for several editions in the Andalusian summer calendar and anchors a guitar and patio music week that draws cultural tourism, Andalusian press, international master luthiers, sponsor institutions and flamenco circles following the visiting players. Concerts and recitals run across the Gran Teatro de Córdoba, the Patio de los Naranjos of the Mezquita, the Plaza de la Corredera, the Real Círculo de la Amistad and the Plaza del Potro, with parallel masterclasses at the Conservatorio Superior de Música, the Diputación Provincial and the cultural venues of the Judería — the Calleja de las Flores, the Plaza Maimónides and the Casa de Sefarad. The editorial line of the festival traditionally mixes Spanish classical guitar, flamenco toque, world-instrument commissions and curated patio recitals staged inside the city's registered Patios Cordobeses.
For sponsor delegations, brand-activation teams, master luthiers and visiting press the operational challenge is to plan an Andalusian guitar week where the audience is more cultural than mass-market: apparel has to handle very warm afternoon patio temperatures and cool indoor courtyard air-conditioning, giveaways have to read as guitar-themed collectibles and not generic festival swag, the press kit has to be substantial enough for reviewers across multiple recitals, and the VIP pack has to honour the master luthiers and the institutional sponsors without overstating the supplier's own relationship with the festival.
The briefs we typically receive for the Córdoba Guitar Festival combine a small run of guitar-themed apparel for the welcome team, a substantial set of pre-print programmes with bilingual ES/EN synopsis, a curated gift set for visiting master luthiers and a press-ready jacket souvenir that survives more than one patio recital. Production is coordinated from the Madrid hub with a Seville cross-dock for time-sensitive deliveries: white shirts and polos, A5 notebooks in craft-paper wrap, screen-printed tote bags and the festival's own keepsakes can ship in 7–10 working days; custom-embroidered items (sponsor monograms, limited-edition numbering, luthier monograms on gift folios) require 12–14 working days; numbered hospitality pieces (gift boxes with Montilla-Moriles wine miniatures, Pedroches cheese samples, olive oil from the Subbética Cordobesa) close 4–5 weeks before the opening recital.
Polos and lightweight layers in muted guitar-event colours with screen-print or fine embroidery of the sponsor's monogram, light blazers for the Gran Teatro evening team, breathable pashminas for the patio afternoon programme and bib-branded lanyards for the accredited welcome crew at the Patio de los Naranjos and the Plaza del Potro.
Hardbound A5 notebooks with the festival wrap, fine-tip pens engraved with the guitar-week mark, multilingual press dossiers (ES/EN/FR for international critics), screen-printed tote bags in heavy cotton, brushed-metal USB sticks with the curated programme and a small guitar-string bookmark ribbon for the printed catalogue.
Premium notebooks wrapped in Córdoba craft paper, fine-tip pen sets, screen-printed programme folios with bilingual ES/EN synopsis, leather or canvas portfolios for luthier masterclass notes and a small set of Andalusian artisan keepsakes (Montilla-Moriles wine miniatures, Pedroches cheese samples, olive oil from the Subbética Cordobesa) for visiting master luthiers.
Reusable steel bottles screen-printed with the guitar-week motif, foldable shopping totes for the audience giveaways, festival-branded enamel pins for the cultural-tourism circuit, screen-printed A4 folders for sponsor activations and small guitar-themed desk items for the institutional sponsors and the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba.
The branded merchandise operation for the Córdoba Guitar Festival is usually coordinated between Madrid, Seville and Córdoba: the Madrid production hub handles the entire order and delivers by road to the named consignee — sponsor's office in Seville, Madrid or Granada, reference hotel near the Judería, the Gran Teatro itself or the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, given that the summer cycle in Córdoba coincides with regional cultural-tourism traffic on the A-4 from Madrid and the A-45 from Málaga and Antequera.
We keep reserved stock at the Madrid hub for recurring pieces — white shirts, A5 notebooks and tote bags with generic screen-print — that we can produce and deliver in 7–10 working days. For pieces with custom embroidery (sponsor's monogram, limited-edition numbering, luthier keepsake monogram) the window moves to 12–14 working days. For sponsors with special hospitality pieces (gift boxes, numbered sets with Montilla-Moriles wine or Pedroches cheese) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the opening recital.
The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added through FACe and the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES NIF reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note at destination and, when the client requests it, with a photo of the material unloaded at the Gran Teatro, the Patio de los Naranjos or the sponsor's office.
The festival traditionally runs in the first half of July, with concerts at the Gran Teatro de Córdoba, the Patio de los Naranjos of the Mezquita, the Plaza de la Corredera, the Real Círculo de la Amistad and parallel masterclasses at the Conservatorio Superior de Música and the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba. The exact dates of each edition are confirmed in the cultural agenda of the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, the Junta de Andalucía and the Diputación Provincial.
Yes, with planning. We deliver to a named consignee — the sponsor's office in Seville, Madrid or Granada, the reference hotel near the Judería, the Gran Teatro itself or the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba. For sponsors with several recipients we consolidate to a single hub address and the client's internal team distributes.
21% VAT through FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps sponsor delegations, luthier guests, press teams and cultural institutions prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Córdoba Guitar Festival, the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba or the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for sponsor delegations, luthier guests, press teams and cultural institutions. This page helps participating teams prepare their own merch for the Córdoba Guitar Festival; it does not represent the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, the Diputación Provincial de Córdoba or the Junta de Andalucía.