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

Culture and traditions

Els gegants de Vilafranca tornen a omplir els carrers de festa: cercavila, nans i capgrossos i xocolatada per acabar la festa!

Culture and traditions

Vine a gaudir de la nova exposició temporal del Museu de Viladecans a la Sala d'exposicions de la primera planta de Ca n'Amat. La ...

Festa Major (Main Town Festival) of Les Neus
Culture and traditions

Music, traditions and activities for all the family! Enjoy the invitation to the festival, the 12 mortars, the correfoc (fireworks...

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Upcoming fairs

Catalan Modernist Days in La Garriga
Culture and traditions

Discover the traces left by Catalan Modernism in La Garriga. A weekend to enjoy dramatized visits, magic shows and street theatre,...

Culture and traditions

Embarrats (literally, “drive shafts”) is a historical recreation showcasing the exceptional industrial heritage of Sant Joan de Vi...

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>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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