Barcelona Events

Barcelona Marathon
Every year in March, all adventure-seeking runners have the opportunity to get a spectacular cruise through a beautiful city, as this is the time for the Marató Barcelona.
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Barcelona Poesia (Barcelona International Poetry Festival)
The festival opens with the most outstanding event on the programme, Poetry Night at the Palau, and continues for a seven-day period at venues around the city.
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Sonar, International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, takes place in Barcelona every year during three days in June.
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Grec Festival
The Grec Festival of Barcelona is an international theatre, dance, music and circus festival. This is one of the most important events in Barcelona's cultural calendar.
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Gràcia Festa Major
The Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia hits the streets on 15 August to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. There are street garlands, orchestras, games, theatre, music and dance, which turn the district into one big party.
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La Mercè is a, more than a century old, festival to celebrate the declaration of the Virgin of La Mercè as patron saint of the city Barcelona. Nowadays the festival is programmed around Mediterranean culture.
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The Asia Festival in Barcelona offers traditional and avant-garde shows from different Asian countries, every year in September.
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Barcelona's Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona presents Kosmopolis, a biennial literature festival open to all genres.
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Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
This is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia.
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