From February 20 to February 26 Barcelona celebrates Carnival, a week full of activity.
This fictional character that represents all the values of the Carnival, arrives on Maundy Thursday and ends very badly on Carnival's Tuesday
Barcelona is full of traditional dance groups
You can spend practically the whole Carnival week in Barcelona eating and we aim to show you how
Holding sardine burials is one of the commonest ways for seeing off carnival in Barcelona.
This couple date from the 19th century and were closely linked to the city’s old carnival celebrations.
The pieces taking part in the procession of Laias will be on display this year at the Palau de la Virreina for the days leading up to the city’s winter festival.
Two of the most traditional and notable events of the big annual festival are being held on Santa Eulàlia / St Eulalia's Day.
The legend of Saint Eulalia is deep-rooted in the city, but everything seems to suggest it is fiction and represents a local adaptation of the legend of Saint Eulalia de Merida.
Santa Eulàlia. From 7 to 12 February, Barcelona is full of events and traditions to celebrate the 2020 Santa Eulàlia Festival. Here are all the programmed events.
This year’s Santa Eulàlia's festivities will kick off at nightfall with the more formal version of the celebration, with the Eagle’s Dance taking centre stage.
The Gegants Vells de la Casa de la Caritat are also known as the Carnival giants because the first news we have of them refers to their participation in the arribo of 1859. A that time they belonged to the Societat del Born, one of the organisations most heavily involved in organising the Barcelona Carnival then. As well as publishing bans and all kinds of satirical notices, they organised a parade in which we know various imaginary festival figures took part and there were some spectacular comparses, groups of dancers in fancy dress.
