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Feria de Abril (Seville Fair)

Feria timetable

Feria during the daytime and the Feria at night

The daytime Feria and the Feria at night traditionally represent two very different worlds. The Feria during the day is families, children, having lunch; a much more relaxed environment than at night. From 10 - 11pm onwards the youth inundate the official fair grounds. It reaches its climax at around 1 - 2am. Those who have to work the following day (remember that from Tuesday til Friday people only work half days) make quick stops at their home, while the rest remain inside the casetas or swarm around the grounds until dawn.

However, Feria experts begin to observe signs of change regarding this distribution of time. More people are choosing the daytime, with the sunlight on the tents and whitewashed streets and the traditional dress, the horses about, food served in the casetas. They tend to last into the evening, as long as they can. In the end its a question of tastes.

The Feria from Monday to Sunday

The Feria's character changes throughout the week. Doesn't feel the same during the first part of the week (Monday night, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) as during the holiday (Friday, Saturday and Sunday, around midnight). The difference is that towards the weekend masses of outsiders arrive. It is during these days that the Feria acquires a feeling of agglomeration and by Saturday night it becomes very difficult moving about the official fairgrounds. Nonetheless, the imaginative Sevillians paint this "invasion" with exaggerated colors. With this wave of outsiders a considerable stampede of locals head to the beaches and countryside. In the end a paradox is drawn: sometimes there are more people about the fairgrounds on Thursday than on Saturday.

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