The Fair of April 2025 will begin again on Monday with the Night of the “Pescaíto”

The consultation has ended with the participation of 106,791 Sevillians, deciding to return to the old format for just 4,000 difference votes.

The Seville Fair will once again last six days. This decision has been made by the people of Seville in the consultation on the format of the celebration, which concluded this Thursday with a close result, separated by alone 4,000 wishes. A total of 106,791 Sevillians participated in the consultation, what represents the 18.27% of the census. Most votes, 55,435 Sevillians, They opted for the lighting night to be on Monday again, while 51,356 supported the current format. Thus, The party will officially start on Tuesday and end on Sunday with fireworks.

This format was in force until the Fair 2016. In September of that year, The government led by the socialist Juan Espadas organized the first citizen consultation on this issue, where he 6% of the voters (with a participation of just over 40,000 electors) He preferred that the night of illumination be on Saturday, ending the lantern week the following Saturday with a fireworks show.

This scheme has been maintained (except in pandemic years) until the year 2024, which has been an edition marked by record numbers, with more than three million people visiting Real de Los Remedios. Nevertheless, These figures have not convinced the consultation participants, those who support the Fair taking place again from Tuesday to Sunday.

This proposal has been supported by Mayor José Luis Sanz from the beginning, recognizing that a seven-day Fair is unsustainable in both practical and economic terms. The hoteliers association (that in the consultation of 2016 supported the seven-day Fair), The booth owners and expert scholars of this celebration have shown their support for the shorter format.

In the year 2025, The Fair will begin Monday night 5 May and will end on Sunday 11 May. This time, will be fully celebrated this month, since Holy Week will be very late, with Palm Sunday 13 April.

This change must be ratified by the local government board and subsequently put to a vote in the Plenary to modify the Fair ordinance.. Nevertheless, you may encounter some opposition from various opposition parties, who might not accept the results due to Facua's complaints about alleged irregularities in the consultation, like identity theft.

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