Benalmádena Christmas lights switch on 27 November. Almost four million LEDs

Benalmádena will switch on its Christmas lights on 27 November in all three of its main urban areas, according to the Ayuntamiento de Benalmádena (town hall). The display will use almost four million LED points, and a programme of events will run until 5 January.

Key facts

• Lights: almost four million LED points, 328 light arches, 162 decorated street lamps and more than 65 decorated roundabouts.
• Photo spots: 16 spaces for photographs across the municipality.
• Switch-on: 27 November, at 18.00 in Benalmádena Pueblo, 19.00 in Benalmádena Costa and 20.00 in Arroyo de la Miel.
• Programme: 27 November to 5 January, under the slogan 'Vive la Navidad en Benalmádena'.

The lighting

The town hall presented the 2026-2027 Christmas programme on calle Real. Councillors Yolanda Peña (Festejos y Tradiciones Populares), Jésica Trujillo (Cultura) and Raúl Campos (Comercio) took part.

The light arches use low-consumption LED technology and are spread across streets and public spaces. New areas this year include La Viñuela, Santángelo Sur, Bonanza, Gamonal, Torrequebrada and Torremuelle.

Switch-on ceremonies

In Benalmádena Pueblo the lights go on at 18.00 beside the Christmas tree in plaza de las Tres Culturas. In Arroyo de la Miel the ceremony is at 20.00, next to the tree in front of the church of the Inmaculada Concepción. Both will include music and shows with stilt walkers, acrobats, jugglers, dancers and artificial snow.

Benalmádena Costa holds its switch-on at 19.00 outside Castillo El Bil-Bil, beside the Christmas tree, with a flamenco zambomba (a traditional Christmas flamenco gathering) by Andrés Cansino y Amigos.

The Arroyo de la Miel tree will also have a music and sound show: up to three performances on weekends and public holidays, and two on weekdays.

Nativity scenes and concerts

The Ruta de Belenes (nativity route) starts on 27 November at 11.00 with the opening of the Belén Mexicano at the Museo de Arte Precolombino Felipe Orlando in Benalmádena Pueblo.

On 4 December three more open:

• 12.00: the Belén Artístico in the town hall courtyard.
• 17.30: 'Un pequeño gran Belén' at the Casa de la Cultura, with 30 ceramic figures made by the Fundación EDUCA.
• 19.00: the Belén Municipal in plaza Adolfo Suárez, Pueblosol, with a Christmas snack at popular prices from the Hermandad del Rocío and the zambomba 'Navidad con la Manuela'.

The exhibition 'Belenes del Mundo' opens on 9 December at Castillo El Bil-Bil. A further zambomba, 'A la luz de las candelas', is on 7 December at 19.00 in Pueblosol.

Other dates include the XIX Certamen de Pastorales 'Los Bataneros' on 11 December at 20.00 in the Casa de la Cultura, and the Coral Ciudad de Benalmádena's 'Cantando junto a la cuna' on 12 December at 20.30 in the Inmaculada Concepción parish church. The XVII Festival Internacional de la Navidad runs from 11 to 13 December in Pueblosol.

On 20 December at 20.00 the Christmas concert, the opera show 'La Cenicienta en Navidad', takes place at the Casa de la Cultura in Arroyo de la Miel. Entry is by invitation.

For families

The Papá Noel parties are planned for 19 and 20 December, and the Cartero Real (Royal Postman) events for 2 and 3 January. 'Navidad en Familia', with film, theatre and music, runs on 28, 29 and 30 December at the Casa de la Cultura.

The programme also lists craft workshops and storytelling in municipal libraries, school festivals, the Arroyo de la Miel Christmas market, 'La Casa de los Deseos' children's activities and New Year's Eve celebrations.

It closes on 5 January with the arrival of the Three Kings at the Puerto Deportivo and parades through Benalmádena Pueblo and Arroyo de la Miel.