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

Catalan Modernist Fair of Canet de Mar
Culture and traditions

Every year, Canet de Mar travels back in time to the turn of the 20th century. Relive the customs and spirit of Catalan Modernism!

Diada Modernista “Escenes d’Estiueig”
Culture and traditions

Say farewell to the summer in the style of well-to-do Barcelona families at the turn of the 20th century.

Catalan Modernist Fair at the Colònia Güell
Culture and traditions

“More than a century ago, there was an industrial model village where we lived, worked and had fun together…” The Catalan Modernis...

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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>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.

<p>Fira de les Bruixes de Sant Feliu Saserra</p>

Halloween is just around the corner and it’s a great occasion to tell stories that make our hair stand on end. We want to give it our own special touch, so we’ve sought out the best legends about witchcraft in the regions of Barcelona. What’s more, you’ll see that they can also be turned into family outings. A hiking trail is more enjoyable if you’re familiar with the mythology behind it.

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