What can you do this weekend? Begur Indianos Fair, FITT, Hikari, and more!
We offer some options to enjoy these days
Barcelona The ARA offers several plans throughout the country for this weekend.
Major festival of Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Saint Coloma de Gramanet. From September 5 to 8.
The main festival will fill Santa Coloma with a wide program of activities, concerts, and shows spread throughout the city. Where modernity and tradition meet. After the opening speech, which this year is led by Queralt Lahoz, there will be various activities, including parades, children's shows, trabucaires (firecrackers), water festivals, musical bingo, theater performances, a human tower festival (Dia de Castellera), and tapas fair, among many others. The city will also enjoy the rhythm of music with concerts by Els Catarres and Azúcar Moreno on Sunday, and by Figa Flawas on Monday, which will coincide with the closing ceremony and the traditional fireworks display.
Medieval Market
Vandellòs and Hospitalet de l'Infant. September 5, 6 and 7.
The Medieval Market of Hospitalet de l'Infant is now in its 29th year and will once again fill the streets with offerings for all ages. In addition to the stalls, visitors can attend demonstrations of traditional crafts, shows with local artists, musicians, and jugglers, explanations about weapons and armor, and a medieval dinner, among other activities. These activities will allow visitors to revisit and pay tribute to the city's history.
FITT. New Dramaturgies
Tarragona, La Canonja, Riudoms and Vila-seca. From September 3 to 6.
The Tarragona International Theatre Festival celebrates its 12th edition with a focus on contemporary and experimental plays. The program includes 18 performances, 2 workshops, and 4 storywalkers, with participation from international companies from Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. There will also be free concerts by Frikibingo, Greta, Fades, and PD Kaliu. FITT reaffirms its commitment to an audience of all ages and tastes, ready to be moved by the power of current and groundbreaking stories.
Brit Under Fest
Barcelona. September 6 and 7.
A new date on Barcelona's cultural calendar. Brit Under Fest will connect the city with the creative pulse of the United Kingdom through English music, fashion, design, gastronomy, and visual arts. Guests include Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, who will present his new novel; photographer Kevin Cummins; designer Ira Iceberg; and graphic artist Neville Brody. A festival open to all ages, with children's workshops, exhibitions, and food trucks.
Indianos Fair
Begur. From September 5th to 7th.
Begur celebrates its historic relationship with Cuba with the 20th Feria de Indianos (Indian Fair). This weekend, the town will be transformed into a setting with an Indian atmosphere, featuring guided tours, concerts, demonstrations of old-fashioned crafts, children's workshops, lectures, and a wide range of cuisine. The fair commemorates the emigration and return of many Begur residents to the Caribbean island and how this relationship forever changed the city's history.
"The infamy"
Barcelona. Until October 5.
The Barcelona Maritime Museum's "Infamy" exhibition examines Catalonia's role in colonial slavery and the Atlantic human trafficking. The exhibition challenges today's society to reflect on the economic and sociocultural legacy of that era and raises questions about how the profits from slave labor contributed to Catalonia's development in the 19th century and how today's society has reflected the racism of that period. By shedding light on this history, the exhibition hopes to contribute to ensuring that these events do not happen again.
Hikari Fair
Reus. September 6.
Reus hosts the 17th edition of the Hikari Fair, dedicated to Japanese culture. Inspired by the Natsu Matsuri, Japan's summer festivals, the fair offers stands of all kinds: gastronomic, cultural, commercial, and leisure, all of them related, of course, to Japanese culture. This year, a competition is added for the first time. cosplay, organized in tribute to Sabina Alegre Aragonés, who passed away a year ago. Admission is free.
We are Jazz Festival
Saint Mary of Miralles. September 5 and 6.
Som Jazz returns for its 7th edition with a lineup that combines new talents and established voices. Highlights include Fredi's Jazz Band and singer Maria Betriu, as well as the Cordes del Món project, which fuses instruments and musical traditions from around the world. The festival will conclude with a wine tasting. With the festival, the Santa Maria de Miralles City Council once again aims to make quality culture a driving force for the rural world.
Phylloxera Festival
Saint Sadurní of Anoia. September 8.
The Phylloxera Festival commemorates the defeat of the plague that devastated the vineyards of Sant Sadurní in the 19th century. A weekend of fire and music, it is celebrated as part of the Sant Sadurní de Anoia Fairs and Festivals, with prominent figures and fireworks. On Sunday, September 7, the Phylloxera Campaign will take place, during which thirty phylloxera beetles will symbolically attack the town's population.
Montbriart
Montbrió del Camp. September 6 and 7.
The Montbriart visual arts exhibition is now in its 13th year. With more than 120 participating artists, and with Montserrat ADZerias as guest artist, the village will become a creative stage for a variety of art forms, from photography, painting, and sculpture to dance and live music.