What's on in Seville
A month-by-month guide to Seville's year of festivals: the solemn pageantry of Semana Santa, the joy of Feria de Abril, the flower-carpeted streets of Corpus Christi, the Bienal de Flamenco, and the quieter seasonal moments in between — with the dates that move, the crowds to expect, and how to plan around each one.
Every date ahead
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July 20262
Granada International Festival of Music and Dance 2026
One of Europe's oldest classical-music festivals stages a month of concerts, ballet and recitals in the incomparable setting of the Alhambra's palaces and gardens, plus venues across Granada. The 75th edition runs from June into July.
Velá de Santiago y Santa Ana 2026 — Triana
Triana's beloved summer street fiesta honours the district's patroness, Santa Ana, with six days of riverside revelry on Calle Betis and Plaza del Altozano. Nightly concerts, stalls and the daring 'cucaña' — a greased pole jutting over the Guadalquivir — define this most quintessentially Sevillian of celebrations.
August 20262
Assumption of Mary (Spain)
The Feast of the Assumption on Saturday 15 August is a confirmed 2026 labour holiday across Andalusia. Individual attraction, transport and hospitality schedules vary.
Fiestas de la Vendimia 2026 — Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez celebrates the start of the sherry grape harvest with the Fiestas de la Vendimia in early September, honouring the city's trio of icons — wine, horses and flamenco — with grape-treading rituals, tastings, flamenco and equestrian displays.
September 20261
October 20261
November 20263
All Saints' Day (Spain)
All Saints' Day (Todos los Santos) on 1 November is a national holiday when families visit and decorate cemeteries with flowers. In 2026 it falls on a Sunday, so the day off is observed in Andalusia on Monday 2 November.
Seville European Film Festival (SEFF) 2026
SEFF is Spain's leading showcase of contemporary European cinema, held each November. Its 23rd edition brings premieres, the Official Section competition, retrospectives and industry events to venues including the Cartuja Center and Cine Cervantes.
SICAB 2026 — International PRE Horse Show
SICAB is the world's largest fair dedicated to the Pura Raza Española (Andalusian) horse, held at FIBES in Seville. The 36th edition hosts the World PRE Horse Championship alongside dressage, doma vaquera, equestrian shows and a large trade exhibition.
December 20263
Date TBCSeville Christmas Markets & Lights 2026
Seville's official Christmas guide describes illuminated central streets, the Nativity Scene Fair and seasonal craft markets. The citywide 2026 lighting and individual-market schedules are not yet published.
Constitution Day & Immaculate Conception (Spain)
An early-December pair of holidays — Constitution Day (observed Monday 7 December in 2026) and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December) — forms Spain's much-loved 'puente de diciembre', a long weekend that kicks off the Christmas season.
Christmas (Spain)
Christmas in Spain centres on the Nochebuena family dinner on 24 December and Christmas Day (Navidad) on 25 December, the public holiday. Seville glows with belén nativity scenes, lights along the river and zambomba flamenco-carol gatherings.
January 20273
New Year's Day 2027 — Spain
New Year's Day is a statutory public holiday across Andalusia on Friday 1 January 2027. Check individual transport, attraction and hospitality operators for their holiday schedules.
Cabalgata de Reyes Magos (Three Kings Parade) Seville 2027
On the eve of Epiphany, Seville's grand Three Kings cavalcade winds through the centre with dozens of floats showering the crowds with sweets. Organised by the Ateneo de Sevilla and running since 1918, it is one of Spain's most beloved Christmas-season events.
Epiphany 2027 (Three Kings' Day) — Spain
Epiphany is a statutory public holiday across Andalusia on Wednesday 6 January 2027. Seville's separately listed Cabalgata de Reyes takes place the previous afternoon.
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May 20272
Labour Day (Spain)
International Workers' Day on 1 May is a national public holiday across Spain. In Seville it lands in the lull just after the spring fiesta season, with most businesses closed for the day.
Date TBCNearby · Huelva, ESRomería del Rocío 2027 — El Rocío (Huelva)
The Romería del Rocío is Spain's largest religious pilgrimage: each Pentecost over a million people and a hundred-plus brotherhoods converge on the village of El Rocío, on the edge of Doñana, to venerate the Virgin of El Rocío amid wagons, horses, flamenco and the dramatic \"leap of the railing\".