Seville Spring Fair

Every April the Spanish city of Seville gets decked out to host “La Feria de Abril” . This fair opens up Seville to the world each year. Six days of partying, sevillanas, horses, carriages and tapas which give this colourful Andalusian fest that has a strong flamenco flavor worldwide known.

Origins

It dates back to 1846 and it was originally a livestock fair where farming tools and cattle were sold and bought.

Traditionally, the casetas looked like stables and few people owed them. Some of these casetas belong to well-known families from Andalusia, some to groups of friends, clubs or associations and political parties.

 

The fried-fish dinner is held on the first day of the fair shortly before the lighting up of the Portada and all the streets in the fairground, which is full of rows of casetas.

The fair generally begins two weeks after Easter Holy Week and this led the people of Seville to give this fest a religious connotation.

Seville Flavor

What makes the fair what it is, is its lively atmosphere throughout the day. The party starts early in the morning with the horse parade, followed by a good lunch and bullfights. Everybody is on a horseback or riding in horse carriages to La Maestranza, where the bullfighters and breeders meet.

                                     

At nights, party is still ahead women dancing in the sevillanas vibrant dresses and people singing flamenco while eating finger food and drinking wine and sherry until early in the morning.

Twenty-four hours a day of fun and too much enjoyment to celebrate the spring arrival in such a cheerful way. ¡Viva Sevilla, olé!