Christmas lights across Seville
📍 Calle Sierpes, Avenida de la Constitución, Plaza Nueva, Alameda, Tetuán, Santa Cruz…
📆 Lights on from late November until 6 January
🕕 They switch on every evening at around 6:30 pm, lighting up thousands of streets and squares with classic Christmas decorations.
🎄 Christmas Markets in Seville – Christmas 2025/2026
📍 Various locations around the city
📆 From early December to the first days of January
👉 At these markets you'll find Christmas decorations, crafts, traditional products, nativity figures, tree ornaments and handmade gifts. An experience that increasingly recalls the Christmas fairs of central Europe.
Creative Crafts Market – Jardines del Cristina
📍 Jardines del Cristina (opposite the Teatro de la Maestranza)
📆 From 5 December to 5 January
👉 With dozens of stalls selling crafts, decorations, jewellery, costume jewellery and gifts. A lovely, peaceful stroll among the trees, very close to the city centre.
Seville Nativity Fair
📍 Avenida de la Constitución / Fray Ceferino González
📆 Until 6 January
👉 Specialising in figurines, accessories and everything you need to set up your nativity scene. It is one of the most classic and most visited markets at this time of year.
Nervión Plaza Christmas Market
📍 Nervión Plaza (next to the shopping centre)
📆 Until 5 January
👉 A more modern space with original gifts, natural cosmetics, sweets and activities for children, as well as Christmas decorations.
Alameda Christmas Market
📍 Alameda de Hércules
📆 Until early January
👉 Very lively, with bohemian stalls, perfect for finding unusual gifts and supporting small local artisans.
👑 The Fourth King – Family theatre at Sala Cero
📍 Sala Cero Teatro – Calle Sol, 5 (Santa Catalina)
📆 From 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026
🕐 Performances on:
- 29, 30 December / 2, 3 January at 5:00 pm
- 4 January at 12:00 pm
👉 A heartwarming Christmas story in which we meet Artabán, the King who got lost on his way to Bethlehem but discovered the value of generosity and empathy. A production by La Madeja Teatro full of lessons, magic and emotion for the whole family.
👧🏻 Recommended age: 3 to 11 years
🎭 Duration: 55 minutes
🎟️ Price: between €8.00 and €13.00
Tickets available at: salacero.com/el-cuarto-rey-mago
🎶 New Year's Concert – Teatro de la Maestranza
📍 Main Hall – Teatro de la Maestranza
📆 30 December 2025
🕣 8:30 pm
👉 In the most festive and elegant style, the Spanish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kynan Johns, presents this traditional New Year's Concert with a programme full of joy and rhythm.
🎼 Programme featuring works by:
- Johann Strauss (father and son)
- Eduard Strauss
- Offenbach
- Otto Nicolai
- Waldteufel
- Hans Christian Lumbye
- Dvořák
Including popular pieces such as The Blue Danube, Radetzky March, Champagne Galop and The Skaters. A magical evening to close the year with fine music in one of Seville's most emblematic venues.
🎟️ Tickets on sale on the theatre's official website.
🏃♂️ San Silvestre Sevillana – Popular New Year's Eve race
📍 Around the Parque de María Luisa and Plaza de España
📆 31 December 2025
🕔 Start at 5:00 pm
👉 One of Seville's most traditional and cheerful races for seeing out the year with energy: the San Silvestre Sevillana celebrates its 30th edition with a 5 km course open to everyone, plus children's races and school categories. The race blends sport with a festive atmosphere and fancy dress, and is a lovely way to end the year with family or friends before the grapes.
📋 Registration for the main race (5 km) and the children's categories is open on the official website until 26 December or until bib numbers run out.
📍 Bib collection usually takes place on 29 and 30 December at the runners' fair, with times set by the organisers. sansilvestresevillana.com
🗣️ Royal Herald of Seville – Prelude to the Three Kings Parade
📍 Streets of central Seville (route from the Ateneo to Plaza Nueva and the City Hall)
📆 4 January 2026
🕔 Departure approx. 5:45 pm
👉 Before the great Three Kings Parade on 5 January, the Royal Herald arrives, a traditional procession in which the Herald walks through the city centre to request the keys of the city on behalf of Their Majesties the Three Kings. It is a beautiful moment, full of excitement and family atmosphere, which officially opens the Three Kings festivities in Seville.
📍 Typical route (may change due to roadworks or official changes):
- Departure from the Ateneo de Sevilla along Orfila
- Streets: Javier Lasso de la Vega, Sierpes, Sagasta
- Plaza del Salvador and Álvarez Quintero, Manuel Cortina streets
- Plaza de San Francisco, Hernando Colón and Placentines
- Plaza Virgen de los Reyes and Plaza del Triunfo
- Avenida de la Constitución as far as the City Hall / Plaza Nueva
- Return via Méndez Núñez, Plaza de la Magdalena and Campana
👉 The whole route is accompanied by pages, musicians and iconic characters as the city fills with a festive Christmas atmosphere.
✨ It's an ideal plan for the whole family or as a couple, since it's less crowded than the Cabalgata and lets you experience that magic up close before the big day of the Three Kings.
👑 Cabalgata de Reyes Magos 2026 – Seville
📍 Streets of the historic centre and main avenues
📆 5 January 2026
🕓 Departure approx. 16:15 h – Arrival approx. 22:00 h
👉 One of Seville's most beloved traditions returns with its edition 2026, organised by the Ateneo de Sevilla, where Their Majesties the Three Kings —Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar— parade through the city handing out joy, music and sweets to families and visitors. The Cabalgata is a magical moment for children and adults alike, with floats that this year pay tribute to classic children's stories and characters of the imagination, accompanied by marching bands, colour and cheer.
📍 Usual itinerary (may be adjusted due to roadworks):
- Departure: University of Seville (Calle Palos de la Frontera)
- Glorieta de San Diego
- Avenida del Cid
- Plaza Don Juan de Austria
- Recaredo y Feria
- Plaza de la Campana
- O'Donnell
- Plaza de la Magdalena
- Puente de Isabel II
- Triana: Plaza del Altozano, San Jacinto, Esperanza de Triana, República Argentina
- Plaza de Cuba (traditional passing area)
👉 The parade continues along these streets until its end, with a route designed so that as many families as possible can watch it from different points across the city.
✨ Sevillalover tip: Arrive early (from 15:00 h) if you want a good spot. Many people position themselves near Plaza del Duque or Campana, or in Triana to watch the procession from the bridge and the riverside streets. 👉 Why is it special?
Seville's Cabalgata is one of the oldest in Spain and blends popular tradition, live music and visual spectacle. In 2026 it introduces inclusive zones so that people with reduced mobility or high sensory sensitivity can enjoy it more comfortably — a novelty that makes it even more accessible and family-friendly.
