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Valencia and Alicante Set Friday Switch-On for 2025 Christmas Lights

Officials frame the expanded lighting as a draw for holiday commerce.

Overview

  • Valencia will launch its display on Friday, 21 November at 19:30 in Plaza del Ayuntamiento with live music and pyrotechnics.
  • Singer Melani García will perform before falleras mayores Carmen Prades and Marta Mercader join Mayor María José Catalá to activate the lights.
  • The city allocates €1.1 million for decorations across more than 100 sites, featuring a renewed 25‑metre tree and large illuminated elements such as a giant kite, a 3D reindeer, and walk‑through sphere and bell.
  • Alicante’s program debuts under a new public‑lighting contract with 2.6 million LED lights spanning 130 locations, including 557 arches, 546 lamppost motifs, 1,800 metres of garlands and 29 festive signs.
  • The Alicante rollout includes an 18‑metre tree on Avenida de la Constitución, a uniform color scheme in the center, and a total installed luminous power of 214,600 watts to enhance street ambience and support local trade.