Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño 2026: Paisa Food & Trova

Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño 2026 returns for its fifth edition from August 6 to 9, according to Noticias RCN. It is staged in the parking lots of Jumbo de la 65 in Medellín, beside the Suramericana metro station, per KienyKe. It is one of the open-air food-village experiences folded into the Feria de las Flores, and it lands squarely inside the festival window — four days of traditional Antioquian gastronomy, trova, folk dance, and live music.

If you’re building a Feria food itinerary as an expat or visitor, the first thing worth clearing up is that this event is not the same as Fondas de Mi Tierra. Both are paisa “fonda” villages, both run in early August, and the names are almost identical — but they are separate productions at separate venues.

What Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño 2026 Is

A fonda is the classic Antioquian roadside tavern: a covered, open-air structure with wooden tables, aguardiente, chicharrón, and live music. Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño recreates that world at festival scale, with delegations from across the department setting up stalls that sell typical food and traditional products.

Per Noticias RCN, the program blends typical gastronomy, folk demonstrations, folkloric dance, live musical groups, and an exhibition of traditional crafts meant to represent Antioquia’s collective memory. KienyKe describes it in the same terms — a cultural and recreational event built around music, trova, sancochos, and tradition.

Across its five years, the event has drawn more than 212,000 attendees, hosted participation from over 30 Antioquia municipalities, created business opportunities for around 700 entrepreneurs and exhibitors, and convened more than 40 cultural groups, per Noticias RCN. Organizers estimate it has generated more than 4,400 direct and indirect jobs in the cultural and logistics sectors.

Dates, Venue and Hours

• Dates: August 6–9, 2026 (four days), per Noticias RCN
• Venue: Parqueadero Jumbo de la 65 (Cra. 65 #45-85), beside the Suramericana metro station, per KienyKe
• Hours: in recent editions, daily from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. the following morning, per KienyKe; confirm the 2026 schedule on the official Instagram

The Suramericana location is a genuine advantage over some other Feria food events: it sits on Medellín’s metro Line B, so you can arrive and leave without a car during the festival’s heavy-traffic weekend. Confirm final schedule details on the event’s official Instagram closer to the date, since food-village timings can shift.

What to Eat and Hear

The food is squarely Antioquian comfort cooking. Expect sancocho — the slow-simmered meat-and-vegetable stew that anchors the event — alongside arepas, chicharrón, and the full paisa repertoire, with regional variations from the participating towns. As with any fonda, plates are sold à la carte at each stall rather than through a single fixed menu.

The music is a real part of the draw, not background filler. Expect live musical groups and trova — the improvised, rhymed comic duels that are a paisa tradition unto themselves — plus folk dance. Across its editions the event has convened more than 40 cultural groups, per Noticias RCN. The specific 2026 lineup is published on the event’s official Instagram as the dates approach.

How It Fits the Feria Food Calendar

The Feria de las Flores 2026 runs July 31 to August 9. Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño occupies the festival’s back half, which puts it in the same window as several other food anchors we’ve covered:

• The Festival de Sancochos in Santa Elena opens the food calendar up in the flower-farm hills before the Feria proper.
• The Fondas de Mi Tierra village — the ticketed one at Aeroparque Juan Pablo II on August 7–8 — is its closest cousin and easy to confuse with this event.
• The Festival Gastronómico y de Cervezas Artesanales at La Central covers the craft-beer-and-street-food angle across the same stretch.

The short version: if you want the most traditional, most music-heavy fonda experience — reachable straight off the metro rather than by car — Fondas de mi Pueblo Antioqueño at Jumbo de la 65 is the one to put on the calendar for the weekend of August 6.