Seville's Feria de Abril 2027: Dates, Casetas, Dress Code and How to Plan Your Visit

The Real de la Feria

It all happens at the Real de la Feria de Sevilla, a grid of sand-dusted streets in Los Remedios, across the river from the centre. White-and-green canvas casetas line them, strung with red-and-white paper lanterns, under a huge lit gateway called the portada. Entry is free, and you pay only for what you eat, drink and ride.

The casetas run from 12:00 to 06:00 all week, and the final Sunday ends at midnight with fireworks. The fair opens with the alumbrao, the switching-on of the portada at midnight on the Monday, after the fried-fish dinner earlier that evening. In 2026 the metro ran non-stop through fair week and extra buses ran from 18:00, from €1.50.

Getting inside a caseta usually means knowing someone who belongs to one. So go in the daytime, when the horses and carriages are out and the streets are walkable. Wednesday to Friday nights are shoulder to shoulder.

Calle del Infierno

Calle del Infierno is the funfair, a wall of neon and spinning steel pushed up against the edge of the canvas. Churros stalls and shooting galleries fill the gaps between the rides. Nobody checks anything at the door and you buy tickets ride by ride, so any visitor can join. You can walk out of the casetas and straight onto it.

In 2026 it ran from 17:00 to 06:00 most days. Rides cost €3.50 to €4 for children and €5 for adults, up to €6 for the biggest machines. Each operator sets its own price. On the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the music and sound effects were turned down from 16:00 to 19:00. That's worth knowing if you're bringing young children or anyone sensitive to noise. Expect something similar in 2027.

Renting a dress

A traje de flamenca is expensive, fills a suitcase and dates within a season or two. For a visitor, renting makes more sense. Alpagui charges €95 for one day, €110 for two and €130 for three. That includes the flower, the mantoncillo (the small shoulder shawl), earrings, alterations to your measurements, and delivery and collection anywhere in Seville.

You choose a dress with their advice, send your measurements, then leave everything in a bag for the courier to pick up. The shop itself is outside the city, which is why most visitors use the delivery service. You book by request, so start weeks ahead.

Shawls, fans and combs

Juan Foronda is at Calle Sierpes 33, the main pedestrian shopping street in the centre. It sells hand-embroidered mantones de Manila, mantillas, painted fans, combs and jewellery. Shawls run from €380 to €2,850. There are also seconds with minor flaws and sale pieces if you want the look for less.

Learning sevillanas first

Sevillanas is a partner dance and everyone in a caseta knows it. One short course is the difference between joining in and standing at the bar. Taller Flamenco on Calle Peral teaches it. Its Sevillanas Express course runs from 5 to 9 April 2027, the week before the expected fair dates. There are also weekend courses, one-day private classes and Saturday beginners' classes at 11:00. You have to ask for a price before you book. The school rents rooms too, €170 for a single for six nights and €250 for a double.

Flamenco in the centre

What happens in the casetas is social dancing. For flamenco performed properly, Tablao Flamenco Los Gallos on Plaza de Santa Cruz has two shows a night, at 19:00 and 20:45, for €38. Each runs about an hour and a quarter in a low-ceilinged room with a raised wooden stage. The room is small, so book ahead.

For the background before the dancing, go to the Museo del Baile Flamenco on Calle Manuel Rojas Marcos. It's open from 10:00 to 18:45, and it has its own shows at 17:00, 19:00 and 20:45. The museum alone is €6. The show is €29 for adults and €15 for children aged 6 to 12, or €33 for both. Allow two hours if you take in the galleries first.

Eating through fair week

The Feria opens with the Noche del Pescaíto, the fried-fish dinner on the eve of the alumbrao. Freiduría Puerta de la Carne, beside the Jardines de Murillo on the edge of Santa Cruz, is where to eat that kind of meal. It closes on Mondays, so pick another night of fair week. Fish is sold by weight in a rolled paper cone, and a cuarto (a quarter kilo) is plenty for one. Chocos, cuttlefish, is the house fry. Buy the fish at the counter inside and order drinks from the waiter at the outdoor tables. It opens at 13:00 for lunch and again at 20:00.

Rebujito, the drink of the casetas, is manzanilla cut with lemonade. For the sherry undiluted, go to Casa Morales on Calle García de Vinuesa in El Arenal. The back room is lined with clay wine jars that reach head height. Tapas are €2.50 to €4. It's open 12:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to midnight, Monday to Saturday, and it fills fast, so arrive just after it reopens in the evening.

El Rinconcillo on Calle Gerona has been trading since 1670. It's a good anchor for the nights either side of the fair, when the centre empties towards Los Remedios. Order the espinacas con garbanzos (spinach with chickpeas) and the pavía de bacalao (battered cod); tapas run €3 to €5. It opens at 13:00 and goes past midnight, often with a break in the late afternoon, so confirm for the day you go. The ground-floor bar is standing room only and fills quickly, and there's a sit-down restaurant upstairs.

For the daytime, when the Real is half asleep until noon, go to Mercado de Triana. The produce stalls run from 09:00 to 14:30, Monday to Saturday. The bars keep going until midnight, except on Sundays when they shut at 17:00. From 15 April the cocktail bars stay open until 01:00, which covers fair week.

Horses, carriages and the ring

By day the Real belongs to horses. Coches de caballos de Sevilla wait at Plaza del Triunfo beside the Cathedral and at Plaza de España, and you can take one without booking. A ride is €45 for up to four people and lasts about 45 minutes. It takes in the Real Alcázar, Parque de María Luisa and the riverside. Inside the Real during the fair, carriages only circulate between 12:00 and 20:00, and demand pushes prices up all week.

You can visit the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla and its bullfighting museum from 09:30 to 19:30, for €12, or €4 for children aged 7 to 11. On days with a bullfight the visit shuts at 15:00, and fair week is full of them, so go before or after the Feria.

The Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre puts on a show of Andalusian stallions at 12:00, and it lasts about 90 minutes. Seats start at €25, or €12.50 for children and pensioners. It's about an hour by train from Sevilla-Santa Justa, with fares from €11 each way, and the round trip eats half a day. Performance dates move around the season, so confirm one before you buy train tickets.

Before you go

The 2027 dates, the portada design and the funfair's prices all firm up closer to the fair. Book the dress rental and any dance course weeks ahead. Remember that the freiduría closes on Mondays, Casa Morales on Sundays, and the market's produce stalls don't open on a Sunday either.

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