31 December 2026 · Seville, Granada, Málaga, Córdoba and Jerez
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Andalusia
Andalusia sees the year out late and well: a concert in an old theatre, a long dinner, twelve grapes at midnight, then the street. Here is every New Year’s Eve and New Year event for Thursday 31 December 2026 and the days around it that we could confirm on the city councils’, orchestras’ and venues’ own pages on 12 November 2026.
Updated October 2026
The twelve grapes, and Jerez’s party in the square
At midnight Spain eats twelve grapes, one for each stroke of the clock, for a lucky year. When we checked on 12 November 2026, the city councils of Seville, Granada and Málaga had not yet published their programmes for the night, so we cannot yet tell you which squares will have music or a countdown; we will add them when they appear.
Jerez has published its plans. The Ayuntamiento’s Navidad 2026–2027 programme lists a Gran Fiesta de Fin de Año in the Plaza de la Asunción, in the old town, on Thursday 31 December from 1pm to 4am, and the Carrera San Silvestre Jerezana, the city’s New Year’s Eve run, at 5pm.
Our advice: in Jerez, take a late lunch of sherry and tapas in the old town, watch the San Silvestre runners at 5pm, and come back to the Plaza de la Asunción for midnight.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAyuntamiento de Jerez: Gran Fiesta de Fin de Año Ayuntamiento de Jerez: San Silvestre Jerezana Ayuntamiento de Jerez: Navidad 2026–2027
The last concerts of the year: Seville and Córdoba
The Teatro de la Maestranza on Seville’s riverbank closes the year with three evenings. On Tuesday 29 December at 8pm the Orquesta Fundación Barenboim-Said and its conductor Maxim Emelyanychev play Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila overture, Rachmaninov’s The Rock, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol and Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique.
On Wednesday 30 December the Orquesta Sinfónica de España and the conductor Andrés González give La Razón’s Concierto de Año Nuevo at 8.30pm, a Viennese evening of Suppé, Offenbach, Waldteufel and the Strauss family that ends, as it should, with The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March. Earlier the same day, at 5pm, a concert of film music celebrates Zimmer, Williams and a hundred years of cinema.
The Barenboim-Said orchestra takes the same programme to Córdoba’s Gran Teatro on Wednesday 30 December at 7.30pm, with tickets from €10 to €27.
Our advice: the Maestranza does not print prices on its programme; book through the theatre’s own links, and early for the 30 December Strauss night.
Teatro de la Maestranza: Orquesta Fundación Barenboim-Said Teatro de la Maestranza: Concierto de Año Nuevo Teatro de la Maestranza: programme Gran Teatro de Córdoba: Barenboim-Said
Gala dinners: Granada, and the grand hotels still to announce
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Image courtesy of © Slaunger · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsIn Granada, the Barceló Granada Congress holds a New Year’s Eve gala from 8.30pm to 3.30am: a welcome drink, a long dinner of Iberian ham, foie gras, lobster, hake with razor clams and Angus sirloin, with wines from Rías Baixas and Ribera del Duero and a Brut Nature cava from Granada, then the lucky grapes at midnight, an open bar and a DJ. Dress is semi-formal. Adults €230, children €80.
When we checked, the Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, the Alhambra Palace in Granada and the Gran Hotel Miramar in Málaga had not published their 2026 New Year’s Eve plans on their own pages (the Alfonso XIII’s holiday page would not load for us). We will add them once they do.
Our advice: the great hotel galas sell out by early December; ask the hotels directly now, and book a room in the same hotel so the night ends upstairs.
Barceló Granada Congress: Cena Gala de Fin de Año
New Year concerts: Córdoba, Málaga and Seville
The Orquesta de Córdoba plays its Concierto de Año Nuevo at the Gran Teatro on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 January 2027, both at 8pm.
In Málaga, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga and its conductor Guillermo García-Calvo give a Concierto Extraordinario de Año Nuevo at the Teatro Cervantes on Sunday 3 January at 8pm: Offenbach, Lehár, Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, Chabrier’s España and, of course, The Blue Danube and Die Fledermaus. Tickets are €12 to €36.
In Seville, the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla’s Concierto de Año Nuevo, Belle Nuit d’Amour, is at the Teatro de la Maestranza on Sunday 3 January at 7pm and Monday 4 January at 8pm. Ballet fills the rest of the holiday: Swan Lake at the Teatro Cervantes on 27 December and The Nutcracker by the Ballet de Kiev on 6 January.
Our advice: New Year’s Day in Andalusia starts late and slowly; save the morning for a walk, and keep the evening for a concert.
Gran Teatro de Córdoba Teatro Cervantes: Concierto Extraordinario de Año Nuevo Teatro de la Maestranza: ROSS Concierto de Año Nuevo
Practical: booking, the late night and the holiday
Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday and New Year’s Day a Friday too, so both holidays make long weekends; hotels in Seville, Granada and Málaga fill early. Andalusia dines late, so book a table for 9pm or after, and check opening hours for 1 January before you plan lunch.
Our advice: book concerts and galas through the venues’ own pages, carry your twelve grapes in a small tin, and see our Christmas in Andalusia page for the lights and markets.
Questions and answers
Where can I celebrate New Year’s Eve 2026 in Seville?
At the Teatro de la Maestranza, which has the Orquesta Fundación Barenboim-Said on 29 December and La Razón’s Strauss-filled Concierto de Año Nuevo on Wednesday 30 December at 8.30pm. The city council had not published its 2026 New Year’s Eve programme for the squares when we checked on 12 November 2026.
What is the New Year’s Eve tradition in Spain?
Twelve grapes at midnight, one for each stroke of the clock, for a lucky year. Hotel galas such as the Barceló Granada Congress’s include the grapes at midnight.
Are there New Year’s Day concerts in Andalusia in 2027?
Yes: the Orquesta de Córdoba at the Gran Teatro on 1 and 2 January at 8pm, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga at the Teatro Cervantes on Sunday 3 January at 8pm (€12–€36), and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla at the Maestranza on 3 January at 7pm and 4 January at 8pm.
Every event from the city council’s, orchestra’s, theatre’s or hotel’s own page (jerez.es, teatrodelamaestranza.es, teatrocordoba.es, orquestadecordoba.org, teatrocervantes.com, barcelo.com), checked 12 November 2026. Prices are as each venue prints them. Check before you go.