The Chinitas café was a mini theater / live music café that began its journey in the mid-19th century, in the Spanish city of Málaga, between 1857 and its definitive closure by the Málaga municipal authorities in 1937, in the midst of the civil war.
The venue was opened to the people of Málaga as a show theatre called Salón Royal until it was changed in the advertisement posters as "SALON-TEATRO CHINITAS". The name comes from a dramatic actor named "Chinitas".
Its celebrity came from its famous flamenco shows, and the attendance of historical and cultural figures during the 1920s and 1930s, such as Federico García Lorca, La Argentinita, Salvador Dalí, Vicente Aleixandre, Picasso and Manuel Blasco Alarcón. Great names of flamenco art, zarzuela, theater, singers, dancers, actors, magicians and artists of all kinds such as Juan Breva, Antonio Chacón, La Macarena, La Juana, La Trini, El Porrilla, the Navarro Sisters, Estrellita Castro, Lucrecia Torralba, among many others.
Our mission is to return that landmark to the city of Málaga, to once again be a meeting spot.
Its celebrity came from its famous flamenco shows, and the attendance of historical and cultural figures during the 1920s and 1930s, such as Federico García Lorca, La Argentinita, Salvador Dalí, Vicente Aleixandre, Picasso and Manuel Blasco Alarcón. Great names of flamenco art, zarzuela, theater, singers, dancers, actors, magicians and artists of all kinds such as Juan Breva, Antonio Chacón, La Macarena, La Juana, La Trini, El Porrilla, the Navarro Sisters, Estrellita Castro, Lucrecia Torralba, among many others.
Our mission is to return that landmark to the city of Málaga, to once again be a meeting spot.
