‘Sooner or later, February is carnival time’ and 24 more carnival proverbs
This festival, characterised by transgression, the switching of roles, rowdy behaviour and recklessness, is one of the most widely referred to in proverbs.
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All you need to know about the Foguerons de Gràcia 2024
On Saturday 27th of January, the Vila de Gràcia will enjoy one of the most outstanding festivities of its festive calendar
Application period open for the general subsidy call for 2024
Subsidies. The funding available for this year’s call is 22.5 million euros, with 25 themes and 106 programmes established.
Sant Antoni, the most diverse festival in Catalan-speaking territories.
The festivity is celebrated almost everywhere and takes on very different forms: bonfire parties with devils in Mallorca, the grand Santantonades in the towns of the Ports, the processions of the Tres Tombs del Principat...
Sant Antoni Abat, president of the ‘Setmana dels Barbuts’
Mid-January brings some of the coldest days of the year, a period which has been popularly dubbed as the ‘Setmana dels Barbuts’ [week of the bearded ones].
‘Sant Antoni del Porquet sempre s'escau en disset’ (Saint Anthony's Day always falls on the seventeenth) and seven other sayings about Saint Anthony
You can get a good idea about the wealth of Saint Anthony's Day through its proverbs, full of sayings and rhymes that reference different aspects of the festivities: the legend, the famous piglet and the cold weather.
Selection of co-edition publication projects with Barcelona City Council
Publishing. The selection process begins at 9 am on 8 January and closes at 2 pm on 29 January 2024.
How to properly bid farewell to 2023
New Year's Eve. A big show with almost 500 drones in Reina Maria Cristina avenue celebrates the entry into the new year with a chant to life and to the importance of marine resources.
Holy Innocents Day, when a tragedy turns into a joke
One of the festival’s best-known features are its “llufas” (paper dolls), which, while on the wane these days, are still an icon. Even so, there are areas where practical jokes have survived, especially in the media and on social networks.
Why is St Stephen’s Day only celebrated in Catalonia?
Why is St Stephen’s Day such a firmly rooted custom here when it isn’t celebrated in the rest of Spain? The booklet ‘Celebrem el Nadal’ (Let’s celebrate Christmas), by Amadeu Carbó, has the answer to this puzzle and a good many more besides.