The Christmas lights in Benalmádena will be switched on 27th November and will include nearly four million LED points. The festive programme will run until 5th January across its three urban centres.
The Benalmádena Town Hall has presented the Christmas programme for 2026-2027 from Calle Real, featuring a lighting installation composed of nearly four million LED points, 328 illuminated arches, 162 decorated lampposts, 16 photo spots, and more than 65 ornamented roundabouts.
The presentation was led by the councillors for Festivities and Popular Traditions, Yolanda Peña; for Culture, Jésica Trujillo; and for Commerce, Raúl Campos. The new illuminated areas include La Viñuela, Santángelo Sur, Bonanza, Gamonal, Torrequebrada, and Torremuelle.
The lighting will take place on 27th November in all three areas. In Benalmádena Pueblo, it will be at 6:00 PM, next to the tree in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. In Arroyo de la Miel, it will be at 8:00 PM, in front of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and in Benalmádena Costa at 7:00 PM, outside the Castillo El Bil-Bil. There will be music, stilt walkers, acrobats, jugglers, dancers, and artificial snow in the first two locations, and a flamenco zambomba in Costa.
The Route of Nativity Scenes will kick off on 27th November at 11:00 AM with the Mexican Nativity Scene from the Felipe Orlando Pre-Columbian Art Museum. On 4th December, three more will open: the Artistic Nativity Scene in the Town Hall courtyard at 12:00 PM, “A Small Great Nativity” at the Casa de la Cultura at 5:30 PM, featuring 30 ceramic figures from the EDUCA Foundation, and the Municipal Nativity Scene in Plaza Adolfo Suárez, in Pueblosol, at 7:00 PM.
Among the cultural events, highlights include the zambomba on 7th December in Pueblosol, the exhibition “Nativity Scenes from Around the World” at Castillo El Bil-Bil on 9th December, and the XIX Pastorals Contest “Los Bataneros” on 11th December at 8:00 PM at the Casa de la Cultura. The opera concert “Cinderella at Christmas” will take place on 20th December at 8:00 PM at the Arroyo de la Miel Casa de la Cultura, with access by invitation.
For the little ones, the festivities for Santa Claus will be held on 19th and 20th December and the Royal Postman on 2nd and 3rd January. The “Christmas with Family” programme, featuring cinema, theatre, and music, will take place at the Casa de la Cultura from 28th to 30th December.
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