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

Phylloxera Festival in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
Culture and traditions

Fire and music are the protagonists of the Phylloxera Festival, which explains how Sant Sadurní d'Anoia overcame the dreaded phyll...

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.

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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>Barcelona Christmas Book Market</p>

Would you like to surprise somebody with a really original Christmas present but don’t know where to find one? You’re in luck. Before Christmas, across the counties of Barcelona, several markets are organised that you should definitely check out. At these craft fairs and markets of antiques, books and handmade items, you can find the perfect gift to delight even your hardest to please relatives and friends. 

<p>A les fires de Nadal trobaràs el teu tió</p>

There’s no need to travel to Northern Europe to enjoy the magic of Christmas markets: in the regions of Barcelona there are many towns and cities that organise beautiful fairs where you can buy figurines for the nativity scene and all kinds of traditional decorations. Some remain open until 23 December, but why wait until the last minute? Visit one this weekend and feel the warmth of Christmas spirit.

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