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Feria de Abril (Seville Fair)

Feria daily Schedule

Monday: Caseta members meet up to inaugurate their tent with the traditional cena del pescadito (meal consisting of variety of fried fish).
La prueba del alumbrado: Lighting of the main gate and fairground lights. The City Council and the Municipal Band gather at the entrance of the main gate of the fairgrounds to turn on the gate lights and street lanterns for the first time. The Feria has begun.

Tuesday: Official receptions take place, consisting of lunch with friends and work companions.
The ground's lights stay lit until three in the morning.

Wednesday: The Feria makes headway towards the most culminating moments.
Today the lights stay on until four am.

Thursday: Marks the beginning of the "big days". The passage of the horses can attract up to 500 carriages and 3000 individual horses.

Friday: Arrival of massive crowds, including many famous personalities. Some 700 horse driven carriages shall gather on the fairgrounds. Tonight the "mythical number" of one million fair-goers is expected to be reached.

Saturday: Just like yesterday, we shall experience the same crowds and splendor. Many casetas resemble the dressing room of the Marx Brothers. Some of the local don't make it tonight, but the recalcitrant fair-goers take over in numbers. The lighting stays up until 6am.

Sunday: Farewell day. Miura bulls in the Maestranza bullring. By midnight when the brilliant fireworks are being set off, many of the casetas will have already closed. The Real (official fairgrounds) is inundated with melancholy. Sic transit gloriae mundi.

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