The Sant Antoni bonfire festival in the Gràcia neighbourhood is a Majorca celebration that has been brought over to Barcelona. Mainly it consists of mainland and island popular culture, such as the dances of the capgrossos, the music of the xeremiers, the human towers of the castellers and the fireworks of the diables. And even though it is an imported tradition, it has firmly established itself in Gràcia and the locals feel like it is their own.

There are three days of activities over the last weekend in January, starting on the Thursday evening with a selection of island songs, gloses, and a taste of island products at the Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius. On Friday the centre holds a dance and concert with groups from Majorca to get people in the mood for the following day's events. Because, on Saturday evening, there is a big cercavila with a correfoc involving Gràcia and Pobla popular culture groups plus, occasionally, a guest group. They accompany the authorities and festival organisers from the district town hall to Plaça de la Virreina, where they light a big bonfire, a fogueró, and open the way to a night of merrymaking, traditional dancing and singing, all with a Majorca label.

The Feast of Sant Antoni is on 17 January, the day he died. However, the Majorca festival is held in Gràcia on the last weekend of January so the caparrots, the dimonis d’Albopàs and the xeremiers  can come across from Pobla.

The origin of the festival is rather curious. In 1992 Antoni Torrents, a Pobla man, suggested having a bonfire like those in Majorca in Plaça de Diamant so his sons, who were studying in Barcelona, could enjoy the Majorca celebration. Since then, more streets have joined in each year with their own bonfire, local popular culture groups have got involved and the festival has evolved into the event we know today.