The correfocs (and the 'quiet night') return to the Gràcia Festival.

BarcelonaThe Gràcia residents' festival committees have been working for months at their local venues to decorate the streets and squares of Vila de Gràcia for the neighborhood's main festival. This year's edition will be held between August 15 and 21, and more than a hundred activities have already been scheduled, including concerts, popular culture events, exhibitions, and workshops. Furthermore, the confrontation between the Colla Vella de Diablos de Gracia and the Coordinadora de Colles de Cultura de Gracia, which last year shut down the festival, is now a distant memory. without the traditional correfoc, which is being revived this year, both for children and adults. The full program will be announced on August 8th.

What is known is that up to 23 streets will participate in the traditional decoration competition. The awards ceremony for the best-decorated streets will be, as last year, after the weekend, on Tuesday the 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Vila to avoid crowds of visitors. In addition, a quiet, low-noise evening will once again be held on August 18th. These two measures—which aim to improve coexistence between neighbors and visitors- were already carried out as a pilot test in the previous edition, and have now been consolidated thanks to their "success," according to a statement from Barcelona City Council. The organizers state that it is a "proud" to have her participation because Garganté has positioned herself as a "reference author in the field of the study of festivals and popular culture" following the publication of the book. You shall keep holy the feasts.

The City Council has announced that the police force of the Guardia Urbana and the Mossos d'Esquadra will be reinforced and, once again, the objective is for the 2025 Gràcia festival to be "safe, feminist and free of sexist attacks". Thus, the purple point in the Plaça de la Revolucion will be back in operation, offering advice, information and support to deal with possible situations of sexist and LGBTI-phobic abuse or aggression, and safe routes will also be established by the police forces.

Regarding mobility in the area, the Barcelona metro will operate uninterruptedly on two consecutive nights, from Friday the 15th at 5 a.m. until Sunday the 17th at midnight, and one-way auxiliary devices will be installed in the streets where they are it concentrates more people To facilitate traffic. As a new feature this year, Ràdio Gràcia will leave the studio to have a drink with its volunteers in the squares of the Vila.

The 23 spaces decorated by the neighborhood associations are as follows, each with its own theme:

• Berga: Bergatron – A trim dedicated to the film Throne.
• Ciudad Real: Rapiñápolis – A critical panel of the rising cost of housing and how this impacts society.
• Bass Fraternity: Bass Fraternity – A tribute to childhood summers spent "in my grandparents' village."
• Brotherhood of Above: Fraternity – A dreamlike forest, full of legendary characters.
• Jesus: Popular Culture — A tribute to the popular culture groups of Vila de Gràcia.
• Joan Blanques de Baix: Professor Blanques's laboratory – Chaos has erupted in the lab. Working with AI, robots and strange creatures have been created all over the street.
• Joan Blanques from Baix de Tot: The Beatles JBdbDt – A tribute to the British band, this summer marking the 60th anniversary of the Beatles' legendary concert in Barcelona.
• The Pearl: ClimateAnimalPearl – A decorated protest that reflects on the effects of climate change.
• Freedom: Freedom against the empire – An ornament that will transport you to the universe of Star Wars.
• Luis Vives: The Three Little Pigs – A retelling of the traditional fable, revised in a social key.
• Mozart: Jordina: The Rose of Fire – A review of the legend of Saint George from a feminist perspective.
• Danger: Architecture of Life – A trim where organic and natural forms, like DNA chains, dialogue with Antoni Gaudí's imagination.
• Gypsy Village Square: Peña Barcelonista Gitana de Gràcia – A tribute to this Roma and Barça fan base from Vila de Gràcia.
• Villa Square: The Grace We Long For – On the anniversary of the 25th consecutive year of garrisoning, the square will be transformed into a Gràcia street from many years ago. A tribute to the Gràcia of traditional shops, before globalization and before it became an international landmark.
• North Square: Camping Lavanda – A trim that reproduces the aesthetics and layout of a family campsite from the 1980s.
• Rovira and Trias Square: Hale Rovira – A Hawaiian village where you can discover native Hawaiian culture through the Mahu.
• San Miguel Square and Suburban Railway Station: The bestiary of the Placeta – A walk through the interior of a prehistoric cave.
• Progress: Progrefuego – A tribute to the festive culture of fire in Vila de Gràcia.
• Providence: The Providencia Circus – An ornament that will make you feel like you’re in a classic circus.
• Puigmartí: Inside the artist's mind – An immersion into the chromatic range, the genius and creativity of the minds of artists.
• Tordera: Hive – Enter a hive full of light and life while the bees prepare the sweetest delicacy!
• San Antonio Crossing: Crossing 51 – A secret location in the middle of what we know and what has been hidden from us, a place filled with conspiracy theories, UFOs, and unsolved mysteries.
• Verdi: Verdi Maya Jungle – A place to delve into the depths of the jungle and Mayan culture.