Feria

Feria de Jerez, also known as Feria del Caballo (Horse Fair) is one of the most important celebrations

The feria originated in the middle ages, and was the principal means of interchange of local products within the kingdom. The first feria takes place at Seville in April (two clear weeks after Semana Santa) and the last is at San Pedro de Alcántara in mid October. The Feria of Jerez de la Frontera (called Feria del caballo) is one of the very best Feria in andalucia and is characterised by an open events and structure where everybody is welcome to participate. This year will be from 12th of May to 19th of May.

The Feria of Jerez share the same common origins in the medieval ages, during one week farmers gathered to sell and buy beautiful animals, in Jerez mainly beautiful horses, usually drinking to celebrate the deals

At the Feria de Jerez all the casetas are public, so anyone can just walk into any one and enjoy the food, drinks, and dancing. This is one of the main features that differentiates it from the Seville Fair as most of the “casetas” there are private and therefore only card holding members are allowed in.

In the casetas, throughout the day and night, people will usually be found drinking fino sherry, and in more recent years a new trend is to mix the fino with lemonade and ice cubes creating a cocktail commonly known as Rebujito.

At night time there is a sort of “roof” of pretty decorative lights lighting this little “village” like area, which allows the party to last all the way till dawn

Practical information for 2019

here is the map of the Feria

As soon as we know the event, we ‘ll update this page.

The others Feria in Andalucia