Fairs and Festivals

Experience local festivities and feel the vibrant culture of towns. Local festivals and fairs are held throughout the year, with the emphasis on traditions and seasonal customs. See them for yourself!

Calendar of town festivals

Les Santes Main Town Festival
Culture and traditions

The Festa Major (Main Town Festival) of Mataró, in honour of Saint Juliana and Saint Semproniana, is once again upon us. Family fu...

Festa Major (Main Town Festival) of Igualada
Culture and traditions

The Festa Major (Main Festival) of Igualada is one of the most ancient in Catalonia. Experience the tradition of Saint Bartholomew...

Festa Major (Main Town Festival) of Whites and Blues
Culture and traditions

For its Festa Major (Main Town Festival), Granollers is split into two colours: white and blue. The two groups compete with each o...

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Upcoming fairs

For families

Artesania local

Culture and traditions

The highlight of the year for enthusiasts of pottery art and culture in Catalonia is upon us once again: Argillà Argentona, the in...

Gastronomy and wine tourism

Aquest dissabte 5 de juliol, torna Mercantic de nit! Música, gastronomia, disseny i cultura per celebrar l’estiu entre vinils, art...

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More about festivals and fairs

Very close to Barcelona you will find a great many examples of modernista works created between the 19th and 20th centuries. Urban palaces and holiday homes, churches and hospitals, warehouses and gardens, factories and cellars, all with the signature of the great architects of the movement in Catalonia: Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, among others. To commemorate this cultural trend, different towns and cities are organizing festivals and fairs to recover their aesthetic quality. Want to find out more about them?

<p>Castellers de Vilafranca</p>

Strength, balance, courage and common sense, the four key concepts of human tower building, repeated like a mantra by its practitioners. For spectators, the most appropriate words might be thrills, nerves, suspense and joy. Without a doubt, to experience a human tower building event is to navigate a sea of sensations. So it’s no wonder that UNESCO inscribed this Catalan tradition par excellence on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

<p>Fira Medieval i Festa de la Sal de Cardona</p>

One of the most typical ways to relive the Middle Ages in Catalonia and Barcelona is to explore their vast Romanesque and Gothic heritage. But you may not know about the many mediaeval fairs that can be enjoyed throughout the year in several towns close to Barcelona.

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