23 JUL – 2 AUG 2026
Barcelona & Catalunya's unmissable week — from Morrissey's homecoming to free cinema by the sea.
The "Latin Bruce Springsteen" and 14-time Grammy winner brings his politically charged salsa intelectual to Poble Espanyol as BARTS Festival heads into its final, star-studded week.
More info / Tickets →Two nights of urban music by the sea with Myke Towers, Lola Indigo, Dellafuente, Juan Magán and more across two stages. Single-day passes and a two-day Abono Share are both on sale.
More info / Tickets →The French dandy of electro-pop brings his maximalist new album to Barcelona's iconic open-air amphitheatre, part of the Grec Festival's 50th-anniversary summer programme.
More info / Tickets →The former Smiths frontman returns to Barcelona after a decade away to close BARTS Festival, presenting his new album "Make-up is a Lie."
More info / Tickets →Running since 1937, Barcelona's beloved Sunday market for secondhand books, comics, trading cards and collectibles — a proper rummage, no tickets needed.
More info / Tickets →The Summer Season's most-anticipated date closes with Disclosure's DJ set headlining an open-air day of house and electronic music, food trucks and family-friendly Petit Brunch activities.
More info / Tickets →Grab a blanket and watch the animated film "Little Amélie" (Catalan-dubbed) projected right on the sand — free, open to everyone, part of Tarragona's summer beach-cinema series.
More info / Tickets →July is peak festa major season around Sant Jaume (25 July) — here are seven town festivals worth a day trip, from the coast to the Pyrenees foothills.
Barcelona province's biggest festa major — giants, correfoc, castells and fireworks over Varador beach, plus concerts across the city through 29 July.
More info / Tickets →Ten days of correbars, beachside concerts, sardanas and a new "Jau-Meta Run" on the Costa Daurada.
More info / Tickets →Open-air concerts, choral gatherings, a craft market and the traditional correfoc in this Montseny foothill town.
More info / Tickets →Giants, castells, sardanas and orchestras like Maravella near the Costa Brava, plus the patron saint's mass on 24 July.
More info / Tickets →Bull-running, floats, local theatre and a photography exhibition in the heart of the Ebre Delta — ten days of tradition.
More info / Tickets →A close-knit Ponent village festa major with foam parties, correbars and correfocs — small-town Catalunya at its warmest.
More info / Tickets →A hundred-plus activities across the town's squares — versots, correfoc, correaigua and family entertainment to close out the week.
More info / Tickets →Dozens more towns are celebrating this week. Browse the full calendar at FestaCatalunya.cat · FestaMajor.biz
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