13 to 18 Apr 2027
Come to see a whole city in its best clothes, out on horseback and dancing in its casetas until the small hours. Head first for the public casetas, which anyone can walk into.
13 to 18 Apr 2027. Times are approximate and can change from year to year.
After the pescaíto, a fried-fish dinner in the casetas, the gateway and the lanterns are switched on at midnight.
The casetas start serving food and drink at lunchtime and stay open into the early hours.
Wednesday is a local holiday in Seville, so the grounds fill from lunchtime.
Visitors arrive from across Spain, so come on Tuesday or Thursday if you dislike crowds.
The fair ends with fireworks over the Guadalquivir river as Sunday turns into Monday.
The fair's streets are named after bullfighters and lit by thousands of paper lanterns, and the gateway at the entrance is rebuilt to a new design every year.
Sevillians dress up for it, the women often in flamenco dresses. You do not need one, but come smartly dressed in clothes you can walk and dance in, not beachwear or sports kit.
Walk in under the portada, the lit gateway at the main entrance, and pick up a map at the information kiosk just inside. Public casetas are run by the city's tourist office, where you book a table ahead, and by the city districts, the political parties and the trade unions.
At the bar, order manzanilla, a dry sherry, or rebujito, manzanilla mixed with lemonade, and some tapas. Ask before photographing anyone up close, especially children. Watch your bag at the gateway and on the Calle del Infierno, the funfair beside the casetas, where pickpockets work the crowds.
Stay in Triana or Los Remedios and you can walk to the fairground and back at any hour. Hotel prices rise steeply in fair week, so book as early as you can.
Where to base yourself, and what else is on
For the rest of Seville, see the town guide.
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Lima's purple month: a float carried through the old centre from dawn into the night on five days in October.