September 11: Guide to the demonstration, offering, concerts, and events for Catalonia's National Day

BarcelonaThe celebration of Catalonia's National Day will kick off on September 10th with a new feature: the solemn flag-raising ceremony at the Parliament, presided over by the Speakers of the Parliament and the Generalitat, Josep Rull and Salvador Illa, and the Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Jaume Collboni. The flag will fly year-round next to the Palau del Parlament. In the afternoon, the ANC (Catalan National Assembly), Òmnium (Union of Catalonia), the Council of the Republic, the Intersindical (Union of Trade Unions), and the Ciemen (Ciemen) will promote the traditional Diada demonstration to denounce, this year, tax plunder, the minoritization of the Catalan language, and the denationalization of Catalonia.

The Diada demonstration

The motto of this 9/11 is More reasons than everto make it clear that independence is "the only future project for Catalonia." As last year, the mobilization will be decentralized and will be held in three cities: Barcelona, ​​​​Girona, ​​and Tortosa, where the grievances of remaining part of Spain will be denounced.

In the Catalan capital, the march will begin at Pla de Palau at 5:14 p.m. and will travel along Paseo Colón and Paseo de Isabel II, concluding at the end of La Rambla, where the stage will be used for the speeches.

In Girona, the rally will begin at Plaça Catalunya and continue to Plaça del Hospital, Gran Via de Jaime I, Avenida Ramon Folch, and Ronda del Reloj, before ending at the Copa, where the stage will be located.

In the capital of Baix Ebre, the demonstration will depart from Plaça Gerard Vergés, pass through Calle Montcada and Avenida Cristòfol Colom, and end at the intersection of Avenida Catalunya and Paseo del Ebro, where the organizers will deliver their speeches.

The Diada concert

The 23rd Òmnium Freedom Party will once again close the events organized by the entity on Passeig Lluís Companys in Barcelona during the Diada and will feature the groups Svetlana and Auxili, and DJ K-ZU

Impacts on mobility this September 11

Only in the morning

From 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Several bus lines may be affected on the morning of September 11th due to the floral tributes at the Rafael Casanova monument. According to the TMB (Mexico City Ministry), lines D50, H16, V15, V17, 19, 47, and the Red Route tourist bus route may be detoured.

Afternoon only

From 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The route of the demonstration organized by the organizations will also cause disruption in the afternoon. All buses leaving or stopping at Pla de Palau, Paseo Colón, and Paseo de Isabel II will be altered. For this reason, TMB recommends using the metro, as there will be no traffic restrictions. However, it does anticipate some disruption related to passenger traffic.

Posters, concerts, conferences...

The 2025 Diada is accompanied by a rich cultural agenda open to the public. Throughout the country, museums, heritage sites, concerts, and conferences place culture at the center of the commemoration, with free activities that combine historical memory and creativity.

Barcelona

• Exhibition of Posters for the National Day of Catalonia: The Palau Robert is hosting the Catalan National Day Poster Exhibition until September 28, featuring the finalists and the winner of the competition organized by the Generalitat (Catalan Government) and ADG-FAD.
• Conference And after Franco, what?: The Barcelona City Council offers the conference on September 9 And after Franco, what?, by professor Andreu Mayayo of the University of Barcelona.
• Conference Why isn't Catalonia a world power?: On September 10, the Ateneu Barcelonès celebrates the Diada with a conference by Toni Soler Why isn't Catalonia a world power?, a historical and ironic reflection presented by Isona Passola.
• 23rd Òmnium Cultural Freedom Festival: On the 11th, the Paseo Lluís Companys will host Òmnium Cultural's 23rd Festival for Freedom, with activities starting at 10 a.m., a political event at noon, and concerts by Svetlana, Auxili, and DJ K-ZU starting at 6:30 p.m.
• Catalonia Triumphant: On the same day, the 11th, at 5 p.m., the Paral·lel 62 venue will host the Catalunya Triunfant festival, which will bring together six Catalan extreme metal icons for the first time: Cristales A La Sang, Ósserp, Udol, Bocc, Siroll!, and Assot.
• Guided tour: On the 11th, the Born Center for Culture and Memory will organize express tours of the sites of the 1714 siege.
• Open day: There will also be an open day on Thursday the 11th at venues such as the Parliament of Catalonia, the Palace of the Generalitat, the Museum of the History of Catalonia, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Palau Güell, the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, and the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia, with guided tours and limited capacity.

Girona

• Facility Open wound: On September 10th at 8 pm, the city of Girona will inaugurate Open Wound, an audiovisual installation by Aleix Gorgorió on the rooftop of the Tourist Office on La Rambla, which will be open until October 1st.
• Concert: On the 11th, a concert by the group Parellop will take place at the Copa, at 7 p.m.
• Open day: The Girona Art Museum and the Girona branch of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia will offer free tours.

Regions of Girona

• Open day: The monumental complex of San Pedro de Rodas, the canonry of Santa María de Vilabertran, and the spaces of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia in Empúries and Ullastret will offer free visits. The Farga Palau in Ripoll will also be open.

Tarragona countryside

• Open day: On September 11, the Archaeological Museum (MNAT), the Roman Village of Munts, and the Roman complex of Centcelles will open their doors free of charge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Monastery of Santes Creus, the Charterhouse of Escaladei, and the Castle-Monastery of Escornalbou will also be open.

Lands of the Ebro

• Conference: On September 9th at 7:30 p.m., Plaza Dolors in Tortosa will host a lecture by Fire Inspector Marc Castellnou, who will talk about landscape and fires.
• Open day: The Castell de Miravet can be visited free of charge on the 11th.

Central Catalonia

• Open day: The Prat de la Riba House Museum in Castellterçol, the Rafael Casanova House Museum in Moià, and Cardona Castle will open on the 11th. The Puebla de Claramunt Castle, the Manresana Tower, and the Olèrdola archaeological site will also open. The National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia in Terrassa and its associated spaces will also be hosting open days. The Cement Museum in Castellar de n'Hug and the Sedó Colony in Esparreguera will also be opening their doors.

High Pyrenees

• Open day: Andorra-La Seu Airport will hold an open house on the morning of September 11.

Lleida and Ponente

• Open day: The Gardeny Castle, the Seu Vella, the Lleida Museum, the Jaume Morera Art Museum, the Espai Lluís Companys del Tarròs and the Espai Macià de les Borges Blanques, the cave complex of the Roca de los Moros del Cogul, the convent of Sant Bartomeu de Bellpuig and the Wheat Museum of Cervera. Also the Institute of Ilerdense Studies, the Regional Museum of Urgell, the Museum of Lleida, the Paper Dresses Museum of Mollerussa, will open their doors. Some, like the Iberian city of Molí de l'Espígol, will require prior reservation.