The San Antonio festivities, “la feria de San Antonio” take place around June 13 , the Chiclana patron saint´s day.
Originally linked to an old cattle fair, nowadays that ´s a testimonial maner and San Antonio festivity has become the most representative festivity in town.
These four colour days are celebrated with typical dresses, Sevillanas dancing, and with the Chiclana wine as an obliged taster in “casetas”, second homes for locals during feria.
Casetas are the places where they dance, eat local food and drink wine and chilled “rebujito” a refreshing mixture of “manzanilla and Seven up or Sprite”, (Manzanilla is a white wine and “seven up or sprite” are the comercial name for soda drinks).
A basic definition of the San Antonio fair would be : a big amount of tents and fairground attractions. Hapiness, colour, dancing….
The official schedule opens with a parade by the local music band. Once this concludes, the fair is officially inagurated by hoistings flags and the ” alumbrao” , switching on the special illumination of the ” Portada de la feria” that is a big monumental door, specially designed for the festivity , the main entrance to the fairground.
The “paseo de caballos” (procession of horsemen and carriages) is a horses and beautifully-decorated carriages parade in shinig colours throughout the fairground, with their occupants in fantastic flamenco dress.
Every evening bullfigths take place at the “Plaza de toros”.
The fair finishes at midnigth with a fireworks display.
