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Spain celebrates its National Day this October 12, commemorating Columbus's arrival in America in 1492. More than five centuries later, the language, the culture and millions of human ties form a shared heritage, also marked by the consequences of conquest and colonization.
El Ayuntamiento programa del 8 al 14 de octubre conciertos en el Lope de Vega y el Espacio Turina, zarzuela de la Compañía Sevillana y la inauguración del Teatro Alameda con entrada gratuita.
The Badolatosa City Council reports that on Monday, October 12, the holiday of Columbus Day, there will be no garbage collection service in the municipality.
The Patio de la Montería of the Real Alcázar hosts on October 16 and 17, at 21:00 hours, the premiere of the symphonic-lyric ballet 'FAUNO'. The Board distributes 500 free invitations per performance for those born or residing in Sevilla.
El Ayuntamiento de Sevilla pone en marcha, junto a la asociación gremial de Arte Sacro, una línea de subvenciones de hasta 6.500 euros por taller para digitalizar el negocio y fomentar el relevo generacional.
The Lebrija City Council opens the tender to operate stall number 1 of the Plaza de Abastos, measuring 23.10 square metres, with a minimum fee of 228.46 euros per month. Bids may be submitted from October 13 to November 3.
The Tocina City Council opens on Tuesday, October 13, at 12:00, the period to sign up for the Winter Swimming 2026-2027 activities at the municipal indoor pool, which are processed through the Sporttia website or app.
The Hermandad del Rocío de Tomares celebrates its Extraordinary Annual Pilgrimage to the village of Almonte from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11, with an official mass on Sunday at 11:00 in the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
The El Palmar de Troya City Council has presented a project to expand the fairground area with the installation of dog recreation areas, with a total investment of 23,934.68 euros.
The Lora del Río City Council announces a new edition of El Rastro de Lora, which will be held on Saturday, October 17 on Avda de la Cruz, from 10.00 to 18.00 hours, with the participation of 29 businesses and organizations.
The Ayuntamiento de Lora del Río is organizing a chocolatada on Friday, October 16 at 17.00 hours at the Hogar Pensionista Camponuevo, in El Priorato. Attendance is confirmed on Monday, October 12, from 10.30 to 12.30 hours, at the hogar itself.
The Dos Hermanas City Council has refurbished the interior of the roundabout at kilometre 1 of the A-8032, known as the old Bellavista road, with river stones, albero, olive trees and ornamental plants.
The 2nd International Short Film Festival for Social Justice and Human Rights, Atalaya Fest, holds a new session of its Official Section on Friday, October 16 with five short films, according to the Casariche City Council.
CD Ventippo's alevín and juvenil teams play their matches at home on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, while four other categories play away, according to the Casariche City Council.
The Casariche Town Council reports that there will be no garbage collection service on the night of Monday, October 12 to Tuesday, October 13 due to the Día de la Hispanidad holiday.
The Guillena Town Council reports new maintenance tasks and small repairs on the streets of the municipality's neighbourhoods, within the municipal public space conservation service.
The El Rubio Town Council has carried out rat control and disinfection work on the sewer system in Plaza Ramón y Cajal and on Doncellas and Murillo streets, as part of actions that are repeated every fifteen days in different areas of the municipality.
The Bailemos Cultural Association launches its classes in different dance styles for all ages, according to El Rubio City Council.
The delegate for Childhood and Education of Lebrija, María Paula García, and the head of the Family Treatment Team, Ana Alba, attended the presentation event of the GUARDIAM Project of the Diputación de Sevilla, focused on the use of screens and technologies among minors.
The Mairena del Alcor City Council is finishing these days the gardening, masonry and painting works started two weeks ago at the San José Cemetery, ahead of the All Saints' Day festivity.
The cyclist from La Rinconada Loren Herrera competes this Sunday in the UCI Gravel World Championships, held in Nannup (Western Australia). He is one of ten Spaniards taking the start and races in the 35 to 39 age category.
The Casariche Town Council is taking part in the Gamified Digital Tourist Viewpoint of the Estepa Region, a project by the Provincial Council of Seville with 300,000 euros of investment that will include a regional viewpoint and eleven municipal viewpoints.
The Estepa City Council has presented Las Recetas de María La Valleja, a book born from conversations between María Segura Luque and psychologist Débora Bollullo at the Municipal Women's Information Center.
The procession will set off at 19:30 from the Convento de las Concepcionistas and will tour the streets of the centre, within the Jubilee Year for the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception.
Around 300 people have taken part in the last event of the XIX Cardiohealthy Days of Mairena del Alcor, organised by the Town Council and the local association Cardioalcor, with physical activity, breakfast and workshops on the prevention of heart disease.
The Mairena del Alcor City Council has finished the works to install artificial shade structures in the municipality's schools, with an investment of 168,040.83 euros for the supply.
The El Arboreto botanical garden, next to the El Carambolo drinking water treatment plant (ETAP), in Camas, offers free access from October 13 to 18 and guided tours at the weekend for World Botanical Gardens Day.
The University of Seville's Formula Student team will receive 30,000 euros from the Diputación and will show its ART-27D single-seater in El Viso del Alcor, El Palmar de Troya, Pedrera and Olivares between December 2026 and the first quarter of 2027.
Prodetur presents the provincial destination at the Marseille Spanish Film Festival with cinema, photography and flamenco as a common thread, in an action aimed at the French market alongside Turespaña.
The Ayuntamiento de Guillena organizes a trip to Marbella and Puerto Banús on October 21 and 22 for people over 65 registered in the municipality. Registration opens on October 13 and costs 75 euros.
The Montellano Town Council has published the rules to fill a position for a legal advisor at the Women's Information Point, part-time and with a temporary six-month contract. The process will also serve to create a job pool.
The Plaza de Toros de Osuna hosted on Thursday, October 8 the musical «The Sound of Change», with which the European Erasmus+ COMMON project was closed, a two-year educational and cultural initiative in which centres from Spain, Finland, Latvia, Belgium and Italy have participated.
The Sanlúcar la Mayor City Council has visited the works of the future Comprehensive Sports Complex, which will include a 25-metre heated pool with a retractable cover and will make it possible to recover the municipal swimming pool and expand the sports offering.
Puerto Gelves hosts the tenth edition of the Río y Sabor River and Sea Gastronomic Fair on October 16, 17 and 18, with stands, bars, live cooking, music, children's workshops and boat trips on the Guadalquivir.
The Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal de Lebrija brings together this weekend around 200 table tennis players in two Andalusian competitions. The local club also receives a subsidy of 19,597.19 euros from the Diputación de Sevilla.
The Sanlúcar la Mayor City Council has begun beautification work on the Municipal Cemetery ahead of All Saints' Day. From October 16 to November 2 the grounds are open from 8:30 to 19:00 and residents are asked to tidy the graves.
The Mairena del Alcor City Council has presented the thirtieth edition of the Miguel Ángel Gómez Campuzano Memorial, which will be held on Sunday, November 15, with categories for adults and for the youngest.
Víctor Cruz, baritone and plucked strings, and Silvio Salado on the organ open the cycle at the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Oliva on Sunday, October 11 at 13:15. Tickets are already on sale.
Pedro Mendoza Albert and Daniel Jiménez Amado, founders of Jaleo Studio, receive the Society and Education Award at Sportfilm Liberec as co-producers of the short film Los Pájaros, the first Spanish one awarded in the history of the event.
The El Cuervo de Sevilla City Council opens an extraordinary application period for Taekwondo, Cycling, Skating and Football instructors due to the lack of candidates in those modalities.
The Gerena Town Council has approved the rules of the Programme for the Prevention of Social Exclusion through temporary employment for 2026. Applications may be submitted from October 5 to November 2.
The family company EMoreno opens at its factory on Avenida de Andalucía a recreation of the birth of Jesus using artificial intelligence, which joins the offer of visits to the mantecados factories of Estepa between October and December.
The Badolatosa Town Council has handed over the keys to the refurbished municipal premises and has installed new mailboxes for the urban centre of Las Huertas de La Manga.
The Dos Hermanas City Council has finished the improvement works on the AV-63.1 road, in the section between the roundabouts on calle Pañoleta and calle Melchor. The project includes a 1.60-metre-wide bike lane, a new sidewalk, parking and 16 trees.
The Consortium for Prevention, Fire Extinction and Rescue of the Province of Seville (CPEIS) teaches a three-day course at the Sanlúcar la Mayor Fire Station to respond to hazardous substances.
The esplanade of the ermita de la Fuensanta de Corcoya, in Badolatosa, hosts on Friday, October 30 at 19:00 the performance of 'El indulto, camino al perdón', a historical recreation of the pardon that King Ferdinand VII granted to the bandit José María El Tempranillo.
The competition is held on Saturday, October 10, in the Plaza de España in Guadalcanal, from 12:00 hours, with participants from the ten municipalities of the region.
The Sanjuán Municipal Theatre in Écija hosts an autumn-winter programme between October and January with carnival, humour, music, flamenco, theatre, dance and family shows, featuring the participation of brotherhoods, associations and local groups.
The Ayuntamiento de Écija is carrying out the Plan de Sostenibilidad Turística en Destino with four actions focused on the Museo Histórico Municipal, including a virtual recreation of a Roman domus and an augmented reality application for the Amazona Herida.
The Rafa Baena pavilion in Estepa has hosted the trophy ceremony of the III Barba Games 2026, a crossfit competition organised by the Tyr Box gym in Estepa and Barba Box in Pedrera that has brought together hundreds of fans and athletes.
The Rafa Baena pavilion in Estepa is hosting the first edition of the Barba Games this weekend, a crossfit competition organised by the Tyr Box gym and Barba Box of Pedrera in which more than 130 athletes are taking part.
The Dos Hermanas City Council has received recognition from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide Foundation for its support of university micro-credentials, in which more than 300 professionals from local companies and businesses have trained since 2022.
Pablo de Olavide University is holding the 1st International Congress on Performance in Physical Activity and Sport, which began on Friday, October 9 and closes on Saturday, October 10 with a lecture on strength training programming.
The Guillena City Council and the National Police have brought the DNI and passport to 45 residents this Friday, October 9, who have been able to process it and take the document with them without leaving the municipality.
The mayor of Guillena, Lorenzo Medina, conveyed the municipality's needs in roads and public transport to the Delegation of Development, including the improvement of the road surface of the A-460 and the reinforcement of bus frequencies.
The Civil Guard has arrested four residents of Sevilla for stealing eight racing greyhounds from a property in Bollullos de la Mitación and mistreating two of them. The animals have already been returned to their owner.
Municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and the autonomous local entities of the province can request repayable advances to pay for the Home Help Service. The overall fund is 20 million euros and the application period is twenty working days.
The Mobility and Prevention operation for the Romería de Valme will bring together around 850 personnel on Sunday, October 18. The A-8032 road, the "old road", will be closed from 07:00 to 23:00 hours.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the National Statistics Institute (INE) puts the annual rate for the province of Seville at 4.0% in August 2026, six tenths more than in July, when it was 3.4%.
Hotels in the province of Sevilla registered 325,293 travelers and 675,708 overnight stays in August 2026, according to the INE. The number of travelers rises compared to the same month of the previous year, although overnight stays fall.
The municipality celebrates this Saturday, October 10, the hundred years of the Azucarera San Fernando with a festive day at the Recinto Ferial de Tocina y Los Rosales, which includes the symbolic return of smoke to its chimney and the sound of its historic siren.
The Ayuntamiento de Paradas has started the works to renew the artificial turf of the Campo de Fútbol 11 of the Joaquín Espinar Reyes and the Campo de Fútbol 7 of the Polideportivo Municipal, with a municipal investment of 401,623.20 euros.
Voters can request the census certificate until November 19, online on the Correos website or at any post office. The documentation to vote will be sent from November 9.
The Ayuntamiento de Lora del Río opens between October 12 and 19, both included, the period to consult and challenge the electoral census ahead of the General Elections to the Cortes Generales of November 29.
The Diputación contributes 30,000 euros to the ARUS team, which will take its electric vehicle to El Viso del Alcor, El Palmar de Troya, Pedrera and Olivares between December and the first quarter of 2027.
The 1-1-2 received at 16:50 hours the alert of the overturning of a vehicle with people trapped at kilometre 72 of the A-92, on the service road towards Granada. One person has died and a 39-year-old man has been taken to the La Merced Hospital in Osuna.
The province of Sevilla closes the second quarter of 2026 with 127,200 unemployed, according to the INE Labour Force Survey. The rate falls compared to the previous quarter and to the same period of 2025.
The Piscina Municipal Cubierta of Mairena del Alcor will remain closed on October 9 and 10 due to maintenance work. The closure affects courses and free swimming, and users will receive a compensatory voucher.
