You will discover the corners and places in the city related to the legend of Santa Eulàlia alongside the Joan Amades Cultural Association. Accompanied by live music, enjoy the explanations of a guide who will reveal all the secrets of the saint’s story.

Advance registration on the website required: www.joanamades.cat

Group 1 leaves on 7 February at 6.30 pm
Group 2 leaves on 7 February at 7 pm
Group 3 leaves on 9 February at 5.30 pm
Group 4 leaves on 9 February at 6 pm

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume, Carrer de Jaume I, Plaça de l’Àngel, Carrer de l’Argenteria, Carrer dels Sombrerers, Placeta de Montcada, Passeig del Born, Carrer de Santa Maria, Fossar de les Moreres and Plaça de Santa Maria.

8.40 pm: Honours of the Coronela de Barcelona and Trabucaires at the Fossar de les Moreres.

9 pm: Entry into Santa Maria del Mar Basilica with the Marxa de l’Àliga de la Ciutat (March of the City Eagle). Dance of the giants of Santa Maria del Mar, the Lleó de Barcelona (Lion of Barcelona) and the City Eagle inside the basilica.

The City Eagle leads a solemn parade accompanied by the Coronela de Barcelona, the Espremulls Minstrels, the Lion of Barcelona, the giants of Santa Maria del Mar and the Perot Rocaguinarda Trabucaires [blunderbuss troupe].

The Eagle's Protocols, which open and announce the start of Barcelona’s annual winter festival, end with one of the most moving and important acts of the Santa Eulàlia Festivities: the traditional Dance of the Eagle in the presbytery and before the high altar of the Santa Maria del Mar Basilica.

Barcelona's stick-dancing groups strike hard with great energy for Santa Eulàlia! The day will start at 10 am, when the groups will offer a dance display in Plaça de Sant Jaume. After the performance, the starting signal will be given for the parade which will make the streets of the Gothic Quarter tremble to the beat of the sticks. At 12 noon, the street parade will end back in Plaça de Sant Jaume, where the stick dancers will continue to delight audiences with their last dances on-stage.

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume, Carrer del Bisbe, Plaça Nova, Carrer de la Palla, Carrer dels Banys Nous, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume.

Led by the gegantona Laia, the schools of Barcelona are taking to the streets with their festival figures: gegantons (lesser giants), capgrossos (big-heads), cuques (insects), bèsties (beasts) and cavallets (little horses). They’ll all dance through the streets of the city centre in a unique chance to see them together.

Route: passeig del Born (11 am), carrer de Santa Maria, plaça de Santa Maria, carrer de l'Argenteria, carrer de Jaume I i plaça de Sant Jaume (1 pm).

The big annual gathering of the new generations of sardana dancers is once again being held for the Santa Eulàlia Festivities. To the tunes of the Cobla Contemporània, which always brings its usual innovative tone, the new sardana dancers will perform in the centre of Plaça de Sant Jaume.

The city of Barcelona has around twenty esbarts (traditional dance groups) in its districts. The vast majority have a child and youth section, and they are the stars for Santa Eulàlia! Children take centre stage, and as part of the city's annual winter festival they will be sharing their best dances to the beat of the Cobla Ciutat de Terrassa.

The display will span two days, and a total of eight different dance groups will be performing. Saturday audiences will enjoy the dances of Esbart Sant Martí, Esbart Maragall, Esbart Ciutat Comtal and Esbart Català de Dansaires. On Sunday it will be the turn of the Esbart Joventut Nostra, Esbart Vila de Gràcia, Esbart Sant Jordi and Ballets de Catalunya.

The Esbart Santa Eulàlia dancers will offer a modern version of the St Eulàlia Dance accompanied by the music of the Cobla Sant Jordi-Ciutat de Barcelona sardana orchestra, conducted by Joan Gómez

The drummers of the devil and fire-beast groups are coming together to celebrate the festival's huge drummers’ gathering. Their thundering beats will evoke Santa Eulàlia’s heartbeat!

Enjoy the rhythm and sound of the festival in the streets of the Gothic Quarter!

Route: Plaça Reial, Carrer de Colom, La Rambla, Carrer de Ferran, Plaça de Sant Jaume and Plaça de Sant Miquel (ending at 5.45 pm).

Would you like to take a journey through dance? If so, come along and enjoy the performance by Esbart Català de Dansaires, the oldest active dance group in Barcelona and Catalonia, originally formed in 1908.

With dozens of traditional dances interpreted in their performances, this dance group takes us on a tour of the country with dances from every corner. This time, they will be accompanied by the music of the Cobla Sant Jordi - Ciutat de Barcelona sardana orchestra, conducted by Joan Gómez.

Fireworks, sparks and smoke! The groups of children’s and young people's devils and beasts will turn the city streets into an inferno. Santa Eulàlia is the festival of young people, and when darkness falls they will come out of the City Hall’s doors to prove it!

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume, Carrer de Ferran, La Rambla, Carrer de Colom and Plaça Reial (ending at around 7 pm).

Although the children’s fire run is aimed especially at smaller children, it is not completely free of risk:

• You should wear long-sleeved cotton clothes that cover your entire body. It is also important to wear appropriate footwear, so you can run when you need to.
• Take care of children and ensure they are a safe distance from the fire.
• If the fire run goes past your home or shop, roll back the awnings, cover your windows and close your shutters.
• And remember, follow the instructions of the stewards, so you can enjoy a safer festival!

The Basque choir Ama Lur (Mother Earth) from Salou was founded in 1992. It is based on men’s a capella voices arranged in four chords of first tenors, second tenors, baritones and basses. The choir was formed by a group of people from the Basque Country who had moved to Catalonia for work reasons. They have a modern musical repertoire with choreographies that allow the audience to enjoy and participate in the anecdotes told throughout the concert.

The Orfeó Atlàntida is one of the oldest choirs in Catalonia, founded in 1926 in the Hostafrancs neighbourhood. The Orfeó Atlàntida Youth Choir was created in October 2012 with the goal of expanding the choir repertoire offered and giving young people a place to enjoy music. It offers a modern and engaging repertoire within an inspiring project that lays the groundwork to strengthen the present and shape the future of the Orfeó Atlàntida.

This choral concert is organised by the Barcelona branch of the Catalan Federation of Choral Groups. The federation includes more than 140 choral groups, and this year they’ll be presenting two groups with modern repertoires.

Enjoy the fire festival in this year’s Santa Eulàlia festivities, a feast for your senses with drums, the smell of gunpowder and the light of the sparks. After the little devils and little beasts’ fire run, the adult beasts and devils will gather in Plaça Reial, the starting point on their way to take their fire to Plaça de Sant Jaume.

El Drac (dragon) of la Ciutat Vella, the Víbria (she-dragon) of Barcelona, la Tarasca (fire-demon) of Barcelona, the Mulassa (she-mule) of Barcelona, the Bou (ox) of Barcelona and the Arpella (harrier) and Dolphin of the Old Quarter will fill the streets with fire with the Devils of Kinta Forka and the Gothic Quarter and the Tarascaires.

The fire run will conclude with a spectacle of fireworks and bangers that will leave the entire audience at Plaça de Sant Jaume speechless, giving way to the concert and the night of festivities that follows

Route: Plaça Reial, Carrer de Colom, la Rambla, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume (ending at around 8.45 pm).

PLEASE NOTE:

The fire festival is one of the most entertaining events of the Santa Eulàlia celebrations but it is important to take every precaution. If you wish to participate, don’t forget that:

• You will need cover your head, wear a neckerchief and long sleeves and trousers. Always wear clothes made from cotton and not from synthetic materials. You should wear comfortable footwear so that you can run when necessary.
• Be particularly careful if you are with small children and keep a safe distance from the fire. Don’t let go of children’s hands, and remember there is a special fire run for kids with fewer fireworks.
• If the fire run goes past your home or shop, roll up the awnings, cover your windows and close your shutters.
• No alcohol or glass: while the fire run is taking place, avoid alcohol. And if you are carrying a drink, make sure it is not in a glass bottle or cup. Broken glass is dangerous.
• Do not forget that the fire run is a lot of fun, but if you do not follow the basic safety rules, it can also be dangerous. Join in the festival but enjoy it sensibly!
• Remember to always follow the instructions of the stewards, who will be well identified.

With the Esbart Ciutat Comtal, you’ll discover the story and legend of Santa Eulàlia in a unique setting: the inside of the Barcelona Cathedral, above the crypt where the saint's relics are kept. Through music and dance, the show pays tribute to the life of Santa Eulàlia, tells about her martyrdoms and celebrates the values of freedom, equality and justice.

Under the direction of the choreographer Lluís Calduch, and with music by the composer Francesc Cassú, Eulàlia recreates the saint's life from her profession of faith to her crucifixion, including her martyrdoms, through dance sequences, gestural performance skits and compositions with choreographic movements that draw from the folkloric and religious expressions of Catalan folk culture.

The Clavé Choirs are truly a great choral institution in Barcelona's popular culture scene. In 2024 we celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Josep Anselm Clavé, a Barcelona musician and multifaceted figure. 

This year, we are presenting the unmissable CLAVÉclàssics in a concert involving both the longest-standing and newest choral societies. Seasoned voices, young voices and plenty of talent. 

Past, present and future: progress, virtue and love.

Featuring the Societat Coral Joventut Tianenca and Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus.

Route: Plaça de Sant Jaume (10.30 am), Carrer del Bisbe and Plaça Nova.

The Falcons de Barcelona are again taking flight for the Santa Eulàlia Festivities! They will leave the Barcelona crowd in awe as they make impressive human constructions that defy balance and gravity.

After the performance in Plaça de Sant Jaume, the parade will march to Plaça Nova On Carrer del Bisbe, however, they will stop in front of the Santa Eulàlia door of the Cathedral cloister, where they will create a figure in honour of the patron saint.

They débuted in 2003 as part of the Santa Eulàlia Festivities, and more than two decades later we are still enjoying their performances with figures like the stairs and the pyre, along with more innovative ones.

Wake up, Barcelona! The graller pipers from the different folk culture groups will announce the arrival of the annual festival’s most important day by playing the traditional Toc de Matinades (Morning Call) melody.

11 am: Start of the Seguici (procession).

12.30 pm: Baixada de Santa Eulàlia. Santa Eulàlia Dance performed by the Gegants Nous de la Plaça Nova and wreath-laying ceremony.

1.15 pm: Plaça de Sant Jaume. Dances by the gegantona Laia, the City Eagle, the City Giants and the Santa Eulàlia Dance by the Plaça Nova New Giants.

Route: Plaça Nova, Carrer dels Boters, Plaça de la Cucurulla, Carrer de Portaferrissa, Carrer del Duc, Carrer de la Canuda, Carrer de Santa Anna, Avinguda del Portal de l’Àngel, Carrer dels Arcs, Plaça Nova, Carrer del Bisbe, Carrer de Sant Sever, Baixada de Santa Eulàlia, Carrer dels Banys Nous, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume (1 pm).

For the first time ever, this year the display and route of the Santa Eulàlia Seguici (procession) and the Meeting of Giants in Ciutat Vella has cahnged. After a huge concentration of giants and beasts on Avinguda de la Catedral, the gegantona Laia and the cBarcelona Communal Procession will lead the parade, followed by all the giants of Ciutat Vella, other Barcelona neighbourhoods and some from outside the city. Laia, the Eagle, the City Giants and the Plaça Nova New Giants will dance in Plaça de Sant Jaume, offering their reinterpretation of the Santa Eulàlia Dance.

The first gathering, held in 1983 with only two festival groups, was the beginning of the contemporary Santa Eulàlia Festivities.

Lacemakers from all over Catalonia will exhibit their pillows, lace, sticks, patterns and needles on Carrer dels Arcs and Portal de l’Àngel. They keep alive this artistic activity which was extremely important in Catalonia's textile industry between the 18th and 20th centuries.

Gather one and all and enjoy the human tower builders: the Castellers de Barcelona, the Colla Castellera de l’Esquerra de l’Eixample, the Colla Castellera Jove de Barcelona, the Castellers del Poble Sec, the Castellers de la Sagrada Família, the Castellers de Sants, the Castellers de Sarrià and the Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia!

In 60 minutes, the city’s eight human tower groups will build their towers at the same time. Everything is set for the towers to once again rise up and touch the Barcelona sky!

The festival wouldn't be an annual festival without the sardanes! The sardana season kicks off for Santa Eulàlia! The Cobla Mediterrània and the Cobla Ciutat de Terrassa sardana orchestras are offering a double dance of what the poet Joan Maragall called ‘the most beautiful dance of all dances done and undone’.

Don’t miss it!

Santa Eulàlia Day begins with the emergence of the gegantona Laia. Accompanied by the sweet sound of the flabiol, she’ll wend her way through the streets of the Gothic Quarter heading to Plaça de Sant Jaume. Before she gets there, she’ll stop at the Santa Eulàlia arch, where legend says the saint suffered from one of her thirteen martyrdoms. There, under the image of Santa Eulàlia, she will dance to the beat of her classic tune. 

Route: Palau de la Virreina, La Rambla, Carrer de la Boqueria, Volta de Santa Eulàlia, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume.

The mayor and the municipal corporation will hang the Santa Eulàlia banner on the balcony of City Hall which will preside over the entire celebration. Following this, the anthem Els segadors will be played and the gegantona Laia will pay homage to the banner and offer her dance before the authorities.  

Concert venue: streets of the Gothic quarter

The carillon of the Palau de la Generalitat will ring through the streets around the building, which will transform into an exceptional auditorium where pedestrians can enjoy a festive performance.

Concert details may be changed if circumstances so require.

The Cobla Sant Jordi - Ciutat de Barcelona sardana orchestra will offer the last sardana dance in the annual winter festival, where dozens of Barcelona residents will dance in circles.

The dance will conclude with the Parade of the Laias entering Plaça de Sant Jaume, but you can continue to listen to the band's tunes with the last dances that will bid the festival farewell until next year.

For Santa Eulàlia Day, all of Ciutat Vella’s female giants change their name to the shorter form of Eulàlia, ‘Laia’, to celebrate one of the festival’s oldest and most exciting events. The doors of the Palau de la Virreina will swing open to allow the Laias out, who will then dance their way to Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol.

Route: Palau de la Virreina, La Rambla, Carrer del Cardenal Casañas, Plaça del Pi and Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol.

6.45 pm: Giantess display

7.30 pm: Parade of the Laias

After being displayed for a while under the darkness of night and in the magical light of the square, a parade will start, led by the gegantona Laia, who will lead her fellow giantesses to Plaça de Sant Jaume. But before they reach it, they’ll stop at Baixada de Santa Eulàlia in front of the saint's chapel, where they will lay a wreath and the giantesses of Plaça Nova will perform the Santa Eulàlia Dance.

When the retinue reaches Plaça de Sant Jaume, the giantesses will parade under the Santa Eulàlia banner hung from the balcony of the City Council; the gegantona Laia will perform her dance and the giantesses of Plaça Nova will perform their dance again, but this time the long version will be played by Cobla Sant Jordi - Ciutat de Barcelona orchestra. On the final stretch, all the giantesses will join together to offer a unique, special image that can only be seen on this occasion, in honour of the patron saint.

Finally, a castell de focs (fireworks display) will end the Santa Eulàlia Festivities until next year.

Route: Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol, Carrer del Pi, Plaça de la Cucurulla, Carrer dels Boters, Plaça Nova, Carrer del Bisbe, Carrer de Sant Sever, Baixada de Santa Eulàlia (wreath-laying and Santa Eulàlia Dance at around 7.50 pm), Carrer dels Banys Nous, Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume (Santa Eulàlia Dance at 8.25 pm).