Barcelona's stick-dancing groups strike hard with great energy for Santa Eulàlia! The day will start at 10 am, when the groups will offer a dance display in Plaça de Sant Jaume. After the performance, the starting signal will be given for the parade which will make the streets of the Gothic Quarter tremble to the beat of the sticks. At 12 noon, the street parade will end back in Plaça de Sant Jaume, where the stick dancers will continue to delight audiences with their last dances on-stage.

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume, Carrer del Bisbe, Plaça Nova, Carrer de la Palla, Carrer dels Banys Nous, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume.

Led by the gegantona Laia, the schools of Barcelona are taking to the streets with their festival figures: gegantons (lesser giants), capgrossos (big-heads), cuques (insects), bèsties (beasts) and cavallets (little horses). They’ll all dance through the streets of the city centre in a unique chance to see them together.

Route: passeig del Born (11 am), carrer de Santa Maria, plaça de Santa Maria, carrer de l'Argenteria, carrer de Jaume I i plaça de Sant Jaume (1 pm).

The big annual gathering of the new generations of sardana dancers is once again being held for the Santa Eulàlia Festivities. To the tunes of the Cobla Contemporània, which always brings its usual innovative tone, the new sardana dancers will perform in the centre of Plaça de Sant Jaume.

The city of Barcelona has around twenty esbarts (traditional dance groups) in its districts. The vast majority have a child and youth section, and they are the stars for Santa Eulàlia! Children take centre stage, and as part of the city's annual winter festival they will be sharing their best dances to the beat of the Cobla Ciutat de Terrassa.

The display will span two days, and a total of eight different dance groups will be performing. Saturday audiences will enjoy the dances of Esbart Sant Martí, Esbart Maragall, Esbart Ciutat Comtal and Esbart Català de Dansaires. On Sunday it will be the turn of the Esbart Joventut Nostra, Esbart Vila de Gràcia, Esbart Sant Jordi and Ballets de Catalunya.

The Esbart Santa Eulàlia dancers will offer a modern version of the St Eulàlia Dance accompanied by the music of the Cobla Sant Jordi-Ciutat de Barcelona sardana orchestra, conducted by Joan Gómez

The drummers of the devil and fire-beast groups are coming together to celebrate the festival's huge drummers’ gathering. Their thundering beats will evoke Santa Eulàlia’s heartbeat!

Enjoy the rhythm and sound of the festival in the streets of the Gothic Quarter!

Route: Plaça Reial, Carrer de Colom, La Rambla, Carrer de Ferran, Plaça de Sant Jaume and Plaça de Sant Miquel (ending at 5.45 pm).

Would you like to take a journey through dance? If so, come along and enjoy the performance by Esbart Català de Dansaires, the oldest active dance group in Barcelona and Catalonia, originally formed in 1908.

With dozens of traditional dances interpreted in their performances, this dance group takes us on a tour of the country with dances from every corner. This time, they will be accompanied by the music of the Cobla Sant Jordi - Ciutat de Barcelona sardana orchestra, conducted by Joan Gómez.

Fireworks, sparks and smoke! The groups of children’s and young people's devils and beasts will turn the city streets into an inferno. Santa Eulàlia is the festival of young people, and when darkness falls they will come out of the City Hall’s doors to prove it!

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume, Carrer de Ferran, La Rambla, Carrer de Colom and Plaça Reial (ending at around 7 pm).

Although the children’s fire run is aimed especially at smaller children, it is not completely free of risk:

• You should wear long-sleeved cotton clothes that cover your entire body. It is also important to wear appropriate footwear, so you can run when you need to.
• Take care of children and ensure they are a safe distance from the fire.
• If the fire run goes past your home or shop, roll back the awnings, cover your windows and close your shutters.
• And remember, follow the instructions of the stewards, so you can enjoy a safer festival!

The Basque choir Ama Lur (Mother Earth) from Salou was founded in 1992. It is based on men’s a capella voices arranged in four chords of first tenors, second tenors, baritones and basses. The choir was formed by a group of people from the Basque Country who had moved to Catalonia for work reasons. They have a modern musical repertoire with choreographies that allow the audience to enjoy and participate in the anecdotes told throughout the concert.

The Orfeó Atlàntida is one of the oldest choirs in Catalonia, founded in 1926 in the Hostafrancs neighbourhood. The Orfeó Atlàntida Youth Choir was created in October 2012 with the goal of expanding the choir repertoire offered and giving young people a place to enjoy music. It offers a modern and engaging repertoire within an inspiring project that lays the groundwork to strengthen the present and shape the future of the Orfeó Atlàntida.

This choral concert is organised by the Barcelona branch of the Catalan Federation of Choral Groups. The federation includes more than 140 choral groups, and this year they’ll be presenting two groups with modern repertoires.

Enjoy the fire festival in this year’s Santa Eulàlia festivities, a feast for your senses with drums, the smell of gunpowder and the light of the sparks. After the little devils and little beasts’ fire run, the adult beasts and devils will gather in Plaça Reial, the starting point on their way to take their fire to Plaça de Sant Jaume.

El Drac (dragon) of la Ciutat Vella, the Víbria (she-dragon) of Barcelona, la Tarasca (fire-demon) of Barcelona, the Mulassa (she-mule) of Barcelona, the Bou (ox) of Barcelona and the Arpella (harrier) and Dolphin of the Old Quarter will fill the streets with fire with the Devils of Kinta Forka and the Gothic Quarter and the Tarascaires.

The fire run will conclude with a spectacle of fireworks and bangers that will leave the entire audience at Plaça de Sant Jaume speechless, giving way to the concert and the night of festivities that follows

Route: Plaça Reial, Carrer de Colom, la Rambla, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume (ending at around 8.45 pm).

PLEASE NOTE:

The fire festival is one of the most entertaining events of the Santa Eulàlia celebrations but it is important to take every precaution. If you wish to participate, don’t forget that:

• You will need cover your head, wear a neckerchief and long sleeves and trousers. Always wear clothes made from cotton and not from synthetic materials. You should wear comfortable footwear so that you can run when necessary.
• Be particularly careful if you are with small children and keep a safe distance from the fire. Don’t let go of children’s hands, and remember there is a special fire run for kids with fewer fireworks.
• If the fire run goes past your home or shop, roll up the awnings, cover your windows and close your shutters.
• No alcohol or glass: while the fire run is taking place, avoid alcohol. And if you are carrying a drink, make sure it is not in a glass bottle or cup. Broken glass is dangerous.
• Do not forget that the fire run is a lot of fun, but if you do not follow the basic safety rules, it can also be dangerous. Join in the festival but enjoy it sensibly!
• Remember to always follow the instructions of the stewards, who will be well identified.

With the Esbart Ciutat Comtal, you’ll discover the story and legend of Santa Eulàlia in a unique setting: the inside of the Barcelona Cathedral, above the crypt where the saint's relics are kept. Through music and dance, the show pays tribute to the life of Santa Eulàlia, tells about her martyrdoms and celebrates the values of freedom, equality and justice.

Under the direction of the choreographer Lluís Calduch, and with music by the composer Francesc Cassú, Eulàlia recreates the saint's life from her profession of faith to her crucifixion, including her martyrdoms, through dance sequences, gestural performance skits and compositions with choreographic movements that draw from the folkloric and religious expressions of Catalan folk culture.

The Clavé Choirs are truly a great choral institution in Barcelona's popular culture scene. In 2024 we celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Josep Anselm Clavé, a Barcelona musician and multifaceted figure. 

This year, we are presenting the unmissable CLAVÉclàssics in a concert involving both the longest-standing and newest choral societies. Seasoned voices, young voices and plenty of talent. 

Past, present and future: progress, virtue and love.

Featuring the Societat Coral Joventut Tianenca and Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus.