Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair 2018 comes to the Costa Blanca this week
Torrevieja's Sevillanas Fairs
Wednesday 23rd to Sunday 27th May 2018
The beachfront city of Torrevieja will be alive with the sounds of traditional folk music this week, as the south Costa Blanca locale hosts the annual spring Sevillanas fair, the Feria de Sevillanas.
Torrevieja hosts the Sevillanas fair in the spring every year, and the Town Hall have spent nearly €100,000 to ensure that this years show is one to remember.
Organised in association with local businesses and community organisations, the fiesta aims to showcase Valencian traditions, with live music and dance performances from some of the regions finest entertainment artists.
The Torrevieja Sevillanas fair is immensely popular with local residents and tourist visitors to the area in the springtime, and the five day celebrations are considered to be one of the most important cultural events in the local calendar.
Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair 2018 (Feria de Sevillanas de Torrevieja)
Locally known as the Feria de Sevillanas, the event celebrates the traditional dance and folk music of the Sevillanas, a type of muscial and dance style originating in Seville and its region.
Derived from the Seguidilla, an old Castilian folk music and dance genre, the Sevillanas were influenced by Flamenco during the nineteenth century, and Sevillanas dancing and the music remains a popular tradition to this day.
Local Valencian and Spanish cuisine forms a large part of each Sevillanas fair, and this year proves no exception, with 28 specialty food marquees filling the Torrevieja marina area, each serving freshly prepared local food.
For more information about this local event visit the Torrevieja
tourist office website, or see below for the exclusive full itinerary for the 2018 Torrevieja Sevillanas fair.
| Wednesday 23 May 2018 | |
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9:00pm
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Official opening ceremony of the Sevillanas Fair 2018, the lighting of lights, fireworks show, and an interpretation of hymns by the Torrevejense Musical Union. |
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9:45pm
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Performance by the QK Academy. |
| 10:45pm | Performance by the local group, Chaskio, followed by the evenings closing performance by Salve Rociera. |
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Thursday 24 May 2018 |
| 9:00pm | Performance by Lola Morales and Arancha Blanco dance centres. |
| 10:00pm | Performance by the group "Los Rocieros de Sevilla". |
| 10:30pm | Performance by the choir "Alba Rociera". |
| 11:15pm | Performance by the Sevillano group "Los del Guadalquivir", and a closing performance from Salve Rociera. |
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Friday 25 May 2018 |
| 9:00pm | Performance by the Municipal Dance School. |
| 10:00pm | Performance by the María del Ángel dance academy. |
| 11:00pm | Delivery of acknowledgments for the 2018 Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair. |
| 11:30pm |
Performance by the singer Juan Valderrama, presenting the show "Bajo el ala del Sombrero" (Under the Brim of the Hat), and closing performance by Salve Rociera.
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| Saturday 26 May 2018 | |
| 12:00pm | Celebration in the church of the Immaculate Conception: the Mass of the 2018 Sevillanas Fair, and a performance by the group Pura Sangre. |
| 1:00pm | Parade to the fairgrounds accompanied by horsemen, choirs and supporters to the rhythm of Sevillanas. |
| 9:00pm | Performance by the Payá's dance school. |
| 10:00pm | Performance by the Soul Dance Studio dance academy. |
| 11:00pm | Performance of "Los Rocieros de La Mata". |
| 11:30pm | Performance by Anabel Castillo, Álvaro Montes and bailaor Agustín Barajas with the show "Entre copla y Flamenco", and a closing performance by Salve Rociera. |
| Sunday 27 May 2018 | |
| 11:30am | A live Presentation of the 2018 Flamenco dress collection from acclaimed designer Dolores Caballero, accompanied by a rendition of "Arte pa ya" from the Rociero Choir. |
| 12:30pm | Horse and carriage rides through the fairgrounds. |
| 8:30pm | Performance by the dance group "Embrujo" of the House of Andalusia, and Rafael Alberti of Torrevieja. |
| 9:15pm | Performance by the Dharma dance school. |
| 10:15pm | End of the contest of Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair 2018. |
| 10:45pm | Closing ceremony of the Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair 2018. |
| 11:00pm | Prize award ceremony for contestants in the Sevillanas contest. |
| 11:15pm | Finale performance by the Flamenco group Pura Sangre. |
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