La Línea lights up its Christmas on November 27 with light and sound

Christmas in La Línea de la Concepción will start on Friday, November 27. That day, at 20.45 hours, the special lighting will be switched on in the plaza de la Iglesia, after the mass. Earlier, at 19.00 hours, the Belén of the Asociación de Belenistas Betlem will be inaugurated at the Museo Cruz Herrera. At the same time as the switching-on, the Pueblo and the Mercado Navideño will open in the Jardines Saccone and the Feria de Invierno in the plaza Juan García Cabreros, next to the Árbol de los Deseos. The programme runs until January 5 and comes with a novelty: light and sound shows integrated into the aerial and ground decoration of the town centre, by the delegación de Infraestructuras. Three daily ten-minute musical shows will be offered, as detailed by the concejala de Fiestas, Mercedes Atanet, who noted that it was «an objective we had been wanting to achieve for several years».

The calendar includes the Zambomba Navideña de Zambombas de Triana de Carmen Lagares on December 4 at 21.00 hours in the plaza de la Iglesia; the Christmas drone show on December 16 at 20.30 hours on the avenida del Ejército; the Christmas concert by Erika Leiva on December 12 at 21.00 hours at the Teatro Paseo de la Velada; and the concert by the Conservatorio Muñoz Molleda on December 22 at 19.00 hours at the Palacio de Congresos. Papá Noel will arrive at the Pueblo Navideño on December 23 at 18.30 hours, and the Cartero Real will collect letters on January 2 at 19.00 hours. The acts of the Inmaculada Concepción overlap with the first days: the XIII Carrera de la Inmaculada will be on Saturday, November 28 at 19.30 hours and the lyric gala at 20.00 hours at the Palacio de Congresos. On December 6 the flag of Spain will be raised at the rotonda de Carlos III at 12.00 hours and there will be mass at 19.00 hours. On the 8th, the high mass will be at 12.30 hours and the procession at 17.30 hours. On January 5, the Reyes Magos will arrive at 10.30 hours at the Museo Cruz Herrera to receive the children and meet with the mayor. The Gran Cabalgata de la Ilusión will set off at 18.00 hours from the avenida del Ejército and will end at the junction with the calle Rafael de León, with an offering to the patron saint. This year 200 young people from the corporations of the Consejo de Hermandades y Cofradías will parade dressed as bedouins. The mayor, Juan Franco, has thanked the work of the municipal staff and the associative fabric for making the programme possible, as communicated by the Ayuntamiento.