Festivals in La Rinconada
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of La Rinconada, municipality of Seville, in Andalusia.
El Abrazo Fair and patron saint festivities
La Rinconada articulates its festive calendar around San José, Holy Week, El Abrazo Fair and the festival of the Virgin of Sorrows in September. The fair takes place at the El Abrazo site and brings together booths, attractions, music, dance and neighbourhood coexistence. The Major Festival Area, cassette players, dance schools, associations, brotherhoods, security forces, Civil Protection and the public from the different centres of the municipality participate.
The El Abrazo Fair lasts four days. The lighting ceremony and first sevillana open the fairground, which brings together casetas, performances, horse parades and carriages before the closing fireworks.