Festival Eve Night

Start: Pl. Sant Jaume. Route: Ciutat, Regomir, Ample, Avinyó, Ferran and Pl. de Sant Jaume

Festival Eve Night

The evening before the big day is 23 September. During the day, sardana dances, castles (human towers) and other humans will take centre stage, but when the sun begins to go down the giants will take over the streets. In the evening, the Xambanga will come to Pla de l’Os, and soon after that the giants will parade towards Plaça de Sant Jaume in a wild, festive atmosphere so everyone has fun as they go by.

However, once these impressive figures reach Plaça de Sant Jaume, they’ll barely have time to catch their breath. First, they’ll go into the City Hall, as protocol requires, and soon after that they’ll leave to continue wending their way through the old town, Ciutat Vella. Well, actually, only three groups will continue on: the City Giants, the Pi Giants and the Santa Maria del Mar Giants, escorted by the Capgrossos Macers big heads and a traditional band; the other giants will stay at the Casa Gran to get ready for the parades and dances the next day.

The Coordinadora de Colles Geganteres de Barcelona is organising Festival Eve Night, a route that begins and ends in Plaça de Sant Jaume where the figures spend the night and are ready for the events on 24 September.