Travel Reference
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REGIONAL FESTIVALS
FEBRUARY-MARCH
Carnival
Sitges has Catalunya's best
Carnival
celebrations.
MARCH-APRIL
International jazz festivals
in Terrassa and Figueres see acts playing in clubs and old-
town squares.
MAY
First week
Fires i Festes de la Santa Creu in Figueres, with processions and music.
Third week
Trapezi, the international circus fair in Reus, with street performances and
spectacle.
CorpusChristi
(moveablefeast,sometimesfallsinearlyJune):FestadeCorpusChristiin
Sitges - big processions and streets decorated with flowers.
JUNE
24
Dia de Sant Joan celebrated everywhere; watch out for things shutting down for a day
on either side.
Lastweek
AnnualfestivalatSantCugatdelVallès.AlsoFestaMajordeSantPereinReus,
the town's biggest annual bash.
JULY
Secondweek
Gay Pride Sitges (
gaysitgespride.com
) sees several days of events, parties
and street parades. Sometimes held in June.
AUGUST
19
Festa de Sant Magi in Tarragona.
Last week
Festa Major in Sitges, to honour the town's patron saint, Sant Bartolomeu.
29 & 30
Festa Major in Vilafranca del Penedès (
festamajorvilafranca.cat
)
, dedicated to
Sant Felix, with human towers, dancing and processions.
SEPTEMBER
8
Festa de la Fil·loxera in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, the town's big annual festival.
23
Festa de Santa Tecla in Tarragona, with processions of
gegants
and human castles.
OCTOBER
Second week
The Setmana del Cava - a sort of cava festival - is held in Sant Sadurní
d'Anoia.
EarlyOct
FestivalInternacionaldeCinemaFantasticinSitges(
sitgesfilmfestival.com
),
acelebratedsci-fi,horrorandfantasyfest,completewithfilmpremieresandzombiewalks.
