Aragón subsidizes the Huesca International Theater and Dance Fair

The Government of Aragon has granted a direct subsidy to the Huesca City Council for the celebration of the Huesca International Theater and Dance Fair. The agreement implementing the aid was signed on September 4, 2026, and its publication is now ordered via Order PJC/1377/2026, dated September 15, which appears in the Official Gazette of Aragon on September 28, 2026.

The published regulation is an order from the Vice Presidency of the Government and Department of Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport, whose sole purpose is to arrange the publication of the agreement in the regional official gazette. The text notes that the agreement is already registered in the General Registry of Agreements of the Autonomous Community of Aragon under number 2026/6/0398, and refers to that registry to consult the full information of the agreement.

Who signs and who receives the aid

The agreement was signed on September 4, 2026, between the two involved administrations, and the subsidy has a single recipient:

• The Autonomous Community of Aragon, represented by the Vice President and Councilor for Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport.
• The Huesca City Council, represented by its Mayor-President.
• Beneficiary of the direct subsidy: the Huesca City Council.
• Purpose: the celebration of the Huesca International Theater and Dance Fair.

This is, therefore, a direct grant subsidy, without competitive bidding, articulated through an agreement between the regional Executive and the Huesca council.

Publication, registration, and signature

The order was signed in Zaragoza on September 15, 2026, and its publication occurs in issue number 188 of the Official Gazette of Aragon, corresponding to September 28, 2026, within section III, “Other Provisions and Agreements.” The formal details of the announcement are as follows:

• Official reference of the announcement: BOA20260928013.
• Registration number in the General Registry of Agreements: 2026/6/0398.
• Date of signing of the agreement: September 4, 2026.
• Date of the publication order: September 15, 2026.
• Date of publication: September 28, 2026.
• Consultation of the full text: General Registry of Agreements (aragon.es/registrodeconvenios).

The order appears signed, by delegation, by the Technical General Secretary of Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport, Cristina Asensio Grijalba, in application of the Order of November 28, 2024, from the Councilor for Presidency, Economy and Justice.

The invoked legal framework

The publication is based on two regulations that govern the publicity of agreements between Aragonese administrations. On one hand, sections 5 and 6 of article 151 of Law 5/2021, of June 29, on the Organization and Legal Regime of the Autonomous Public Sector of Aragon. On the other, article 13 of Decree 57/2012, of March 7, of the Government of Aragon, which regulates the General Registry of Agreements of the Autonomous Community of Aragon.

Both references require the agreement to be entered into the registry and given official publicity, which makes the publication in the bulletin the procedure that grants public effect to the agreement and allows it to be known by third parties.

The news directly affects the Aragonese performing arts sector and the city of Huesca, as the International Theater and Dance Fair is one of the reference events for companies, programmers, and the public in the field of performing arts. The formalization of the aid through an agreement guarantees the regional government’s support for the holding of the competition and provides legal certainty to the municipal financing of the event.

Source: Official Bulletin of Aragon, no. 188, of September 28, 2026, section III “Other Provisions and Agreements” (official reference: BOA20260928013).