The Christmas Festival is back in Plaça de Catalunya with a programme of events including music, theatre, dance and street circus. There will be shows for all audiences. Don’t miss them!

• Where: Plaça de Catalunya
• When: 20 to 30 December

Visit the factory and the toy warehouse of the Three Kings to see how the workers helping Their Majesties are working hard to get all the presents ready. 

Advance reservation required (the registration period opens on 10 December).

• When: Fabra i Coats
• Where: 27 December - 4 January

The recognition highlights our city's Christmas model, which integrates tradition and creativity.

Rediscover Barcelona through light. Choose your route and be astonished by the installations that transform the city into a place of creativity, design and innovation.

• Where: 126 kilometres of illuminations around the city
• When: from 22 November to 6 January

Squares, markets and shopping hubs all over Barcelona will host 45 concerts in a wide variety of genres, plus ten children’s choir performances of the Barcelona Christmas carol Un cor que batega.

• Where: various spaces throughout Barcelona’s ten districts
• When: From 12 December to 4 January 

This year’s traditional nativity scene installed in the City Hall becomes a window onto Catalonia’s geography. Maybe it will take you to some village in the Pyrenees, with slate roofs, rivers, valleys and mountains.

• Where: Cotxeres de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (Pl. Sant Jaume)
• When: from 13 December to 5 January

Christmas is a good time for discovering another, more playful and fun side to museums. See you there!

Every Christmas, the Three Kings wait impatiently for the letters from millions of children who, like you, have been good boys and girls all year. Write your letter here and we'll make sure it gets to your favourite king. 

Christmas is usually a time when people consume a lot, buying presents, food and drink, as well as ornamental plants, such as fir trees. People also make more journeys and use more energy in their homes. Follow these ten tips for preventing waste!