The April Fair from Madrid
Enjoy the best part of the popular Sevillian festivity from the capital.
April Fair in Seville.
Photo: Corradobarattaphotos. iStock
Seville is, undoubtedly, another of the most beautiful cities in our country. Recognized worldwide for the baile flamenco, historical and cultural richness and its "special color", it leaves no one indifferent. Every April the Andalusian city celebrates its popular April Fair, considered a Festival of International Tourist Interest, in which its streets are dressed for a week of cante, baile, lanterns and its inhabitants with typical flamenco costumes.
This year the fair is celebrated from April 23 to 29 and, fortunately, in Madrid we get the echoes of the flamenco that is heard and danced in the "pearl of the Guadalquivir" with different events around the Andalusian fair. Do not miss it!
April Fair in full
The largest drive-in movie theater in Europe is also one of the main stages in Madrid to celebrate the Feria de Abril. On its terrace overlooking the sky of Madrid the fair will be held with activities, equestrian dance show, Sevillanas contest, flamenco concerts, DJs and a Sevillian gastronomic offer in the traditional "casetas" that will not make you miss the original fair.
When: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April from 12:00 to 00:00.
Where: Autocine Madrid Fever. Calle de la Isla de Java, 2.
Buy tickets: at their website
April Fair Poster at Autocine Madrid Fever
April Fair Poster at Autocine Madrid Fever
Tapas tour and flamenco concert
In the Prosperidad Market you can enjoy from Wednesday 19 to Sunday April 23 of a gourmet tapa route on the occasion of the April Fair. Each tapa with a drink costs 6€ and you can try a variety of flavors from paella and bienmesabe to Vietnamese shrimp omelette and gnocchi in truffle sauce. On Saturday 22 there will be a free flamenco concert by El Parrita.
When: Wednesday, April 19 to Sunday, April 23.
Where: Prosperidad Market. Calle López de Hoyos, 81.
All the information: on their web page
Free flamenco concert at the Prosperidad Market
Flamenco class for beginners
And if what you want is to learn to dance before the fair begins, in the Skybar of the Hotel Ocean Drive Madrid you can attend an introductory flamenco class in which you will learn the different flamenco styles and their rhythms. At the end of the class you can enjoy the incredible views of Madrid and learn all about the most typical drink of the April fair, the rebujito, in a guided tasting.
When: Friday, April 21 from 18:00 to 20:00.
Where: Ocean Drive Hotel. Plaza de Isabel II, 7.
Reservations: for one or two people.
And don't forget to check the agenda of our tablaos flamencos to complete your plan with one of our April shows.
Flamenco initiation class.
Photo: Alba Caro