Christmas festivities and lighting program 2025
Estepona has programmed more than fifty cultural and leisure activities to celebrate Christmas
The festival program will begin on November 28th, with the lighting of the Christmas lights and will end with the traditional Three Kings Parade on January 5th, starting from the Town Hall.
A Christmas Park with great attractions for children and families will liven up these holidays in the outdoor area of the Felipe VI Theatre
The Estepona City Council today presented the program of cultural, festive and leisure activities that it has organized to celebrate Christmas.
The councillor for Culture and Festivals, Macarena Diánez, explained that numerous events have been scheduled for the enjoyment of children and adults alike, most of them free, at various locations, cultural spaces, streets, and squares throughout Estepona. There will be concerts, nativity scene and facade decorating contests, musicals, ballets, flamenco performances, children's parties, charity events, food festivals, and the traditional New Year's concert, culminating in the grand Three Kings Parade.
The festivities will begin on November 28th at 7:00 PM in Plaza Antonia Guerrero with the official lighting of the Christmas lights. The event will feature performances by the Estepona Christmas carol groups 'Nostalgia Navideña' and 'Jesús Cautivo', and a performance by singer Julia Fernández-Llébrez, winner of the 10th 'Estepona CREA'24' youth competition.
One of this year's new features will be the Christmas Park, which will play a prominent role during the holidays. It will include an ice rink, Santa's house, a carousel, bumper cars, an ice slide, bouncy castles, and a food area, occupying the entire exterior of the Felipe VI Auditorium Theatre. This space will be open from November 29 to January 4, from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (it will be open from 11:00 a.m. on December 25 and January 1, and closed on December 24 and 31).
Among the performances at the Felipe VI Auditorium Theatre, those designed especially for children stand out. On the 28th, the Great Acrobatic Circus of China will perform; the K-Pop Warriors on the 29th; and the show 'The Island of Maui: A Tribute to Moana' on November 30th. The December shows will begin on the 5th with the 80s and 90s Musical; the ballet 'The Nutcracker' will be performed on the 7th; and on the 12th, the play 'A Doll's House' by Ibsen will be presented. The musical 'Tad Jones: The Emerald Tablet' will be performed on the 14th, and on the 19th, we can enjoy the new Christmas show by 'Los Cantores de Híspalis', who will be accompanied by the artist Natalia Calceteiro. The year will end on December 28th, with the double performance of Cantajuego 'The Adventures of Coco and Pepe', at 12:00 and 17:30.
Other highly anticipated musical moments on that stage will include the traditional extraordinary Christmas concert that the Municipal Band will offer on Saturday, December 13, at 8:00 p.m., under the direction of Maestro José Antonio López Camacho, with the accompaniment of the Magnum Mysterium Choir of Estepona and the Choirs of CEIP Sierra Bermeja and Colegio Atlas ASM, and the XXIV Christmas Proclamation, which will be delivered by Macarena Arroyo Marín, Chief Anti-Drug Prosecutor of Campo de Gibraltar.
Another highlight of the Christmas season will be the Exhibition and Congress Centre; from December 5th to 7th, the 1st Outlet Factory Brands Fair will be held, offering a wide variety of fashion items at significant discounts. It's worth noting that 50% of the proceeds from ticket sales, which will cost €2, will benefit the Spanish Association Against Cancer in Estepona. Additionally, on Tuesday the 16th, the traditional School Music Festival will take place (admission: 1 kilo of non-perishable food, benefiting the Los Remedios Parish Caritas), and from the 19th to the 21st, the Bravo Aqua Circus will present the show 'Magic of Illusion', a combination of magic, humor, light, and adventure for the whole family.
Regarding cultural events at the Mirador del Carmen, on Thursday the 11th, at 8:00 p.m., the book 'Fundido a Negro' (Fade to Black), by Estepona author Julio Peces Ruiz, winner of the 30th Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Novel Prize 2025, will be presented. In the same venue, on Friday the 12th, the International Choir 'Love to Sing' will perform at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday the 17th, at 7:00 p.m., there will be a cultural journalism workshop led by journalist and poet Braulio Ortiz Pole, who will also present his book 'Hombres que dicen Aleluya' (Men Who Say Hallelujah) on Thursday the 18th, at 7:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, December 17, at 7:30 p.m., the "130th Anniversary of the Birth of Cinema" will be celebrated at the Padre Manuel Cultural Center with a piano and vocal concert of film soundtracks directed by baritone David Geary, and a screening of the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946), by Frank Capra.
As every year, one of the most anticipated gastronomic events for citizens returns, the 'Popi, Sabor a Málaga' Cheese Fair, which will be open to the public from December 12 to 14 in the Paseíllo of Calle Real.
On Tuesday, December 16, the blessing and enthronement of the Child Jesus in the Municipal Nativity Scene will take place in Plaza del Rocío at 8:00 p.m., and the Estepona Flamenco Association 'El Patio', directed by Ana Fargas, will present a show with classic and popular Christmas carols in different flamenco styles on Thursday the 18th at 8:00 p.m. in Plaza Antonio Gala.
The Chess Square will host the traditional 'Santa's Christmas Village', where children can have fun on December 21st at a party with artificial snow, bouncy castles, workshops…
Christmas will also be celebrated with several events in the outlying areas. On Friday, December 12, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a Christmas Zambomba (traditional Christmas music and dance) in Cancelada, with a tasting of sweets and roasted chestnuts, accompanied by the Zambomba group 'Con azúcar y canela' and the 'Sólo Flamenco' Dance Academy directed by Ana Guerrero. On Tuesday the 16th, the Senior Citizens' Christmas Tea will be held at the Ramón Lago Primary School at 6:00 p.m., with a performance by 'Los Jubis'; and on Wednesday, December 17, at 6:00 p.m., the traditional Christmas sweets competition will take place at the Town Hall.
For its part, Nueva Atalaya will celebrate a Christmas Zambomba on Saturday the 13th, at 7:00 p.m., by the Rociero Choir 'Canta Marbella', and on Saturday, December 20th, at 7:30 p.m., the Living Nativity Scene will take place.
The New Year's Eve celebrations will conclude on December 31st, starting at 11:00 PM, with the traditional New Year's Eve party in Plaza del Reloj, featuring the Q Gain orchestra and their Las Vegas-style show. Free party favors will be distributed to welcome the New Year, which will be ushered in with a spectacular fireworks display.
The Christmas program of activities will continue into the new year with the celebration of Three Kings Day. The events will begin on Saturday, January 3rd, with the delivery of letters to the Royal Postman in Plaza Antonia Guerrero, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and will culminate on Monday, January 5th, with a children's welcome party for the Three Kings at the Fairgrounds, starting at 11:30 a.m., featuring magician Rubén and his show 'Magic Christmas,' and the Grand Three Kings Parade. The parade of floats will depart at 5:00 p.m. from the Town Hall entrance on Avenida Juan Carlos I and will end in Plaza Antonia Guerrero, where children can deliver their letters to the Three Kings. In the Cancelada neighborhood, the parade will depart at 5:30 p.m. from Calle Montemayor.
Performances at the Felipe VI Auditorium Theatre will kick off in 2026 with the traditional 'Extraordinary New Year's Concert' by the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday, January 4th, at 8:00 pm, under the direction of Maestro Darrell Ang, artistic director of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra. Finally, presenter and comedian Paz Padilla will be in Estepona with the theatrical adaptation of her book 'The Humor of My Life' on January 9th and 10th at 9:00 pm.