St. Patrick’s Day: a festival explaining traditional Irish culture with shamrocks and green
Originally, 'Lá Fhéile Pádraig', as it is known in Gaelic, was a Catholic festival, but over time has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture.
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El Raval reclaims Santa Madrona, the city’s third patron saint
A series of popular cultural activities have been organised for close to 5 years, every 15 March, the patron saint's day. This year will see a gathering of festive imagery and a day of human-tower making.
Sant Medir human-tower-making day comes to Sant Cugat
It has now become a tradition for the two Barcelona neighbourhoods to celebrate Sant Medir and have —the Gràcia, Sarrià and Sants— human-tower-making groups put on a joint day event with Sant Cugat's human-tower makers.
Celebrating the arrival of Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger
Arc de Triomf hosts the celebrations for the arrival of Chinese New Year on Saturday 29 January, as from 12 noon.
The full programme for the Sa Pobla Bbonfires at Gràcia 2022!
From 17 to 30 January, there will be various events and activities linked to the Bonfires, which will be lit on the evening of the 29th!
How to spend a great winter, according to the Catalan proverb teller
But in an eminently agricultural society like ours, winter is a hard time you try to get through as best you can, following the advice of our proverb teller, an inexhaustible source of popular wisdom.
Every nativity scene, “little shepherd” representation and living nativity scene in the city, in one programme
When Christmas arrives, Barcelona fills with nativity scenes, living nativity scenes and performances of Els Pastorets. A year on and we’re back, offering you everything in a single programme.
Everything you can do in the city's cemeteries for All Saints' Day 2021
For All Saints’ Day Barcelona’s cemeteries will be filled with funeral carriages, Mexican altars and much more, and opening hours will be extended.
Full information on the La Mercè 2021’s traditional events
The city will be chock-a-block with traditional events from 23 to 26 September for celebrating its Festa Major or big annual festival, in a year marking a major anniversary.
All the events for the 2021 Sants Annual Festival
From 24 to 29 August, the Sants neighbourhood will be bursting with popular culture events, with giants, devils, bells, havaneres and sardanas!