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  Santa Eulàlia Festival

  The Santa Eulàlia Festival, the winter festival of Barcelona, is for all the family. During these magical days, tribute is paid to the brave Laia, the girl who rebelled to defend her aims. For the city of Barcelona, this girl was a symbol of solidarity, in defence of justice and commitment to young people. Santa Eulàlia and la Mare de Déu de la Mercè are co-patron saints of Barcelona. To celebrate this festival, different activities are organized for all the family. You can’t miss the giants, the processions or the firework street run, human towers, sardanas dancing and musical bands throughout different routes of the city, apart from other activities for both young and old.
  On 12th February, the Santa Eulàlia feast day, several events are held, such as raising the Penó de Santa Eulàlia (reproduction of an old banner of the city) on the balcony of City Hall, sardanas dancing, giants...
  

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  48h Open House Barcelona

  This is the main architectural event in Barcelona, a weekend in October where over 200 buildings of every shape and size open their doors to the general public. It is an initiative of the 48h Open House Barcelona association, which began in London in 1992. From then on, the concept of an 'Open House' has been implemented around the world: New York, Dublin, Galway, Tel Aviv and, since 2010, Barcelona, have their own week dedicated to local architecture. 'Open House' offers the opportunity to understand and experience architecture in a unique way, through an architectonic experience.
  
  The program invites everyone to explore and understand the value of a well-constructed and designed space. In the last few years, this event in Barcelona has expanded to include cities and villages from the metropolitan area and the Maresme Coast, and on the roster of buildings to visit we will come across churches, schools, sports centers, apartment blocks, libraries and restaurants.

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  Mercat de Mercats

  The Gastronomy Festival is celebrating this year a new edition. A major festival on the Plaça de Catalunya to discover and enjoy local tapas and dishes with sustainability and food reuse as main axes.

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  17a Modernist Fair of Barcelona

  Event finished (19-21/5)

  The 17th edition of the Barcelona's Modernist Fair will take place on May 19th, 20th and 21st. This year, it is dedicated to the modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, on the 100 anniversary of his death. A virtual leap into the Barcelona of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to stroll and enjoy a unique architectural and cultural heritage in the world.

  Discover the daily life of the neighbors and businesses of a city that grew thanks to an artistic movement that shaped the landscape and personality of Barcelona and turned it into the world capital of Modernism.

  Where: Bruc street, between Diagonal avenue and Consell de Cent street.

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  Gràcia Festival

  Dates 2024 not yet confirmed

  The festival of the Gràcia district is one of the most celebrated festivals during August in Barcelona. It is a popular festival that lasts for several days, with a wide range of activities, such as concerts, workshops and shows. The highlight of the festival is the traditional competition when streets are decorated and compete to achieve first place.
  
  Besides the decorated streets, at the squares you have the option to hear live music, dance and taste typical gastronomy of the city.

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  Switchingon of the Christmas lights

  The streets of Barcelona welcome Christmas with light and colour. From November, the Christmas spirit will light up until January. The motifs of the lighting are different and varied: you will find traditional lights and also highly innovative compositions which invite you to experience and enjoy what the city is planning for these festivities.
  
  This year's eagerly awaited Christmas lights ceremony will take place on the central Passeig de Gràcia, celebrating the bicentennial of this iconic modernist artery of the city.

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  Carnival

  Carnival, a festivity based on the lunar calendar and eagerly anticipated by Catalans, always begins on a Thursday (Fat Thursday) and ends on the following Wednesday (Ash Wednesday). Carnival is synonymous with partying, bustling crowds, costumes, parades and so on. In short, it is a week given over to hedonism and having a good time being the forerunner to the period of fasting and deprivation represented by the Christian tradition of Lent.
  
  These days, beyond the excesses, Carnival is a light-hearted popular festival based around the crazy figure named El Rei Carnestoltes (The Carnival King). While carnival is celebrated in almost every town and village throughout Catalonia, the places that historically stand out for their particular traditions are Barcelona, Sitges, Vilanova i la Geltrú and Torelló. However, wherever you may be during the festivities, you will be able to try some of the delicious traditional Carnival dishes: the coca de llardons (flatbread with pancetta) or botifarra d'ou (pork sausage containing egg).

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  Fiesta del Rosal

  This festival is designed to enable everyone to be able to enjoy a walk along las Ramblas again. Flower selling is a traditional activity which gives its name to a stretch of this famous boulevard, and the Fiesta del Rosal has reclaimed it by filling the balconies with flowers, opening up secret gardens and even converting the Pla de l'Ós in a carpet of flowers which also serves to further enhance Joan Miró's mosaic welcoming passersby. On these days you can rediscover la Rambla with guided tours, by visiting spaces that are not normally available, and enjoying dances and concerts.

  And if your name is Roser, come to the Columbus Monument and you will go up to its viewpoint for free (companion, 50% discount).

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  Barcelona Cultural District

  10 districts, 36 venues, five disciplines. The Barcelona Cultural District is a circuit of professional performances but also a program of artistic community project creation. Culture is brought to your doorstep but citizens themselves can also become active cultural agents. Music, theater, dance, circus and audiovisual displays by a wide variety of artists (professionals and amateurs alike) invade city spaces. Other free of charge activities also take place at the same time, such as workshops and talks.

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  DrapArt Festival

  In the midst of an impassioned debate on sustainability and unchecked consumerism, one of the causes of unprecedented climate change, DrapArt is an attempt to make us view recycling not merely as a critical tool but also from a positive angle linked to art.
  
  Created to focus on art that uses recycled materials and objects, this festival continues to strike a chord promoting emerging artists, designers, craftspeople and other creatives from around the world who reuse and recycle their raw materials.