Seville Fair
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The Seville Fair (officially and in Spanish: Feria de Abril de Sevilla, 'Seville April Fair') is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain. The fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week.
Seville April Fair Feria de Abril de Sevilla | |
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Dates | A week in the spring (two weeks after Easter) |
Location(s) | Seville, Spain |
Coordinates | 37°22′16″N 5°59′51″W |
Founded | 25 August 1846 |
Attendance | 5,000,000 (week total) 850,000 (Friday night)[1] |
Budget | €3,000,000[2] |
Fiesta of International Tourist Interest | |
Designated | 1980 |
The fair officially begins at midnight on Saturday, and runs seven days, ending on the following Saturday. Each day the fiesta begins with the parade of carriages and riders, at midday, carrying Seville's leading citizens which make their way to the bullring, La Real Maestranza, where the bullfighters and breeders meet.
For the duration of the fair, the fairgrounds and a vast area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River are totally covered in rows of casetas (individual decorated marquee tents which are temporarily built on the fairground). These casetas usually belong to prominent families of Seville, groups of friends, clubs, trade associations and political parties. From around nine at night until six or seven the following morning, at first in the streets and later only within each caseta, there are crowds partying and dancing sevillanas, drinking sherry, manzanilla or rebujito, and eating tapas.[3] This fair also has an amusement park that comes with it and has many games to play along with rollercoasters to ride.