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  • Santa Eulàlia Festival

    Santa Eulàlia Festival

    The Santa Eulàlia Festival, the winter festival of Barcelona, is for all the family. During these magical days, tribute is paid to the brave Laia, the girl who rebelled to defend her aims. For the city of Barcelona, this girl was a symbol of solidarity, in defence of justice and commitment to young people. Santa Eulàlia and la Mare de Déu de la Mercè are co-patron saints of Barcelona. To celebrate this festival, different activities are organized for all the family. You can't miss the giants, the processions or the firework street run, human towers, sardanas dancing and musical bands throughout different routes of the city, apart from other activities for both young and old.
    On 12th February, the Santa Eulàlia feast day, several events are held, such as raising the Penó de Santa Eulàlia (reproduction of an old banner of the city) on the balcony of City Hall, sardanas dancing, giants...
    The 7th, 8th, 9th and 12th February, there will be an extensive programme for both young and old to commemorate this festival.

    Open day at museums Santa Eulàlia 2025

    Main events:

    The Protocols of the Eagle. Friday 7, at 8pm. Plaça Sant Jaume.
    Correfoc de Santa Eulàlia. Saturday 8, at 8pm. Plaça Reial.
    Trobada de Gegants (Meeting of Giants). Sunday 9, at 10. Plaça de la Catedral.
    Castellers (human towers). Sunday 9, at 11:30am. Plaça Sant Jaume.
    Ceremony of the Pennant of Santa Eulàlia. Wednesday 12, at 10:15am. Plaça Sant Jaume.
    Fireworks. Wednesday 12, at 8:25pm. Plaça Sant Jaume.

    Download the Cognitive Accessible Guide here (pdf)

  • Gràcia Festival

    Gràcia Festival

    The festival of the Gràcia district is one of the most celebrated festivals during August in Barcelona. It is a popular festival that lasts for several days, with a wide range of activities, such as concerts, workshops and shows. The highlight of the festival is the traditional competition when streets are decorated and compete to achieve first place.

    Besides the decorated streets, at the squares you have the option to hear live music, dance and taste typical gastronomy of the city.

  • Switchingon of the Christmas lights

    Switchingon of the Christmas lights

    Dates 2025 not yet confirmed.

    The streets of Barcelona welcome Christmas with light and colour. From November , the Christmas spirit will light up until January. The motifs of the lighting are different and varied: you will find traditional lights and also highly innovative compositions which invite you to experience and enjoy what the city is planning for these festivities.

  • BCNegra 2025

    BCNegra 2025

    Barcelona will once again become the literary crime capital of Europe with a new edition of BCNegra. La Paloma, the Library Jaume Fuster and Mooby Bosque cinema will be this year the main stages venues. There, a select number of leading crime writers such as Donna Leon, Virginia Feito, Xavier Theros and Yrsa Sigurdadóttir, will take part in round tables and discussions that will enable the general public to get to know their favorite authors.

  • La Quinzena Metropolitan Dance Festival

    La Quinzena Metropolitan Dance Festival

    Dates 2025 not yet confirmed

    Quinzena Metropolitana the dance festival which will display all styles and genres to a potential audience of 5 million people. The festival will take place all over the metropolitan area of Barcelona, covering the municipalities of Barcelona, Badalona, Santa Coloma, L'Hospitalet, Cornellà, Espluges and others. Programmed in theaters, but also in streets, squares and subway stations, dance at its finest now has a festival that includes classic and contemporary dance, hip hop, jazz, traditional dance and any other style.

  • Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

    Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

    Next April, the leading bridalwear event, the Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week (BBFW), will be turning on its spotlights and getting its cameras ready to present the new collections. Barcelona, city with a long tradition of creating bridalwear, has turned this event into one of the largest exhibitions in the sector thanks to local brands such as Pronovias or Rosa Clará as well as major international brands.

    The trade fair is ideal for professionals to network with designers and manufacturers. And if you're getting married and looking for a classic dress, want to discover cutting-edge trends or simply need inspiration, the fashion shows feature beautiful outfits for the whole bridal party as well as party dresses and accessories for any special occasion

  • Sant Jordi 2025

    Sant Jordi 2025

    This is one of the most keenly anticipated and widely celebrated Catalan public holidays. According to the traditional tale, Sant Jordi (Saint George) killed the dragon that used to live in Montblanc where it terrorized the local population, thus saving the king's daughter from certain death. Legend has it that a beautiful rose bush sprang up in the spot where the dragon's blood was spilled. From the 18th century onward, the Sant Jordi festival became widely identified as a Catalan 'fiesta' which these days arouses great popular, civic and cultural passion. On Sant Jordi's Day, lovers exchange a rose and a book and every town and city in Catalonia is filled with stalls set up to sell both.


  • 080 Barcelona Fashion

    080 Barcelona Fashion

    Barcelona's fashion show has a name all of its own: 080 Barcelona Fashion. It is an open, plural, multidisciplinary and international platform that puts Catalonia firmly at the forefront of the design world. It is a unique showcase for viewing the collections of acclaimed Catalan and Spanish designers, companies involved in the fashion business and emerging creative talent.

    This new edition takes place in an incomparable setting: Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau. New talents will be showcased alongside the world's best-known brands giving the audience the chance to see a whole spectrum of styles, trends and concepts

  • Grec Festival de Barcelona

    Grec Festival de Barcelona

    Dates 2025 not yet confirmed

    The Grec, Barcelona's keenly anticipated annual festival of music, dance, circus and theater is about to begin. It is a festival that now forms part of the city's cultural landscape and connects fully with its artistic life. This year more than ever the Teatre Grec, which gives its name to the festival, is at the epicenter, but you will be able to see related events at a multitude of venues across Barcelona.

    This year's Grec de Barcelona Festival is a celebration of local talent, with artists it has helped to grow and who now represent Barcelona around the world. At the same time, it pays tribute to world masters of the performing arts.

  • Sónar 2025

    Sónar 2025

    Sónar is a festival of advanced music and multimedia art. But it's also much more than that: Sónar has become an international benchmark by developing what is essentially music to become an explosion of multimedia language, art and electronica, attracting fans eager for innovation from all over the world in the process.

    Over three dates, Sónar by Day (Fira Montjuïc de Barcelona), Sónar by Night (Gran Via de L'Hospitalet) and different venues all over the city, will offer hundreds of activities, including concerts, DJ sessions, screenings, debates, conferences and an abundance of multimedia projects.

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