La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated for four days nearly at the end...
A caganer (Catalan pronunciation: [ka-gah-neh]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas with Catalan culture such as Andorra, Valencia, former N...
The popular tradition of the baixada de falles (running of the falles), a sort of march from the mountains to the town carrying a flaming torch, is a traditional festival of many towns at the Alta Ribagorça, Pallars J...
La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated for five days nearly at the end...
The Articket BCN is a single ticket to visit several art museums in Barcelona. It is valid for three months after first use; within this time you can visit any of the participating museums once. The ticket is also val...
Concert at the Barcelona Auditorium by the Municipal Band of the Barcelona Conservatory of Music (CMMB). Why not attend one of their performances? (see links)
More information:
http://www.cmmb.cat/ca/
http://en...
The artistic programming at the Mercat de les Flors features a number of shows for younger children and families, productions that seek to share the magic and play of stage dance with children in order to acquaint the...
Hard to understand for those who have never experienced it, Saint George's Day is a popular festive day when book and rose stalls, and, above all, floods of people, take over the streets of all Catalan towns and villa...
Some glimpses of the processions can be seen from minute 3' onwards.
Part 2 of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxhGAn7HR2k
WHEN: Western Easter Week
More information:
http://www.ssantatarragona.o...
The Cantada d'Havaneres (Singing of Havaneres Festival) in the picturesque coastal town of Calella de Palafrugell, in La Costa Brava, is a festival of traditional sea shanties brought back from Cuba by Catalan sailors...
BCN Visual and BCN Cultural are two free smartphone apps to help you better understand the historical Barcelona and enjoy cultural events. The Barcelona City Council offers many more free apps to its citizens and visi...
La Nit dels Museus (Museum Night) is an initiative promoted by the European Council in which more than 3000 museums from over 40 countries participate. Initially originated in France.
It has been held in Barcelona ...
Creating tours that are interesting and educational for visitors and locals alike is a challenge every city, historic site or landmark faces. In every city there are plenty of typical tours showing the neighbourhoods,...
Sardana, gegants, castellers, balls de bastons, dance troupes and hawks, among others, are the stars of the Catalan heritage, a show of regular performances of traditional and popular culture. Barcelona has an active...
The Rumba Catalana is a genre of music that developed in Barcelona's Romani community beginning in the 1950s. Its rhythms are derived from the flamenco rumba, with influences from Cuban music and rock and roll. The Ca...
From the Barcelona Auditorium, closure of a New Year's concert in the late 90s broadcasted by TV3, the Catalan National Television. The sardana named the Santa Espina ('Holy Thorn') composed by Angel Lieder and Enric ...
A very typical tradition in Barcelona is to gather in front of the Catedral to dance sardanes on Sunday morning.
The sardana is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia. The dance was originally from the Empordà...
This competition is held annually to nominate the best amateur group in the city. The date vary from year to year so keep an eye on the official website (below) for the next edition.
WHEN?: it varies, check website...
A castell (Catalan pronunciation: [kas-tel]) is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many locations within Catalonia. At these festivals, several "colles castelleres" or teams often succeed in building an...
The Porta Ferrada International Festival, instituted in 1958, is celebrated in the town's monastery of Sant Feliu de Guíxols in La Costa Brava, and has become internationally popular with time. It involves theatre, mu...
The town of Verges, near Girona, is famous for its Dansa de la Mort (Catalan for "Dance of the Death" or "Macabre Dance") celebrations every Holy Week, probably the last remaining Dance of Death in Europe, performed u...
The town of Verges, near Girona, is famous for its Dansa de la Mort ("Dance of the Death" or "Macabre Dance") celebrations every Holy Week, probably the last remaining Dance of Death in Europe, performed uninterrupted...
More information:
http://www.primaverasound.com/?lang=en (around end of May)
http://static.sonar.es/sonar-around-the-world.html (in June)
http://grec.bcn.cat/en (July and August)
http://www.theproject.es/en/fest...
La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated between September 20th and 24th...
Welcome to Catalonia!
Catalonia (or Catalunya) is a nation that covers an area of 32,000 km² in the northeast of Spain. It has borders with France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west and Valencia to the so...