Leo García, a young man with butterfly skin, will switch on Seville's Christmas lights on Friday the 27th
There will be more than 9.2 million LEDs across 316 streets and squares, twelve more than last year, with Niña Pastori on the Avenida.
YaSevilla newsroom ·
Leo García, a young man who has become a reference in the fight against butterfly skin disease, will be in charge of lighting up Christmas in Sevilla on Friday, November 27. The event begins at 17:30 on avenida de la Constitución, with a performance by Niña Pastori and music by Fonseka DJ.
The lighting
This year there will be more than 9.2 million LEDs on 316 streets and squares, twelve more than last year, with 3,151 motifs. It will run from November 27 to January 5, from 18:30 to 1:00, and on New Year's Eve until 8:00 on the 1st.
Among the new features: 32 figures of 6.5 metres on avenida de la Constitución, a luminous nativity scene of 15 figures on avenida de Roma (seven new) and a 15-minute videomapping in plaza de San Francisco, with six shows daily between 18:30 and 22:15. New lighting includes, among others, plaza de la Alianza, Resolana, avenida de la Oliva and parque Cerro Amate.
Programme
Under the slogan «Y la Estrella paró aquí», the programme runs until January 4. Some highlights:
- Navigalia, multimedia show on the Guadalquivir: from the 18th to the 23rd and from the 26th to the 30th of December and from the 2nd to the 4th of January, four shows daily, at 3 euros.
- Real Alcázar: convent sweets from the 4th to the 7th of December in the Palacio Gótico; free concerts «Los Embajadores de la Navidad» on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of December at 20:00, and zambombas on the 22nd of December.
- Fibes: Sevilla Xmas Park from the 4th of December to the 9th of January, with free entry and a 1,400-square-metre ice rink.
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