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Festa Major de Sants Last week of Aug. Another week's worth of traditional festivities in
an untouristed neighbourhood, in the streets behind Barcelona Sants station.
SanMiguelMasiMasFestival masimas.com . The quietest summer month gets a shot in
the arm with a music festival bypromoters Mas i Mas that crosses genres, hip-hop to classic-
al jazz, at a variety of venues across the city.
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SEPTEMBER
DiadaNacional Sept11. Catalannationalday,commemoratingtheeighteenth-centurydefeat
atthehandsoftheBourbons.It'sapublicholidayinBarcelona,andspecialeventsincludethe
city's more radical Catalan nationalists throwing bricks through burger-bar windows, fight-
ingwiththepoliceandshowingtheirpatriotismbysprayinggraffitioneveryavailablespace.
Festes de la Mercè Sept 24 bcn.cat/merce . The biggest annual festival, held around Sept
24 (a public holiday), is dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, co-patroness of the city, whose im-
age is paraded from the church of la Mercè near the port. It's an excuse for a week of merry-
making, including costumed giants, breathtaking firework displays and competing teams of
castellers - not to mention outdoor concerts, bicycle races, children's events and even free
admission to city museums and galleries on the saint's day. During the week, the concurrent
alternative music festival, known as BAM ( bcn.cat/bam ), puts on free rock, world and fu-
sion gigs at emblematic old-town locations and at Parc del Fòrum.
Festa Major de Sant Miquel Last week. Traditional festivities on the waterfront as Bar-
celoneta celebrates its saint's day with fireworks, parades, castellers , music and dancing.
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
48H Open House BCN Oct varies 48hopenhousebarcelona.org . Architectural gems, in-
cluding those that are usually closed to the public, open their doors for one weekend.
LEM ThroughoutOct gracia-territori.com . Experimentalandelectronicmusicandartfest-
ival organized by the Gràcia Territori Sonor collective, with free or cheap concerts, events
and happenings held in Gràcia's bars, cafés and galleries.
Festival Internacional de Jazz Last week in Oct and through Nov barcelonajazzfestiv-
al.com . The biggest annual jazz festival in town has been going for more than four decades
and attracts superstar solo artists and bands to the clubs and concert halls, as well as putting
on smaller-scale street concerts.
Tots Sants All Saints' Day, Nov 1. When the Spanish remember their dead with cemetery
visits and special meals, it's traditional to eat roast chestnuts ( castanyes ), sold by street
vendors, sweet potatoes and panellets (almond-based sweets). It's also a public holiday.
 
 
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