Overview
- Barcelona’s Festa Major runs from 23 to 28 September with more than 100 concerts, around 80 street‑arts shows and 55 popular‑culture activities across multiple stages and neighborhoods.
- Today’s Cabalgata takes place from 18:00 to 21:00 along Pelai–Plaça Catalunya–Fontanella–Via Laietana–Jaume I to Plaça de Sant Jaume, with parking bans, road closures and diversions in the city center, and officials urging people to avoid private cars.
- This year’s bill is described by organizers as the most parity‑minded to date, elevating female and diverse talent with high‑profile sets from artists such as Rigoberta Bandini, Mushka, Lia Kali, Maria Arnal, Queralt Lahoz, Pussy Riot and others.
- Manchester’s role as guest city brings a dozen UK companies, joint performances at Parc de la Trinitat and Estació del Nord, and even two invited parade figures, Bee Giganta and Bee Beast.
- The festival is set to close on Sunday 28 at 22:00 with the piromusical on Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, featuring a soundtrack curated by Estopa, who will debut a new rumba catalana track with The Tyets.