All the streets decorated for the 2021 Festa Major de Sants
From 24 to 29 August, a number of streets in the Sants neighbourhood will be transformed into fantasy worlds to celebrate the Sants Annual Festival!
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The 21 streets decorated for Gràcia's 2021 big annual festival
From 15 to 21 August, Gràcia is once again celebrating its Big Annual Festival, with 21 streets and squares decorated by local residents. Not to be missed!
All the popular culture events for the 2021 Gràcia Festival
From 15 to 21 August, the streets of Vila de Gràcia will be bursting with activities to celebrate the Festa Major 2021, with all the required health measures in place.
The 2021 Sant Roc de la Plaça Nova Festival is here!
From 13 to 16 August the 432nd Sant Roc de la plaça Nova Festival will be taking place, the oldest neighbourhood festival in the city.
What will the Corpus Christi 2021 procession be like?
On Sunday 6 June at 19.45 all of the Seguici Popular will attend the Corpus Christi procession, which will feature imagery dances.
The mysterious origins of the Dancing Egg
A form of entertainment with Arab origins? A celebration of the height of spring? A custom imported from Italy? Both the origin and the meaning of the Dancing Egg, the most popular feature of the Corpus Christi festivities in Barcelona, are difficult...
What do the words to the Gegants del Pi song mean?
The song about the Gegants del Pi is undoubtedly the most widely-known of all the songs about giants in the country. If we look at the words carefully though, we see they have a rather strange meaning. What exactly do they mean?
The Carassa de Nadal, the Saracen who spits out sweets at the Santa Llúcia Fair
The figure only comes out during the December weekends before Christmas, at the Santa Llúcia Christmas Fair. Want to know when he’ll be out and about this year?
El Santet del Poblenou: a popular figure of devotion for 120 years
All Saints’ Day. At Poblenou Cemetery, there is one grave that attracts more attention than the others: there lies Francesc Canals i Ambrós, a young man who died on 27 July 1899 at the age of twenty-two.
All the popular culture events for the Festa Major de Gràcia 2020!
The Vila de Gràcia neighbourhood fills with virtual popular culture activities for everybody, as well as concerts, documentaries, videos and more.