Feria de Abril 2027 in Seville: dates (13-18 April), casetas, tips

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Feria de Abril 2027 dates

The Feria de Abril 2027 runs from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 April 2027, with the pescaíto and the alumbrado on the night of Monday 12 April. It falls two weeks after Easter (28 March 2027), as in 2026 (21-26 April). For the weather and what else is on, see Seville in April.

These are the dates in the published calendar. The city hadn’t presented its poster or programme when we checked, so we’d confirm on sevilla.org nearer the time.

What it is

The Feria de Abril 2027 runs from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 April, with the alumbrado on Monday 12 April at midnight. The Feria de Abril (April Fair) is Seville’s great party: a week of music, dancing, horses and rebujito (manzanilla sherry with lemonade) in a temporary town of more than a thousand striped tents, the casetas, in the Real de la Feria in the Los Remedios district.

It starts on the night of the pescaíto (a fried-fish dinner) with the alumbrado, when thousands of lanterns and the huge entrance gate light up at midnight, and ends a week later with fireworks over the river (in 2027, at midnight on Sunday 18 April). In years when Easter is late, the Feria can run into May: see Seville in May.

How the casetas work

Most casetas are private: they belong to families, groups of friends, clubs and companies, and you need to be invited to go in. Don’t be offended if a doorman says no.

There are also public casetas open to everyone, run by the city districts and political parties. They are busier and simpler, but have the same music, food and dancing. If you know someone in Seville, ask them to invite you to their caseta: it is, in our view, the best way to see the real Feria.

Which casetas are public?

The list for 2027 wasn’t out when we checked, and it usually appears in the weeks before the Feria. These are the kinds of public caseta you can usually enter without an invitation, according to one local Feria guide:

• The district casetas: set up by the city, and the most reliable choice. There were six in 2026.
• The Caseta Municipal and the Turismo de Sevilla caseta: in 2026, you had to reserve at the tourist offices for a table at the Turismo caseta.
• Some political parties, unions and associations: these change from year to year.

Entry is free, and you pay only for what you order, as in a bar. In 2026 the district casetas closed at 3:00. They fill up early on the busiest days, so we’d arrive early and bring some cash. The same guide suggests Tuesday and Thursday as the calmer days.

Schedule: day and night

• Day (from midday): the paseo de caballos. Riders and horse-drawn carriages parade through the streets of the fairground. People eat and drink in the casetas.
• Evening and night: dancing sevillanas until the early hours. The Feria goes on until dawn.
• Calle del Infierno: a big funfair with rides next to the Real, popular with families.
• Bullfights: the Maestranza bullring holds its main season around the Feria.

What’s new in 2027

The Feria will be the usual size in 2027. The city plans to add 228 caseta modules, but local press reports that the work has been delayed, and the extension won’t be ready until 2028. The city has also announced a new by-law, due to be approved in February 2027:

• Horses and carriages would enter from 13:00 instead of 12:00.
• Casetas would have to stay open with their lights on all day, to stop them being used as private nightclubs.
• The lanterns would again stay lit until dawn.

Until it is approved, we’d treat these as planned changes.

A first visit: how to plan your day

If you only have one day at the Feria, we’d do this:

1. Around midday or early afternoon: walk through the Real to see the horses, the carriages and the flamenco dresses. It is free, and this part alone is worth the trip.
2. Mid-afternoon: have lunch and a jug of rebujito at a public caseta, or at a private one if you have an invitation.
3. Evening: come back when the lanterns go on and the dancing starts. The evening has a very different atmosphere from the daytime.
4. With children: go to the Calle del Infierno before it gets too late.

Download the map of the Real before you go, as mobile coverage can be poor in the crowds. In 2026, according to the same guide, information points in the Real opened from 12:30 to 18:30.

Where to stay and when to book

Prices rise sharply during Feria week, although less than during Semana Santa. The fairground is in Los Remedios, south of Triana, so Triana, the Arenal and Los Remedios are the most convenient areas. We’d book two to four months ahead. See where to stay in Seville.

A few places to start:

• Hotel Ribera de Triana is in Triana, by the river, with a small rooftop pool open in summer.
• Hotel Monte Triana is a four-star hotel with a pool, near Calle Castilla.
• Hotel Simón is a simple option in the Arenal, in an 18th-century house with a patio.

Etiquette and tips

• What to wear: local women wear the traje de flamenca (flamenco dress), and men a suit and tie. Visitors in smart-casual clothes are welcome, but we’d dress up a bit.
• Getting there: walk from Triana or the centre, or take the special buses and taxis. The Real is closed to cars.
• Rebujito comes in jugs (jarras) to share. We suggest pacing yourself: the Feria is long.
• Learn sevillanas: some dance schools give short classes in the weeks before the Feria.
• Wear comfortable shoes. The ground of the Real is albero, a loose yellow sand, and you will walk a lot.
• Use public transport. Traffic around the Real is cut off, and buses and the metro are reinforced during the Feria. The city publishes its transport plan shortly before.

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