Sant Jordi 2025 in Barcelona

On Wednesday 23 April, Barcelona will once again be celebrating Sant Jordi. Like last year, there will be a pedestrians area at the heart of the city, delimited by Diagonal, Gran Via and the streets of Balmes and Pau Claris. This area extends along the whole of La Rambla and Gran de Gràcia again this year. Furthermore, there will also be reserved areas for selling books and roses in each city district, and shops can set up stalls in the street from 22 April onwards.

  • Diàlegs 2023
    Dialogues for Sant Jordi

    In the lead up to Sant Jordi's Day [St. George], Barcelona Libraries are organising six conversation sessions between writers from all over the world, based on affinities in their latest works.

    • Where: the Sarrià – J. V. Foix, Gabriel García Márquez, Jaume Fuster, Esquerra de l’Eixample – Agustí Centelles and Francesca Bonnemaison libraries
    • When:  4 to 11 April

    Prior registration is required

  • Opening Speech on Reading 2025

    On Tuesday 22 April, at 6 pm, author Cristina Rivera Garza will give the opening speech for the Sant Jordi festival of reading and will be talking to Anna Guitart about her work and the role that reading and libraries have played in her life.

    • Where: Saló de Cent, Barcelona City Hall
    • When: 22 April, at 6 pm

    Prior booking Open in a new window required (from Tuesday 15 April, at 10 am)

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    Stalls with books and roses

    Barcelona is celebrating this year’s Sant Jordi with a large pedestrians block in the city centre closed and extending along the whole of La Rambla. Booksellers and florists will also have their own areas in the various districts.

  • Red roses
    Sant Jordi in districts and neighbourhoods

    Find out about the activities in the city’s neighbourhoods and districts and enjoy a local Sant Jordi.

  • Open day at City Hall

    As has become a tradition, there is an open day at Barcelona City Hall to celebrate the Sant Jordi holiday.

    • Where: Barcelona City Council
    • When:  Wednesday, 23 April
  • Poster for Sant Jordi 2025 Open in a new window

    Download Open in a new window the poster for Sant Jordi 2025, created by Bakoom Studio. The poster very graphically represents the two essential elements of this celebration: the rose and the book. You can also pick up a copy of the poster from the Sala Ciutat or the Palau de la Virreina, with one copy per person while stocks last.

Community mural for Sant Jordi’s Day

On 23 April, stop by the City Council’s stand in Plaça Catalunya (at the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Ronda de Sant Pere) and write your own story to help create a community Sant Jordi mural

Recommendations from Barcelona’s libraries

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Biblioteques de Barcelona is creating a selection of recommended books for Sant Jordi 2025, linked to the Dialogues for Sant Jordi, the literary conversations with writers from all over the world based on affinities in their latest works.

Això tan tenebrós
Això tan tenebrós

García Puig, Mar

Això tan tenebrós is a plea in favour of monsters, ghosts and the power of their metaphors; a manual for cheating life through literature.

Francesca Bonnemaison Library

Stalls with books and roses

  • Sant Jordi Block
  • Associations
  • Professionals
  • Pedestrian-only streets
  • Other spaces with stalls
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Stalls with books and roses

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New from Barcelona Llibres

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Here are the latest recommendations and news about books jointly published by Barcelona City Council, which you can find on Sant Jordi's Day at our bookstall in Passeig de Gràcia (between Provença and Rosselló), and the Sala Ciutat bookshop from 10 am to 8 pm.